Aki Kaurismäki Movies

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

A young woman recovering from a suicide attempt arrives in a war-torn city and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. Jeanne befriends the author...

About the love of Lenin and the Finnish girl Mariot, from whom he had a child, who subsequently disappeared without a trace.

Documentary about the work of Nouvelle Vague actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, with interview clips, film clips and contributions from directors and...

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is dedicated to filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s longtime friend and collaborator, the film critic and festival...

A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of...

Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam live set recorded in 1988.

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in...

Three young people, two boys and a girl, meet on a Friday evening in an urban post-disaster setting which has brought Helsinki to ruins. The boys'...

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his...

A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a...

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...

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.

A criminal investigator arrives to investigate the murder of Annikki Niemi in a village whose residents remain silent about the killing. Local boss...

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

TV document about the Finnish music producer Atte Blom.

Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.

A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu...

Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an...

Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.