Kaija Pakarinen

Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.

Wedding planner Joanna needs to find herself a fake boyfriend to cheer up her depressed father. As if on demand, an eccentric undertaker enters Joanna's life with her own motives for looking for a girlfriend. At the same time, Joanna receives some earth-shattering news and nothing can ever go back to the way it was.

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.

우정에 관한 인간미 넘치는 아키 카우리스마키의 신작으로 올해의 꼭 봐야 할 영화. 시리아 난민 칼레드는 석탄 화물선에 잠입하여 헬싱키에 밀입국한다. 망명신청이 기각된 그는 거리에서 지내야 하는 처지가 된다. 괴짜 핀란드인 위크스트룀은 칼레드를 데려와 자신이 운영하는 식당에 고용한다.

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..

Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. For Judge Psilander, who has mastered the newest witch theories of the time, the trials are meant to cleanse the island of superstition, to have science and common sense prevail. The main character, the intelligent and stubborn Anna, gets an intimate view of the events, having just started working as a maid in the judge’s house. To Anna’s misfortune, she falls intensely in love with her friend Rakel’s husband Elias, but his infatuation with her quickly fades. A hurt and jealous Anna decides to get revenge and falsely reports Rakel to Judge Psilander. It’s only when Rakel is arrested, and things get out of hand, that Anna realizes the gravity of her doings.

A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.

Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself.

8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.

Timo Stigu Mertala is a celebrated, award-winning adman, and sworn to singlehood. He is a well known figure in the Helsinki nightlife.

A story of a house and three women of different generations who inhabit it through the years.

Sakari and Veera get engaged, madly in love. Not long after, Veera asks Sakari to help her in a matter relating to her father, and in a way that completely shocks Sakari. He does everything in his power to stop her from pursuing her plan. But before the story is over, Sakari will be been forced to make choices he thought he'd never have to face.

The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.

종신 복역 중 사면을 받고 출소한 레일라는 눈이 보이지 않는 야곱 신부에게 보내져 신부에게 온 편지를 읽어주는 일을 하게 된다. 삶의 어려움을 적은 이들의 편지에 답장을 하고, 그들을 위해 기도하는 것을 사명으로 여기는 야곱 신부. 레일라는 이러한 야곱 신부의 일을 의미 없는 일이라 여긴다. 하지만 어느 날부터 더 이상 편지가 오지 않자 야곱은 실의에 빠지고 레일라는 자신이 해야 할 일을 발견하게 되는데…

After his wife leaves him, a man becomes obsessed getting his family back together by buying an old house.

야간열차를 타고 ‘헬싱키’로 향하던 중년의 ‘남자’는 마을에 도착한 첫날, 공원 벤치에 앉아 잠시 쉬던 중 자신의 인생을 송두리째 바꿔놓을 사고를 당한다. 소지품은 물론 신분증하나 없는 맨 몸으로 병원으로 실려간 이름 없는 ‘남자’는 생명이 위험한 상태. 오전 5시 12분. 온몸이 붕대에 휘감겨진 ‘남자’는 결국 사망선고를 받는다. 그러나 의사들이 자리를 비운 사이, 의식을 회복한 ‘남자는 무작정 병원을 나오는데... 직업도, 돈도, 그리고 기억마저 없는 ‘남자’는 병원에서 나온 뒤 인적 드문 길가에서 정신을 잃는다. 그가 도착한 곳은 거리의 부랑아들과 가난한 이웃들이 함께 살아가는 마을. ‘남자’는 마을의 가난한 이웃들을 도우며 사는 구세군의 여인 ‘이루마’를 만나 그녀와 사랑에 빠진다. 그리고 이루마와의 사랑을 통해 점차 활기차게 변해간다. 여전히 아무것도 기억하지 못하지만, 그에게는 새로운 인생이 시작되는데...

An old dog has a hard time learning new tricks in this drama set in Turku. Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina (Laura Malmivaara), something unexpected happens - he falls in love. For the first time, Ari finds himself pursuing a long-term relationship, and he makes a genuine effort to remain faithful to her. But old habits die hard; Tiina introduces Ari to her circle of friends and temptation arises as he encounters Hanna-Riikka, a theology student, and Ilona, who is soon to be married. Despite Ari's feelings for Tiina, he begins having affairs with both Hanna-Riikka and Ilona, leading to an unpleasant revelation on the day of Ilona's nuptials. ~ Mark Deming, Allrovi

A middle-aged woman wants a child and starts to look for a suitable father when she doesn't succeed in the plan with her husband.

트램 운전사 로리(카리 바나넌)와 레스토랑의 매니저인 일로나(카티 오우티넨)는 가구를 새로 사는 등 달콤한 미래를 계획하나 로리가 실직을 당한 후 일로나마저 일하던 레스토랑이 대기업의 체인으로 넘어가자 일할 곳을 잃게 된다. 적당한 직장을 구하지 못한 일로나는 결국 이전 동료들과 함께 자신의 레스토랑을 열고 고객들을 기다리지만 점심시간이 다 가도록 테이블은 비어있다. 감독의 오랜 친구이자 동료로 1995년에 세상을 뜬 마티 펠론파에게 헌정한 작품이다.

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. Kaurismäki's TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party's newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.

Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get his old Hillman Minx repaired and inspected for road-worthiness, with a little help from an eccentric bunch of friends who never seem to have grown up either.

Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small town, where he has became the mayor. Varjola, of course, is shocked to see his old friend again.