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791 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 19/08/2025.

Finnish audiences want Finnish films - admissions 110% up on 2011

Last year Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre began to lure back the grown-up audiences, and the trend has continued, according to the Finnish Film Foundation  

23/03/2012 | Admissions | Finland

Finnish Moon Nazis conquer the world, selling 70 countries

Backed by crowd funding and investment, Finnish director Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky to receive crowd distribution through UK’s Stealth Media Group  

20/03/2012 | Market | Finland

Iron Sky

The Nazis were hiding on the moon, and now they're back. An entertaining Finnish science fiction film has been making waves since its premiere in Berlin.  

20/03/2012 | Films | Reviews

Interview: Timo Vuorensola • Director

From a steamy sauna to the world screen

Finnish director talks about inventing a local sci-fi from scratch, starting in 2006, how it was saved by crowd funding and is now selling in more than 70 territories.  

20/03/2012

Drugs and romance in latest films from Louhimies and Kuparinen

The Finnish Film Foundation is supporting Never Forever, from veteran director Aku Louhimies, and The Body Fat Index of Love from newcomer Mikko Kuparinen  

13/03/2012 | Production | Finland

21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage from Finland's Dionysos

The Finnish Film Foundation is supporting three new local features, including Johanna Vuoksenmaa's observations on the consequences of love  

09/03/2012 | Production | Finland

Iron Sky delivers…for the time being

One of the year’s most eagerly expected films for genre aficionados, Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky premiered in Berlin and, according to reactions, delivered the goodies. The film does work and is...  

13/02/2012 | Berlinale 2012 | Panorama Special - Finland/Australia/Germany

From Princess to doped skiers, both in fact and fiction for Halonen

The 2001 Lahti World Championships in Finland was supposed to expose the glory of Finnish skiing, a cornerstone in the country’s self-esteem. Instead it turned out as a disaster, when an entire...  

12/02/2012 | Berlinale 2012 | Market/Finland

Finnish dish for Culinary Cinema - a can of ravioli, by Gauriloff

The Finns have never been famous for their haute cuisine (ever tried the reindeer stew at the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä?) still Finnish director Katja Gauriloff’s documentary Canned...  

09/02/2012 | Berlinale 2012 | Finland

Lone cowboy on micro-budget comes up In Clear Sight

”When I say it is a Cold War movie, people think of James Bond or Harry Palmer, or ask if it is political, but no – this is a western, instead of horses we have a jeep, and instead of cowboys two...  

07/02/2012 | Production | Finland

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