Laura Birn

10월 30일 '악마의 날', 까마귀의 저주로 죽음에서 부활한 에릭(빌 스카스가드)의 잔인한 복수극을 담은 다크 히어로 액션물

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.

Bahman, Mahtab, Ramin and Donya Mehdipour are enjoying a perfect summer in a small Finnish town. Their routines are fractured by a negative decision on their application for asylum by the Finnish Immigration Service. But life must go on and the 13-year-old Ramin is about to enter an entirely new school, junior high. The Mehdipours use their last chance to appeal but continue their everyday lives, fuelled by their exceptionally positive outlook and attitude.

Eden is a coming-of-age film about a Protestant Confirmation camp on a summer’s week, set in the archipelago of Helsinki. Aliisa is the intellectually confident non-believer, Jenna is the queen bee and Panu is the scared bird. The experience of these teenagers is affected by Tiina, a young and eager priest.

Group of old friends gather in a summer villa to celebrate a surprise birthday party for Mitzi, who is the dramatic focal point of the group. The weekend starts ominously when Mitzi does not respond well to the surprise party. It turns out that Mitzi has just filed for divorce and has been looking forward to a peaceful weekend. The tense situation takes a new turn when Mitzi's best friend brings her new boyfriend for a visit, who happens to be a Swedish film star. Familiar surroundings and the old rituals get to the core of the group and make them forget their adulthood. Revelations, not meant to harm the balance, make them reassess their past as well as their present.

Black drama-comedy about elementary school teacher Kaisa who has lost control of her life.

10년 넘게 예술계를 벗어나 외딴 시골에서 살고 있는 헬렌. 어느 날 젊은 예술가 에이나르를 만나고 싹트는 사랑 속 감정의 변화를 겪으며 그녀의 예술성은 점점 더 무르익기 시작하는데… ‘핀란드의 뭉크’로 불리는 북유럽 대표 화가 헬렌 쉐르벡의 삶이 최초로 공개된다!

Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.

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.

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.

멕시코의 올림픽 메달리스트 바요네타는 5년전 링 위에서의 불의의 사고로 은퇴를 하고, 방황을 한다. 그러다가 복서 ‘레무’를 훈련시켜달라는 제의를 받고 핀란드로 오게 된다.

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.

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.

Three men meet on a night train on the border of Finland and Sweden. All three are concealing something, and a sudden confrontation amongst them leads to disastrous consequences, with two of them being forced to make a joint decision.

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.

기성 문화에 맞서 젊은 에너지로 문화를 바꿔보려는 두 작가 ‘잉카’와 ‘유하나’ 뜨거운 사랑을 나눔과 동시에 서로의 뮤즈가 되어 각자의 글을 써 내려간다. 그렇게 사랑을 키워가던 중 ‘잉카’의 책은 베스트셀러가 된 반면 여전히 책을 완성하지 못한 ‘유하나’는 열등감에 휩싸여 삐뚤어진 사랑 표현을 하고. 계속 타오를 것 같던 두 사람의 관계에 금이 가기 시작한다..

Alma is a young ambitious woman working in her own small company in Barcelona. She is happy in life but constantly dreams of a bigger project that she could work on together with her friends. A project that would bring in their first million. The opportunity finally arises and they buy an old building with a plan to renovate it into luxury apartments. But how to get rid of old tenants without hurting their feelings and without losing your own morals? Furthermore, how to survive from a free fall when you lose all you have? Alma de Sant Pere is a film about dreams, friendships and human values.

결혼 10년 만에 찾아온 첫 아이의 출산을 앞두고 있는 '저스틴'과 '케이트' 부부의 집 아래층에 '테레사'와 '존' 부부가 이사를 온다. 서로 임신 중인 두 여자는 자연스레 가까워진다. 어느 날, 두 부부가 함께하는 저녁식사 자리에서 사소한 말다툼이 벌어지고, 이 과정에서 예기치 않게 '테레사'가 계단에서 굴러떨어져 유산하게 된다. 아이를 잃고 절망한 '테레사' 부부는 런던을 떠난다. 얼마 후 '케이트'가 무사히 아이를 출산하자 '테레사' 부부가 다시 집으로 돌아온다. 모든 게 제자리로 돌아왔다고 생각하는 순간, '케이트' 주변에 이상한 일들이 벌어지기 시작하는데...

스웨덴의 여왕이었던 크리스티나의 이야기다. 크리스티나는 관습에 저항하고 전통에 도전하며 역사를 새롭게 썼다. 그녀는 이성적 사고와 열정, 여성의 몸 과 왕자로 길러지며 받은 교육, 중세사회와 근대사회, 교양 인의 탁월함을 가진 자아와 복합적인 감정으로 인해 두려움 을 느끼는 자아 사이에서 괴로워한다.

A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a disappointment in the system and failure in unity of the Finnish nation. The legacy of the civil war had left systems of persecution in place for those with socialist ideals. Martta and her fellow revolutionaries were determined to continue the resistance movement although they knew that at worst it could cost their lives. Martta was imprisoned twice before she was shot. She was an idealist, whose seemingly harmless, naive beliefs in peace and justice were the most dangerous traits a person could have at the time.

Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a tired mother, a doomed superhero and the rest of the comrades in this uncontrollable world. Mixing comedy and fantasy with dark stories, Distractions will deliver the laughs with strings attached.

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.

Kiia and Lauri, speeding toward the hospital overnight. Kiia in pain, holding the wheel with one hand and another in his stomach - the birth has started ahead of schedule. Surprisingly, the vehicle collides with something. Kiia fright and brakes, the car swerves before coming to a stop. Lauri rises to the car to check the situation and says he did not see anything. Kiia give birth to a healthy child in the hospital and befriends Hannah with. Hanna's husband has been in the same region hit by a car and drove onto the driver fled from the scene.

과거의 실수로 인해 가족도 없이 혼자 지내는 전직 형사 맷(리암 니슨)에게 어느 날, 한 남자가 찾아왔다. 살해당한 아내의 복수해달라는 의뢰를 거절하려던 맷은 납치범이 제시한 금액의 40%를 보내자 아내의 신체 중 40%만 돌려보냈다는 잔혹한 범행 행각을 전해 듣고 의뢰를 수락하고 만다. 사건을 조사하던 맷은 3개월 전 발생한 유사 범죄를 알게 되고 살해된 시신이 버려졌던 무덤 근처에서 수상한 남자 루건과 마주친다. 루건에게 의도적으로 접근한 맷은 연쇄납치살인사건의 희생자들의 긴밀한 공통점을 발견하고 사건을 둘러싼 충격적인 음모와 진실에 점차 가까워 지는데… 빈틈없는 연쇄살인마를 잡기 위한 치밀한 추격이 시작된다!

Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.

An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.

A Finnish-Norwegian love story with an unexpected shape and development. Shot in Oslo, Helsinki, Istanbul and Berlin. The film focuses on showing the actual moments that lead to getting to know one another, building a relationship and to breaking up. The film takes part in Kaisa’s attempt of getting involved with two different men that look almost exactly the same, questioning where the thin line is between someone potentially being the love of your life or not. Shooting the film with the approach of a workshop and closely involving the actors allows the film to take shape as a unique, unpredictable cinematic expression touching the basis and complexity of human behavior.

스탈린의 공포 정치를 겪은 ‘알리드’는 고향 사람들이 숱하게 시베리아로 강제 추방 당한 가운데 홀로 살아 남아 수십 년째 외딴 집을 지키고 있다. 어느날 밤, 그녀는 러시아 마피아에게 붙잡혀 성 노예로 착취 당하다가 극적으로 탈출한 소녀 ‘자라’를 발견한다. 상처받은 두 여인이 서로를 알아가는 가운데, 에스토니아가 구 소련의 지배하에 있던 시절, 한 가족이 견뎌야 했던 비극이 밝혀진다. 남자를 지키기 위한 한 여자의 기나긴 형벌의 시간.. 형부를 사랑한 죄로, 형부를 살리기 위해 숱한 고문을 견디고 심지어 소련 경찰과 결혼까지 하게 된 ‘알리드’. 사랑하면 안 되는 한 남자를 사랑해서 모진 아픔의 시간을 견디며 살아왔던 그녀는 친언니의 손녀 ‘자라’가 찾아오면서 또다시 격동의 인생을 맞게 된다.

Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible.

A Finnish TV movie.

This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mechanic Suko. Yet the men encounter Machiavellian sabotage at the hands of the vile Torppo, the owner of the lot that contains Pekkarinen's Garage, who is determined to interfere with the plans of Team Susan.

Noa is a young slacker who prefers to spend his days smoking weed. Together with his friends, he meets an old hippie, who is interested in rekindling his past passion of psychedelic trips and mind expansion.

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.

Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas's former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki's trust. Together they begin to look after the Christmas traditional that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the tradition of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing to today.

Finnish rocker movie

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

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.

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.

Middle-aged Late is building a fence in his family home for a summer break, but he falls in love with his daughter's new friend, 16-year old flirtatious Saija.

The Finnish short film is a tragic tale of a young boy who falls in love with a dangerous older girl.

In the spring of 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explodes in the Soviet Union and a girl named Mimi arrives in a small village in the Tavastia region of the Southern Finland, filling 15-year-old Mariia's life with light for a moment. After twenty years, facing a dead end in her own life, a grown-up Mariia visits her childhood home and recalls the summer of her youth and the tragic autumn that followed. In a flood of memories, Mariia is forced to confront her past. Returning to the summer of her first love in the 80's, Mariia must let go of the guilt that swallows up all the light and forgive other people as well as herself.