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794 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 11/09/2025.

The Finnish Film Affair unveils its full schedule and three new awards

The Finnish Film Affair unveils its full schedule and three new awards

The Helsinki International Film Festival’s industry strand continues to champion Finnish and Nordic cinema while expanding its international reach  

11/09 | Finnish Film Affair 2025

Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

Interview: Mete Sasioglu, Deniz Kaya • Co-founders, Karhupuisto Film Festival

“Our event will bring something much needed to Helsinki: joy and a sense of community”

Two of the four co-founders tell us more about the first edition of the Helsinki-based gathering, which prides itself on welcoming everybody  

05/09 | /Finland

The Finnish Film Affair unveils 45 promising projects from the Nordics and beyond

The Finnish Film Affair unveils 45 promising projects from the Nordics and beyond

The Helsinki-based event celebrates its 14th edition with an expanded showcase, a strong international outlook and the return of the daring F-Weird pitching series  

28/08 | Finnish Film Affair 2025

Vallo Toomla adapts Siret Campbell’s award-winning play Beatrice for the big screen

Vallo Toomla adapts Siret Campbell’s award-winning play Beatrice for the big screen

The sci-fi drama follows a couple who, after years of trying for a child, are finally expecting – until a tragic accident claims the woman’s life  

19/08 | Production | Funding | Estonia/Italy/Finland/Lithuania

Janicke Askevold • Director of Solomamma

Interview: Janicke Askevold • Director of Solomamma

"It was really important to everyone in the team that we respect the women who make this particular life choice and who inspired the film"

The Norwegian director sat down with us to discuss the women who inspired her film and her lead actress  

14/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: Solomamma

Review: Solomamma

Janicke Askevold’s second feature speaks of an alternative kind of motherhood which breaks the rules set by a patriarchal society intent on controlling everything  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

Review: E

Review: E

With her third feature film, provocative Finnish director Anna Eriksson takes us to the Desert of the Real, a kind of frenzied metaverse populated by lost souls  

11/08 | Locarno 2025 | Out of Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno competition entry Solomamma

EXCLUSIVE: Teaser for Locarno competition entry Solomamma

Janicke Askevold’s drama explores the emotional terrain of single motherhood, looking at questions of identity and human connection  

06/08 | Locarno 2025 | Competition

MOIN Film Fund launches Nordic NEST

MOIN Film Fund launches Nordic NEST

The fund is expanding its development scheme through German-Nordic collaboration thanks to a new programme involving five Nordic film institutes  

05/08 | Industry | Market | Germany/Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Norway/Sweden

Veera Lamminpää • Director of Fish River Anthology

Interview: Veera Lamminpää • Director of Fish River Anthology

“After we wrapped, a friend told me they’d heard I’d been keeping our cinematographer trapped in a dark cellar for two months”

Part of EFP’s Future Frames at Karlovy Vary, the Finnish director’s short will enchant audiences with its mixture of existentialism, singing and seafood  

08/07 | Future Frames 2025

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