Heikki Nousiainen

Jaana, 29, surprises his boyfriend Jesse on his 30th birthday by taking him along to two prostitutes as a present. She thinks she's preventing his "thirties crisis," though she's actually suffering from her own... (Finnish Film Foundation)

In a small apartment an ordinary boy lives with his mother. His life is quite ordinary except for his mother, who is a superhero. A caring mother turns into a powerful world-saving superhero within seconds and leaves on a rescue mission and the little boy is alone - once again. With help of an Alley Cat the Boy will take justice into his own hands and carry out a dubious plan... (Finnish Film Foundation)

Biographic account of one of Finland's most famous composers.

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara (Tapio Liinoja) and Repe Helismaa (Martti Suosalo). (imdb)

Two teen girls from a very restrictive Conservative Laestadian faith community, go alone to Helsinki for the first time. (imdb)

With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. (imdb)

Emilia is a teenager and a good girl, who never forgets her homework or her little sister, Elsa. Siiri is just one year older than Emilia but not at all like her. When Emilia and Siiri become friends, Emilia's life changes. Siiri encourages her to take a leap, shake the rules and leave princess dreams behind. These two will have fun together, but not only good times. (imdb)

On her way home a woman is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular customer. She has been questioned in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with guilt. When the court releases the perpetrator inlack of evidence, her brother and husband take matters into their own hands. (imdb)

The carefully balanced (albeit deranged) life of a freelance, black-market pet euthanizer begins to come apart at the seams in this loopy exploitation-movie throwback from Finland, which evokes the brazen psychological insights and aesthetic brio of such grungy genre classics as Monte Hellman's Cockfighter and Larry Cohen's God Told Me To. (tiff.net)

An aging art dealer — left behind by the corporatization of his industry and estranged from his family — hopes an undervalued icon will turn his fortunes around, in the latest from veteran Finnish director Klaus Härö. (tiff)

A new film-adaptation of Väinö Linna's famous book here Beneath the North Star. (wikipedia.org)