Movies: Finland

Triangle comedy about a movie crew shooting a no-budget artsy film. Director Pohja is a clumsy beginner, cinematographer Törrönen an old pro, and the leading actors Igor and Merju first detest each other although the script is supposed to make them l...

In perhaps the most emotional release of the year, Captain Canada aka Sidney Crosby lets us know that Four Nations are... what? Watch this 1hr long masterpiece, created by FierySharky (Twitter), in order to find out....

The film follows two years of the extremely endangered arctic fox's attempt to return to Finnish nature as a breeding species, as well as the people who try to save the species. Kimmo Ohtonen's tireless toil is finally rewarded, when he manages to ca...

Several films have been made about the lives of train hobos, but Aleksi Pohjavirta's A Good Day to Die is probably the first Finnish documentary on the subject. The film follows Billy, who travels in a pump on freight trains. In the way of life, the ...

This shows successful operations by the Finnish Air Force in the Winter War and the Continuation War of 1939-1945. The DVD consists mainly of films which have been shot by war-time photographers. A significant part of the material has not been publis...

Auf Wiedersehen Finnland deals with a largely silenced issue in Finnish history: the fate of Finnish women who left for Germany with German soldiers during the final stages of World War II....

Documentary about Finnish Jews during WWII and their unique position as German allies....

A documentary about Finnish twin sisters, one of whom disappeared in Argentina in 1977....

A bored rich girl falls in love with a dock worker....

Finnish-Estonian short film....

Goodbye Tornio is a vivid depiction of being young, fearlessly following your dreams and figuring things out on your own as you go. Eighteen-year-old Vilma celebrates her graduation from high school, with toasts from loving parents and parties with ...

Finland has long been the promised land for long hair and heavy rock music, however jazz has it’s own place here too! Then again maybe jazz is just the general name we give to music we can’t quite classify. And the original soundscapes brought forth ...

The summer ahead is long and hot but the burden of shame from the past is haunting Joonas, 24, and driving him to solitude. A sudden phone call changes the direction of his summer and brings Joonas to an old manor for a summer job, forcing him to ope...

A documentary of eight friends from Finland who make big dreams a reality as they make their mark on the snowboarding world....

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Ukonvaaja - The Hammer of Ukko - is a documentary film that focuses on ancient Finnish folklore and mythology....

On December 6, 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia. A detailed chronicle of the major events in the history of this young European nation....

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is ba...

Three perspectives on loneliness, how it feels and how it can be survived: “If I could just dance with somebody once more.”...

A young boy in the 1950's sees a car for the first time. This brief moment turns out to be something not so easy to forget....