Sari Aaltonen

The Munich Olympic Stadium, 1972. Athletes and officials are preparing for the 10,000 metres final. Lasse Virén is warming up on the track. It is not a big day only for Virén but for the whole nation. But one man cannot win alone. It takes a dedicated group of hardworking, reliable people. In a desolate bunker near the track, six Finnish men are preparing to help Lasse achieve the run of his life. A run that changes history. All for the small, relentless nation from the dark cold North.

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 choir of tired nurses sing to Anna-Mari Kähärä’s hypnotic tunes about the truths of everyday nursing work in a musical documentary directed by Susanna Helke and co-scripted by Helke and Markku Heikkinen. DocPoint’s opening film is new in its format, and jolting in its message. It is a cinematic-musical work of activism, calling for more humane work, life and old age.

La historia de un hombre con una severa discapacidad: está casi ciego y depende de una silla de ruedas. Jaakko vive solo en un pequeño apartamento, es un gran aficionado al cine, mantiene una relación telefónica de amistad con Sirpa (otra alma solitaria) y sus padres no dejan de llamar (aunque él no soporta dar lástima). Pero cuando las circunstancias lo llevan a darse cuenta de que debe ir a ver a su amiga, Jaakko se ve obligado a salir de su agujero y a lanzarse a un mundo lleno de limitaciones para alguien como él.

Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her family with secrets – her parents have been living in an open-bisexual-swinger-relationship for 20 years. On the other hand Kata is pretty surprised that she might be living with a hetero girl that once was dating a neo-nazi. And the ex-boy friend cannot swallow that Mervi is now with a person both of wrong color, and sex. The real threat appears when Kata’s parents arrive from Berlin and the local skinhead chief finds out that a black muslim celebrity politician has arrived to town.

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

Experimental short film about a birch log with a soul and a pair of skis.

Recently divorced Helena is getting anxious about spending christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend old time christmas on a farm - only place they can afford.

Veijo es un verdadero amante de los animales. Vive en una región suburbana de Finlandia de practicar ilegalmente la eutanasia a mascotas. También es un encantador de animales y prefiere ejercer la justicia por su cuenta contra propietarios negligentes para con sus mascotas. Su vida, tan poco convencional como está tan meticulosamente organizada, se verá trastocada al conocer a Petri, un mecánico de coches y miembro de una banda de neonazis, y Lotta, una joven enfermera que entiende sus psicosis. El cambio de Veijo empezará antes de que la sed de venganza sea su único combustible

Veijo es un verdadero amante de los animales. Vive en una región suburbana de Finlandia de practicar ilegalmente la eutanasia a mascotas. También es un encantador de animales y prefiere ejercer la justicia por su cuenta contra propietarios negligentes para con sus mascotas. Su vida, tan poco convencional como está tan meticulosamente organizada, se verá trastocada al conocer a Petri, un mecánico de coches y miembro de una banda de neonazis, y Lotta, una joven enfermera que entiende sus psicosis. El cambio de Veijo empezará antes de que la sed de venganza sea su único combustible

Veijo es un verdadero amante de los animales. Vive en una región suburbana de Finlandia de practicar ilegalmente la eutanasia a mascotas. También es un encantador de animales y prefiere ejercer la justicia por su cuenta contra propietarios negligentes para con sus mascotas. Su vida, tan poco convencional como está tan meticulosamente organizada, se verá trastocada al conocer a Petri, un mecánico de coches y miembro de una banda de neonazis, y Lotta, una joven enfermera que entiende sus psicosis. El cambio de Veijo empezará antes de que la sed de venganza sea su único combustible

A film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and grooming toy horses.

Unemployed actor Kati gets a job as a tomato on a commercial. Turns out that the gig is not what she expected.

War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically. Finland and WWII, locally known as continuation war, is the backdrop of this documentary.

Marzia, My Friend is the story of an Afghan woman in her twenties, who like all young people dreams of love, freedom and an interesting job. She dreams of peace and independence, but because she lives in Afghanistan, her dreams are revolutionary. Ultimately Marzia’s story becomes a symbol of the wider struggle of Afghan women: it is about the right to make decisions about your own life. The film follows Marzia’s life from spring 2011 to the end of 2014, when international troops were due to leave Afghanistan.

Losing a car in a car park can be the end of the world or the beginning of another.

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

About girls who ride with horses and grow bigger. The film follows three years of age 9 to 19 year old girls who perform ponies and horses at the Poni-Haha Riding School in Hakunila, Vantaa. At the beginning of the story, 12-year-old Laura and his friend Nekku and Heli are in the middle.

A man emerges with his autistic daughter and three others from a hospital elevator to find themselves trapped in the building with devilish monsters.

Maria's ex-boyfriend Kristian is homeless and moves back in with Maria. Maria works as a nurse at the home of Eeva, a paralyzed writer.

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a man fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in modern Finland.

Raid (Kai Lehtinen) regresa a Finlandia para vengar a su ex novia, Tarja (Mari Rantasila) de la que ha tenido noticias que ha muerto en un incendio provocado, realizado en la sede de la prensa "Voz pública", donde trabajaba. Raid comienza su propia investigación de lo sucedido. Mientras tanto, el capitán Jansson (Oiva Lohtander) de la policía finlandesa está investigando el asesinato de un manifestante durante la reunión del Banco Mundial celebrada en Helsinki.

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.