Taisto Reimaluoto

Perkele

Arto Tuohimaa

Pertti Koivula, Taisto Reimaluoto

'Perkele' is a finely tuned comedy about Finnish men. All the three episodes of the film take place in the countryside of wintry Finland. It's a place filled with snow and silent people trying to endure the winter

I Hired Two Contract Cleaners

Tapio Piirainen

Kai Lehtinen, Pertti Koivula

Linnan juhlat

Tapio Piirainen

Ville Myllyrinne, Kai Lehtinen

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

Onnen maa

Markku Pölönen

Katariina Kaitue, Pertti Koivula

Nostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son" Tenho returns from his unlucky adventures in the city back to his parents' farm. Tenho becomes the laughing stock of local men until he scores the hottest girl in the village. A hot romance flares up between Tenho and the sensuous milkmaid Virva, accompanied by popular Finnish tango tunes.

Dog Nail Clipper

Markku Pölönen

Peter Franzén, Taisto Reimaluoto

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...

Ambush

Olli Saarela

Peter Franzén, Irina Björklund

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.

Sauna

Antti-Jussi Annila

Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

Aapo

Tero Jartti

Taisto Reimaluoto, Esko Salminen

Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war begins.

1944 The Final Defence

Åke Lindman

Rauno Ahonen, Mikko Bredenberg

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.

Kiimaiset poliisit

Jouko Turkka

Merja Larivaara, Kai Lehtinen

The protagonists of the series are three cops - married couple Marita and Goofy and Marita's old love, Oiva. After years, Marita and Oiva meet and escape into the woods during a police operation. In the soft heat of August, the cops are trying to find a place of fulfillment and save the world from evil. In the whirlwind of a triangle drama, they encounter missions, murderers, priests and betrayers - rage, crime, tears.

V. Y. Vihdoinkin yhdessä

Kari Kyrönseppä

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Sarianna Salminen

Hese, the shy owner of a video company, travels on a moped to film a commissioned Christmas party. From the steps of his office, Hese finds an anonymous Christmas present, a Hese slipover, and begins to find out who it is from.

Suden arvoitus

Raimo O. Niemi

Tiia Talvisara, Janne Saksela

Adopted, 12-year-old Salla lives in Lapland. After she rescues some wolf cubs from a poacher, her mission to keep them safe helps her reunite with her mother, who shares her mysterious connection with nature.

Back to the USSR - takaisin Ryssiin

Jari Halonen

Jorma Tommila, Taisto Reimaluoto

Reima Elo ends up trying to commit suicide when he is abandoned by his wife Molla. He is also the village's laughing stock due to his communism. At a critical moment, a Lenin lookalike from Russia named Vladimir rescues him.

Vaiennut kylä

Kari Väänänen

Taisto Reimaluoto, Sari Havas

Bodomin legenda

Tapio Piirainen

Juha Muje, Pekka Huotari

Unna ja Nuuk

Saara Cantell

Rosa Salomaa, Toni Leppe

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.