Hannu-Pekka Björkman

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.

The Munich Olympic Stadium, 1972. Athletes and officials are preparing for the 10,000 metres final. Lasse Virén is warming up on the track. It is not a big day only for Virén but for the whole nation. But one man cannot win alone. It takes a dedicated group of hardworking, reliable people. In a desolate bunker near the track, six Finnish men are preparing to help Lasse achieve the run of his life. A run that changes history. All for the small, relentless nation from the dark cold North.

On April 13th 1976, a devastating munitions factory accident shook the town of Lapua, Finland. Hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder ignited, causing an explosion that took the lives of 40 workers. Lapua 1976 tells a story of love, life, perseverance, grief and hope in the face of unbelievable calamity.

An open-pit mine is unearthed in an idyllic town in Northern Finland. A strange chain of dreadful events affect the life of Pepe, a kind and optimistic woodcutter. But no matter what happens, Pepe seems to be fine with it, as if he holds a secret of existence that is hard to grasp.

Herman the Clown sets out to find his father, whom he hasn't seen since he set off to measure the Earth with his feet. He is secretly followed by the son of Max the Magician, ten-year-old Roni. And so begins an exhilarating adventure full of magic, twists and colorful circus life.

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist and militaristic atmosphere of the era in Finland. He was considered a troublemaker, a traitor, and a caricature of masculinity. The film is a universal and timeless account of a man persecuted for his opinions. At the same time, it is a description of the weak tolerance of young independent Finland towards dissidents. Pekurinen was executed during the Continuation War by his compatriots on November 5, 1941.

10-летний мальчик по имени Вински чувствует себя аутсайдером и «невидимкой» среди своих сверстников. Однажды он встречает таинственного аптекаря, который даёт ему флакон с волшебным порошком. Этот порошок позволяет мальчику обрести уникальную сверхспособность: Вински становится по-настоящему невидимым и может проходить сквозь любые стены. Используя этот дар, он превращается в супергероя и начинает бороться с преступностью в своём городке.

Winter 1975 - author Jeanette Aspen arrives at Lapinlahti Mental Hospital to meet her only child, psychiatrist Karin Aspen, 36 years after sending her daughter to Sweden as herself traveled to Southern Europe, at the start of the Winter War. The encounter triggers a drama between the mother and daughter, who are now total strangers to each other.

A couple inherit a 'house of their dreams' and for a while they think they got lucky, but soon find themselves in the middle of a renovation nightmare.

Somebody Should Do Something tells a story of insecurity and longing for freedom, of fear that drives people to poor choices. The main character, Elvis, falls for the new girl in class, Onerva. Seeking acceptance from his friends, Elvis lies and tells them he’s had sex with Onerva. Due to the lies and misunderstandings, the whole town is soon at a point where somebody should do something.

Однажды встречаются двое совершенно разных людей: смертельно больной эмигрант из Ирана, который пытается устроить спокойное будущее для своей восьмилетней дочери и отвязная девушка, которая любит тусоваться с подругой в клубе по ночам, пить алкоголь и не задумывается о будущем.

Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this façade in order to save face has become something of a full-time job for him. When Pekka’s parents unexpectedly come for a visit, he throws a lavish family dinner party in order to dispel any doubts. The soirée is a success until Pekka’s god-daughter gets run over by a car. The reckless driver becomes a mutual enemy for the family. The driver tries to atone for his actions, but the situation spirals out of control and Pekka attacks the man. Pekka realizes things have gone too far and decides to tell his family the truth. It does not hurt as much as Pekka thought, bringing the pieces of a once broken family back together.

Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni’s dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.

The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice.

Карьера Ээро идет по наклонной: когда-то успешный писатель, теперь он никак не может побороть страх чистого листа. Его девушка, профессиональная актриса Пихла, напротив, находится на пороге большого международного успеха. Несмотря на то, что их отношения день ото дня становятся все хуже, никто из них не готов жертвовать своими амбициями в пользу другого. «Пустота» - это трагикомедия о цене успеха и муках поражения, и о том, как жить рядом с человеком, который просто тебя не понимает.

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.

The documentary is a true story of four real intellectual Europeans from different cultures who are worried about the decline of literature’s life and the destiny of the street level bookshops in every country. That is why they have a mission to save symbolically “the world's last quality books”.

Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.

Где-то на окраине «асфальтовых джунглей» Хельсинки судьба сводит честного малого Каледа, потерявшего родину и близких, и бывшего коммивояжера Викстрёма, вложившего весь свой капитал в покупку убыточной забегаловки. Меланхоличный Викстрём и команда его эксцентричных работников берутся опекать нового знакомого. Пока Калед занят поисками пропавшей сестры, его новые друзья ищут способы преобразить свой ресторанчик и сделать его популярным заведением.

A weekend father wants to bond with his teenage daughter by taking her with him to the carwash. They end up on a life-changing adventure in the supermarket, at the endless sanitary towel aisle. They get "help" from an older lady who shares intimate stories of her experience, some about menstruation, some on wildly different topics.

Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a tired mother, a doomed superhero and the rest of the comrades in this uncontrollable world. Mixing comedy and fantasy with dark stories, Distractions will deliver the laughs with strings attached.

Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A theatre company has taken on the task of trying to portray the life and work of this complex person. The sets mainly consist of the well-known patterns that we all have grown to love. Armi is a brave, risk-taking businesswoman and her passion for her company repeatedly takes its toll on her employees, finances and family. The company grows while Armi's personal life is shaken by suicide attempts and turbulence. In Armi Alive!, Oscar-nominated film producer and director Jörn Donner portrays a fascinating woman with fervent ideas about the new Finnish man, her company, fabrics and clothes.

A film about the power and the beauty of architecture and about a middle-aged Nordic architect who, after loosing all in his life, wants once again to be a real architect and begins to create a Dream House for rest of the life, but not only for himself but also for a German woman whom he has met only once in his life, 50 years ago in their childhood.

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer friend for help. Paranoia, jealousy and a series of increasingly absurd events ensue.

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer friend for help. Paranoia, jealousy and a series of increasingly absurd events ensue.

Aunt Fanny and aunt Serena try to find a suitable father figure for Ricky.

Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.

Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of nature. When he meets and falls in love with the spirited, unruly Ansa, his ‘bench’ is suddenly filled. But in order to be with her he has to not only overcome his own frailties, but also the impending danger of Ansa’s volatile ex-con ex, and then Ansa herself, a woman prone to impulsiveness and impetuousness.

Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.

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.

Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...

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.

Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.

Finnish Kerttu Nuorteva is spying for the Russians in Helsinki during World War II. She is arrested and interrogated in the hope that she will uncover the Soviet Union espionage tactics.

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

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.

Фильм рассказывает историю хирурга, который возвращается на работу после 13 месяцев комы, вызванной выстрелом в голову из строительного пистолета. Полиция не смогла найти преступника, а у него остались лишь частичные воспоминания о прошлом.. И теперь перед доктором стоит непростая задача, вспомнить всё и выйти на след человека, покушавшегося на его жизнь.

Молодому северному оленю по имени Нико снится, что его отец — один из летающих оленей Санта Клауса. Несмотря на страдание от серьезного головокружения, он убегает из своего дома, чтобы взять лётные уроки у его друга, неуклюжей белки-летяги Юлии. Вскоре после этого, Нико и Юлия узнают, что Санта и его северный олень находятся в серьезной опасности. Они собирают своих лесных друзей и отправляются в поход на Северный полюс, чтобы спасти Санта Клауса и его отца.

The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be wrong ones and correcting them make things worse.

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.

Жены футболистов любительской команды устали от футбола и от того,что их мужья все свободное время проводят не с ними а за любимой игрой. Да и после игры они не могут разойтись и идут в бар обсуждать произошедшее на поле или смотреть матчи профессиональных команд. Жены заключают с мужьями пари. Они предлагают сыграть с ними футбольный матч. Если мужья проигрывают они никогда больше не подойдут к мячу. Мужья соглашаются. Ведь ясно, что они победят 20-0. Но они еще не знают, что тренировать команду Футболисток будет тренер сборной страны по футболу.

An ordinary suburban family is shattered when their youngest son is killed in an accidental fire while locked inside the family's car on their yard. Mother Marja can't stop crying, father Jaakko can't cry at all but blames himself for the fire. Their remaining son Timo develops problems at school because of his constant worries about his parents' safety. In their grief, Marja and her sister Leena have to confront an old family secret, their little sister's accidental death for which Leena has quietly blamed herself through decades.

"Gourmet Club" follows a doctor who belongs to a small but exclusive gourmet club, in which the five upper-class members take turns providing the main course, wagering as to who can identify a mystery exotic ingredient. Things get interesting when the doctor's gambling problem catches up with him. Desperate, he comes up with the idea to use a truly shocking mystery ingredient to fool his colleagues, but he gets more than he bargained for when the mystery meal has a surprising and powerful effect on the members.

Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse. After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor.

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.

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.

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