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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: -
The Painting Sellers
Winner of the student competition in Cannes is a delicate family drama about an exceptional friendship in icy Finland.Published on: -
Kauas pilvet karkaavat
Latest impressive film by productive, idiosyncratic Kaurismäki is a psychological sketch of unemployment.Published on: -
Jos 6 olis 9
Young girls change into sexual beings in a fiction film with a documentary feel.Published on: -
Prisoners of the Ground
The lyrics of the Finnish Tango are the inspiration for this film, telling of the desire to escape from dark, daily reality.Published on: -
Where Is Where?
Spectres from an ‘incident’ during the Algerian War visit a Finnish poetess. One of 2009’s most intellectually challenging and rewarding films.Published on: -
Twisted Roots
Stylish drama in which the secrets and desires of a Finnish family can no longer be suppressed. A hereditary illness overcomes Mikko. He fears he…Published on: -
The Suburb Within
Abstract horror film consists of a very minimal image, accompanied by a suggestive audio track that has maximum effect.Published on: -
Fuck Off! – Images from Finland
Sparkling documentary classic from 1971 in which Donner and his mates made Finnish but also Swedish streets unsafe with their investigation into how tPublished on: -
Fuck Off 2 – Images from Finland
To mark the hundredth anniversary of Finnish independence, Donner again picked up the subject of his legendary Fuck Off!. How is Finland getting on? APublished on: