Pentti Heinonen

8000: An Art Odyssey (Anssi Kasitonnin maailma) is a documentary about the Finnish Ars Fennica awarded artist Anssi 8000. Anssi does everything his own way, and preferably with his own hands. The films follows Anssi as he prepares for the biggest exhibition of his life at Kunsthalle Helsinki, films a French short film with dreams of an Oscar award and develops a skate toy with a company based in Hong Kong. It is a warm and humorous story about passion, creativity – and how sometimes, doing things the wrong way is the right way.

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Pena has been driving a truck for 50 years and plans to do so in the future. His memory problem is just a small bump in life's highway.

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The illusion breaks down when the viewer can see the strings.

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“A person has to have something to live for”. Pentti is a 94-year-old widower who steps into a new phase in his life having found filmmaking – and the feisty Lea.

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The dissolution of a family in 10 minutes.

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After getting released from prison, Eeva returns to her old home town with only a shoulder bag, cellphone and the clothes she is wearing. She wants to find her grown-up daughter, but the townspeople soon make it clear that she is not welcome.

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A man goes into the woods looking for berries. Instead, he finds an empty bottle of French dressing salad dressing. A genie from the bottle grants him three wishes. The man uses the wishes in a traditional way, but he expresses them in a vulgar manner, which displeases the genie. The man will learn his lesson.

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A successful thirtysomething couple find themselves at a financial dead end; they are faced with an extreme lifestyle change to pay for their debts. The luxury lifestyle ends when they are forced to move into a rented apartment in the suburbs. But to their friends, they hold up a facade and explain it all with downshifting.

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The name of the person is a thirtysomething, work shy and relaxed Kimmo.

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On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.

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