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

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After 6 1/2 Jussis, Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre in running for César

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre swept the Jussi awards gala last night (January 29) in Helsinki, where it collected six-and-a-half trophies including Best Film, Director, and Original...  

30/01/2012 | Awards | Finland

With more than 200 producers, Finland’s Iron Sky to finally take off in Berlin

Finnish director Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky - the first Finnish feature backed by crowd funding and investment – will have its world premiere as a Panorama Special at the upcoming Berlinale, which...  

26/01/2012 | Production | Finland

Solving six cases in Finland, PI Vares is ready for the world

After seating 31% of Finnish audiences for local films last year, Finnish veteran producer Markus Selin’s Vares franchise – six thrillers following the investigations of Turku PI Jussi Vares, from...  

20/01/2012 | Market | Finland

Finnish cinemas down 6.6%, local films lose 10% share

In 2011, Finnish cinema admissions dropped by 6.6% - from 7.6 million to 7.1 million – mainly due to the performance of domestic films which in spite of a record number of 34 releases lost 10% of...  

17/01/2012 | Admissions | Finland

A close friend of Jussi: Kaurismäki scores nine nominations for Le Havre

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre – Finland’s submission for the Oscars, which won the international critics’ FIPRESCI Award at Cannes – will be considered in nine categories, when...  

12/01/2012 | Awards | Finland

Pizza Desperata and other Finnish films about What We Do for Love

Ten years after his previous feature, Cyclomania (2001), Finnish director Simo Halinen has cast Peter Frankzén and Leea Klemola in his comeback feature, Pizza Desperata, which Liisa Penttilä will...  

06/01/2012 | Production | Finland

Santa Claus and his evil brother celebrate Christmas in Finland

While Finnish director Antti Haikala’s feature debut, Santa’s Magic Crystal, with the real Santa Claus and his evil twin brother Basil is now touring the Finnish theatres, the Finnish Film...  

12/12/2011 | Production | Finland/Lithuania

Le Havre

Masterful elegance, detached humour and subtle political engagement. The great forgotten one in the Cannes 2011 prize list.  

02/12/2011 | Films | Reviews

Interview: Aki Kaurismäki • Director

My characters, hopeless optimists

Le Havre describes a world of marginalised individuals who express great mutual solidarity and it even has an optimistic ending  

24/11/2011

Mäkelä's skyjacker takes Finnish fast lane for public funding

While Finnish director Aleksi Mäkelä's dramatic thriller Life for Sale, spends a fourth week in the local charts, the Finnish Film Foundation has chipped in €550,000 for his next project, The...  

15/11/2011 | Funding | Finland

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