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- DirectorEdvin LaineStarsKosti KlemeläHeikki SavolainenReino TolvanenThe tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.
- DirectorRauni MollbergStarsRisto TuorilaPirkka-Pekka PeteliusPaavo LiskiThis film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). The film tells the story of the fate of a machine gun platoon made up of young conscripts from various parts of Finland fighting against the Russian army from the beginning (summer 1941) to the end (summer/autumn 1944) of the war. Many of the characters are based on author Linna's brothers in arms.
- DirectorAku LouhimiesStarsEero AhoJohannes HolopainenJussi VatanenA film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.
- DirectorKari KetonenStarsIina KuustonenAntti LuusuaniemiPihla PenttinenWedding planner Joanna tries to find a fake boyfriend so that her depressed dad would cheer up. Joanna meets Sakke, a peculiar funeral contractor, who is also in search for a girlfriend.
- DirectorAlli HaapasaloStarsAamu MilonoffEleonoora KauhanenLinnea LeinoThree young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsJarkko LahtiOona AirolaEero MilonoffThe true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorMikko MyllylahtiStarsJarkko LahtiIivo TuuriHannu-Pekka BjörkmanPepe the woodcutter's life in his idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he is seemingly fine with it all. As though he knows some profound truth about existence.
- DirectorHannu LeminenStarsHelena KaraTauno PaloAku KorhonenThe uncredited adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novel (1922), made five years before Max Ophüls' more widely recognized "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948).
- DirectorAleksi SalmenperäStarsStella LeppikorpiMinna HaapkyläTommi Korpela"Bubble" is a film about a 16-year-old Eveliina who decides to end her mother's extramarital relationship.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsTuro PajalaSusanna HaavistoMatti PellonpääA Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- DirectorJaakko PakkasvirtaStarsPaavo PentikäinenIrma MartinkauppiKaisa MartinkauppiConstruction worker Urho Suomalainen, his factory-worker wife Sirkka, and their two school-age children dream about getting away from their cramped rental apartment and moving to a house of their own. Urho decides to build one from scratch, starting from hauling trees from the forest to the sawmill. As the building progresses, a serious fault is discovered in its foundations. The family also has problems with their mortgage. Urho develops pneumonia and passes away before he sees his house completed. At his grave, a fellow worker gives a powerful speech praising socialism.
- DirectorRauni MollbergStarsMaritta ViitamäkiPauli JauhojärviAimo SaukkoA young woman has an intense affair with a womanizing reindeer herdsman.
- DirectorSeppo HuunonenStarsLeo LastumäkiHeikki KinnunenPentti AuerValtteri and Sepe, two ordinary white-collar guys from southern Finland drive up north to implement a plan they've been hatching for months. Because they simply love the taste of lamb, baked "robber-style" in a hole dug under a campfire, they forge their car's number plates and other important documents just to be able to poach sheep grazing on the roadside without getting caught. Lots of man talk around the campfire, aided by lots of booze. The summer may be wet, but the vodka is definitely dry.
- DirectorJörn DonnerStarsHarriet AnderssonPertti MelasniemiMarja PackalénThirty-eight-year-old Anna Kivi, a Finnish anesthesiologist at Turku University Hospital and divorcee recently awarded a doctorate after her thesis, retreats to a summer studio on an island for the summer holiday.
- StarsTarja-Tuulikki TarsalaMikko NiskanenPaavo PentikäinenSmall-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks deeper into poverty, gets into trouble with police and tax officials, all while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a real story.
- DirectorErkko KivikoskiStarsUrpo PoikolainenAarne HakulinenPentti ViljakainenThe events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.
- DirectorMikko NiskanenStarsJaakko PakkasvirtaSpede PasanenVeikko KerttulaSummer 1941, soon after the Finnish Winter War. Wist and Anttala are young war veterans whose homes ended up on the wrong side of the new border after the Soviet Union claimed ownership of the Finnish Karelia as a result of the war. The men decide to reclaim a chest full of silver that was hidden under Wist's home before the family was evacuated to Finland. Together with Paukku, a third young man with less experience in risky situations, they cross the border at nighttime and start their dangerous expedition through Soviet terrain.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsTimo EränköKari HeiskanenAsmo HurulaAn exodus to a better life in Eira.
- DirectorJenni ToivoniemiStarsIida-Maria HeinonenPaula VesalaEmmi ParviainenA comedy about the tragedy of being forever young.
- DirectorAnna-Maija HeinonenKrista MoisioHard to Break tells an energetic and intimate coming-of-age story about 18-year-old Atte and 16-year-old Jonsu, who find themselves entangled in serious troubles as they seek approval from their social media followers and peers.