Kari Väänänen

Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina, a single mother, is fired from her job in a bakery and drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border.

Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.

Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerpori', by Pertti Jarla.

Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died recently in an accident, and Cheng wanted to have a break from everything by traveling with his son to see an old Finnish friend who lives on a farm in the countryside of Finland. It’s the most remote place Cheng can imagine with endless forests, thousands of lakes, a country with entire population of one-fifth of Cheng’s home town, Shanghai.

Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.

Cansado del materialismo de la Navidad, Santa se escapa a Nueva Zelanda para unas vacaciones de verano. Cuando dos niños descubren quién es él, tienen que encontrar una manera de llevarlo al Polo Norte a tiempo para la Navidad.

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s spouse Inari gets the chance to go back to work, but only if she can prove she’s “management material” and a real leader. Inari enters the Swamp Soccer tournament, where to her horror she finds out her ex Little Mikko is also competing.

The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods. Life changes for the Rosvolas when they accidentally kidnap 10-year-old Vilja, a diligent school girl. Will Vilja succeed in escaping or will she become friends with the Rosvolas´ children Hele (12 years) and Kalle (9 years)? We are the Pirates of the Roads is a funny and crazy adventurous road movie for children.

The egocentric author Jalo Rautakumpu welcomes a visitor to his cabin in the Lappish wilderness. After sauna and a bottle of alcohol, the friendship is formed. But friends can be bad for business.

Francia /// Todo el mundo sabe que Ruben es un cartero mitad francés y mitad finlandés, judío y homosexual; además de un mal hijo, un hermano egoísta, una birria de amante, un turbio asesino y un ladrón con escasa iniciativa… Sin embargo, el propio Ruben es incapaz de saber quién es. En la encrucijada de su existencia, mientras se abren ante él las aguas del Mar Rojo, a Ruben le asalta una duda: ¿debe seguir a su pueblo o el dictado de su corazón?

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

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)

Visa Vuorio (Tobias Zilliacus), a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen (Helena Vierikko), arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.

Una historia navideña sobre la ilusión, generosidad y amistad que se ha convertido en la película más taquillera de la historia de Finlandia.

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.

Finnish rocker movie

11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.

Parodia de la serie "Star Trek", y primera película de ciencia-ficción de Finlandia, "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning" fue creada a lo largo de 7 años por 5 finlandeses amateurs, no profesionales del mundo del cine, y un pequeño equipo de colaboradores. No tuvo distribución comercial, y puede descargarse gratuitamente de su página web. La nave del capitán Pirk se encuentra en el pasado y en el planeta Tierra (año 2006 DC). Para evitar cambiar el curso de la historia, intentan integrarse entre sus habitantes, pero pronto se dan cuenta de que eso es terriblemente inaguantable. Pirk decide recuperar la nave y usarla para controlar la Tierra, levantándose como Emperador

An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the likes in Germany. Then he gets an offer to tour in East Europe. During his travels he gets insight and finds true love.

After his wife leaves him, a man becomes obsessed getting his family back together by buying an old house.

A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

The mechanic Jack tries to get rid of his criminal background.

A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned on marijuana, while Pulu is known to drink cleaning products when he's run out of booze. Ali has fallen in love with Inka, a bright woman with a mind of her own, and her independent nature occasionally throws him into a fit of jealousy.

Harry tiene un club de jazz en Helsinki, aunque esto no es más que una tapadera: en realidad Harry es un veterano agente de la CIA. Además, mantiene una relación amorosa secreta con Natasha, una agente del KGB que tenía la misión de espiarle. Esta delicada situación se rompe con la aparición de una cinta de vídeo con códigos secretos de Estados Unidos. Una cinta por la que están siendo asesinadas muchas personas. A pesar de ello, Natasha se quiere apoderar de ella, porque puede ser su pasaporte para dejar Rusia.

Junio de 1941, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El teniente Perkola (Peter Franzén) y su prometida Karina (Irina Björklund), enfermera voluntaria en el frente, tienen un breve encuentro en un pueblo de la Carelia soviética. Perkola y sus hombres son enviados a territorio enemigo mientras que las enfermeras son repatriadas a Finlandia. A pesar de que la misión empieza bien, Perkola se entera de que los rusos han atacado a la columna de heridos y enfermeras. La guerra se convierte entonces para el joven en un asunto de carácter personal. (FILMAFFINTY)

Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a policeman. He tries to help his friends to settle into the small town in Pohjanmaa, but the boys start a black market liquor business instead. The road seems to lead back to the jail.

Ya se sabe que el amor no cae del cielo, sino que uno se lo encuentra en el regazo. Sobre todo cuando no se lo espera en absoluto. Y si antes alguien le hubiera dicho al repartidor de cerveza de Dormund, Hannes, que lo encontraría precisamente en la exótica soledad de Finlandia mientras un comisario de policía le pisaba los talones, lo más probable es que se hubiera limitado a sacudir la cabeza. Hannes, tímido experto en aprenderse horarios de trenes en sus ratos libres quiere ir a la nórdica localidad de Inari para participar en el Primer Concurso Internacional para expertos en guías ferroviarias. Para cumplir este sueño, ha pasado meses maquinando rutas de viaje y estudiándose horarios de memoria. Lo que Hannes no sabe cuando va al tren hacia el norte es que el Comisario Stefan y su ayudante Harry le creen el sospechoso número uno de un nuevo caso de asesinato...

Marko Röhr's film crew takes the viewer to Europe's last unexplored area: Iceland's unique underwater world. We explore the geysers of boiling waters and the crystal clear lakes off the coast of Iceland. We dive under the icebergs, into the tears between the continental plates and into the deep caves.

A short directed by Mika Kaurismäki.

Historia de un matrimonio (Ilona y Lauri) cuya relación y dignidad son puestas a prueba por los duros golpes de la vida. La pareja no suele correr riesgos y vive en un modesto apartamento de alquiler. Pero Ilona (Kati Outinen) pierde su empleo como camarera en el restaurante Dubrovnik, en Helsinki. Por si esto fuera poco, acaba enterándose de que Lauri (Kari Väänänen) ya hace un mes que ha sido despedido de su trabajo como conductor de tranvía.

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager Vladimir, who now calls himself Moses lead them on their way home.

Goodbye Gibraltar, directed by Ulrika Bengst, is a film about reconciliation, encountering different lifestyles and dreams.

Finnish comedy.

One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects were condemned for their sex and violence. A Parasite Deluxe, who barely recalls his previous night, Ripa cruises the bars and meets bank-teller Tiina.

Narra la amistad y desventuras de tres curiosos artistas sin blanca en el París bohemio. Marcel, un escritor sin trabajo que se dedica a recoger botellas vacías, Rodolfo, un pintor albanés sin papeles, y Schaunard, un compositor irlandés. Los tres intentan sobrevivir a su mala situación económica ayudándose mutuamente.

Película dividida en historias independientes a través de las cuales Jim Jarmusch presenta el panorama nocturno de cinco grandes ciudades (Los Angeles, Nueva York, París, Roma y Helsinki), con un taxi, y lo que en él ocurre desde el anochecer hasta el amanecer de un mismo día, y obviamente con diferentes personajes, como hilo conductor.

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.

Directed by Matti Ijäs and written with Arto Meller, Räpsy & Dolly aka Paris Waits (1990) is a tragicomic love story of a petty criminal and a former cabaret dancer. Detective Karisto (Kari Väänänen) releases Auno "Räpsy" Pirilä (Matti Pellonpää) from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje (Pertti Sveholm) from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly (Raija Paalanen) takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. Kaurismäki's TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party's newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.

Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.

Los Leningrad Cowboys, un grupo de músicos siberianos, y su mánager, viajan a América buscando fama y fortuna. Mientras cruzan el país intentando llegar a una boda en México, son seguidos por el tonto del pueblo que desea unirse al grupo.

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä (Matti Pellonpää), a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

Un joven taxista, Alex, hace el turno de noche en Berlín. Entre carrera y carrera, se adentra en sórdidas calles en busca de su amigo Igor, un ruso, pequeño ratero pero de gran corazón, enamorado de la prostituta Mara. En un bar, Alex se ve mezclado en un ajuste de cuentas entre gángsters, que concluye con la aparición de dos cadáveres y una maleta llena de dinero en el asiento de su taxi, lo que da lugar a una loca persecución por las calles de Berlín y a numerosas peripecias entre los gángsters que buscan su dinero y Alex que quiere quedarse con él.

A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

Älä itke Iines is an absurd comedy about an eccentric community that lives on the roofs and attic of an apartment building, struggling to improve their living conditions. The dialogue is entirely improvised by the actors.

When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives.

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.

Film by Juha Rosma

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react

Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers that the target is one of his past loves.

Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers that the target is one of his past loves.

En Helsinki, dieciocho hombres, diecisiete de los cuales se llaman Frank, deciden abandonar el barrio de trabajadores en el que llevan una vida triste y gris para instalarse en un barrio al otro lado de la ciudad, cerca del mar, que representa para ellos una especie de "El Dorado".

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.

Young Alex Sammako has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakos, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.

A young student seeks direction in his life to counterbalance the studies through female adventures.

Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the same company. However, the violence follows Jon in Norway too.

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

A student film.