Paavo Piskonen

Arvottomat

Mika Kaurismäki

Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen

Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.

Calamari Union

Aki Kaurismäki

Timo Eränkö, Kari Heiskanen

Calamari Union is an allegorical movie that tells the story of sixteen men all of whom are called Frank (inspired by Frank Armoton) apart from a single confrere, Pekka. Collectively the Franks and Pekka are unhappy with the perceived oppression they face in their district of Helsinki, Kallio, and decide to move to another, Eira, imagining it to be an unspoiled place where people can live lives of dignity. The journey is an ironic one given that both districts are not so far apart. In this spirit, their journey across the city takes on epic proportions with each of the travellers gradually falling by the wayside due to such travails as marriage, work, and death. In its entirety the film is a wry discussion of humanity within a system that regards humans as subservient components.

Onnellinen mies

Hannu Kahakorpi

Harri Tirkkonen, Liisamaija Laaksonen

Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge construction site, but he quickly finds himself clashing against the local decision-makers. The bridge engineer is also popular with the ladies and, being a man of energy, he manages to take care of several of his admirers at once.

Slumrande toner fjärran ur tiden

Johan Bergenstråhle

Nils Brandt, Agneta Fagerström-Olsson

Finland in the late 1950s. A touring theatre company travels the countryside and play English light comedies. But the audience fails.

Rakkauselokuva

Anssi Mänttäri

Liisa Halonen, Matti Pellonpää

Aidankaatajat

Olli Soinio

Martti Kainulainen, Erkki Pajala

Three old men escape from the hospital and travel to Turku in search of one of the mens daughter

Vartioitu kylä 1944

Timo Linnasalo

Raimo Grönberg, Timo Torikka

Viimeiset rotannahat

Anssi Mänttäri

Kauko Laurikainen, Sarina Röhr

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.

Ihmemies

Antti Peippo

Antti Litja, Martti Pennanen

Kolme yötä

Matti Ijäs

Kristiina Elstelä, Martti Suosalo

Toto

Anssi Mänttäri

Juha Hyppönen, Paavo Piskonen

A group of three male friends with domestic problems behave badly.

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

Anssi Mänttäri

Paavo Piskonen, Susanna Haavisto

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.

Kello

Anssi Mänttäri

Matti Pellonpää, Paavo Piskonen

Ylösnousemus

Anssi Mänttäri

Ilkka Kylävaara, Eeva Eloranta

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

Aurinkotuuli

Timo Linnasalo

Paavo Piskonen, Lilga Kovanko

Gravity researcher Erik Rankamaa dies in his prime in 1970. He is been deep frozen and gets defrosted in 1999, while people of his time are still alive.