Kari Väänänen

Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina, a single mother, is fired from her job in a bakery and drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border.

Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripening. But Grump crashes his beloved Ford Escort and the car has to be scrapped. A new, modern vehicle is no match for quality and the nearest Escort, a 1972 model, can be found in Germany. When the Grumps's sons refuse to help, he must travel to Germany alone.

Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerpori', by Pertti Jarla.

Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died recently in an accident, and Cheng wanted to have a break from everything by traveling with his son to see an old Finnish friend who lives on a farm in the countryside of Finland. It’s the most remote place Cheng can imagine with endless forests, thousands of lakes, a country with entire population of one-fifth of Cheng’s home town, Shanghai.

Documentary on the history of Ryhmäteatteri theatre company.

Fed up with the materialism of Christmas, Santa runs away to New Zealand for a summer holiday. When two Kiwi kids figure out who he is, they have to find a way to get him back to the North Pole in time for Christmas.

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s spouse Inari gets the chance to go back to work, but only if she can prove she’s “management material” and a real leader. Inari enters the Swamp Soccer tournament, where to her horror she finds out her ex Little Mikko is also competing.

The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods. Life changes for the Rosvolas when they accidentally kidnap 10-year-old Vilja, a diligent school girl. Will Vilja succeed in escaping or will she become friends with the Rosvolas´ children Hele (12 years) and Kalle (9 years)? We are the Pirates of the Roads is a funny and crazy adventurous road movie for children.

The egocentric author Jalo Rautakumpu welcomes a visitor to his cabin in the Lappish wilderness. After sauna and a bottle of alcohol, the friendship is formed. But friends can be bad for business.

Рубен — еврей, гомосексуал, наполовину финн, наполовину француз, почтальон, нерадивый сын, хамоватый брат, никчёмный любовник, сомнительный убийца и вор поневоле. Но сам Рубен не может разобраться, кто он таков. В поворотный момент своей жизни, когда перед ним маячит Красное море, Рубен пытается определить, чему стоит следовать: судьбе своего народа или велению своей души.

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a "sinistä ajatusta", idea out of the blue. While firing upon a hybrid of the hazel grouse and the western capercaillie, kinds of birds, he indeed makes a scientific discovery.

Тридцатилетняя пара разводится. Они разлюбили друг друга, но по-прежнему без ума от собственного дома на берегу озера. Ни один из бывших супругов не хочет покидать общее жилище, и, чтобы облегчить совместное существование в новых условиях, они решают установить ряд правил, соблюдать которые обязаны оба. Например – никаких новых жильцов в доме. То есть новых любовников приводить нельзя. Однако, именно это правило и будет нарушено первым. Жена позвонит бывшему партнеру на одну ночь, который тут же примчится на спортивном самолете. А муж закажет девушку по вызову, из-за приезда которой все пойдет совсем кувырком

Visa Vuorio (Tobias Zilliacus), a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen (Helena Vierikko), arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.

Очень давно в Лапландии у мальчика по имени Николас трагически погибают родители. Жители деревни решают взять его на свое попечение. В каждой семье о нем заботятся на протяжении года. На каждое Рождество его берет к себе новая семья. В благодарность Николас перед уходом дарит детям прощальные подарки — самодельные игрушки. После голодного года жители вынуждены отдать мальчика на воспитание в отдаленный хутор, где ему приходится жить и работать у старого раздражительного плотника…

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.

Finnish rocker movie

11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.

Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew. Originally from the distant future, Pirk and his crew traveled back in time to save the Earth from hostile aliens, but lost their ship and became stranded. Pirk's daily routine consists mainly of stuffing his face at the local fast food restaurant, and he is finding it difficult to convince the ladies he is, in fact, an intergalactic space hero from the future. As the prospects for humanity's conquest of space look increasingly bleaker, Pirk comes up with a questionable plan to save mankind's future...

An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the likes in Germany. Then he gets an offer to tour in East Europe. During his travels he gets insight and finds true love.

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

A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

The mechanic Jack tries to get rid of his criminal background.

A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned on marijuana, while Pulu is known to drink cleaning products when he's run out of booze. Ali has fallen in love with Inka, a bright woman with a mind of her own, and her independent nature occasionally throws him into a fit of jealousy.

A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret love in the post cold war Helsinki

Жаркое лето 1941 года. В Советской Карелии финские части ведут ожесточенные бои с советскими войсками. Получив приказ освободить захваченные земли, взвод лейтенанта Ээро отправляется в тяжелый и опасный поход, исход которого невозможно предсказать. Пытаясь не попасть в засаду в дремучих лесах, теряя братьев по оружию, солдаты продвигаются вглубь вражеского тыла, но вскоре отважный лейтенант получает известие о том, что его невеста, медсестра Карина, погибла в бою с советскими партизанами. Теперь тайная вылазка отчаянных бойцов станет для юного офицера миссией отмщения за любимую.

Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a policeman. He tries to help his friends to settle into the small town in Pohjanmaa, but the boys start a black market liquor business instead. The road seems to lead back to the jail.

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.

Marko Röhr's film crew takes the viewer to Europe's last unexplored area: Iceland's unique underwater world. We explore the geysers of boiling waters and the crystal clear lakes off the coast of Iceland. We dive under the icebergs, into the tears between the continental plates and into the deep caves.

A short directed by Mika Kaurismäki.

Илона, метрдотель в отеле «Дубровник», теряет работу, а затем ее мужа, водителя трамвая тоже увольняют. Выброшенные из общества супруги строят амбициозные планы открыть ресторан.

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

После того как самая неудачная музыкальная группа из далекого сибирского городка приехала в Америку в поисках счастья и успеха, она потеряла своего менеджера-деспота Владимира, а ее участники начали погибать от новой напасти — текилы. Их прозябание в Мексике меняется после появления человека, который называет себя Моисеем, но который очень похож на Владимира — бывшего менеджера.

Goodbye Gibraltar, directed by Ulrika Bengst, is a film about reconciliation, encountering different lifestyles and dreams.

Finnish comedy.

One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects were condemned for their sex and violence. A Parasite Deluxe, who barely recalls his previous night, Ripa cruises the bars and meets bank-teller Tiina.

Трое художников — албанец Родольфо, француз Марсель и ирландец Шонар — оказываются в Париже без гроша в кармане. Они занимаются чистым искусством и искренне считают себя непризнанными гениями. Жизнь в двух шагах от успеха и в шаге от пропасти не дает им расслабиться, однако в их жизни находится место и любви, и трогательным попыткам перехитрить судьбу.

Отстранённые, словно подсмотренные из космоса пять таксистских историй, грустных и комедийных, случившихся за одну ночь в пяти мегаполисах мира. Каждая имеет свою особенную тему, свойственную месту действия. Так, что такое карьера, выясняется в сердце американской мечты Лос-Анжелесе.Встреча Старого Света с Новым происходит, конечно же, в бурлящем котле Нью-Йорка. О зрении и слепоте лучше всего знают в столице мировой красоты Париже, а вопросы жизни и смерти — в вечном городе Риме. И, наконец, тема заброшенности человека в этот мир нигде не выглядит более убедительно, чем на заснеженных просторах Хельсинки.

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.

Directed by Matti Ijäs and written with Arto Meller, Räpsy & Dolly aka Paris Waits (1990) is a tragicomic love story of a petty criminal and a former cabaret dancer. Detective Karisto (Kari Väänänen) releases Auno "Räpsy" Pirilä (Matti Pellonpää) from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje (Pertti Sveholm) from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly (Raija Paalanen) takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.

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.

Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.

Сюжет фильма построен вокруг приключений музыкальной группы из далёкой Сибири, приехавшей в Америку в поисках успеха. Музыкальная группа из России сыграна финским коллективом Sleepy Sleepers, который вскоре после выхода фильма также сменил название на «Ленинградские ковбои». Они исполняют свои версии известных рок-н-рольных хитов таких групп, как Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Steppenwolf и Элвиса Пресли.

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä (Matti Pellonpää), a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt. He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for Alex's money stolen and a group of gangsters are at the nape of the two. Soon it comes to shooting, and when the two men being killed, is good advice costly for the beleaguered driver. "Helsinki Napoli All Night Long" is Mika Kaurismäki's first major European production. The film features a host of famous names in the cast: The legendary film director Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One), actor Eddie Constantine (Alphaville, Europe), cult directors Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas) and Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man).

Клавдий безропотно превращается в Клауса, а Принц Датский — в чувствительного недоросля «с сердцем теплым, как холодильник», пожирающего колбасу ломтями и ногой врубающего магнитофон. Борьба за власть осталась неизменной пружиной человеческих отношений с шекспировских времен, зато в качестве предмета нежной страсти деньги вытеснили все остальное.

Älä itke Iines is an absurd comedy about an eccentric community that lives on the roofs and attic of an apartment building, struggling to improve their living conditions. The dialogue is entirely improvised by the actors.

When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives.

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.

Film by Juha Rosma

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react

Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers that the target is one of his past loves.

Giancarlo Rosso, a professional assassin from Sicily, is sent to Finland to kill a very specific target. When he reaches the country, he discovers that the target is one of his past loves.

Десятка полтора-два суровых парней, каждый из которых носит имя Фрэнк, решают отправиться из Каллио в Эйра, из бедного квартала Хельсинки в южный богатый квартал. Не важно, что подлинная длина маршрута едва ли превышает пару километров. Неискушенные городом первобытные мужики из Великой Степи ступают на самую опасную тропу своей жизни.

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in Helsinki in summer the main character (played by Mänttäri himself) jumps from one bar and bed to the next. Especially vulgar black humour.

Young Alex Sammako has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakos, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.

A young student seeks direction in his life to counterbalance the studies through female adventures.

Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the same company. However, the violence follows Jon in Norway too.

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

A student film.