Films
Country Finland:
Cinema Laika
Cool Finnish countryside charm meets French elegance when Finland's greatest film director Aki Kaurismäki decides to build the ultimate cinema from the past in an abandoned mining town.
Hard to Break
Two young Finns are fuelled by their (self-)destructive love for each other as their parallel lives on social media become further and further removed from reality.
Krista Moisio & Anna-Maija Heinonen / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
Homecoming
The museum world is at a turning point. Artefacts from indigenous peoples and other cultures are being encouraged to be returned to their place of origin. A Sami filmmaker traces the heritage of her own people in a personal film.
Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Biodiversity and generation gaps collide in a politically urgent and thoughtful film about two young activists' fight to save the vast Finnish forests. Is it still civil disobedience when you know you have both history and the future on your side?
Virpi Suutari / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
Phantoms of the Sierra Madre
Three men embark on a boyhood dream of a Western adventure in search of a lost Apache tribe in Mexico, but end up in a very different place than they had planned. A thought-provoking film about being out of place - and about realising it along the way.
Håvard Bustnes / Norway, Finland, United States & Mexico / 2024 / World Premiere
Preemptive Listening
Sound and film art on innovative wavelengths in a work that explores the function and iconic value of the siren in a time of overlapping natural and man-made disasters. A participatory piece with contributions from 20 different sound artists.
Aura Satz / United Kingdom & Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
The Labour of Pain and Joy
A generous and eye-opening story that unfilteredly follows two Finnish birth attendants as they struggle to improve birthing practices and challenge old traditions.
Karoliina Gröndahl / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere