Christian Ruotanen

Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.

Set in modern day Helsinki, Finland, Virality portrays the lives of several main characters confronted with viral themes. The film links emerging viral aspects in our modern day societies, such as the spreading of news on the internet, with the viral nature of life itself, as in the storyline of a cancer patient being treated with virotherapy. Being primarily a crime film, the main storyline centers around a bitcoin heist that connects the lives of the main characters. Character storylines involve a young rapper searching for a breakthrough, a policeman who falls for an aspiring musician with a promising international career, a hacker choosing his own path and a cancer patient and a banker who reconcile ten years after the end of their marriage.

A flock of storks fly in the misty sky, all carrying white bundles. One of the bundles falls and a little girl called Juniper ends up in a strange world. This is the beginning of a wonderful, magical adventure as the girl tries to find out who she really is and where she came from. She finally meets an old troll called Rolli who tells the girl his own, eventful story. The girl and the troll become friends and together they encounter a dangerous threat against the fairytale woods. This is a universal tale of bravery and friendship that takes its audience through exciting plot twists, circus spotlights and the splendor of the fantastic forest.

옛날 옛적, 고대 핀란드인들은 거대한 나무 한 그루를 세계의 중심이라고 생각했답니다. 하늘이 나무를 축으로 사방으로 뻗어 세상을 뒤덮고, 나무가 하늘을 떠받치며 우주를 지켜준다고 믿었던 것이지요. 이들은 그 나무를 ‘세계수’라고 불렀습니다. 신성한 숲을 보호하기 위해서 숲 속 요정과 물의 정령, 도깨비들이 함께 살았던 시절, 나무와 사람이 운명을 같이 하던 시절의 이야기가 태고의 신비를 간직한 원시림 속 야생 동물들의 경이로운 모습들과 함께 펼쳐집니다. 그리고 의 간달프의 시초인 '뵈이네 뫼이넨'에서 귀여운 캐릭터 '무민'을 탄생시킨 트롤 이야기까지 아름다운 신화와 전설이 살아 숨쉬는 신비로운 핀란드 자연림으로 당신을 초대합니다!