The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
If not for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, films like Splendor in the Grass (1961), La La Land (2016) and Past... View Article
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Sodankylä Forever: Drama of Light
Although there are hundreds if not thousands of film festivals in the world, Peter von Bagh’s documentary about the first... View Article
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Rosso
Excepting maybe Renny Harlin and Dome Karukoski, Mika Kaurismäki is Finland’s most international film director. Even his first feature-length film... View Article
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Lumiere! The Adventure Continues
Nine years ago, Thierry Frémaux (guest of the festival in 2001) made the indisputably fascinating documentary Lumière! about the short... View Article
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KAVI esittää: Tämä on Suomi – maa vailla syntiä
The documentary style of semitruths and shock reportage started by Mondo Cane and culminated in Farewell Africa dominated the field... View Article
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Katya’s Autumn
In 1984 Aki Kaurismäki wrote: ”Mänttäri’s films have the troublesome effect of gnawing at us, sneering at us from behind... View Article
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Filmlovers!
We honour the 130-year anniversary of film not only by documenting its origins through the Lumière brothers, but also by... View Article
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Cast of Shadows
Robert J. Flaherty is considered the father of documentary cinema, but he is also the great grandfather of Finnish experimental filmmaker Sami van Ingen.
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Calamari Union
Roughly fifteen Franks and one Pekka (Markku Toikka) want to escape their back-breaking living conditions in the working-class neighbourhood of Kallio and based on their parents' stories decide to head towards the fabled district of Eira.
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