Elina Knihtilä

It’s Christmas time and the family has gathered. Everything goes on as it did the previous Christmases, with grandpa drinking too much and grandma trying to keep everyone in the mood. After the Christmas holidays, everyone returns to their own homes until it's time to gather again, this time for a funeral.

Tuulikki has a problem. She is in the throes of young love, and the world outside her window is vibrant and inviting. But her mother disagrees, not wanting to let Tuulikki out of her sight. Tuulikki fights back, but nothing seems to be making a difference. Finally, the mother-daughter relationship escalates when the circumstances prove too much for both of them.

A nurse, tired of her job, does not notice that a doctor leaves for his break. This gives a patient from the psychiatric unit next door a chance to sneak into the empty office. When it is time to call in the next patient, the patient now disguised as a doctor, realises she is in a tough spot but decides to meet with the patient anyway.

A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims.

En el verano de sus vidas, tres adolescentes finlandeses se debatiran entre Jesús y los primeros amores en el debut de la directora Ulla Heikkilä, que traza un sutil y revelador retrato de los caminos de la fe y la liberación sexual en la volatil etapa vital que es la adolescencia. Cada verano, los adolescentes finlandeses que practican el catolicismo se preparan para ir al campamento donde se confirmarán ante los ojos de Dios, y la iglesia. En este particular verano, conoceremos a cuatro de ellos, todos divididos entre su identidad religiosa, la independencia y el cosquilleo del primer amor.

Salomé, una niña huérfana adolescente, vive dentro de una secta dirigida por la carismática y despiadada Maria Åkerblom. Durante un verano crucial, Salomé se enfrenta a enfrentarse a María, la mujer que la había salvado.

Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?

A young actress, passionate about her profession, gets ready for a rape scene.

Jill and Joy receive a mission from their neighbors Tingelstein and Tangelstein: the ladies send the girls to look after their absentminded inventor brother Gadgetus. Jill and Joy get to know the wonders of Gadgetus’s farm, but everything is at risk of being destroyed when Samuel Shortcut arrives on his bulldozer, ready to destroy everything so that a new highway can be built in the area. Jill and Joy save the farm with the help of a device invented by Gadgetus, but before that they have to get to know the world of dreams and find help from there. Armstrong, a miniature pig, also takes part in the adventure and helps Jill and Joy, along with the other people living in Rose Alley.

Cleaning woman is cleaning and finds herself in an unexpected situation.

El Grump se prepara para morir, todo está hecho y su esposa está muerta. Él está haciendo su propio ataúd cuando la vida entra, de repente. La nieta necesita la terquedad y la sabiduría de su abuelo. A cambio, The Grump obtiene un significado para su vida y un gran secreto.

The Night Thief is a warmhearted drama set in the suburbs of Helsinki, Finland. It tells the story of a Somali man, Farah, whose car starts to disappear mysteriously at night. Although the car always shows up in the morning, Farah starts to run late from work, and fears that he could lose his job. Farah’s wife is moving to Finland from Somalia and if Farah were to get fired, his wife’s residency permit would be in danger. Due to the circumstances, Farah decides to do whatever it takes to catch the thief. In the end, things take an unexpected turn when Farah finally faces the person who has been stealing his car.

Helsinki. El joven Khaled llega oculto en un barco de carga procedente de Siria. Su solicitud de asilo es rechazada, pero decide quedarse de todos modos. Mientras, un gris comercial cincuentón llamado Wikström decide cambiar su vida y abrir un decadente restaurante. Sus caminos se cruzarán cuando una tarde Wikhström se encuentra a Khaled en la puerta de su restaurante y, emocionado, decide ofrecerle techo, comida y trabajo. Pero el sueño del chico es encontrar a su hermana, que también huyó de Siria.

A film based on the popular children's books by Marjatta Kurenniemi about the exploits of Jill And Joy.

The female director wants full frontal nudity from her male lead, but the actor has a big problem with it.

Waste Land is a tragicomic ensemble film about a bunch of kids squatting an abandoned seaside hotel. The shabby hotel offers a life outside the society, at least momentarily. The house is more than a house – it is a utopian space for love, partying and freedom. But can the days of ease last when the squat is confronted both by outside forces and by internal conflicts?

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size of a shoebox, pulls up in front their house, and a teensy-weensy family gets out; it's the McTiny family. The family has become homeless after a road roller smashed their home. Planning to live with the girls temporarily, the family moves in with Jill and Joy but soon finds out that not all big people have good intentions towards them. Jill and Joy's Winter is based on a beloved book by the same name, written by a Finnish writer named Marjatta Kurenniemi.

Distraído por la vida, el Sr. Makkonen extraña por décadas su fiesta de compromiso. De la cuna a la tumba, la vida sigue interrumpiendo, no sólo a él, sino a una madre cansada, un superhéroe condenado y el resto de los compañeros en este mundo incontrolable. La mezcla de comedia y fantasía con historias oscuras…

Distraído por la vida, el Sr. Makkonen extraña por décadas su fiesta de compromiso. De la cuna a la tumba, la vida sigue interrumpiendo, no sólo a él, sino a una madre cansada, un superhéroe condenado y el resto de los compañeros en este mundo incontrolable. La mezcla de comedia y fantasía con historias oscuras…

Retrata el romance entre una partera lapona y un oficial nazi de la SS, en el contexto de la Guerra de Laponia que enfrentó a los ejércitos de Finlandia y Alemania entre 1944 y 1945.

Aimo and Milla are living together at Milla's alcoholics-turned-zombies parents' place. They save money to move out of the house. Due to his lack of self confidence, Aimo wastes their savings to turbo-boost his muscles. As conventional body building is not quite satisfactory, Aimo tunes himself up into a robot. Milla doesn't like the new Aimo-Robot and leaves him. Aimo´s heartache leads him to extreme measures as he also changes his heart into a metal one, one that doesn't hurt. Milla decides to steal Aimo heart: after all, a woman needs to have a man´s heart. Lovemilla is an anarchistic comedy trip, a comedy about love, a story about love, robots and bodybuilding.

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer friend for help. Paranoia, jealousy and a series of increasingly absurd events ensue.

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer friend for help. Paranoia, jealousy and a series of increasingly absurd events ensue.

Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.

When two best friends Jill and Joy find a huge sum of money on the street on the first day of the summer holiday, they decide to buy a house from the mysterious Mrs. Rosebud. It’s a real dream house: measured and equipped exactly for two little seven-year-old girls’ requirements. Based on a beloved children’s book, Jill and Joy is a story of a dream summer without parents or boundaries. Anything can and will happen as reality and fantasy magically intertwine.

A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.

Mientras su padre está siempre lejos viajando a través del cielo en la brigada de Santa Claus, el pequeño reno Niko quiere que sus padres se encuentren y finalmente sean una familia unida. Pero su madre tiene una sorpresa: ha conocido a Lenni, un reno que tiene un hijo llamado Jonni. Así, el sueño de unir a sus padres se desintegra. Un día Jonni es secuestrado por el lobo Blado. Acompañado por su fiel amigo, la ardilla voladora llamada Julius, se embarcarán en una aventura en busca de Jonni, a la vez que acepta que tiene una nueva familia.

Timo es un reputado concertista de piano que ha naufragado en su vida personal. Un día se encuentra a la puerta de su casa a un hombre mayor que él de aspecto un tanto desastrado. El hombre, que se llama Leo, resulta ser su padre, quien abandonó el país cuando Timo tenía tan sólo tres años y ha pasado los últimos 35 en paradero desconocido. Leo es un eterno embaucador de talante optimista que tuvo que abandonar su patria tras meterse en notables embrollos. Ahora ha vuelto para entregar a su hijo un misterioso legado y para responder preguntas acerca de su pasado. Padre e hijo se embarcan en un viaje por carretera rumbo al norte del país. Lo que empieza como un choque de caracteres que resulta gracioso y pintoresco termina siendo una auténtica revelación emocional mientras los dos protagonistas se ayudan a asimilar sus respectivos fracasos.

When his mother takes a shine to a man at a party, a young man begins to lose his grip on reality.

A Finnish TV movie.

In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present

Juhani, terapeuta, 35 años, y Paula Helin, empresaria, 34 años, deciden divorciarse de forma civilizada, mudarse a una casa nueva cada uno y vender su domicilio conyugal. Pero cuando Paula invita a su ligue de una noche, Marco, a la casa, Juhani se venga contratando a una prostituta, Nina, a su hermanastro y a un chulo, Wolffi, para que haga de su nueva novia y echar así a Paula de la casa. (FILMAFFINITY)

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.

Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom, so he asks his mate to help him. However, Pera’s wife comes home a bit too soon…

El pequeño Nico es hijo de uno de los renos que tiran del trineo de Papá Noel. Desea con todas sus fuerzas volar y conocer a su padre. Por eso decide ir en su busca. En su aventura lo acompañan Julius, una ardilla voladora y Wilma, una descarada comadreja que los guiará hasta las montañas de Papá Noel. También se encontrarán con una manada de lobos que tienen un plan terrible: comerse a Papá Noel y sus renos y terminar así con la Navidad. Nico tendrá que demostrar su coraje para evitar que esto ocurra y poder cumplir su sueño.

8 Days to Premiere is a love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season´s grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for the play, gets a chance of a lifetime. There are 8 days to the premiere.

The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.

Two sisters, Mailis and Henna, are rowing on a lake at the heart of a summer midnight.

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.

Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse. After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor.

About photographer Inka and her loved ones on a journey to the fountains of love. Inka leaves her betrothed Jonah at the dinner table and leaves their shared home in a bang, not knowing why yet.

Finnish Road Movie

The cheapest drivers in the hearse business, gambling addict Risto Kivi and his friend Arto Niska, an 85% brainless man, have found themselves in a situation where everything has gone wrong and a fresh start is needed.

Ordinary winter holiday turns into an adventure when trash starts to rain from the sky and all the holes in the city disappear. Snot and Splash solve the mystery, and at the same time save the world from being sucked into a black hole.