Mari Vaalasranta

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Syke: Särkynyt sydän
Makeup Designer
Everything is on track in the life of the beloved but eccentric surgeon Petteri Holopainen but when a patient close to him is rushed to the hospital, nothing can go back to the way it was. Holopainen loses everything he holds dear. When a familiar person from the past enters his life, Holopainen must decide what still matters.
Hyväveli
Makeup Designer
Patrolman Loyan tries to find his place in the new police department while keeping his friend Warsame, newly released from prison, on the right track. Loyan's ambition is to get into detective training, but his supervisor Jokisalo thinks he'd be better off patrolling the familiar neighbourhoods with his partner Johanna. The patrol gets down to business when they start investigating what looks like a suicide. Antero Päiviö, a professional criminal and racial bigot involved in drug trafficking, has jumped from his balcony. The man who was first pronounced dead suddenly wakes up and is taken to hospital. Loyan finds it hard to believe the man's story and decides to find out the truth at any cost. As the plot unravels, it's hard to know who to trust anymore, when Warsame seems to be up to something behind Loyan's back.
Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage
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Iiris tries to recover from her difficult separation with Artturi when she unexpectedly meets Anton. The relationship doesn't get a chance to progress far when Iiris' son Niilo suddenly becomes ill. Niilo would only need a small operation, but once the boy enters the operating room, the hospital is subjected to a cyber attack. The power is cut off, the ventilators stop working and all access to patient data is blocked. Nurses have to prioritize whose life is the most valuable.
Nimby – Not In My Backyard
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Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her family with secrets – her parents have been living in an open-bisexual-swinger-relationship for 20 years. On the other hand Kata is pretty surprised that she might be living with a hetero girl that once was dating a neo-nazi. And the ex-boy friend cannot swallow that Mervi is now with a person both of wrong color, and sex. The real threat appears when Kata’s parents arrive from Berlin and the local skinhead chief finds out that a black muslim celebrity politician has arrived to town.
Void
Makeup Designer
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.
O Último Lance
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Olavi, an aged and shabby art dealer, is planning to retire. Accidentally he finds an old painting that he suspects being much more valuable than his colleagues have priced it. He decides to try to prove for the last time for himself, his colleagues and his estranged family that he can make it.
Tarja: Act II
Makeup & Hair
Filmed during Tarja’s The Shadow Shows World Tour, during which the influential heavy rock singer circled the world for 7 ½ times with over 300.000 km travelled and played over 200 shows in 40 countries in front of 1 million people. Act II consists of the singer’s very intimate set filmed and recorded live at the Metropolis Studio in London, UK and the breathtaking live performance of one of her shows in Milan, Italy, as well as previously unreleased interviews and photo galleries. Set-List: 1. No Bitter End / 2. 500 Letters / 3. Demons in You / 4. Little Lies / 5. Eagle Eye / 6. Diva / 7. Calling from the Wild / 8. Supremacy (Muse Cover) / 9. Tutankhamen / Ever Dream / The Riddler / Slaying the Dreamer / 10. Undertaker / 11. Lanterna dos Afogados (Os Paralamas do Sucesso Cover) / 12. Love to Hate / 13. Victim of Ritual / 14. I Walk Alone / 15. Innocence / 16. Die Alive / 17. Until My Last Breath.
Varasto 2
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Rousku and Raninen are fleeing their unemployment by setting up a construction company. Occupational illiteracy is not an obstacle and accounting is fine when Rouskun's mate deals with things. The entrepreneurs know that the poor can be, but not artificial. But what's the point for the scratchy women? Especially when Rousku gets to look in the mirror again and find out what kind of father, such a daughter.
The Chronicles of Melanie
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The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Aleksandr, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.
The Log
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The female director wants full frontal nudity from her male lead, but the actor has a big problem with it.
The Log
Makeup Designer
The female director wants full frontal nudity from her male lead, but the actor has a big problem with it.
The Mine
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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.
Absolvição
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Quando a esposa de Lauri, Kiia, entra em trabalho de parto prematuro de seu tão esperado filho, eles aceleram o carro em uma estrada escura para chegar ao hospital o mais rápido possível. De repente, o automóvel parece bater em algo, mas Lauri quer seguir em frente e salvar sua família. No hospital, Kiia faz amizade com Hanna, uma mulher cujo marido está em coma, vítima de um motorista que não prestou socorro. Quando a verdade vir à tona, será tarde demais para o perdão?
Adult Camp
Makeup Designer
Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, upgraded version of an adult camp. When they discover that the galloping horses from the camp's sales video are just symbols of a free mind, and the guru of the camp takes off to witness his dog in labour, the participants are forced to examine themselves and each other to find the necessary elements for growth. Perhaps the camp doesn't fulfill its promise of the "most wonderful week of your life", but one thing's for sure - no one returns home the same.
Vares - The Sheriff
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Jussi Vares find two bodies of Turku outskirts of women, which has been shot in the head, and the man whose body is full of runes similar to the cuts, which suggest that the murder would have been part of the dark ritual. A year later, Vares is hired to investigate these homicides. Cable Wires take Varesta towards Turku underworld dominant invisible godfather, sheriff. Sheriff is the man whom nobody knows and we do not discuss. Vares drifts dangerously close to the "jury", the secret underworld lord clubs, the members of the human spirit is a cheap commodity. Rummaging through the case Vares get too close to the truth.
Above Dark Waters
Makeup Designer
A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.
8-Pallo
Makeup Designer
8-Pallo conta a história da mãe solteira Pike que, tendo acabado de sair da prisão, está tentando recomeçar sua vida. Quando seu ex-namorado Lalli volta do exterior, abre uma janela para um passado que Pike quer deixar para trás.
Hustlers
Makeup Designer
The director Lauri Nurkse tells that Veijarit is a film about "arjensietokyvyttömyys" (= inability to tolerate everyday life) and about the Peter Pan complex. The main actor Mikko Leppilampi says it's about "kolkyttoistavuotiaat" (= thirtyeenagers = people of thirty behaving like teenagers). An immediate reference point is the commedia all'italiana of the 1950s and the 1960s, the black comedy often exposing the infantile stage of development of the Italian male. Saku and Ässä are anti-heroes, but we never fail to sense the humanity behind their shallow and crazy ways. Veijarit is a satire and a parody of a superficial way of life, but there is a vitality in the protagonists that we feel can lead them to a more meaningful stage of existence after the prolonged youth full of sound and fury. There is a motif of transcendence in the imagery of flying: will the balloons carry me or will they burst.
Run Sister Run!
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Emilia is a teenager and a good girl, who never forgets her homework or her little sister, Elsa. Siiri is just one year older than Emilia but not at all like her. When Emilia and Siiri become friends, Emilia's life changes. Siiri encourages her to take a leap, shake the rules and leave princess dreams behind. These two will have fun together, but not only good times
Blackout
Makeup Designer
Recovering from a nail gun shot to the head and 13 months of coma, doctor Pekka Valinta starts to unravel the mystery of his past, still suffering from total amnesia.
Alma Diabólica
Key Makeup Artist
Atormentado com a saúde da filha autista, Ben (Noah Huntley) vê como única opção tirá-la à força da instituição onde está internada. A quebra do elevador interrompe seus planos de fuga e os aprisiona com outras pessoas. Quando as portasse abrem, começa o pesadelo: o hospital está deserto e há corpos inexplicavelmente mutilados pelos corredores. Em sua alucinante busca por uma saída, o terror os alcança através de criaturas apavorantes que saem da escuridão e os atacam impiedosamente. Não demora muito para que percebam que a sobrevivência do grupo está nas mãos da garotinha.
Alma Diabólica
Makeup Designer
Atormentado com a saúde da filha autista, Ben (Noah Huntley) vê como única opção tirá-la à força da instituição onde está internada. A quebra do elevador interrompe seus planos de fuga e os aprisiona com outras pessoas. Quando as portasse abrem, começa o pesadelo: o hospital está deserto e há corpos inexplicavelmente mutilados pelos corredores. Em sua alucinante busca por uma saída, o terror os alcança através de criaturas apavorantes que saem da escuridão e os atacam impiedosamente. Não demora muito para que percebam que a sobrevivência do grupo está nas mãos da garotinha.
Playing Solo
Ganes
Makeup Artist
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.
That Special Summer
Makeup Artist
The year is 1984. It's summer, and the rebellious 12-year-old girl Kid wants to stay in Gothenburg, but her mother has other plans. Kid discovers that summer vacation in Finland isn't as bad as first feared. In a few hot weeks she discovers her dawning sexuality, and experience her first crush.
V2: Dead Angel
Makeup Designer
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.
Frozen City
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Looking to outrun the horrors of his past, a tormented cabbie flees Helsinki for an apartment complex in the suburbs, only to discover that new neighbors bring new problems. What ensues is a raw, realistic tragedy with an unwaveringly humane core.
The Prince of Soap
Makeup Designer
Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself and the star. Jealous producer Raakel does everything she can to destroy Ilona's plans.
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Makeup Designer
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.
Beauty and the Bastard
Makeup Artist
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.
Flowers and Binding
Makeup Designer
A black comedy about the dysfunctional relationships, love, and hate; concerning a small town sausage factory manager whose careless love affairs affect the lives of the factory workers as well as the women in his life.
Ninfomaníaca - Sexo Sem Culpa
Makeup Designer
Joanna é uma ambiciosa e linda mulher, cuja vida parece maravilhosa em todos os dias: ela é a estrela de uma agência de propaganda, tem um marido distinto e dois filhos. Porém, ela tem vida dupla... Joanna não esta satisfeita com seu casamento e procura parceiros de sexo ocasionais, acreditando ter o controle da situação. As noites se sucedem e os encontros vão acontecendo em um ciclo de dependência do qual ela não consegue escapar... Uma obsessão fora do controle que a coloca em uma espiral atordoante. Até que Alex, um jovem e atraente rapaz, entra em seu mundo de sexo e traição, porém ele esta jogando seu próprio jogo, com suas próprias regras.
Upswing
Makeup Designer
Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Bad Boys
Makeup Artist
The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and Jasper Pääkkönen while their really evil father is played by Vesa-Matti Loiri, one of the grand old men of Finnish cinema.