Asko Sahlman

The Booke of Fate (Kohtalon kirja) is an episodic fantasy film that is divided into five stories taking place in five different centuries. The stories are represented in different genres of cinema with their traditional clichés forming a fast and visual adventure of a lifetime. (tf@timelessfilms.com (imdb)

Elli, a finnish storage house worker, has never traveled further south than to Estonia. Hope of a trip abroad is the only thing that inspires her in a suburban life seemingly fruitful for cynicism. Unfortunately a friend struggling with drug abuse gives her savings away. At the same time Elli meets Heze, a lonely teenage boy from a well-off family. He falls in love with Elli, who now faces a choice: whether to exploit the boy's affection and steal the money from him or to accept his love. (aaltodoc.aalto.fi)

Little Esa is a talented floor ball player who is worshiped by his father. Decades later, Little Esa has turned into Big Esa, an overweight middle-aged man forsaken by his father. Sports has become a source of deep shame and frustration for Esa, who now preaches his own personal philosophy which can be best described by the phrase "lard is a blessing." Things quickly change when Esa's own son decides that he wants to be a floor ball player. (imdb)

Ihmisten puolue features a fictional Finnish party called Ihmisten puolue (literally "The Humans' Party"). The party is very small and does not have any seats in the Parliament of Finland or in municipal councils. Five members of the party gather weekly to discuss current topics and to decide the party's stance on them. The party members usually argue about everything because their opinions differ wildly from one another. (imdb)