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803 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 30/10/2025.

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

54,022 for Love & Anarchy, Finnish Film Event on tour

For its 24th edition, which ended Sunday (Sept 25), Love & Anarchy-The Helsinki International Film Festival registered 54,022 admissions for its 10-day programme, adding 1,767 viewers for Finnish...  

28/09/2011 | Festivals | Finland

Oksanen’s Purge to shoot in Estonia

Finnish author Sofi Oksanen’s novel, Purge - which last year received the Nordic Council Literary Award, the European Book Prize 2010 and has been translated into 38 languages - is on its way to...  

16/09/2011 | Production | Finland

Kaurismäki's Le Havre shoeblack eyes a new client - Oscar

"I cannot help it - I start to be tender in my old age. The more sceptical and cynical I get, the softer my films are. I am even starting to like my characters," said 54-year-old Finnish director...  

15/09/2011 | Oscars 2012 | Finland

Helsinki’s Love & Anarchy now ready to Balkanize!

Unspooling between September 15-25, the 24th Helsinki International Film Festival: Love & Anarchy – Finland’s major film event – has added a Balkan series to its line-up: Balkanize! presents six...  

13/09/2011 | Festivals | Finland

With Vares on track, Solar Films controls 78% of local admissions

While Finland’s most popular private investigator, Jussi Valtteri Vares, is looking into The Garter Snake, directed by Lauri Törhönen – the third thriller in the franchise has taken 75,971...  

08/09/2011 | Admissions | Finland

Kaurismäki up for Czech celebration (but not willingly)

“How does it feel to be a celebrated star director? It is even worse than being unknown. In any case, everyone else may be celebrating, but not I,” explained Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, when...  

22/07/2011 | Festivals | Finland

Finnish private eye ready for third case this year

Finland’s most popular private investigator, Jussi Valtteri Vares – a hard-boiled PI in his forties with only two weaknesses: cold beer and warm women – is almost half-way through his 2011...  

20/07/2011 | Releases | Finland

Lost, but not quite: Emilie de Ravin stars in new Finnish romcom

Australian actress Emilie de Ravin (photo), who shot to fame during six seasons of the American award-winning television series Lost, will play the lead in Finnish director Samuli Valkama’s...  

18/07/2011 | Production | Finland

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