Eeva Putro
2021
Unknown Soldier
Aku Louhimies
Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
Unknown Soldier
Tove
Zaida Bergroth
Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.
Tove
Devil's Bride
Saara Cantell
Tuulia Eloranta, Magnus Krepper
Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. For Judge Psilander, who has mastered the newest witch theories of the time, the trials are meant to cleanse the island of superstition, to have science and common sense prevail. The main character, the intelligent and stubborn Anna, gets an intimate view of the events, having just started working as a maid in the judge’s house. To Anna’s misfortune, she falls intensely in love with her friend Rakel’s husband Elias, but his infatuation with her quickly fades. A hurt and jealous Anna decides to get revenge and falsely reports Rakel to Judge Psilander. It’s only when Rakel is arrested, and things get out of hand, that Anna realizes the gravity of her doings.
Devil's Bride
Mieletön elokuu
Taru Mäkelä
Kati Outinen, Miroslav Etzler
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.
August Fools
Night Goes Long
Henri Huttunen, Vesa Kuosmanen
Alina Tomnikov, Timo Vuorensola
French meteorology researcher Sophie, living in Antarctica, arrives in Helsinki to find her online lover Mia. Mia had ended the relationship suddenly and with meeting her, Sophie hopes to regrow the love between them.
Night Goes Long
The Two and Only
Saara Cantell
Anna-Maija Tuokko, Ilkka Villi
Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.
The Two and Only
Breeder
Jens Dahl
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Signe Egholm Olsen
A renowned health supplement company, run by a ruthless businesswoman, is selecting and abducting young women as part of an experiment bio-hacking babies’ DNA to enable her clients to reverse the aging process. When Mia goes to investigate, she finds herself trapped, branded and tortured in a grim underground facility. Familiar faces start to appear, and she realises that she is not alone in this. Can she somehow find inner strength and escape from the nightmare?
Breeder
Innuendo
Saara Lamberg
Saara Lamberg, Brendan Bacon
Tuuli grows up in an oppressively religious and abusive family in Finland. To escape from the shadow of her angelic twin sister she travels to Melbourne, Australia. Curious of sexuality, she becomes a nude model for art classes. Her innocent surface reveals sordid cracks as she sets about exerting her twisted version of righteousness.
Innuendo
Kaukopartio
Harri J. Panula
Eerik Kantokoski, Ali Ahovaara
Long-Range Patrol is a story about the Squad Peltoniemi Patrol trip to the enemies backside in spring 1943. The capturing of a Russian female soldier changes the whole task from a routine mission to a battle for survival.
Long Range Patrol
