Mark Lwoff

"8 views" is an eastern art tradition where one place (primarily the area around Lake Biwa in Japan) is described through eight motifs, among which are scarlet, snow, sailboats returning home in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, gust of wind, flight of forest geese. These motifs frame eight intertwining tragic love stories, the setting of which are modern Russian fishing villages of old believers on the border of Estonian-Russian settlements and cultures by Lake Peipsi. The spiritualization of everything living and inanimate from Japanese animism, the eroticism of shunga and the humble language of prayer merge into a spiritual and magical world of a small community, where one still believes that one is connected with everything.

Saara and Robert are living a love that is free from traditional conventions and role models. They set off to an extensive summer holiday on a lonely island in the Finnish archipelago where the tension between them escalates and becomes a fight for survival.

2024년, 헬싱키의 외로운 두 영혼 안사와 홀라파는 어느 날 우연히 만나 눈길을 주고받는다. “그럼 또 만날까요? 근데 이름도 모르네요” “다음에 알려줄게요” 서로의 이름도, 주소도 알지 못한 채 유일하게 받아 적은 전화번호마저 잃어버린다. 운명이 이들을 갈라놓으려 할 때 두 사람은 다시 만날 수 있을까?

대이맘 (수니파 이슬람 율법의 최고 권위자) 선거를 앞두고 이집트의 정치인들은 ‘최적임자’로 생각되는 인물이 반드시 선출될 수 있도록 발 빠르게 움직인다. 어부의 아들로 태어나 국비 장학금을 받고 카이로의 대학에 진학한 아담은 위협적인 권모술수가 난무하는 소용돌이에 휘말리게 된다.

Centuries in the future, world's freshwater supplies are running out. Wars are waged over water, and China rules over Europe, including the Scandinavian Union. Far in the north, young woman, Noria, is learning to become a Tea Master, like her father. Tea Masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that Noria’s father tends, which once provided water for her whole village. After her father dies, the military moves in to watch over the village -- and Noria. Refusing to give in her freshwater spring, Noria digs in deeper into her family’s secret. Within the Tea Masters’ books, she finds information that the government’s power is based on lies, that there still might be fresh water left for everyone. She risks her own life and sets out on a dangerous journey to find out if this is true.

Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet.

북유럽의 밝은 여름, 어른들이 보지 않을 때 몇몇 아이가 어둡고 미스터리한 힘을 드러낸다. 영화는 여름 방학 동안 친구가 된 네 아이를 따라간다. 어른의 시야에서 벗어나면 아이들은 자신의 숨겨진 힘을 찾는다. 인근의 숲과 놀이터에서 새로운 능력을 탐구하는 가운데, 이들의 천진난만한 놀이는 어두운 쪽으로 바뀌어 이상한 일들이 벌어지기 시작한다.

Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.

여자들에게 성기 사진을 보내는 남자들의 행위가 토론의 주제로 부쳐진다. 패널로 참석한 벤라는 남자들의 본모습을 보여주는 특별한 안경을 갖게 되고, 이를 들킨 남자들은 벤라를 뒤쫓기 시작한다

Jörn Donner’s entire production can be considered as a self-portrait, a life-spanning performance. Whilst others have painted one image or another of Donner, John Webster’s interpretation differs in that it pulls most of its material from Donner’s last-intended interview in December 2019, and an immense never-before-seen collection of photographs from albums simply labelled “Donner – Privat”. As a result, the film morphs into an epilogue of sorts, of Donner’s life story.

Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.

A humoristic coming-of-age story of Johannes who is born prematurely to a very young single mother. His destiny is to be always separated from his loved ones, to be “different”, to lose his hair because of pollution and to fall in love with a Chechen girl. All this during the turbulent times of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

자살에 관한 연구를 하는 여자가 자살 충동에 시달리는 여자 환자를 만나러 병원을 찾는다. 환자와 가까워질수록 연구자의 마음에도 이상한 집착이 생겨난다.

A woman wakes up on a beach tied in a plastic press wearing only underwear and high heels. “Not again”, she sighs and decides to track down the enemy and strike back. She gets a companion from an older woman, who has been pushed to the borders of society. During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes these nameless women from different generations struggle to connect and understand each other’s perspectives while their passion for men and male attention gets in away.

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.

Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambitious actor Pihla is about to get her international break. Neither of them is willing to sacrifice their career even though their relationship is doing worse than ever. Void is a comedy-drama about the price of success and the agony of failure, and about situations where your partner just doesn’t get it.

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ingmar Bergman the Finnish writer and director Jörn Donner shares his memories of his friend and collaborator. The movie is based on two as yet unpublished TV interviews with Bergman which Donner filmed in 1975 and 1987.

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.

브라이언과 루카스는 리사와 함께 사막에서 열리는 파티로 향한다. 잠시 파티장에서 떨어져 나온 브라이언과 루카스는 근처 버려진 건물을 탐험하다 거대한 개미와 마주치고, 가까스로 빠져나온다. 한편 개미의 에너지원이 밝혀지면서 친구들은 파티에 있던 이들을 비롯해 마을 사람들의 목숨이 그들의 손에 달려 있다는 걸 알게 되는데…

Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A theatre company has taken on the task of trying to portray the life and work of this complex person. The sets mainly consist of the well-known patterns that we all have grown to love. Armi is a brave, risk-taking businesswoman and her passion for her company repeatedly takes its toll on her employees, finances and family. The company grows while Armi's personal life is shaken by suicide attempts and turbulence. In Armi Alive!, Oscar-nominated film producer and director Jörn Donner portrays a fascinating woman with fervent ideas about the new Finnish man, her company, fabrics and clothes.

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.

는 헬싱키 슬럼가에 사는 소년 시모의 악몽 같은 오디세이를 따라간다. 시모는 교도소에 가야 하는 문제아 형 일카와 마지막 밤을 보내면서 낯선 상황들을 목격하고 급기야 충동적으로 끔찍한 사건을 저지른다. 거대한 혼란의 소용돌이를 일으키는 순간 시모는 잃어버렸던 정체성, 자신의 진짜 얼굴을 보게 된다. 이 영화는 한 세대가 다음 세대의 삶을 어떤 방식으로 일그러뜨리는가를 보여주는 성장영화로 불우한 환경에 놓인 소년의 내면을 따라 미성숙한 존재의 불안과 공포, 다중정체성이라는 주제를 탐구한다.시모의 일탈행위는 『이방인』의 뫼르소가 그랬던 것처럼 돌연하고 부조리하다. 무력하고 예측 불가능한 시모의 상태는 콘크리트 정글과 같은 헬싱키의 자화상이다. 에는 초현실주의적 이야기와 흑백의 자연주의가 기이하게 공존한다. 와이드스크린 포맷의 흑백 촬영은 시적인 이미지의 향연으로 이루어진 영화의 백미이다. 혼카살로는 흑백 시대의 향수를 살려내기에 충분한 촬영의 교본을 만들어냈다. (2014년 15회 전주국제영화제/ 장병원)

This 3D animated opera deals in a socially critical manner with the topic of illegal immigrants fleeing from Africa to Europe and it is also a story of impossible love between orange boy Maroc, a singing boat refugee, and lemon girl Lisa, who collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Maroc is the brave hero-type, bound by prejudice and poverty. Lisa is the daughter of a rich businessman and tomato ketchup plantation owner. Here we have the fruitier version of Romeo and Juliet - a 3D animated operatic extravaganza!

프랑스 서북부의 항구도시 르 아브르. 젊은 시절 자유로운 보헤미안이었던 마르셀 막스는 이제 이곳에 정착하여 구두닦이 일을 하고 있다. 사랑하는 아내 아를레티와 친절한 이웃들에 둘러싸여 소박하지만 행복한 삶을 살고 있는 마르셀. 그러던 어느 날 아프리카에서 온 불법 난민 소년 이드리사를 숨겨주게 되고, 설상가상 아내가 병으로 쓰러진다. 소년을 쫓는 마을 경감 모네의 추적이 시시각각 조여오고 마침내 마르셀은 행동할 때가 왔음을 깨닫는데… 과연 마르셀은 무사히 소년과 아내를 지켜낼 수 있을까.

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

Finnish Kerttu Nuorteva is spying for the Russians in Helsinki during World War II. She is arrested and interrogated in the hope that she will uncover the Soviet Union espionage tactics.

Modern finnish movie about two very different young adults that after a chance meeting end up making music together and fall in love. While Nellis parents have the perfect career and man planned, she dreams of becoming a singer. Through a chance meeting at the studio, she meets the young and grungy Hip Hop music artist Sunen and asks him to help her make a demo tape. Not only is the ensuing story about differences growing closer and the difficulties that have to be overcome, well told. Also the music is exceptionally well made. It is quite unbelievable that this is the first feature of the director.

There's nothing worse than loneliness during Christmas - except your own family.

Nissim wants to mend his relationship with his son and won't let small obstacles like his own death stand in his way.

Everyone knew ‘public Jörn’, and a large number of people also knew ‘private Jörn’ as a friend, colleague, contemporary or family member. However, according to Jörn, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The Last Interview that was made during four days in December 2019 includes exclusive material that gives us a new perspective into the life of this exceptional cultural and political giant.

Based on true events, Let the River flow is a story about Ester, recently graduated teacher who turns into an activist, and is ready to sacrifice her life for the rights of nature and the Sámi.