The Gentle Indifference of the World
Getting its title from Albert Camus’ The Stranger, The Gentle Indifference of the World is a minimalist but colourful and... View Article
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The Dreamer
An artwork is created from the artist’s gaze, but what is left of this gaze? What happens to the object... View Article
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The Boarder
One of the most famous quotes about Italian postwar cinema comes from Giulio Andreotti, who as a vice-minister in one... View Article
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Steppenwolf
Kazakhstani director Adilkhan Yerzhanov has channeled his distinctive directorial voice into his latest film, Steppenwolf, a stylistic homage to Westerns... View Article
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Snowball Effect
What happens when ”the lay of the land” and good governance collide? Dubbed ”the Kittilä Crisis” in Wikipedia, the dispute... View Article
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Sex
The first part of Dag Johan Haugerud’s ambitious trilogy, Sex, is NOT a sex film with physical erotic scenes –... View Article
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Roma
Based on Cuarón’s youthful experiences and impressively shot by the director himself in black and white, the film is a... View Article
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Pictures of Ghosts
This year in Sodankylä, there are two exceptionally evocative essays on movie madness. This first one is about the importance... View Article
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Only The River Flows
Due to Chinese cinema’s limited reach in Finland, few are aware that the country also produces dark crime films, film... View Article
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Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Once Upon a Time in a Forest tackles a subject on which Finnish people are more opinionated than educated: the... View Article
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