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790 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 14/08/2025.

Susanna Helke • Director of Ruthless Times – Songs of Care

Interview: Susanna Helke • Director of Ruthless Times – Songs of Care

"I liked the idea that this 'faceless mass' we keep referring to is now standing in front of the camera, singing"

The Finnish director encourages her protagonists to talk about their problems, and sometimes even sing them out  

08/02/2022 | DocPoint 2022

Taito Kawata to direct young adult drama series Dance Brothers

Taito Kawata to direct young adult drama series Dance Brothers

The new show, produced by Endemol Shine Finland and co-produced by Netflix and Finnish pubcaster YLE, will follow two brothers in the 1920s who start a dance company  

07/02/2022 | Production | Funding | Finland

DocPoint gives awards to Ruthless Times - Songs of Care and Where Are We Headed

DocPoint gives awards to Ruthless Times - Songs of Care and Where Are We Headed

The Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, which was forced to move online owing to the Omicron wave, wrapped on 6 February  

07/02/2022 | DocPoint 2022 | Awards

Juuso Syrjä and Måns Månsson to direct disaster series Estonia

Juuso Syrjä and Måns Månsson to direct disaster series Estonia

The eight-episode show, sold by Beta Film, promises to be Finland’s biggest drama project to date  

04/02/2022 | Production | Funding | Finland/Sweden/Belgium/Estonia

The Nordisk Film and TV Fond asks, “What future awaits Nordic features?”

The Nordisk Film and TV Fond asks, “What future awaits Nordic features?”

The debate covered several key topics, including content, production volumes, and flexible funding models and distribution windows  

01/02/2022 | Industry | Market | Finland/Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Iceland

Review: It’s Raining Women

Review: It’s Raining Women

Mari Soppela’s predictable doc may not deliver on the visual front, but it does get its point across: it’s time to smash the hell out of that glass ceiling  

31/01/2022 | DocPoint 2022

Review: Girl Picture

Review: Girl Picture

This uneven Finnish drama helmed by Alli Haapasalo takes on adolescent turmoil and Moomin mugs – quite the combination  

31/01/2022 | Sundance 2022 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Alli Haapasalo  • Director of Girl Picture

Interview: Alli Haapasalo • Director of Girl Picture

"It was very important for me to talk about girlhood in a way that would be a fresher take on the films about young adults I saw as a teenager"

A mature and emancipated depiction of girlhood is at the centre of this visually appealing Finnish coming-of-age film  

31/01/2022 | Sundance 2022 | World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Review: The Mission

Review: The Mission

Young Mormons head to Finland in Tania Anderson’s doc, intent on following Cinderella’s mother’s advice at all costs: “Have courage and be kind”  

27/01/2022 | Sundance 2022 | World Cinema Documentary Competition

Hanna Bergholm • Director of Hatching

Interview: Hanna Bergholm • Director of Hatching

“I wanted people to start liking this creature”

In her new work, the Finnish director addresses every girl’s biggest fears – and a weird creature hiding in the closet is not the worst of them  

26/01/2022 | Sundance 2022 | Midnight

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