Kari Hietalahti

The Finland of the future has gone mad. A bored young woman, Viola, gets a brilliant idea. She decides to fool the infamous Lone Rider and his sidekick Tonto. Viola makes a wanted poster of herself, and assumes the identity of a highwayman named Gonzales. Viola/Gonzales surrenders to a quirky bandit duo, who now believe they will be well rewarded for bringing this outlaw to authorities. As the pair is taking Gonzales to the gallows, they get lost in the desert. A day's journey turns into an adventure that tests the trio's physical resilience and mental maturity.

Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.

Temporarily homeless Jarna is in the deepest trouble of his life. Debtors have come to collect old drug debts and Jarna is given 24 hours to pay up, setting off a frantic, amphetamine fueled battle against time. Manic speed, fear of killers on his tail, paranoia and self-loathing over old wrongs eventually lead to a traffic accident. Jarna can no longer escape, his pace slows and he is on the verge of giving up. The moment has come when a near-lifetime of running must come to an end.

To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do that, the heroic guinea pig has to save the biggest bully in school.

A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to squash the disturbance caused by the young entrepreneurs. In the end, the bumpy road of potatoes grows into mythical proportions.

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.

This melancholy, dryly comedic Finnish-language film is the fourth of a five-part series on minority languages in Sweden.

Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this façade in order to save face has become something of a full-time job for him. When Pekka’s parents unexpectedly come for a visit, he throws a lavish family dinner party in order to dispel any doubts. The soirée is a success until Pekka’s god-daughter gets run over by a car. The reckless driver becomes a mutual enemy for the family. The driver tries to atone for his actions, but the situation spirals out of control and Pekka attacks the man. Pekka realizes things have gone too far and decides to tell his family the truth. It does not hurt as much as Pekka thought, bringing the pieces of a once broken family back together.

One woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her. But the biggest horror may be closer to her than she thinks.

Emilia es una niña ordinaria de padres divorciados: va a la escuela, vive con su madre y algunas veces con su padre, y su vida no podría ser más común. Pero un día, el conejillo de indias de Emilia le muerde el dedo. A partir de entonces, Emilia tendrá una habilidad secreta para transformarse en un superhéroe peludo, que puede volar y resolver problemas con sus superpoderes. Al mismo tiempo, los arenques en la cercana bahía del Mar Báltico están pidiendo ayuda. El agua de mar envenenada los ha enfurecido y amenazan la paz y la tranquilidad de toda la ciudad.

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

Tom of Finland, protagonizada por Pekka Strang, sigue los pasos de esta figura pionera de la cultura gay, que sufrió la opresión y homofobia durante su juventud. Volvió como héroe de la Segunda Guerra Mundia, pero la vida en Finlandia en tiempos de paz no fue como esperaba. Perseguido por su homosexualidad, se encontró sumergido en relaciones secretas y presionado para casarse con una mujer. Encontró una válvula de escape a través de su arte, especialmente por sus dibujos homoeróticos con un estilo marcado por musculados cuerpos masculinos vestidos de cuero. Su fama llegó a ser revolución en Estados Unidos bajo su nombre artístico, Tom of Finland.

The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.

Un grupo de dinosaurios aficionados al heavy metal viven en el interior de una montaña junto a la bruja que les crió. Un día, esta les obliga a ir a conocer el mundo exterior, donde viven una aventura junto a dos niños.(FILMAFFINITY)

It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own.

A Finnish dramedy about an 11-year-old boy dealing with the loss of his parents.

Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for a renovation job at his old band mate's summer villa. Second story revolves around wannabe motorcycle gang and its leader Jouni who are being humiliated at a village shop. Thirdly in the 1960s, a star reporter Erkki "Likasanko" Sysimetsä starts writing a once in a lifetime story about the womanizing of Arvo Hakala, a pipe organ repair man. In the fourth story, a fantasy and sci-fi film director Kurt "Kurre" von Riikonen is looking for financing of his upcoming movie Excalibur IV with catastrophic consequences.

Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.

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.

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.

Drama situado en el siglo 19 en las llanuras de Ostrobotnia, al oeste de Finlandia, que son controlados por grupos de matones armados con cuchillos. Tradicionalmente, el hijo primogénito hereda todo, así que cuando Esko - un vagabundo y un líder de la banda - se entera de que su padre va a salir de la hacienda Välitalo y deja a cargo a su hermano menor, todo el infierno se desata.

Life for Sale is the story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.

Julia, una abogada muy ocupada en la gran ciudad, viaja a un remoto pueblo junto al lago para ayudar a la gente a resistirse a la construcción de una planta central hidroeléctrica. La película combina la mitología antigua y los problemas ambientales de hoy en día aderezado por un aire de misterio.

Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

1966, Tomppa y sus amigos Krisu y Kari ya se les está quedando pequeño su negocio de venta ilegal de alcohol en Punavuori, Helsinki. A base de puño y mal carácter expanden su territorio y aumentan sus ganancias. Pero también están al tanto de que su estilo de vida solo tiene tres destinos: seguir adelante, la cárcel o la muerte.

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.

Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is making career as a small time criminal. His family's destiny is about to come true, and it's going to be the usual: jail, alcoholism and violent death. After learning about rock music Remu learns to play drums and pushes himself into different bands. His first time in jails interrupts his music career, but after being released he starts his own band; Hurriganes.

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.

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.

The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.

Vares, a film noir comedy from Finland, is yet another twist on PULP FICTION. And, just in case we miss the similarities of splattered blood mixed with outrageous incidents, the movie explicitly references PULP FICTION and has a comedic scene in which two guys argue about McDonald's hamburgers. Still, VARES - PRIVATE EYE, by director Aleksi Mäkelä, manages to be kind of fun even not especially original. The script has more characters than the screenwriter can handle, leaving the audience frequently confused about who is doing what and why. The two best scenes are one about a wacky wedding and another about a guy who answers a cell phone call while he is busy enjoying the pleasures of a sex parlor.

Taavi,the enigmatic 18-year-old lead, has just inherited his long-deceased wealthy parents home and estate. It is high school graduation and Taavi's birthday, and after his fiends greet him au natural and are arrested, Taavi invites his friends to the mansion for a wild party. Taavi lives with a recording camera to his eye, a machine that allows his to keep interpersonal distance from everyone. Among his friends are Jere who considers himself a woman's man, Markus (who appears the well-adjusted one, and chubby, pierced Sami whose sexuality is ambiguous. The party gets wild, guests sleep around, and Taavi records it all!

Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

Cuatro hermanos finlandeses, apodados "Eura Daltons", recibieron notoriedad en todo el país por arrancar las bombas de gas cuando necesitaban dinero. La película más taquillera en Finlandia después de El Señor de los Anillos: el retorno del Rey en 2003. Recaudó casi 4 millones €, lo que la convierte en la película finlandesa más taquillera de la historia.

Hairy and rowdy creatures called rolleys sail to a land inhabited by more peace-loving elves. When the rolleys arrive to the elf village, they scare the elves away and settle down in the village. One of the elves, Milli, a brave elf girl, returns to the village to make a peace with the rolleys. The rolleys do not warm to Milli's peace proposal, but she becomes friends with a rolley called Rölli. It becomes their mission to solve the conflict between the elves and the rolleys.

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.

Woman unexpectedly meets Satan in her attic.

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.

Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters.

The Night Train (Yöjuna) is a 1996 Finnish thriller movie directed by Arto Lehkamo.

Computer professional Vesa Rajala rushes to home from a work trip because his wife Sanna is leaving for Greece with her new lover, Georgios from next door.

This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge, his money, his wife, and his daughter.

Story of Juhani Aataminpoika (1826-1854), first known serial killer in Finnish history.