Finnish
see all genres ›Each of the distinct Northern European nations bracketed by the term "Scandinavia" have had long-running film industries prolific and innovative well beyond what one might expect from their geographic and population scales. Without them, there would be no Greta Garbo (nor Lars von Trier, for that matter).
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Ambush
AMBUSH takes place in the first days of World War II in Russian Karelia by the Finnish border. A young lieutenant is sent on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines, leaving his beautiful fiancee behind. During his mission he receives the tragic news that she has been killed by the Russians. Now the war is personal and...Start your free trial to watch -
Mother of Mine
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. MOTHER OF MINE, the latest from the award-winning Klaus Haro, tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of nine year old Eero, a child who increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and yet...Start your free trial to watch -
Reindeerspotting
This documentary tells the story of Jani, a 19-year-old drug addict living on social welfare along with his friends. Tired of his life in a remote city in Finland, he decides to travel by train to various parts of Europe before being sent to prison for several petty crimes.Start your free trial to watch
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The River
Critically acclaimed THE RIVER flows between a dozen diverse, well-etched characters in a small Finnish town, including a clandestine gay couple, a factory worker and his adulturious wife and a suicidal young mother. It is a rich and insightful look at ordinary lives unfolding over the short time span of one autumnal Saturday...Start your free trial to watch -
Study Reel
Finnish filmmaker Sami van Ingen, a great-grandson of Robert Flaherty, made an expedition to the residence of Bruce Baillie not long after the turn of the century and documented the results of his visit. STUDY REEL is, as Baillie described it in a letter to the Brazilian magazine Tropico, "filled with commentary on various of...Start your free trial to watch




