THE CUCKOO, from Russian director Alexander Rogozhkin, is about the friendship between three people from different countries at the end of World War II. Veiko (Ville Haapasalo), a Finn; Anni (Anni-... Read more
Set against the backdrop of an iced-over contemporary Helsinki, and based on Leo Tolstoy's False Note, Frozen Land takes you on a journey through a strikingly bleak and occasionally blackly funny ... Read more
Concluding cult filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki's "loser trilogy" that began with "Drifting Clouds" and "The Man Without A Past", "Lights In The Dusk" is a blackly comic cautionary tale of loneliness and ... Read more
Kaurismäki brings his trademark wistfulness, irony and absurdist humour to the conventions of the silent film, utilising beautiful black and white photography, inter-titles and a lush, melodramatic ... Read more
Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place ... Read more
THE LIAR tells the story of Ville Alfa, a young drifter with a penchant for lying. These half-truths usually work to his advantage, allowing him to seduce girls and sponge money off friends, family, ... Read more
The year 1595 - a long and brutal war between Russia and Sweden is finally over. Brothers Knut and Erik - who are part of the commission marking the border between Finland and Russia - commit a ... Read more