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Violinist Eero Viida's wife Ruth has left her husband but wants to return. Eero no longer loves his spouse and rejects her advances. Ruth shoots her husband, who ends up in the hospital. Eero becomes attached to Marja, a student of his accompanist Pallas, which drives the jealous Ruth to take extreme measures.
A young man daydreams or does he...?
A communist and a capitalist recall their voyage into a wilderness of leisure time. A domestic cycle of breaking into houses, chasing the ghosts of parties past, and trying to conceive … but what? The waters ice over, ready to incubate. Something new is being born.
What happens, when you ask for asylum based on your sexual orientation in Finland? This film follows the ordeals and procedures newcomers from the LGBT-community have to face while starting a new life in the Scandinavian country.
On his day off, a carefree man sets out on a quest to buy weed and pay off his debt to a gang. However, his mission is interrupted by the most beautiful woman in Helsinki.
A snail is crushed by a car, a dog defecates while a tourist jumps from the tallest skyscraper in the world. A series of slices of everyday life spirals into chaos.
Finnish Jack and Filipino Char go to explore the lives of trans women in the Philippines.
A desire to revive the Karelian heritage, culture and language between a grandfather and grandchild is interrupted by the grandfather's sudden passing.
A 2013 Finnish language drama film directed by Miha Šubic, starring Mikko Penttilä, Clémence Laboureau and Vincent Willestrand.
A struggling culinary school student must prepare a meal for the infamous food critic Frederik Bok.
Herring seine fishing in Rymättylä in the summer.
As I was brainstorming ideas for a new project, I saw a reflection of the Moon on the glass door of a cabinet in my room. Then I took out my phone, and filmed a 2 minute clip of the reflection in 144p resolution with a 500kbps bitrate. I moved the file over to my laptop and slowed down the footage to 4 minutes and saturated the colder hues. The soundscape is formed by the low bitrate hum of my room and a dragged version of Heal from Ico.
The short film is based on the "nonfiction book" of the same name, published in 1968, about the hair-raising adventures of American parapsychology researchers behind the Iron Curtain.
Four friends in their early twenties are discussing about the big issues in life while the entrance examinations for The Theater Academy are approaching.
A short documentary about how Taisto Kainulainen became a ferryman for the river of Vuoksi.
In a record store, 15-year-old Vaula tries to blend in. All the customers seem to know what they are doing, except her. But Vaula is interested in something completely different from the records – the store’s ever so lovely sales assistant Patisse. Patisse is funny, beautiful and, first and foremost, the coolest person on earth. She is everything Vaula ever wished for. But how do you impress someone who already has it all?
The Eternal Sleep of the Man is a collaborative film by Sami Sänpäkkilä and Anna-Mari Nousiainen. The film depicts magical realism and seeks solace in our urban environment. In the passage titled #suomineito (Finnish maiden) a woman in blue clothes and blue hair hangs upside down from a rope in a tree. In the passage Kultasuu (Goldmouth) Nousiainen cuts her hair in the middle of a golden glitter rain and in another passage a man reads a burning book and sings of hope. The work is available as a nine minute short film with surround sound or as a 15 channel installation with two stereo audio channels.
Pekka Jalkanen, a Finnish modern music composer, begins to compose his Russian Concerto – a concerto of longing for home – in his childhood’s home, near Russian border. At the same time, his mind makes a trip to Mother Russia and to Balkans to collect materials for his upcoming work. Analysing reasons for economical and cultural chaos in the new united Europe, the composer finally arrives at the tomb of Andrei Tarkovsky, a Russian master of world’s cinema, near Paris, to respect the memory of the auteur who spoke about longing in his films.
The documentary follows Finnish MPs in spring 2008 during committee debates on a bill raising health‑care and daycare fees. Over several intense months, it offers a close-up on four parliamentarians navigating closed-door discussions, party strategies, and public opposition. Despite heated arguments and political maneuvering, the bill proceeds largely unchanged.
Haïti Chérie is a respond to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. A few weeks after the catastrophe Huber carries out a performance over the snowy, seemingly endless, frozen sea in Finland, waters carrying on to reach the coasts of Haiti. Snow angels drawn by Huber’s body symbolize sorrow and lives lost, but also solidarity and hope.
Documentary follows several teens struggling with their everyday life in East-Helsinki.
A man lives alone on his island. He keeps in contact with his sick wife every day by phone but shares his everyday life with a cat. His seasonal activities are tinged with his quirky humour and philosophy of life and also music in its many forms.
An experimental student film about failure and existential anxiety relating to student life.
Have you ever wondered what the men standing guard in front of prestigious buildings think? Laura Rantanen’s short documentary follows three honorary guard members in Helsinki, as their minds wander while staring at a grey construction fence. The 2018 production for Uneton48 Docs paints the mindscapes for each of the three guards in turn. Their focused expressions hide dreams and views of the sea behind them.
The film follows a 24-year-old Miikka Friman who has grown up with dragonflies.
This Finnish National Opera production of the opera “Die tote Stadt” by Erich Wolfgang Korngold was staged by Kasper Holten, with Klaus Florian Vogt as Paul and Camilla Nylund as Marietta, while Mikko Franck directed the Finnish National Orchestra.
Aranda is a film about the thirsty man's thirst for knowledge. Aranda, a marine research vessel, is like a spacecraft sailing in its own universe. This is a film about people and their passion for understanding the ocean.
“No More Presidents” -White Lion, When The Children Cry
Documentary about Tiina, a 30 year old transgender woman, who after years of waiting gets to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
"You who enter, leave all your hope behind." Själö was Finland's first mental hospital. The hospital opened in 1622. Intended for those suffering leprosy. But Själö hospital also had a secret ward. A house for the insane. The ungodly and mentally ill were deposited here forever and their property fell to the church. In 1889 Själö became a storage area for women with "unbearable insanity".
Documentary about the legendary club Lepakko (The Bat) in Finland.
A short documentary about the world championship match between Olli Mäki and Davey Moore
This animation tells a story about the cicle of life. It is based on found footage and photograps from the director’s family album.
A documentary short on logging during winter season.
An experimental short film from Finnish director Eino Ruutsalo.
Manufacturing of agricultural machinery at Wärtsilä Group Oy's Taali and Pietarsaari factories; product demonstration and maintenance of new machinery at the test farm.
Finland's most daring musician, the accordionist, composer, performer Kimmo Pohjonen, revolutionizes the accordion and shatters traditional musical standards. Extraordinary sounds explode from his custom built accordion and its bellows including electronic effects, accordion samples, voice, farm machines, animals and string quartet. Pohjonen bridges the gap between experimental, rock, folk and classic genres in fact creating an entirely new accordion music world. His performances are reminiscent of the violence of Roman gladiators and the castigation of medieval monks. The film is a journey of an exceptional artist grounded in basic human truths. The Cinematography and drama reveal a distinctive Scandinavian viewpoint. From the startling opening - the hero walks across an expanse of ice and drops through a hole into frigid water - right to the very end; a dramatic pace draws the viewer in, revealing the inner struggle of this iconoclast.
Cinema has always had a special interest in factory workers. In fact the first Lumière brothers film “Workers Leaving the Factory” from 1895 has often been credited as the first motion picture ever made. In the 20th century also many experimental filmmakers depicted the rat race of modern life in their own way. Such films include for example “Manhatta” (1921) by Paul Strand & Charles Sheeler, “By Night with Torch and Spear” (1940s) by Joseph Cornell and “Necrology” (1969-1970) by Standish Lavender. The films “Men at Work” and “Smokestacks, Below” continue the same tradition. These films also form a two-film series describing factory work as they have been compiled from the same found footage material. When screened together they demonstrate aptly the vast possibilities of found footage filmmaking. However, the films can be screened individually as well.
The word artist and musician Juha Vainio reminisces about his hometown, Kotka, and talks about his compositions and lyrics, including his famous drinking songs. During the program, Junnu's well-known songs are also heard.
Dance documentary.
New and old St. Petersburg.
A guy in a green suit does a study to figure out the definitive answer to a massive question: who are the hottest people of all time? Features a toaster. And Kimble.
Documentary about expeditions of Kai Donner to Siberia.
Simo Kämäräinen, a widowed cottage owner, and his chairman leave with marriage intentions for Juva. A play based on Maiju Lassila's novel.
Nordic people living in Ibiza meet at a party organized by artist Nitta.
An intelligent thriller about how women claim their freedom in a cemetery named Sad Hill, known as the final scene of Sergio Leone’s iconic spaghetti western film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966). Four artists are finishing a workshop in a palace in Northern Spain as they recall a strange incident that happened to two long-time married couples who got lost nearby years before. After a dream-like walk in the mountains, the couples, strangers to each other, arrived in a mythic burial place called Sad Hill, where they had to face the naked facts of their hollow marriages in a totally new psychological light. The wives started the same walking ballet as did Clint Eastwood, Lee van Cleef and Eli Wallach in Leone’s film. In a few minutes, the lives of the couples would change completely.
On a Greek beach teeming with tourists, Nadia and Samara, two young Romani sisters, try to sell toys to sunbathers. To holidaymakers, they are merely part of the summer landscape – present, yet almost invisible.
A pretentious and pathetic young filmmaker is trying to make his new short film come to life.
The latest film by Tomi “Malakias” Malki, the creator of the animation The Fruits of Wrath, is a snapshot in the spirit of Kalervo Palsa, true to its creator's style.
I'm gathering things for my friends who were arrested for protesting against the war – books, soft toys, food. Once, twice. Now the list is endless and I'm gathering my own things.
Uses of plastic and its manufacture.
The first Finnish 35 mm color short film from May 1951, directed by Felix Forsman and produced by Felix-Film. It was commissioned by Paulig Oy to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. It is a large-format commissioned film of its time, and no expense has been spared. The story of Finnish coffee begins in 1756 and continues with carefully dramatized episodes to 1951. The film ends grandly with the Paulig March, written by Uuno Kaila.
Overview of the work stages of mechanical cable manufacturing at the Helsinki Cable Factory.