Pirkko Hämäläinen

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 and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern Finland... (imdb)

A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other. (imdb)

Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong. (imdb)

Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses. (imdb)

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe. (imdb)

Matti (51), a police inspector, Erkki (51), photographer and Rauno (51), actor, are childhood friends, who haven't seen each other for a long time. They meet accidentally on Christmas Eve in Helsinki and spend the night together in a karaoke bar. Between drinking and singing they tell about the joys and sorrows of their lives, revealing some painfull experiences and taking even their friendship apart. The events take a dramatic turn, when a mysterious woman enters the bar.

In this audacious thriller-cum-road movie, a pair of stripper sisters hit the road--and run for their lives. After glamorous Angela breezes into the small Finnish town where her shy half-sister Anna resides, the younger woman eagerly agrees to strike out on an adventure. But beneath the glitz lies real danger, and it's up to Anna to come up with a plan to save them both. (chicagofilmfestival.com)

Follows the tale of ordinary people under immense pressure, all of whom are connected to the illegal transport of horses along the roads and wires of Europe. (imdb)