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- In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
- To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
- Unemployed man forgets his dignity to support his family.
- An aging pop queen loved by the people struggles between her private and professional lives.
- The Grump is a man from the past. A man who knows that everything used to be so much better in the old days. Pretty much everything that's been done after 1953 has always managed to ruin The Grump's day. Our story unfolds as The Grump takes a fall from his basement steps, hurting his ankle. He has to spend a weekend in Helsinki to attend physiotherapy. The Grump doesn't like this for four reasons: 1) He has to take a taxi. 2) He can't take daily care of his wife, an Alzheimer's patient. 3) He can't drive, which means he might have to sit in a car with a female driver. 4) He has to spend time with his family. The daughter-in-law is a career woman, not keen to spend time with The Grump when he comes to the city. Her boss has given her the task to look after Russian businessmen supposed to close a major deal over the weekend. It doesn't make her any happier when The Grump decides to help with the deal. Then The Grump has to face his useless son to become the father he never was, teaching his son how to take care of his loved ones. A thing The Grump has never been able to do. And somebody's day will be ruined.
- Jussi, a student admired by all women, is inadvertently selected to represent both left-wing and right-wing parties in the parliamentary elections. All Jussi cares about is the beautiful, blonde Irmeli.
- A chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.
- A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
- A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.
- Jon Mikl Thor was a bodybuilding, steel bending, brick smashing rock star in the 70's and 80's whose theatrical band, Thor, never quite made it big. Years later he attempts a comeback that nearly kills him.
- Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and wild girl. Juli asks Aku for a ride to eastern Finland. Aku agrees - without any idea what he's getting himself into.
- Uuno Turhapuro has been elected the President and has some unorthodox plans for the country.
- This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true but does Marko share her dreams?
- Two teen girls from a very restrictive Conservative Laestadian faith community, go alone to Helsinki for the first time.
- Uuno Turhapuro's father-in-law unwittingly gives all his money to Uuno, who goes on a spending spree with his younger brother Peni.
- Losing faith in their original idea for a movie to celebrate Finland's 50 years of independence, a film crew decides to hire a typical Finnish taxpayer to tell them what to shoot. The result becomes a comedic cavalcade of Finnish promotional clichés - Lapland, sauna, moose hunting, beautiful blond women etc. - as presented by a slick entourage following on the heels of William Nurmi, a Finnish-American hair tonic millionaire on a visit to his ancestors' homeland. Add some half-baked criminal hanky-panky, and towards the end even one of the main characters has to confess to the camera that he's lost track of this movie's plot about fifteen minutes ago.
- Selja is in her thirties and lives in a shared flat with her friends. One day a boy appears at her door; a boy she gave up for adoption sixteen years earlier. Selja has a chance to get to know her son, but at the same time, makes a complete mess of her and her best friends' lives. Urban Family is a new kind of music film set in the modern-day world. "Urban Family" is a new kind of music film set in the modern-day world. The movie's engaging songs are written precisely for this movie by the very top Finnish songwriters including Paula Vesala, Lauri Ylönen, Olavi Uusivirta, Terhi Kokkonen.
- Sequel / follow up to 'Yösyttö' ['Man and a baby', although literally 'Nightfeeding'], in which abandoned, single parent, Antti, with his son, now takes on a daughter, too: of the girl (after an accident to her) he's always truly fancied.
- A look at the work and working methods of famed Finnish film director Rauni Mollberg.
- Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods.
- A documentary about gender roles, in which men, including the director himself, are given the chance to express their feelings.
- Uuno Turhapuro has lost his memory and thinks he's a woman. His friend sörsselssön has lost his memory too and Härski Hartikainen tries to help them.
- A summer romance remembered.
- Wanting to know the ways of people, a pelican turns into a gawky young man who soon learns to speak, thanks to his outstanding talent in imitation. He befriends Emil and Elsa, two children who--unlike adults--see that their new neighbor "Mr Berd" is not human but a big bird wearing a suit. The Pelican Man lands a job at the opera and falls in love with a pretty ballerina, looking so much like a bird herself. Troubles start when adults too find out about "Mr Berd's" ornithological origin.
- Tiina decides to reconnect with his aged and bohemian father living alone. With her reluctant daughter and new husband, they move in and start to renovate the old house. However, neither the renovation nor facing the past is effortless.
- While telling his parents and two sisters that he is a successful businessman, Pekka actually cons strangers for money and scraps of food. What happens when his parents show up for a surprise visit?
- Triangle comedy about a movie crew shooting a no-budget artsy film. Director Pohja is a clumsy beginner, cinematographer Törrönen an old pro, and the leading actors Igor and Merju first detest each other although the script is supposed to make them lovers. The two gradually grow closer even in real life, but the director too has set his eyepiece on Merju.
- A romantic comedy about a woman who finally finds her "Only One", but then the man mysteriously disappears. Her next great love appears, but happens to also be the Prime Minister of Finland.
- A scientist creates a fully grown test tube baby from the cells of a mathematician, and the two are frequently mistaken for each other by gangsters, private investigators, the police, and the baby's creator himself.
- Two guys from Häme find out that they actually are from Karjala. At the same time Flybug bites one of the guys. That means he must learn to fly or he gonna die. Reborn Karjala-boys goes at the airport and fun begins. Soon they become acquainted with a robot that runs with booze, two scoundrels and beautiful Miss Universum.
- Two toy manufacturers fight over market shares. One of them is Jim King whose accountant gives him some precarious ideas on how to avoid paying taxes. King is also after his rival's daughter - and her money. An array of gadgets almost steals the show: miniature submarines and helicopters, egg guns and boomerangs. The last 14 minutes are shot in colour, as seen by a gangster waking up to his first sober morning in years.
- Story about 29-year-old Krisu, who is quite lost in her life. Luckily, she has a indie band called Wendy and the Refugee Neverland.
- In spring 2020, Marlena gets laid off and ends up isolated in her home. As she struggles to find motivation for job hunting and working hard for the money, Marlena decides to try something else: selling her used panties. In the era of sex positivity, selling panties online seems like a fast track to have a bit of fun and get your hands on the same money as part-timing in the service sector. Any self-aware millennial can put their ass on the line?
- Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small town, where he has became the mayor. Varjola, of course, is shocked to see his old friend again.
- A triangle drama involving a young unlucky drifter, a nightclub singer and a corrupt police officer.
- A Russian mother and her queer son try to cope with their new situation, as the son, a political activist and radical artist, applies for political asylum in Europe.
- A man fed up with online dating finds a seemingly perfect woman in a Helsinkian bar.
- Short essayist documentary of two 80-year old friends who lost contact as teenagers. They revive their friendship after 60-year gap. It's a survival story, aided by true friendship. Emotional story of forgiveness, acceptance and ability to adapt. Barbara and Adam became friends at the School of American Ballet as teenagers in 1940's. Legendary choreographer and director of NYCB, George Balanchine mentored Barbara and took her in at the New York City Ballet. Barbara was forced to quit her brilliant career after suffering psychological abuse. Adam continued to dance and their ways separated. After 60 years they connect by lucky chance and together they visit St Petersburg. They go to Mariinsky theater and Vaganova ballet school in Russia.
- The ad for the Centre Party features Johannes Virolainen. Summer nature. Motorway. Helsinki, cityscape, traffic, people talking about their living conditions, housing shortages, and low wages. Johannes Virolainen speaks.