Director Ain Mäeots’ black comedy, DEMONS, tells the story of three addictive gamblers. Greed and the pressure of debts show… Read Ain Mäeots »

Alessandro Donati is an Italian doping researcher, an ex-coach and an anti-doping advocate. Donati’s battle against doping has resulted in… Read Alessandro “Sandro” Donati »

The latest film from Norwegian director, Arild Andresen (b.1967), THE ORHEIM COMPANY, was rewarded with two Norwegian Amanda film awards… Read Arild Andresen »

New Yorker Dan Janvey arrives in Helsinki to introduce the long-awaited HIFF Opening Film, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. Janvey… Read Dan Janvey »

Three Finnish films have been chosen to the Nordic Exports theme, which introduces some of the best new Nordic films.… Read Domestic Guests »

The director of THE MARSHAL OF FINLAND, Gilbert Lukalia, is an established filmmaker who has directed a number of feature… Read Gilbert Lukalia »

Serbian actor Goran Jevtic is a graduate of the University of Arts in Belgrade. He plays one of the lead… Read Goran Jevtic »

Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (b.1978) began his career filming skate videos and was later accepted to study film at… Read Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson »

THE NEW WORLD is a five-year project during which a group of enthusiastic activists attempting to mould a Tallinn suburb… Read Jaak Kilmi »

HIFF has followed Jacques Audiard’s career since the 1990s when SEE HOW THEY FALL (1994) and A SELF-MADE HERO (1996)… Read Jacques Audiard »