A selection of this year’s best Finnish films. The films are screened with English subtitles.
Films in theme
A love story of two women, a prison for three women. A power game with a no-win situation. Based on a novel by award winning author Sofi Oksanen.
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The new film by J-P Valkeapää tells a darkly humorous story of loss, love and the sweet pain of being.
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Mikael Syrjälä's fresh debut breathes and sways skillfully in the fragile scenery of youth.
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This enchanting festival hit looks at the infamous area of Brussels from the knee-high point of view of a child.
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The anguish of a Finnish man is flying to another reality.
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A spicy satire about a family breaking apart – and what happens, when honesty disappears.
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A story of singer-songwriter Juice Leskinen, a love professional. Juice felt deeply and extremely sensitively, but wounded many people, including himself.
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Set against luminous winter landscapes, Finnish-based Bulgarian director Tonislav Hristov's documentary depicts Veera's attempts to use live action role-playing to cope with trauma.
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An intelligent, modern film noir and creative doc about how women claim their freedom in a cemetery named Sad Hill, known as the final scene of Sergio Leone’s iconic spaghetti western film.
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Located in the chilling outskirts of wintery Finland, Time Out is a tragicomedy about a father, a son, bullies – and us Finns.
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An elderly art dealer about to retire spots an old painting at an auction. He suspects it is worth much more than the starting price and decides to make one last deal in order to earn proper pension money.
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Family might not be the worst but it definitely is the hardest. Director's Filipino stepmother is living in Sweden, pressured for money by her sons back home who believe she lives in luxury. In reality Yolanda is struggling between two worlds.
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