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802 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 16/10/2025.

25% market share for local films

Domestic admissions for Finnish films have increased by over 60% in 2006 compared to 2005, now exceeding 1.5m. This represents a 25% market share, a drastic improvement on 2005’s 15% slice of the...  

27/11/2006 | Admissions | Finland

Interview: Aku Louhimies • Director

"Civilisation is easily lost"

Aku Louhimies talks about his dark tale of divorce and desperation, an intimate portrait of an essentially good young father driven to desperation and accused of an act he cannot remember committing  

30/10/2006

Interview: Markus Selin • Producer

"A good script is a good script"

Producer Markus Selin heads Solar Films, the company responsible for some of Finland's biggest box office hits but also of some of the country's most critically acclaimed films and TV productions  

30/10/2006

Frozen City

Aku Louhimies' extrapolation of a taxidriving character from a TV-series is a powerful stand-alone film  

30/10/2006 | Films | Reviews

Kaurismaki says no to Oscar consideration

Aki Kaurismäki has decided not to accept to submit his film Lights in the Dusk as Finnish candidate for this year’s Oscars nominations. The film, which had its world premiere in Cannes last May,...  

23/10/2006 | Oscars 2006 | Finland

Jade Warrior plans Chinese conquest

Jade Warrior, the first-ever Sino-Finnish co-production and first ever Finnish film to be released theatrically in China, is going to open there on October 24 on a massive 150 screens. According...  

16/10/2006 | Distribution | Finland

Kaurismäki in the running

Aki Kaurismäki´s Lights in the Dusk has been selected by Finland as its 2007 Oscar candidate for Best Foreign Language Film. The jury, who preferred Kaurismäki’s Lights to 13 other Finnish titles,...  

20/09/2006 | Oscars 2007 | Finland

Top local awards for Kaurismäki and Matila

During a gala evening dedicated to Finnish cinema held during the Helsinki International Film Festival (September 14–24, 2006), Finnish star filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki was voted Director of the Year...  

19/09/2006 | Festivals | Finland

State Quality Awards to three films

Dome Karukoski’s Beauty and the Bastard, Aki Kaurismäki’s Lights in the Dusk and Petri Kotwica’s Homesick are the three top winners of this year’s State Quality Awards in Finland. The awards are...  

13/09/2006 | Awards | Finland

Kung Fu film has world premiere at Toronto

AJ Annila´s Jade Warrior, the first ever Finnish kung fu film combining Finnish and Chinese mythologies will have its world premiere on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival (September...  

06/09/2006 | Festivals | Finland

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