Writing with Fire

Writing with Fire 2021

7.30

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions on the frontlines of India’s biggest issues and within the confines of their own homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.

2021

The Code

The Code 2001

7.40

The Code is a Finnish-made documentary about Linux, featuring some of the most influential people of the free software movement.

2001

Aalto

Aalto 2020

6.10

Aalto is one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design, Aino and Alvar Aalto gave their signature to iconic Scandic design. The first cinematic portrait of their life love story is an enchanting journey of their creations and influence around the world.

2020

Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre

Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre 2018

5.20

One woman’s desperate struggle to survive a horde of men with frail egos, who just want to explain everything to her. But the biggest horror may be closer to her than she thinks.

2018

Kill Anneli

Kill Anneli 2020

4.50

Black drama-comedy about elementary school teacher Kaisa who has lost control of her life.

2020

Vacuum-Cleaner Salesmen

Vacuum-Cleaner Salesmen 1997

7.80

Three vacuum cleaner salesmen go door-to-door selling dreams of dust-free homes and personal ambitions in a bleak Finland hit by the worst recession in history.

1997

Mothers of Life

Mothers of Life 2002

1

A documentary on the experiences of the Nubetya Yaptiks nomadic family in the Yamal Peninsula, Eastern Siberia, from 1992 to 2001.

2002

Kaisa's Enchanted Forest

Kaisa's Enchanted Forest 2016

7.50

Examines the extraordinary lifelong friendship between Skolt Sámi storyteller Kaisa Gauriloff and the Swiss-Russian author Robert Crottet through the eyes of Gauriloff’s great-granddaughter Katja.

2016

Jalil

Jalil 2009

6.00

Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the "native" Finns. At home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions. Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.

2009

To Teach a Bird to Fly

To Teach a Bird to Fly 2020

1

This experimental nature documentary by Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts depicts climate change and the wave of extinction from the point of view of our near future. Actually, it depicts the age we live in now, or rather its fateful consequences.

2020

Land of the Free

Land of the Free 2017

6.00

In South Central, Los Angeles, we follow the everyday lives of Brian, Juan, and Gianni who are affected by crime and incarceration. Fimmaker, Camilla Magid, shows with precision the psychological impact an inadequate prison system has on a society and its citizens.

2017

Vika!

Vika! 2023

10.00

Vika, who is 84, is one of the eldest DJs in the world. Because of her attitude, she is far from any stereotypes about senior citizens. Bittersweet documentary musical about consistence in following your own path and fighting for your dreams.

2023

Prince of Paris

Prince of Paris 2019

1

A film about Princesse, a 9-year-old Cameroonian, and her father, who leaves Africa to make their dreams come true. The two keep in touch through numerous phone calls. Princesse goes to school while her father is trying to make it in Paris cleaning streets and selling souvenirs that enable him to send nice clothes to his daughter – and a smartphone that she’s been begging for.

2019

Pony Girls

Pony Girls 2008

1

About girls who ride with horses and grow bigger. The film follows three years of age 9 to 19 year old girls who perform ponies and horses at the Poni-Haha Riding School in Hakunila, Vantaa. At the beginning of the story, 12-year-old Laura and his friend Nekku and Heli are in the middle.

2008

Strange – Art

Strange – Art 1970

1

Strange – Art is a version of the audiovisual play Strange, the story of The Stranger, an androgynous (or what?) character who travels from the Finnish landscape to one Europe capital encountering a series of uncanny events. A bizarre journey in the art world, Strange – Art is a window open to the absurdity of the current state of the world.

1970

Punainen huone

Punainen huone 1991

4.00

Young cleaning woman Kukka-Maaria comes to town and gets an awesome rental apartment. In exchange of that, however, her landlord gradually subjects her to be his and his friends' sexual partner.

1991

Babybox

Babybox 2015

1

In a remote East European town, the evening bells can’t hide the cry of a hungry baby. His father, a street-musician named Baro, is also having a bad day. The social worker is blaming him on being a miserable parent, but Baro refuses to obey the advice of the worker: he definitely won’t put his little one into the BabyBox.

2015