
The Other Side of Hope
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles...
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a...
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they...
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with...
Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost...
Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when...
After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager...
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing...
In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki...
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The...
A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a...
This is a sad story of Eros and Psyche. Sadder than the ancient myth that was only a dream after all. In my story, the characters learn nothing.
Renowned filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, creator of The Man Without a Past (Grand Prix du Jury, 2002 Cannes Film Festival) and acclaimed films such as...
A typical day in the life of a lonely man who works in an unsuccessful tavern located in the historical center of Guimarães, an old town in...
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles...
In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a...
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they...