Overview of articles
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Paavo Nurmi – The Man and His Times
Paavo Nurmi is a sports legend, a name people know to this day. For Finland, Nurmi was an ideal, an axiom of the nation’s spirit…Published on: -
Blue Sky – Journey Into the Land of Memories
The dance pavilion considered as the centre of social life, with the Finnish tango as the key to the collective unconscious – the dream life…Published on: -
A Day at Karl Marx’s Grave
A hundred years after the great 19th-century German philosopher’s demise, ordinary people from some 20 nations talk about his legacy. To the people, MPublished on: -
The Year 1939
In 1939, Finland was preparing for a 1940 Helsinki Olympics that wouldn’t happen, as well as for a war that indeed would. A collage of…Published on: -
Memory (work in progress)
Is the concept of a country conceivable after genocide? Together, a filmmaker from Rwanda and a filmmaker from Finland ask a question it is impossiblePublished on: -
The Painting Sellers
Winner of the student competition in Cannes is a delicate family drama about an exceptional friendship in icy Finland.Published on: -
Sodankylä Forever
Peter von Bagh is not only an eminent film historian and director, but since 1986 he has also been a film festival director in Sodankylä,…Published on: -
Silent Sonata
A family traumatised by war slowly rediscovers colour in their lives when a circus encamps by their house. Almost entirely without words, a special boPublished on: -
Travelogue
Visually deconstructing the idea of a travelogue, this film is an ode to the city, as derived from a wide range of travel writings about…Published on: -
Parked
Documentary director Darrah Byrne turns to fiction with this beautifully shot film. Set in Dublin, with the powerful Colm Meaney as Fred, Parked tellsPublished on: