Sotapoika(1993)

A Propos of the Truce with Finland(ru)

A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War.

Unknown Soldier(fi)

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).

War and Peace of Mind(fi)

War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically. Finland and WWII, locally known as continuation war, is the backdrop of this documentary.

Ambush(fi)

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.

1944 The Final Defence(fi)

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.

The Unknown Soldier(fi)

It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.

The Unknown Soldier(fi)

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).

Beyond the Front Line(sv)

A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.

Spy from a Distance(fi)

The secret past of a World War II-era intelligence officer comes to light when his grandson, actor Joonas Saartamo, begins to investigate his grandfather's activities as the leader of a long-range reconnaissance patrol. Meeting various experts along the way, Saartamo discovers a new insight into the crucial role of long-range reconnaissance patrols in war. He also realizes how strongly the weight of his grandfather's war experiences has been passed down from generation to generation, affecting him directly.

Frozen Hell(fi)

During the Continuation War, there were dozens of POW camps in Finland. About the third of 70,000 prisoners died during the first year of war. Most of the archives of the camps were destroyed and the majority of the war crimes were never revealed.

Copperman(it)

Despite his adult age, Anselmo behaves like a child and takes up the role of a superhero called "Copperman."

Slavyanka's Goodbye(ru)

Life does not spoil Albina, the head of a small railway station. She works hard from morning to night to feed her family — an adult daughter and an eternally unemployed husband. But, instead of gratitude, Albina is waiting for a blow — it turns out that her husband is busy all day not looking for work, but an affair with a young saleswoman! In addition to all the misfortunes, the heroine falls new: descended from the Moscow train passenger "from the height of the capital resident" demands to give him a ticket from the armor — he seems to be sure that he can buy the whole station with employees in addition.. However, when money with documents is stolen from a Muscovite, he behaves so unexpectedly that he makes Albina look at him with new eyes…

El corte(es)

A young man has to go back to his childhood home and a neighborhood that is now unknown to him; a child suffers his father's paranoia and violence; two siblings fight to hold on to the only things they have left. Three stories intersect in what seems to be an endless blackout that will bring out their darkest sides.

Saturntage(de)

I Am a Grave(es)

As usual, a child observes hiding his father from downloading smuggling tobacco in the middle of the night. But tonight there is no tobacco.

Next Enti?(te)

Tammy ‘hates boys’ and will only settle for the kind of standards her father sets for her; both with the way he is and the 'knowledge' he imparts her with. Sanju is one of the men she dates, a man-child who refuses to grow up. But when both part ways on such uncertain terms, what brings them together again?

101st Kilometer(ru)

The film is set in the 50s in a town located on the 101st kilometer from Moscow, where in Soviet times were sent from the capital of the unreliable — political and criminal. The hero of the picture Lenka gets into the company of criminals. Local leader Kostya Konovalov offers him to participate in robberies. On the other hand, people from the police and the state security service persuade Lenka to write denunciations…

Lisa!(de)

Lisa, a lonely woman living in Berlin, is raped and takes revenge, while she simultaneously begins an affair with a strange silent guy.

A Little Christmas Business(en)

Don Collier has a wonderful life and family, but no time to enjoy either. His impossible boss even has him collecting signatures for a huge project the day before Christmas, but as he goes office to office it seems that every signer is a ghost from his past, and he soon begins to wonder if this is coincidence... or heavenly intervention.

Piedra libre(es)

Eugenia's parents die. She goes to live with Amalita, her close friend. Her grandmother Amalia Pradere a wealth landlady, takes the orphan under her protection. After a chain of events, disappearing her grandchild, Eugenia will take Amalita's place. She will inherit not only Amalia's possessions but also Ezequiel's love, Amalita's widower.