Linnan juhlat 2017

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

Legacy 2008

The meaning of life is a piece of cake.

Shadow of the Eagle 2005

The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.

Suburban Virgin 2003

Two teenage girls, one of them desperate to lose her virginity, take a hitchhiking road trip.

Upswing 2003

Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.

Umur 2002

The River 2001

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

Rakastin epätoivoista naista 1999

A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit.