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A documentary about Tapio Rautavaara, a traveler and artist. "The purpose of the film Tapsa was to reflect Rautavaara as a person. He himself gave the keys to it as a character. It is tinted accordingly. Any kind of film could have been made from the material. It could have been made on a completely grave scale or just full of jokes. But it is probably faithful to Rautavaara as it is."
In 1918, the Swedish army landed on the Åland Islands by three warships. The Finnish Civil War had spilled over to Åland from the Finnish mainland. The Swedes came as a so called peacekeepers, but in fact Sweden wanted to retake the islands and yet again make then part of Sweden. But why did the islands become part of Finland?
Stars from the figure skating world championships in Helsinki Finland, perform at the Exhibition Gala
A pretentious and pathetic young filmmaker is trying to make his new short film come to life.
A dark-haired woman is standing still in front of a camera. Her long hair is floating in the wind.
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.
One man, one sock, one mission. But the sock has bigger dreams.
A young woman struggles with the loss of a past love as memories blur into the present.
Introducing tourist attractions in Rome. The Finnish state has acquired Villa Lante and turned it into the Finnish Institute of Rome.
Introducing the Hyvinkää market and life in 1953.
Domestic products are presented in the exhibition hall.
The first steps of a newborn foal.
Shoes are made from leather purchased with funds donated by Finnish Americans and distributed to children from poor families.
Introducing the Kerava market.
Building and playing a traditional musical instrument.
The film presents Finnish design and interior design accessories.
Introduction to the city of Turku and its history.
A moving and passionate documentary about March 20, 1948, when the Finnish delegation left for Moscow to negotiate the YYA agreement under the leadership of Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala. The seriousness of the situation can be felt concretely, as the delegation is seen off at the Helsinki railway station by the entire nation in miniature. "And so the train left, taking the negotiating delegation to its important mission."
Spending the summer in Helsinki, Tampere and Naantali - in the water and on dry land.
A body emerges from a jellylike substance into a warped universe in which inside becomes outside and outside inside in an infinite loop. Ephemeral others appear and disappear, diving into, consuming, and nourishing one another.
A documentary about mine clearance in Lapland during the first summer of peace in 1945. Over 70,000 mines were left behind in the devastated Lapland after the war. The dangerous clearance work progresses with the help of mine rakes, mine dogs, and even Argentine canned meat.
Christmas sign homes were special shelters for newborns whose mothers had contracted tuberculosis. The film presents the operation of a Christmas sign home.
Reconstruction and war damage after the Lapland War.
Confectionery production at the Huhtamäki Group's Hellas factory in Turku.
Maritime pilots at work
A documentary film by Erkki Majava (1919-43) about Pirkkala, where a work service center for young girls operated during the war years. Each course lasted six months, and during that time the girls did all the work themselves. The closing ceremony of the course was held at Haikka Manor, after which these wartime working girls left their workhouses to go their separate ways.
From the carefree summers of childhood to the turbulent teenage years. Five formative years in a young group of friends in Stockholm, where their bond is put to the test as they navigate their way into adulthood.
The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming. Mäkinen wonderfully depicts the reindeer Sámi of Käsivarre and the life of thousands of reindeer on the fells.
War reparations industry. Schooner manufacturing in Rauma at Holming Oy's shipyard.
Growing up in the 1990s, X makes prank calls as a child and works in telephone sales as a teenager. Office smells, heavy breathers, and meaningless greetings follow her. Using archival material and amateur footage, the film explores voice as a faceless, commercialized asset.
Alina has always admired her friend Roosa, until the events of a cottage trip reveal the true face of their friendship.
A stop-motion animation consisting of the front grilles of different cars, shot in the parking lots of local supermarkets. The 13-second sequence keeps looping while the ticking sound of the acoustic guitar is sped up to frantic levels.
People on Sunday is filmed with a hand-cranked camera familiar from silent films and the early films of the Lumière brothers. The flickering images and shimmering light produced by this old technology also characterize Viita's film. People on Sunday refers in its title to the German classic Menchen am Sonntag (1930), which is a well-known example of the impact of historical events on the later interpretation of a film. The inexorable passage of time and the beautiful fragility of life are central themes in both films.
A crazy found-footage collage composed of monotonous, advertising, and playful shots is overlaid with hand-painted illustrations directly on the film emulsion. The outlines of objects peel away from their photographic record and jump into another film. The open refrigerator door spews out its contents until there is a syncopated pause, during which the calf of a leg trembles under the sensual vibration of the word FOOD. “Our food is radioactive. The fallout descends upon our cities and ourselves. It penetrates everywhere. The world takes on new colours, values are upset, and existence involves risk. Only dreams and expectations remain.” — Eino Ruutsalo
A cannibal named 'Nobody' is mistaken for his latest victim. He assumes the new identity, and everything begins to unravel.
Sometimes it's hard to get to the pace of others at the bar.
Young Alma faces herself in a new light and learns through years of experience what kind of touch she likes. The film is a part of The Hotel Room -short film series, in which all eight stories are set in the same room and told by different up-and-coming filmmakers.
When 26-year-old Mira originally decided transition to male as a teenager, the decision felt right, and so it was in the beginning. As a transman Mira felt freer and at ease in representing themselves. However, now they desire to be a woman once again. A documentary about a young individual in search of their gender identity.
A short film about three generations in remote Lapland, which time has already forgotten. The lives of the three men are set against the backdrop of of local machinery, as they struggle to come to terms with their own values and each other's feelings.
Young Sámi journalist Alexander Paul returns to his home town Lovozero in North-West Russia full of hope, equipped with the best western education. He dreams of contributing to the restoration of the dignity of his people. But he realizes that those who have sold their souls do not appreciate the truth.
Sibiry Konate, a contemporary dance choreographer of African descent who wants to bring balance to an unbalanced world, seeks connection and meaning between and torn between his old and new home countries. So he decides to give a valuable gift to his village in Africa.
Short documentary about Finnish glass industry and glass design featuring many prominent Finnish designers.
Nuppu is collecting old spells before they all get forgotten. For that she needs to travel to the city - but is that a good idea?
A story about people we often pass by.
Underdog begins as a dog-filled travelogue but eventually forms into a cinematic essay that effortlessly moves from one time and place to the next. The film criticises selective breeding and explores the history of oppression based on racial categorisation in both the human and dog world. The film’s audiovisual argumentation is constructed effectively through split-screen cinematography and voiceover narration.
Itä-Pasila, the rough-around-the-edges neighbourhood filled with concrete building blocks, office buildings and diverse inhabitants, is at the centre of Anu Pennanen’s experimental film that mixes documentary with fictional sequences. This mostly dialogue-free film, scored by Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 1, explores the eastern side of the Helsinki borough divided in two by train tracks. As inhabitants of Itä-Pasila reminisce about everyday life in their beloved part of town, their thoughts are conveyed to the viewer through text on the screen. To some, Itä-Pasila is reminiscent of grey and depressing barracks, but to others the area is a cherished home filled with good memories.
A projection-based installation explores the aftermath of displacement following the creation of a massive dam in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Archival material from three generations of researchers meet on the surface of a screen.
2023 revival concert of the legendary Finnish rock band Coitus Int.
What do the paintings tell us when we see them from a weather perspective? Meteorologist Seija Paasonen travels through our painted landscapes to bring them to life.
A documentary about Finnish light artist Kari Kola constructing the worlds largest light installation in Connemara, Ireland. The city of Galway has commissioned a work from Kari as a part of their European Capital of Culture 2020 program. The city asks him to do "something big" and Kari decides to light up a whole mountain. The art piece is named Savage Beauty, an expression used by Oscar Wilde to describe the Connemara region. Kola and his team face challenges ranging from weather to bureaucracy and finally a world-wide pandemic. Kari Kola, often an outsider underdog, wants to prove that once you find your strengths and apply some grit and finnish sisu, nothing is impossible.
A short film that delves into the secret life of fruits, which turns out to be surprisingly human and carnal.
Scientists are studying a solar eclipse, which Suomi-Filmi is filming.