Signals: Peter von Bagh
Overview of films
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SF – Paraati
Yrjö Norta | 86' | Finland | None
A musical comedy about a singing cabby and a singing tourist guide in Helsinki which, if viewed with discernment, presents all of Finland’s contradict -
Sodankylä Forever: The Century of Cinema
Peter von Bagh | 90' | Finland | None
Since 1969, masters of cinema have shown their films at the legendary Midnight Sun Film Festival and talked about their art. With choice moments from -
Splinters – A Century of an Artistic Family
Peter von Bagh | 74' | Finland | International première
A century of development, starting in the era of Finland’s nascent nationalism, when the country still belonged to Tsarist Russia, ending in the heyda -
The Story of Mikko Niskanen
Peter von Bagh | 178' | Finland | International premiere
Portrait of a genius as a troubled human being trying his best to find a way through life. A documentary about a too- little- known… -
A Time of Roses
Risto Jarva | 108' | Finland | None
In 2012, a historian/artist tries to recreate the life of a loose woman from the 1970s – and gets lost in a hall of mirrors… -
The Year 1939
Peter von Bagh | 107' | Finland | None
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… -
The Year 1952
Peter von Bagh | 120' | Finland | None
In 1952, Helsinki finally hosted the Summer Olympics, which marked the beginning of the nation’s postwar regeneration. It was a good year for many thi