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827 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 09/03/2026.

20% market share for local films

Since the beginning of 2008, over one million Finns have watched a domestic movie, a level that was not reached last year until December, according to statistics published by the Finnish Film...  

07/10/2008 | Box Office | Finland

Kaurismäki sells Three Wise Men in France

Three Wise Men, the new intimate drama by Mika Kaurismäki that screened in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section, has been acquired for French theatrical distribution by Epicentre. The deal...  

03/10/2008 | Market | Finland

Love and Anarchy salutes Captain Abu Raed

The 21st Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy closed last night with the screening of Laurent Cantet’s The Class and the announcement of the Finnkino Prize winner: Jordan’s entry...  

29/09/2008 | Festivals | Finland

Home of Dark Butterflies in the running

Finland’s official selection committee has chosen Dome Karukoski’s The Home of Dark Butterflies as their national entry for the Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The...  

18/09/2008 | Oscars 2009 | Finland

Valkeapää brings beguiling Visitor to the Lido

Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää’s debut feature The Visitor screened to an enthusiastic public in the Venice fest sidebar Venice Days. Mysterious and sparse, the film centres on the unnamed Boy (Vitali...  

31/08/2008 | Venice 2008 | Venice Days/Finland

Four Finnish films on the A festivals tour

Two promising young Finnish filmmakers Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää and Miika Soini will make their first steps on a red carpet respectively in Venice and in San Sebastian, while the established Mika...  

29/08/2008 | Festivals | Finland

Kaurismäki named Academician of Arts

Finland’s most celebrated filmmaker on the international scene, Aki Kaurismäki, received the honorary title of Academician of Arts from the hands of Finnish President Tarja Halonen last week, from...  

02/06/2008 | People | Finland

Wrecking campaign pays for Kaukomaa and Vuorensola

Blind Spot Pictures producer and CEO Tero Kaukomaa, who was in Cannes on a mission to find co-financiers for his Finnish sci-fi spoof Iron Sky, left with several deals in the pocket. The film will...  

30/05/2008 | Production | Finland

Black Ice

Love, betrayal and revenge in the second feature by Finnish director Petri Kotwica, which has won domestic acclaim and screened in competition at the 2008 Berlinale  

01/04/2008 | Films | Reviews

Film Foundation backs three European co-productions

The Finnish Film Foundation has granted €1.1m in production support to four new films, including Sweden’s Rational Solution, scripted by Jens Jönsson, and Norway’s Angel, starring Lena Endre....  

25/03/2008 | Production | Finland

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