Saara Cantell

Documentary film about a woman for whom the sex symbol stamp was a life-long curse - and a gift. A film in which the life story of one woman shows the social atmosphere as the decades change - values and prejudices at their most exposed. A film about Anneli Sauli, Finland's last film star.

Documentary film about a woman for whom the sex symbol stamp was a life-long curse - and a gift. A film in which the life story of one woman shows the social atmosphere as the decades change - values and prejudices at their most exposed. A film about Anneli Sauli, Finland's last film star.

Jill and Joy receive a mission from their neighbors Tingelstein and Tangelstein: the ladies send the girls to look after their absentminded inventor brother Gadgetus. Jill and Joy get to know the wonders of Gadgetus’s farm, but everything is at risk of being destroyed when Samuel Shortcut arrives on his bulldozer, ready to destroy everything so that a new highway can be built in the area. Jill and Joy save the farm with the help of a device invented by Gadgetus, but before that they have to get to know the world of dreams and find help from there. Armstrong, a miniature pig, also takes part in the adventure and helps Jill and Joy, along with the other people living in Rose Alley.

A film based on the popular children's books by Marjatta Kurenniemi about the exploits of Jill And Joy.

Финские Аландские острова в Балтийском море, 1666 год. В Скандинавии начинается охота на ведьм. 16-летняя Анна влюбляется в мужа подруги, красивого мужчину по имени Элиас. Тот вначале отвечает ей взаимностью, но быстро охладевает. Обиженная на весь мир героиня решает как-то повлиять на ситуацию и не находит ничего лучше, кроме как донести на подругу. Однако дальше события развиваются совсем не так, как предполагала девушка.

Финские Аландские острова в Балтийском море, 1666 год. В Скандинавии начинается охота на ведьм. 16-летняя Анна влюбляется в мужа подруги, красивого мужчину по имени Элиас. Тот вначале отвечает ей взаимностью, но быстро охладевает. Обиженная на весь мир героиня решает как-то повлиять на ситуацию и не находит ничего лучше, кроме как донести на подругу. Однако дальше события развиваются совсем не так, как предполагала девушка.

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size of a shoebox, pulls up in front their house, and a teensy-weensy family gets out; it's the McTiny family. The family has become homeless after a road roller smashed their home. Planning to live with the girls temporarily, the family moves in with Jill and Joy but soon finds out that not all big people have good intentions towards them. Jill and Joy's Winter is based on a beloved book by the same name, written by a Finnish writer named Marjatta Kurenniemi.

When two best friends Jill and Joy find a huge sum of money on the street on the first day of the summer holiday, they decide to buy a house from the mysterious Mrs. Rosebud. It’s a real dream house: measured and equipped exactly for two little seven-year-old girls’ requirements. Based on a beloved children’s book, Jill and Joy is a story of a dream summer without parents or boundaries. Anything can and will happen as reality and fantasy magically intertwine.

Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.

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

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

"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.

"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.

An old man gets lost looking for a post office. Every time he turns around a street corner, he ends up in the same small café. The café owner builds an ice sculpture of the woman he admires.

Jenna and Joni, twins in their 30’s living in Helsinki, find out that they have a stepsister, Jóna, living in Iceland. Their first meeting in Reykjavik changes the lives of them all. Jenna becomes pregnant and moves to Iceland. Jóna tries to keep distance from her Finnish siblings but Jenna’s children and Joni’s falling ill connects her to the twins. The film starts from a situation where the siblings go through the events seven years later. They all remember things differently.

Jenna and Joni, twins in their 30’s living in Helsinki, find out that they have a stepsister, Jóna, living in Iceland. Their first meeting in Reykjavik changes the lives of them all. Jenna becomes pregnant and moves to Iceland. Jóna tries to keep distance from her Finnish siblings but Jenna’s children and Joni’s falling ill connects her to the twins. The film starts from a situation where the siblings go through the events seven years later. They all remember things differently.