Hannu Kivioja

Karelia in the 11th century. A brutal feud between Kalervo and Untamo leads to the massacre of an entire village. The sole survivor is Kalervo's son, Kullervo, whom Untamo decides to raise as his own. As he grows, Kullervo's immense strength and rebellious nature make him feared by those around him. When he learns the truth about his past, his path becomes clear: revenge. His journey takes him across a harsh and treacherous land and into the hands of slave traders, only to uncover a devastating secret that will change his fate forever.

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During one spring day, nine people dreaming of life or running away from it, plus a dog on the run, either meet, pass or collide on a certain road. Sisters Seija and Sanna are on their way to the airport because Seija is moving to Canada. Silja and Ville are mourning the anniversary of their dead daughter. The comedy duo is off on a tour after a long break, the paramedics are looking forward to a quiz night and Anita is finally ready to scatter the ashes of her deceased loved one in the lake. A strange man hitchhikes along the highway.

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Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.

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After the disappearance of his wife Juha has lost control of his life as well as the connection to his son. One morning a visitor comes to his door and the one-day love story following this encounter leads Juha to crossroads. We Have Heaven is a short film about old junk, nocturnal organ ballads and cosmic distances.

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Cold-blooded murders in the Laestadian community of Varjakka take criminal investigators to the heart of guilt and forgiveness over three decades.

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A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

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Marion wants to marry her female friend Julia. Marion has grown up in a religious family where her mother became a liberal priest. Young women have lived openly in a relationship, but now Marion's thoughts have changed. He finds himself a new life in the fundamentalist Simeon church led by his grandfather grandfather. Marion's mother Henry, one of the first female priests of the Lutheran Church, cannot stand the idea of her daughter attending a congregation that opposes female priesthood and homosexual relationships.

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Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.

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Sixpack is a positive story on the outskirts of society. The story takes place in Helsinki on rock and following the advent of exclusion of the story regarding one of summer days. The film's protagonist, Marshal, is stuck in a shabby home. Lihi and Henninen attract the Marshal out and tired of opposition after the Marshal finds them to spend a hot summer day in the park in the world with amazement. The trio crash -day pass to the young, rutjakkeisiin sense of humor to the police. Day lasts from early morning until the evening the rain to bring sorrow alhoon. Eventually, however, the sun began to rise again it's time to become sensitized and look deep into the eyes of friendship.

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Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.

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In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present.

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The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.

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The father of a Finnish family brings home a cute puppy, Stormheart. No one in the family knows anything about the dog. Little by little, the mystery of Stormheart unravels and the dog's new owners learn more about him. They find out that Stormheart's parents had served as guard dogs at the Berlin Wall. Pearl, the 7-year-old daughter of the Finnish family, takes the puppy under her wing and Stormheart, who grows up to the size of a bear, undertakes the task of removing all dangers, threats and obstacles from the path of Pearl.

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The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.

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The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.

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Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

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A short film of the last day of summer that never ends.

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The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash.

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Hunger and privation have made life a living hell for a fish in a goldfish bowl. Because his owner doesn’t feed him properly, the fish’s attention begins to wander more and more often to the house next door. Perhaps he will find help from the neighbours – in particular from the little girl who lives there. When there is no improvement in sight to his sad lot, he decides to break out of the tortuous confines of his bowl.

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Firefighter Jesse heroically rescues ten children from a devastating fire. But it soon becomes clear that Jesse is not a hero after all, and a thrilling adventure begins, the outcome of which is difficult to predict.

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The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.

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In a religious rural community in the 1950s, Ritva, a young woman has kept her pregnancy a secret. Helped by her sister, she gives birth but soon abandons the baby. The next day the infant is brought to the hospital where Ritva works. Troubled with shame, Ritva finds consolation from a dying priest.

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Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.

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CIA Agent Harry Howe and SVR Agent Natasha Scriabina team up to save the world, their lives and secret love in post Cold War Helsinki.

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A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit.

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14-year-old Petri dreams about becoming an ice hockey professional. A triangle drama at home makes Dad move away and replaces him with Mutanen, the worst player in the local hockey team. Petri finds out a way to get the best out of Mutanen on ice: before a game, he has to be made really angry so his adrenaline gets flowing.

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A young woman has to attend a self-improvement camp

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A short film about Kaista, his son Pasi, his ex-wife Elina, and Elina's brother Aleksi, whose spring is dragging on. Kain's words ended when his wife announced that she wanted to be alone for a while and then started dating a man who is fair but dances.

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Juhani Haavisto returns to his childhood home from the seas and is confronted by his wheelchair-bound, demented father Eino and the traumas of sexual abuse and violence he experienced as a child.

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During the Continuation War, mother Kaarina and son Erkki live at home in a small town while father has been sent to the front. One day the family's life is turned upside down when the father returns home as a deserter from the front .

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Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.

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Marja Sauri, who lives in Helsinki at the end of the 1980s, is going to the store to replace defective garden shears with new ones. Along the way, she collides with a woman on the street who Marja insults in anger. Within a day, Marja begins to see strange delusions about the same woman she encountered earlier.

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Anders flees his drug debts to his former home village. Once there, he must come to terms with his past.

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