title: Taistelu Lapinlahdesta

overview: The documentary follows how a former psychiatric hospital that had been abandoned is transformed into a thriving center for art, culture, and mental well-being with the arrival of new tenants. With limited resources, activists in Lapinlahti decide to continue the area's mental health work in a citizen-driven way, allowing the disadvantaged members of society to shine. The place fills up with entrepreneurs, therapists, artists, and associations, and the park area in the city center, closed to Helsinki residents for 170 years, comes to life with cafes, saunas, museums, and bakeries. The road is not easy. The city administration does not seem to recognize the value of the project, and the Lapinlahti community has to fight constantly for its existence. At the heart of the film is the threat of the area being sold to a large real estate investor, as plans are made to build a giant hotel in the park.

title: Taistelu Lapinlahdesta

job: Screenplay

job: Director of Photography

job: Sound Mixer

job: Color Grading

original_title: Taistelu Lapinlahdesta


title: Etna

status: Released

overview: Under the golden rays of the Sicilian sun, the burden of the past erupts like a long-dormant volcano. 94-year-old rose cultivator Sinna Perho living in Sicily waited a long time hoping that someone would want to hear her story. Correspondence with her sibling’s grandchild, the director of the documentary Sinna Virtanen, began a journey of liberation from the burden of shame and anger.

title: Etna

character: Self

type: Cast

job: Director

department: Directing

type: Crew

job: Producer

department: Production

job: Writer

department: Writing

job: Editor

department: Editing

department: Camera

original_title: Etna

original_language: fi


title: In Full Agreement

type: Poster

overview: The ideological war between Russia and the West takes on a highly dramatic form in Finland, where three Russian women are locked in a bitter dispute over Putin's regime and their own colonial heritage.

title: In Full Agreement

title: Korvia huumaava hiljaisuus

original_title: Korvia huumaava hiljaisuus


title: When the Saxophone Burns

overview: In Petri Luukkainen’s combination of music documentary and personal portrait, we get to know the mental landscape of saxophonist Timo Lassy, who has long been one of the foremost names in Finnish jazz. “What makes me happy as a person and an artist?” asks Lassy, who is struggling with aging and life changes and has realized that he cannot continue living as before.

title: When the Saxophone Burns

original_title: Kun saksofoni palaa


title: All the Light that Remains

overview: The short documentary is a layered film that follows Oleksandria, who fled the war in Ukraine, to North Karelia. Oleksandria arrives in Mätäsvaara to plant trees and, at the same time, to witness the village’s history. An old mine is brought back to life, and through it, the connection between history and the present is reflected in both people and places.

title: All the Light that Remains

title: Kaikki jäljelle jäävä valo

original_title: Kaikki jäljelle jäävä valo


title: Human Machine

overview: Heidi Tirri’s experimental short film focuses on the death of a loved one and the emptiness that follows, which feels like being shot into outer space. This experience of alienation is reflected through a melancholy series of images, where x-rays combine with Space Invaders, Soviet nuclear tests and the blackness of space. The film is dedicated to the memory of the director’s parents.

title: Human Machine

original_title: Human Machine


title: Simo Was Here

type: Backdrop

overview: The beloved comedian Simo Salminen began his career as a National Championship level diver in the 1950s. Entertainment was an integral part of his sporting life, and Salminen began performing clown dives in a clown costume to the delight of children. The short film Simo Was Here takes the now elderly Salminen back to the Helsinki Swimming Stadium and illustrates his memories of the good old days. This nostalgic work is dedicated to the memory of Salminen, who passed away in 2015.

title: Simo Was Here

character: Clown  (self)

job: Cinematography

department: Crew

department: Sound

job: Music

job: VFX Artist

department: Visual Effects

job: Post Production Producer

job: Online Editor

job: Colorist

job: Sound Designer

original_title: Simo kävi täällä


title: M/S Ilmatar telakalta merelle

overview: A commissioned film about the cruise ship M/S Ilmatar

title: M/S Ilmatar telakalta merelle

original_title: M/S Ilmatar telakalta merelle


title: Laivalla lomanne alkaa heti

overview: A commissioned cruise ship film

title: Laivalla lomanne alkaa heti

original_title: Laivalla lomanne alkaa heti


title: Merimatka - matkojen matka

overview: A film about passenger ships at the Baltic Sea

title: Merimatka - matkojen matka

original_title: Merimatka - matkojen matka


title: Muovista mukavuutta

overview: A commissioned film about foam rubber production

title: Muovista mukavuutta

original_title: Muovista mukavuutta


title: Suomalaista öljynjalostusta

overview: A commissioned film about petroleum refining processes

title: Suomalaista öljynjalostusta

original_title: Suomalaista öljynjalostusta


title: Palvelevat pisarat

overview: A commissioned film about the production and distribution of gasoline

title: Palvelevat pisarat

original_title: Palvelevat pisarat


title: Fluid Power from Naantali

overview: A commissioned film about an oil refinery

title: Fluid Power from Naantali

original_title: Nestettä Naantalista


title: The Arctic Circle of Lust

overview: The potato farmer couple's fresh relationship is based on openness and honesty. Petri, a fifty-something man who has come to terms with his bisexuality, is learning to be true to himself and honest with his partner. Petri's desire to fulfill his own passions raises new questions for Anu about her own desires and demands in their relationship. Beneath the empty landscapes of the north lies a world of men that they have tried to keep secret from their spouses, the surrounding community, and, to some extent, even themselves.

title: The Arctic Circle of Lust

original_title: Pohjoinen intohimo

production_countries: FI DE SE


title: The Wrong Man

status: Planned

overview: Tax evader Antii Mäkelä is unexpectedly pardoned and released from prison, only to be mistaken for a legendary hitman with the exact same name. Caught between a blind gangster, a desperate president and ruthless government agents, Antii accepts multiple lucrative offers without an actual plan to survive them. When the real assassin is finally released, Antii must run for his life, dodging killers, gangsters and the state itself.

title: The Wrong Man

original_title: The Wrong Man


title: 13 kylmää laulua

overview: Unfortunately topical socio-political songs from Tuomari Nurmio's catalog spanning over 40 years. The themed concert "Songs of War and Dictatorship" was performed at the Helsinki Festival's Huvila pavillion, Tampere's Tavara-asema, and again on September 30, 2024, at the Tavastia Club, where this documentary was recorded.

title: 13 kylmää laulua

job: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

job: Lighting Design

department: Lighting

original_title: 13 kylmää laulua


title: Factory

overview: About a woman who manufactures job applications to get a job in manufacturing.

title: Factory

original_title: Factory


title: Splattenstein Summer Camp

overview: Splattenstein is back on screen! A throwback straight from Finland’s dirtiest turn-of-the-millennium splatter days.

title: Splattenstein Summer Camp

original_title: Splattenstein Summer Camp


title: Kadonnut hetki

title: Kadonnut hetki

overview: Nainen herää tyhjässä sairaalassa, jossa käytävät jatkuvat loputtomasti eri suuntiin.

original_title: Kadonnut hetki


title: Tuote-Akatemia Savonlinnassa 2010-2020

title: Tuote-Akatemia Savonlinnassa 2010-2020

overview: Tuote-Akatemia Savonlinnassa 2010-2020 on Paavoharju-yhtyeen Lauri Ainalan kokoama dokumentaatio Savonlinnasta kymmenen vuoden ajalta, ja jatkaa siitä mihin legendaarinen "Unien Savonlinna" -dokumentti jäi.

original_title: Tuote-Akatemia Savonlinnassa 2010-2020


title: Oulu - Pohjolan valkea kaupunki

overview: City of Oulu celebrating its 350th anniversary

title: Oulu - Pohjolan valkea kaupunki

original_title: Oulu - Pohjolan valkea kaupunki


title: He vartioivat merta

overview: Finnish Coast Guard in action at the Gulf of Finland

title: He vartioivat merta

character: Narrator

original_title: He vartioivat merta


title: Invisible Enemy

overview: Mark and Harri are two Finnish men who have volunteered to fight in Ukraine. Their return to civilian life proves difficult: PTSD symptoms, clinging to the emotional extremes caused by war, and the struggle to find meaning in life at times feel overwhelming. In trauma-informed therapy, these symptoms are processed and their experiences revisited.

title: Näkymätön vihollinen

overview: Kaksi Ukrainassa sotinutta suomalaista vapaaehtoistaistelijaa aloittaa sotatraumaterapian selvitäkseen sodan painajaisista ja löytääkseen tien takaisin siviilielämään.

title: Invisible Enemy

original_title: Näkymätön vihollinen


title: Diving Wombs

overview: The film opens with a family’s home video of a car journey to the beach. Memories are woven into the sea and water, carrying within them family bonds, siblinghood, and change. This intimate work invites the viewer to reflect on memory, belonging, and connections to others. The sea and aquariums portray life flowing through time and space.

title: Diving Wombs

original_title: Sukeltavat kohdut


title: Am I Calling You at a Bad Time?

overview: Growing up in the 1990s, X makes prank calls as a child and works in telephone sales as a teenager. Office smells, heavy breathers, and meaningless greetings follow her. Using archival material and amateur footage, the film explores voice as a faceless, commercialized asset.

title: Am I Calling You at a Bad Time?

job: Sound

original_title: En kai huonoon aikaan soittele?


title: 20 Meters From Russia

overview: The border between Finland and Russia has been closed since 2024, when Russia began to direct large amounts of asylum seekers to the border. This short film, shot in the border town of Imatra, gives the local population a chance to express their thoughts about the closing and its consequences. People’s reactions range from uncertainty and fear caused by the war to concerns about the decline of local livelihoods and families being torn apart.

title: 20 Meters From Russia

original_title: 20 metriä Venäjältä


title: Homesick

overview: Finnish-American artist Heta Kuchka’s wistful depiction of her late father’s home region unfolds in a mountainous landscape, where the small town of Brewick is fading away together with its ageing population. Old houses, grassy yards and vast lakes intertwine with storytelling. The soundtrack features country music, chirping crickets and melancholy singing.

title: Homesick

original_title: Homesick


title: Watchful

overview: Ewa Górzna and Katarzyna Miron’s film challenges the conventions of looking. Humans, with their cameras and binoculars, are being surveyed by many non-human eyes.  The film shows its non-human protagonists observing their surroundings – sometimes curious or indifferent, often watchful and wary. The expressive soundscape draws attention to the power of framing. What’s left outside the picture?

title: Watchful

original_title: Watchful


title: Laivastomme alkuaikoinaan

overview: Finnish Navy exercise at the Baltic Sea

title: Laivastomme alkuaikoinaan

original_title: Laivastomme alkuaikoinaan


title: Yösydän

title: Yösydän

overview: Rakkauden kaipuu ajaa naispoliisin etsimään onneaan kontaktipuhelinlinjoilta.

title: Yösydän

character: Auli

character: Orlovski

character: Laakkonen

character: Jappe

character: Kuisma

job: Screenplay

job: Sound Recordist

original_title: Yösydän


title: Portugalin huumehuoneet

title: Portugalin huumehuoneet

overview: Portugalin käyttöhuoneissa vierailee satoja huumeriippuvaisia päivässä. Lisäävätkö käyttöhuoneet huumeongelmia?

original_title: Portugalin huumehuoneet


title: Rantojemme vartijat

overview: A commissioned film about the Finnish Navy

title: Rantojemme vartijat

original_title: Rantojemme vartijat


title: Rautaista rakentamista

overview: A commissioned film about the Valko shipyard in Loviisa

title: Rautaista rakentamista

original_title: Rautaista rakentamista


title: Satama

overview: Trade union film portraying dock work

title: Satama

original_title: Satama


title: Metsästä merelle

overview: War reparations industry. Schooner manufacturing in Rauma at Holming Oy's shipyard.

title: Metsästä merelle

character: Self - Narrator (voice)

original_title: Metsästä merelle


title: Lappia Helsingissä

overview: The Reindeer Week held in Helsinki in February 1936 was an event. About thirty Lapland reindeer herders set up camp in the vicinity of the Kaisaniemi restaurant in Töölönlahti. The camp was headed by reindeer herder K. J. Holster from Ylitornio. There were 60 reindeer in the pens. The most sought-after delicacy at the Helsinki Lappish village marketplace was "wild-tasting" reindeer meat. The Reindeer Week was a success, with an estimated 50,000 visitors. The documentary about the Reindeer Week, filmed by Arvo Tamminen, contains a rarity: for the first time in a Finnish film, authentic Lapland yoik can be heard in a 100% audio recording at Suomi-Film's Vironkatu studio.

title: Lappia Helsingissä

character: Self - President of Finland

original_title: Lappia Helsingissä


title: Polaarijäänmurtaja Moskva

overview: Building the polar icebreaker Moskva

title: Polaarijäänmurtaja Moskva

original_title: Polaarijäänmurtaja Moskva


title: Suomi maksaa

overview: An industrial film about the Finnish war reparations to the Soviet Union

title: Suomi maksaa

original_title: Suomi maksaa


title: Postcards Without Names

title: Postcards Without Names

overview: Menestynyt muotikuvaaja Felix palaa syrjäiseen pohjois-Norjan kylään — paikkaan, jonka hän on yrittänyt vuosia unohtaa. Siellä hänen täytyy kohdata pieleen menneet suhteet ja ongelmat, tai jäädä häpeän ja eristyneisyyden loukkoon.

title: Postcards Without Names

character: Patrick

character: Felix

character: John

character: Lily

job: Executive Producer

job: Director of Photography

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Sound Mixer

original_title: Postcards Without Names


title: Hau-hau-hau

overview: Dogs of different breeds pull sleds in the countryside and on the road, soldiers on skis. The dogs are fed. The soldiers are given soup from the bed of a car. The dogs pull sleds on the ice in Munkkiniemi.

title: Hau-hau-hau

original_title: Hau-hau-hau


title: Kameramiehen kulkuteiltä

overview: Pictures from Paltamo, Kajaani and Oulu.

title: Kameramiehen kulkuteiltä

original_title: Kameramiehen kulkuteiltä


title: Nähkää Päijänne

overview: We take a boat trip on Lake Päijänne.

title: Nähkää Päijänne

original_title: Nähkää Päijänne


title: Leikkiviä lapsia

overview: Children are playing on the playground in the park.

title: Leikkiviä lapsia

original_title: Leikkiviä lapsia


title: Rytmiä ja iskelmiä

overview: Jazz, jazz! The Rytmi-Pojat, led by Eugen Malmsténin (1907-1993), perform 1930s hits in Suomi-Film's excellent musical film, including the tango Vain tämä yö on meyän, written by Veikko Virmajoki, which was once banned from being performed on Yleisradio. The Rytmi-Pojat's repertoire was particularly popular with urban youth in the 1930s. The film is accompanied by hidden advertising of sheet music and records. The phenomenon that led to the end of the tax reduction system for Finnish short films in the mid-1960s was therefore already present early on.

title: Rytmiä ja iskelmiä

original_title: Rytmiä ja iskelmiä

title: Rhythm and Hits

country: US


title: Somerniemen tervanpoltto

overview: An ethnographic film about tar burning.

title: Somerniemen tervanpoltto

original_title: Somerniemen tervanpoltto


title: Kuningas Kustaa vierailee presidenttimme luona

overview: King Gustav V of Sweden visits Kultaranta.

character: Self - King of Sweden


title: Karjalaista kyläelämää

overview: Ethnographic images of Karelian village life, fishing, and the Praasnieka.

title: Karjalaista kyläelämää

job: Writer

original_title: Karjalaista kyläelämää


title: Tasavallan presidentin matka Perä-Pohjolaan

overview: President Svinhufvud and his wife in Lapland in 1935.


title: Autotie länteen

overview: Passenger ship M/S Skandia's voyage across the Baltic Sea

title: Autotie länteen

job: Director

original_title: Autotie länteen


title: Miten tyhjästä nyhjäistään

overview: Finnish shipbuilding at the Valko shipyard to pay war reparations to the Soviet Union

title: Miten tyhjästä nyhjäistään

character: Self - Narrator

original_title: Miten tyhjästä nyhjäistään


title: Suomen uudenaikaisin kansakoulu

overview: A lively documentary about the Aleksis Kivi Elementary School in Helsinki, which was once, in the late 1930s, the most modern elementary school in the Nordic countries. The school was held in two shifts from 8 am to 8 pm in the child-filled Kallio area, with 2,300 students and 75 teachers. The most fun hour here is recess, and many children certainly ate their best meal at school. But they only got a refreshing shower when the teacher dispensed it.

title: Suomen uudenaikaisin kansakoulu

original_title: Suomen uudenaikaisin kansakoulu


title: Seurasaari

overview: Seurasaari buildings, children playing, tanhua, Student Theatre performance at Roinila House, nature park area.

title: Seurasaari

original_title: Seurasaari


title: S/S Arandalla Ahvenanmaalle

overview: The icebreaker Aranda travels from Turku to Mariehamn in winter conditions, with herring crates and passengers loaded onto the ship directly from the ice along the way.

title: S/S Arandalla Ahvenanmaalle

original_title: S/S Arandalla Ahvenanmaalle


title: Poliisi arkena ja kekrinä

overview: A short film filmed by Uno Pihlström and narrated by Topo Leistelä about the work and activities of the Finnish police force in 1937.

title: Poliisi arkena ja kekrinä

original_title: Poliisi arkena ja kekrinä


title: Peninkulmia nielemässä

overview: The manager of a car dealership is driving from Helsinki to Petsamo.

title: Peninkulmia nielemässä

original_title: Peninkulmia nielemässä


title: Leipää ja leipomoita

overview: The film presents SOK's bakeries and factory production in Turku, Vyborg, Jyväskylä and Kuopio.

title: Leipää ja leipomoita

original_title: Leipää ja leipomoita


title: Käymäseltään vanhassa hämäläiskylässä

overview: Agricultural work and summer landscapes in the village of Heponiemi in Kangasala, near the well-known Vehoniemi ridge area.

title: Käymäseltään vanhassa hämäläiskylässä

original_title: Käymäseltään vanhassa hämäläiskylässä


title: Kahvi pensaasta pannuun

overview: Transporting coffee beans from ship to roaster. Processing beans. Transporting coffee to stores. Making coffee at home and over a campfire.

title: Kahvi pensaasta pannuun

original_title: Kahvi pensaasta pannuun


title: Maantie kutsuu!

overview: The film tells the story of modern motorcycle riding in Helsinki in the late 1930s. When the spring sun begins to warm up, members of the Helsinki Motorcycle Club go on a bike ride. The bikes are repaired and in the morning they gather at Töölöntori Square, where the journey towards the countryside begins. The idea is a journey for the sake of the journey itself, without any benefit. The road, the machine and its control are the world of modern man: “The motorcyclist is created to race.” “The song of the power of the engines is playing.” In keeping with the romanticism of the machine at the time, women are also included. Specifically, the film presents motocross on forest trails and skilled riding on the road – without hands or standing on the bike. The images also feature many bikes from the late 1930s, such as HD, Triumph, Norton, NSU, Ariel, Royal Enfield and New Imperial.

title: Maantie kutsuu!

original_title: Maantie kutsuu!

title: Road Calls


title: Itä-Karjalan heimojuhlat Tampereella

overview: Speeches, folk dance, choral singing, Kalevala magic, limb repair, weeping women, accordion player, recitation.

title: Itä-Karjalan heimojuhlat Tampereella

original_title: Itä-Karjalan heimojuhlat Tampereella


title: Autobussilla Budapestiin

overview: Tourist bus trip from Helsinki via Tallinn, Riga, Berlin, Prague and Vienna to Budapest and back to Helsinki via Poland. Travel photos from along the route and from Budapest.

title: Autobussilla Budapestiin

original_title: Autobussilla Budapestiin


title: Azor

АЗОР -  Официальный трейлер (HD)

site: YouTube

type: Trailer

overview: The year is 1237. A disaster has come to the Erzya lands—a Mongol invasion. The main character is a young man named Azor. While going about his daily business, our hero encounters a detachment of Mongols in the forest. They overtake him, and Azor is captured.

title: Azor

character: Azor

character: Jurtay

character: Purgaz

character: Kemay

character: Mazava

character: Viyan

job: Scenario Writer

job: Compositor

original_title: Азор


title: To My Love

overview: A young woman is confined inside her apartment due to exterior renovations, forcing her space to close in and abruptly disrupting her daily rhythm. As her home is rebuilt, she reexamines herself and her emotions, and writes a letter to her beloved. This is an exceptionally restrained, delicate, and poetic work.

title: To My Love

title: 致我的愛

overview: 一名年輕女子因外牆整修被困在公寓內。在重建住所與自我認同的過程中，她寫下一封信給摯愛之人。

original_title: Rakkaalleni


title: Salpausselän suurmäen vihkiäiset Lahden hiihtostadionilla

overview: A K40 ski jumping hill was built in Salpausselkä in 1923. In 1938, the hill was renovated at the same time as the grandstand was expanded.


title: Mannerheim I

overview: Pictures from the White Army victory parade in Helsinki held 20 years earlier.

title: Mannerheim I

original_title: Mannerheim I


title: Mannerheim II

overview: The second part of Suomi-Filmi's Mannerheim trilogy, which was shown in early 1938. While Bio Maxim filmed Mannerheim's 70th birthday celebrations with two cameras and in silent mode, Suomi-Filmi filmed its sound film with five cameras. The Narva march also rang out magnificently when Mannerheim inspects the troops. The stream of congratulators is unbroken, from President Kyösti Kallio, Ernst Linder and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst to the industrial union and tribal warriors...

title: Mannerheim II

character: Self

original_title: Mannerheim II


title: Mannerheim III

overview: The parade marking the 70th anniversary of the War Marshal at Senate Square, also attended by scouts and schoolchildren, as well as representatives of Petsamo.

title: Mannerheim III

original_title: Mannerheim III


title: Ateneum

overview: Studying at the Ateneum Central School of Art and Design. A free-form short documentary, a cultural portrait of the "cradle" of Finnish art, the Ateneum Art Museum, which had been in operation for 50 years at the time the film was made.

title: Ateneum

original_title: Ateneum


title: Gee Bee

overview: Boxer Gunnar Richard Bernhard "GeeBee" Bärlund returns to Finland.

title: Gee Bee

original_title: Gee Bee


title: Kallankari

overview: Kalajoki: Kallankarit in the Gulf of Bothnia.

title: Kallankari

original_title: Kallankari


title: Kallion paloasema

overview: Presentation of the Kallio fire station and its operations.

title: Kallion paloasema

original_title: Kallion paloasema


title: Kauniita kiharoita ja muuta hyvää

overview: Finnish Hairdressing Championships, cosmetic products exhibition and fashion show.

title: Kauniita kiharoita ja muuta hyvää

original_title: Kauniita kiharoita ja muuta hyvää


title: Kaupunki kasvaa

overview: Construction of houses in a new district in Helsinki.

title: Kaupunki kasvaa

original_title: Kaupunki kasvaa


title: Länsi-Uusimaa

overview: Espoo, Siuntio, Inkoo, Raseborg, Karjaa, Sammatti. Manors and medieval stone churches.

title: Länsi-Uusimaa

original_title: Länsi-Uusimaa


title: Rakkautta ja tupakkaa

overview: Oy Rettig Ab's corporate image. A young couple in love get to know the operations of the Turku tobacco factory.

title: Rakkautta ja tupakkaa

original_title: Rakkautta ja tupakkaa


title: Suomen mestaruuskilpailut 6-8.8 -38 osa I

overview: Pictures from the 1938 Finnish Athletics Championships at Helsinki Stadium.


title: Tikusta asiaa

overview: Making, transporting, selling and eating ice cream.

title: Tikusta asiaa

original_title: Tikusta asiaa


title: Suomen sokeri

overview: Sugar beet cultivation, transportation, processing of raw sugar at the factory and packaging of finished sugar.

title: Suomen sokeri

original_title: Suomen sokeri


title: Tampereen vapautumisen 20 v. muistoparaati 3.4.1938

overview: Tampere Civil Protection Corps' anniversary parade. Compiled from preserved material.


title: Torielämää Helsingissä

overview: A documentary about market life in Helsinki's Market Square in the summer of 1938. The earliest publicly shown color film in Finland.

title: Torielämää Helsingissä

original_title: Torielämää Helsingissä

title: Life in a Marketplace in Helsinki


title: Nivalan heinätyöt

overview: An ethnographic documentary about Nivala's haymaking.

title: Nivalan heinätyöt

original_title: Nivalan heinätyöt


title: Outokumpu

overview: Pictures of the mining area, extraction, concentrator, workers' housing area and recreational opportunities.

title: Outokumpu

original_title: Outokumpu


title: Korkeampaa pukukulttuuria kohti!

overview: Salon Lindblad's accessories fashion show.

title: Korkeampaa pukukulttuuria kohti!

original_title: Korkeampaa pukukulttuuria kohti!


title: Valmisteluja Helsingin Olympialaiskisoja varten

overview: hotos of the construction phases of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in the 1930s and the sports competitions held in connection with its inauguration, as well as the city of Helsinki.


title: Uuden Suomen Matti

overview: Promotion for the newspaper Uus Suomen. The documentary film includes images of the newspaper's printing and statistical information about the newspaper.

title: Uuden Suomen Matti

original_title: Uuden Suomen Matti


title: Luostarisaari Laatokassa

overview: Introduction to the Valaam Monastery.

title: Luostarisaari Laatokassa

original_title: Luostarisaari Laatokassa


title: Näkymiä Naantalista

overview: A beautiful summer picture of Naantali, wooden houses, residents, cozy alleys and parks. Kaisa and Kyösti Kallio on a walk and in the harbor.

title: Näkymiä Naantalista

original_title: Näkymiä Naantalista


title: Rautahepo

overview: Pictures from Helsinki Railway Station, locomotive maintenance and use.

title: Rautahepo

original_title: Rautahepo


title: Rehellistä vääryydentekoa

overview: A young birch is selected from the forest as a class tree. Class trees are pulled into the canopy with a sledgehammer. The drying sauna smokes. Class trees are bent in a press using ropes tied to the ends of the tree and a rotating press. A close-up of a whip loop attached to the end of the class tree. Class finishing, bark removal with a metal blade and a plane. Class is attached to a harness. Pair of horses harrowing.

title: Rehellistä vääryydentekoa

original_title: Rehellistä vääryydentekoa


title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 1

overview: During the decisive weeks of the Winter War in February-March 1940, Suomi-Filmi produced four War Jokes, cheesy propaganda entertainment, by "those great grins" Tatu Pekkarinen and Matti Jurva. The first War Jokes is from the beginning of February. At the beginning, Jurva sings about the evil eastern direction. "The Iivanas are digging trenches on the Isthmus... Whoever starts with a shovel, ends with a spoon..." The second part is Jurva's bravura. In front of the trench, he performs a foxtrot with a balalaika in a red star cap: "Njet Molotoff, njet Molotoff, you lied more than Bobrikov himself..."

title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 1

original_title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 1

title: War Joke No. 1


title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 2

overview: A propaganda film made a few weeks before the end of the Winter War, a war joke about the Home Guard, made by "those great grimaces" Tatu Pekkarinen and Matti Jurva. Also featuring Hannes Veivo and "in vain did I light a candle..." "What does that have to do with the home front?" "Even if it rains knives, Russian flying kisses..." What is that electric vampire?

title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 2

original_title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 2

title: War Joke No. 2


title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 3

overview: In February-March 1940, Suomi-Filmi produced four Military Jokes, sleazy propaganda entertainment, by "those great grins" Tatu Pekkarinen (1892-1951) and Matti Jurva (1898-1943). The third Military Jokes was screened at the end of February, two weeks before the end of the Winter War. In addition to Jurva, Hannes Veivo, Onni Veijonen and Kirsti Hurme appear. The themes of the jokes: bad things come from nothing and one's own help is the best help. Dinner in a Soviet paradise: before a cabbage field blossomed on the Russian doorstep, now a political truck feeds him with its words. The neutrality guarantee and security guarantee are mocking Sweden and England. Over the city, Moscow casts its shadow...

title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 3

original_title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 3

title: War Joke No. 3


title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 4

overview: Matti Jurva and other performers perform a joke about the Terijoki government.

title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 4

original_title: Suomi-Filmin sotilaspila 4

title: War Joke No. 4


title: Kansanomaista urheilua Ruovedellä

overview: Church boat racing, discus throwing, swing, strength and skill games. The film was originally planned for the 1940 Summer Olympics. The actual film was partially destroyed during the war years.

title: Kansanomaista urheilua Ruovedellä

original_title: Kansanomaista urheilua Ruovedellä


title: Kesällä Tampereella

overview: "The people of Tampere have always understood what prosperity leads to..." An excellent city documentary filmed by Tampere's own man, Uno Pihlström (1903-1965), in 1940 during the armistice, which is enlivened by an interesting narration. In 1940, Tampere, the Manchester of Finland, had three hundred factories. "Tampere will not rest until Manchester is called the Tampere of England." The film's final ascent is spectacular: in the aerial view "Tampere opens up, large, handsome, energetic."

title: Kesällä Tampereella

original_title: Kesällä Tampereella

title: Summertime in Tampere


title: Lemmenjoki

overview: Suomi-Film's film crew in Lapland in the wilderness of Lemmenjoki in the summer of 1939. The camera follows the seven-mile-long Lemmenjoki River from its mouth to its headwaters. A poetic, handsomely shot short film from a time when the Lemmenjoki River was a free and wild region. The gold rush of the late 1940s was ahead. "The unbroken peace of Lapland surrounds us. Here, on the edge of the fells, the population of Lapland lives its own quiet, isolated life, rising contentedly to its daily toil, unaware of the disputes and escapades of the civilized world."

title: Lemmenjoki

original_title: Lemmenjoki


title: Vanha Viipurimme

overview: Karelia, which was ceded to the Soviet Union, was commemorated in numerous short films during the armistice. The Karelia series and the poetic narration by a female voice bring memories to the surface for at least every Vyborg resident. "Our old Vyborg, the city of joy and sorrow in hard-fought Karelia, is now lost..."

title: Vanha Viipurimme

original_title: Vanha Viipurimme


title: Ohtakari

overview: Fishing village by the Gulf of Bothnia

title: Ohtakari

original_title: Ohtakari


title: Miten merikortti syntyy

overview: Documentary about hydrography at the Baltic Sea

title: Miten merikortti syntyy

original_title: Miten merikortti syntyy


title: Kareja kartalle

overview: Demonstrating hydrographic surveying techniques

title: Kareja kartalle

original_title: Kareja kartalle


title: Uljas

overview: The schooner Uljas on its final voyage

title: Uljas

original_title: Uljas


title: Saari meren sylissä

overview: Portraying the life of a small fishing community on Haapasaari

title: Saari meren sylissä

original_title: Saari meren sylissä


title: Damaged by birthing

overview: Women interviewed about the injuries they received during childbirth but didn't receive proper care in the Finnish health care system.

title: Damaged by birthing

original_title: Synnytyksessä vaurioitunut


title: Pelle Petteri

overview: A comedy play, the plot of which is about a father who is a local doctor going on a sick leave and his son becoming a fake doctor in his father's place.

title: Pelle Petteri

character: Pelle Petteri

character: Uhri

original_title: Pelle Petteri


title: Enontekiön porolappalaisten parissa

overview: The surviving parts give a powerful picture of the work and livelihood of the reindeer Sámi, which was a living reality during the filming. Mäkinen wonderfully depicts the reindeer Sámi of Käsivarre and the life of thousands of reindeer on the fells.

title: Enontekiön porolappalaisten parissa

original_title: Enontekiön porolappalaisten parissa

title: The Reindeer Herdsmen of Enontekiö


title: Auran kuuluisa kaupunki

overview: Pictures of new and old Turku.

title: Auran kuuluisa kaupunki

character: Self - Narrator (voice)

original_title: Auran kuuluisa kaupunki

title: The Famous City of the Aura River


title: Nurmon valuri

overview: Juha Tiisjärvi, a 79-year-old coppersmith from Nurmo, casts and finishes small bells in her workshop.

title: Nurmon valuri

original_title: Nurmon valuri


title: Muuten on muistettava..

overview: The information campaign after the Winter War.

title: Muuten on muistettava..

original_title: Muuten on muistettava..


title: Vetelin elonkorjuu ja riihenpuinti

overview: An ethnographic film depicting the harvest and threshing of grain in Veteli.

title: Vetelin elonkorjuu ja riihenpuinti

original_title: Vetelin elonkorjuu ja riihenpuinti


title: Kallankari

overview: An ethnographic film about net fishing in calm and stormy weather in Kalla, Kalajoki parish. There are fishermen there from as far as Hailuoto and Kokkola. The fishermen have a society in Kalla, the decision-making body of which is the Kari meeting. There is a church in Maakalla and a lighthouse in Ulkokalla, with Kalla's landmarks and sea signs.

title: Kallankari

original_title: Kallankari


title: Saarten ja siltain kaupunki

overview: Savonlinna introductory photo. Nälkälinnantorni, Kyrönsalmi, Olavinlinna, Linnankatu, Olavinkatu, Bathhouse and casino, beach, harbor, inland waterway ships, Archipelago ship, support tugboat, Saimaa Canal, plywood factory in Pääskylahti, seine fishing.

title: Saarten ja siltain kaupunki

original_title: Saarten ja siltain kaupunki


title: 3 pientä sävelmää

overview: A small fine art musical film shot during the armistice in the spring of 1941, featuring Harry Bergström's 7-member entertainment orchestra. Flower girl Kaija Rahola sings the ending song beautifully.

title: 3 pientä sävelmää

original_title: 3 pientä sävelmää


title: Kevät iskee silmää

overview: The arrival of spring in Helsinki in 1941, the celebration of May Day, the international match march.

title: Kevät iskee silmää

original_title: Kevät iskee silmää


title: Sireenien kukkiessa 1941

overview: Midsummer Eve 1941, threatening clouds loom in the eastern sky. A Finnish man heads east... "On Midsummer, a siren blooms in the barrel of a Finnish soldier's rifle." The delegation of our eastern neighbor packs its bicycles for the journey towards an ideal society... Midsummer brought other sirens, war broke out. The first documentary images of the outbreak of the Continuation War.

title: Sireenien kukkiessa 1941

original_title: Sireenien kukkiessa 1941

title: When the Lilacs Are Blooming 1941


title: Finland Lives Again

overview: Finnish Winter War, conclusion of the armistice.

title: Finland Lives Again

character: Self - Speaker (voice)

original_title: Finland Lives Again


title: Helsinki ja meri

overview: Boat ride along the shores of Helsinki

title: Helsinki ja meri

job: Producer

original_title: Helsinki ja meri


title: Autotie merellä

overview: Passenger seafaring between Finland and Sweden

title: Autotie merellä

original_title: Autotie merellä


title: Ylikävely

overview: Eija is the wife of a busy business owner, carrying the burden of taking care of a family. During her weak moments, Eija writes a letter that comes back to haunt her. Suddenly she has to reevaluate everything about her life.

title: Ylikävely

overview: Psykologinen trilleri yrittäjäperheen piinasta. Jännitysdraama Haimilan yrittäjäperheestä, jossa parisuhde on alkanut rakoilla. Eija kirjoittaa suutuspäissään Juhalle kirjeen, jota katuu, kun Juha katoaa.

title: Ylikävely

character: Eija Haimila

character: Juha Haimila

character: Santeri Haimila

character: Vilma Haimila

character: Jari Haimila

character: Meeri Haimila

character: Erkki Haimila

character: Tiinukka

character: Harri

character: Kristiina, ”Kisu”

character: Ari Karppinen

character: Arto

character: Ilmari

character: Maritta

character: Vekku

character: Reverend Heikkinen

character: Bank Adviser

character: Skugge

character: Ristiluoto

character: Linda

character: A Young Man on the Ship

character: School Principal

character: Gift Shop Salesperson

character: Cosmetics Seller

character: The Man in the Neighborhood Cabin

character: Waitress

character: Neighboring Cabin Woman

character: Frisbee

character: The Boy from the Neighborhood Cabin

character: Rex ”Reksa” Aittokorpi

character: Aunt in the Widow Group

character: Man from the Neighbor Cabin

character: Valtteri

character: uncredited

character: extra (uncredited)

job: Music

job: Cinematography

job: Costume Designer

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Makeup Artist

job: Production Manager

title: Överbord


title: Puukolla ja kirveellä

overview: An ethnographic documentary about crafts made with an axe and a knife. The documentary includes images of carving fence posts, axe handles, wooden nails, and the making of leather shoes.

title: Puukolla ja kirveellä

original_title: Puukolla ja kirveellä


title: Taidonnäytteitä ja voimainkoetuksia

overview: Images of folk-style strength training exercises and boys rowing a reed boat in an ethnographic documentary.

title: Taidonnäytteitä ja voimainkoetuksia

original_title: Taidonnäytteitä ja voimainkoetuksia


title: Laatokan-Karjalan kuvia

overview: Karelian village life from 1935-39. Pressing the soil (Impilahdi Metsäkylä), tying the forest (Salmi), cutting the scythe (Impilahdi Metsäkylä), the village shepherd with his herd in the early morning (Salmi Varpaselkä), the Työmpäisten sacrificial cemetery (Salmi Mantsinsaari), visiting the scythes (Salmi Mantsinsaari), making scythes (Suistamon Tuomilampi), washing and rinsing laundry with a "poalikoima", tying clothes and spinning on a spindle.

title: Laatokan-Karjalan kuvia

original_title: Laatokan-Karjalan kuvia


title: Kyläkeinulla ja sysimiilulla

overview: Ethnographic images of the millet festival, the village swing, grain spreading and violin playing.

title: Kyläkeinulla ja sysimiilulla

original_title: Kyläkeinulla ja sysimiilulla


title: Kuvia Hangosta

overview: Photos of Hanko and the evacuation of Hanko in 1940. Some were taken in the 1930s.

title: Kuvia Hangosta

original_title: Kuvia Hangosta

title: Bilder från Hangö

country: SE


title: Kaikki yhdessä eteenpäin

overview: Reconstruction and relief activities during the peace period.

title: Kaikki yhdessä eteenpäin

character: Self - Narrator (voice)

original_title: Kaikki yhdessä eteenpäin


title: Vastavirta-documentary

overview: The Vastavirta-Klubi has been operating in Pispala, Tampere, for over 20 years. To an outsider, the club may seem like a regular, raunchy rock club, but for some reason it has a cult reputation both in Finland and abroad, and the club has received, among other things, the Tampere Cultural Achievement of the Year award. The documentary explores why this is the case and follows the club's activities over a year.

title: Vastavirta-documentary

original_title: Vastavirta-dokumentti


title: 25 vuotta Suomen itsenäisyyttä

overview: A film about the history of Finland since 1918.

title: 25 vuotta Suomen itsenäisyyttä

original_title: 25 vuotta Suomen itsenäisyyttä


title: Kansanapu

overview: A large public aid collection for those affected by the war, money is collected for boxes in shops, among other places.

title: Kansanapu

original_title: Kansanapu


title: Miten on pestävä

overview: The film teaches you how to wash laundry with minimal detergent.

title: Miten on pestävä

original_title: Miten on pestävä


title: Työ kutsuu tyttöjämme

overview: A documentary film by Erkki Majava (1919-43) about Pirkkala, where a work service center for young girls operated during the war years. Each course lasted six months, and during that time the girls did all the work themselves. The closing ceremony of the course was held at Haikka Manor, after which these wartime working girls left their workhouses to go their separate ways.

title: Työ kutsuu tyttöjämme

original_title: Työ kutsuu tyttöjämme


title: Nuoret kotkat

overview: A beautifully filmed documentary film by Erik Blomberg about the Jämijärvi glider and motor flight training during the war year of 1942. Matti and Pekka are on both glider and motor flight courses. The end of the film is dramatic and charged, and it is not staged. How does a cloud flight training landing succeed in poor visibility when the field is lost? "At least that boy is still alive, the brave one is eating a rocket..."

title: Nuoret kotkat

original_title: Nuoret kotkat


title: Aunuksen arkea

overview: A documentary about everyday life in Aunus Karelia in the second year of the Continuation War. As the film tells the story, every village has a primary school.

title: Aunuksen arkea

original_title: Aunuksen arkea


title: Kansalta kansan hyväksi

overview: Collection of public assistance for war orphans, war invalids and the elderly.

title: Kansalta kansan hyväksi

character: Self - President of Finland

original_title: Kansalta kansan hyväksi


title: Metsätyöt ennen ja nyt

overview: A film about forestry work using old and new methods. Forestry work and the use of wood before and during the war.

title: Metsätyöt ennen ja nyt

original_title: Metsätyöt ennen ja nyt


title: Polttoturve

overview: Documentary film about peat extraction, peat block production and transportation.

title: Polttoturve

original_title: Polttoturve


title: Kansan lahja kansalle

overview: Shows people in activity, playing and doing their every day activity.

title: Kansan lahja kansalle

original_title: Kansan lahja kansalle


title: Tuottoisa pienviljelys - yhteiskuntamme ydin

overview: Smallholder collaboration and courses.

character: Self - Narrator(voice)


title: Meret vapaiksi

overview: Minesweeping at the Gulf of Finland

title: Meret vapaiksi

original_title: Meret vapaiksi


title: Merenkulun turvaajia

overview: Maritime pilots at work

title: Merenkulun turvaajia

original_title: Merenkulun turvaajia


title: Saapuvien laivojen satama

overview: Introducing ports of Helsinki

title: Saapuvien laivojen satama

original_title: Saapuvien laivojen satama


title: Aallon teillä ja Airistolla

overview: Travel via Turku and Parainen to Airisto and spend your summer vacation at the Airisto Tourist Center.

title: Aallon teillä ja Airistolla

original_title: Aallon teillä ja Airistolla


title: Eduskuntavaalit Suomessa 1945

overview: A rare documentary about the Finnish parliamentary elections in March 1945. Finland was the first country at war to hold parliamentary elections. The Finnish parliamentary elections attracted exceptionally wide attention from foreign media at the time. Prime Minister J.K. Paasikivi also waited in line for an hour for the polling station to open, as did other voters in the constituency.

title: Eduskuntavaalit Suomessa 1945

original_title: Eduskuntavaalit Suomessa 1945


title: Heleätä Hämettä

overview: Landscape photos from Häme, including Hämeenlinna and Aulanko,

title: Heleätä Hämettä

original_title: Heleätä Hämettä


title: Häkäkaasu - myrkkykaasu

overview: Poisoning caused by car carbon monoxide poisoning and its prevention and treatment.

title: Häkäkaasu - myrkkykaasu

original_title: Häkäkaasu - myrkkykaasu


title: J.K. Paasikivi

overview: A short film about the work and private life of the Prime Minister, made in honor of J. K. Paasikivi's 75th birthday.

title: J.K. Paasikivi

character: Self

original_title: J.K. Paasikivi


title: Käynti makeisten maailmassa

overview: Confectionery production at the Huhtamäki Group's Hellas factory in Turku.

title: Käynti makeisten maailmassa

original_title: Käynti makeisten maailmassa


title: Kesätuoreutta talveksi

overview: The production and use of Paulig frozen foods.

title: Kesätuoreutta talveksi

original_title: Kesätuoreutta talveksi


title: Keski-Pohjanmaa

overview: Pictures from Central Ostrobothnia from cultural and economic perspectives.

title: Keski-Pohjanmaa

original_title: Keski-Pohjanmaa


title: Keski-Suomi kutsuu

overview: An inland waterway boat trip in Central Finland, described from the perspective of a regional presentation.

title: Keski-Suomi kutsuu

original_title: Keski-Suomi kutsuu


title: Meret aukenevat

overview: The revival of trade and cultural relations between Finland and England after the war, the documentary film depicts the unloading of the first English cargo ship and the presentation and mediation of English culture in Helsinki.

title: Meret aukenevat

original_title: Meret aukenevat


title: Sitä emme unohda

overview: Photos of the destruction and reconstruction in Lapland, as well as the return of evacuees to their homes.

title: Sitä emme unohda

original_title: Sitä emme unohda


title: Takoi sormukset soreat...

overview: Manufacturing and presentation of Kalevala Koru products.

title: Takoi sormukset soreat...

original_title: Takoi sormukset soreat...


title: Herakles

overview: The film tells the story of the post-war coffee cargo brought by the ship Herakles and coffee production.

title: Herakles

original_title: Herakles


title: Joka kuudes

overview: Reconstruction and war damage after the Lapland War.

title: Joka kuudes

character: Self (voice)

original_title: Joka kuudes


title: Joulumerkkikoti

overview: Christmas sign homes were special shelters for newborns whose mothers had contracted tuberculosis. The film presents the operation of a Christmas sign home.

title: Joulumerkkikoti

original_title: Joulumerkkikoti


title: Kuuli kulkija kohinan

overview: An introductory film about the town of Forssa and a dramatized part of the town's creation around the brick manufacturer Wahren's company.

title: Kuuli kulkija kohinan

original_title: Kuuli kulkija kohinan


title: Miinanraivaus

overview: A documentary about mine clearance in Lapland during the first summer of peace in 1945. Over 70,000 mines were left behind in the devastated Lapland after the war. The dangerous clearance work progresses with the help of mine rakes, mine dogs, and even Argentine canned meat.

title: Miinanraivaus

original_title: Miinanraivaus


title: Neuvostoliiton näyttely Suomessa

overview: Pictures from the presentation of Soviet industry and culture at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center.

title: Neuvostoliiton näyttely Suomessa

original_title: Neuvostoliiton näyttely Suomessa


title: Pietarsaari

overview: New and old St. Petersburg.

title: Pietarsaari

original_title: Pietarsaari


title: Piirustus taitona ja taiteena

overview: Drawing lessons at school and at the Ateneum.

title: Piirustus taitona ja taiteena

original_title: Piirustus taitona ja taiteena


title: Raahe

overview: Pictures of the city of Raahe.

title: Raahe

original_title: Raahe


title: Syksy

overview: Autumn arrives, the leaves fall from the trees and finally the first snow covers the ground.

title: Syksy

original_title: Syksy


title: Tupakasta sen tuttaville

overview: "Once upon a time, a chimney sweep could get his cheek stuffed with cum..." A film about the Strengberg Oy tobacco factory in Pietarsaari, which was founded in 1762. Since 1842, it has been the largest tobacco factory in the Nordic countries, and in 1946, it employed a couple of thousand female employees. The film depicts the production of cigars and cigarettes, which is largely done by traditional handcraft. The factory's social activities are also described.

title: Tupakasta sen tuttaville

original_title: Tupakasta sen tuttaville


title: Uusikaarlepyy

overview: An introductory film about an Ostrobothnian city.

title: Uusikaarlepyy

original_title: Uusikaarlepyy


title: Talouselämämme uranuurtaja Antti Ahlström

overview: A dramatization of the life of Antti Ahlström and the history of the company that bears her name, based on biographies, letters and memoirs.


title: Workload

overview: Three quiet workers journey through empty everyday paths towards the crossroads of life. A story about faces without dialogue. People who are disturbed by the emptiness of work. How does work become meaningful and a reflection of its creator?

title: Workload

overview: Hiljainen tutkielma merkityksen kaipuusta kolmen työntekijän kantaessa työnsä näkymätöntä taakkaa.

title: Workload

character: Office clerk

character: Warehouse worker

character: Pizza boy

character: Warehouse Manager

character: Office Manager

character: Businessman

character: Bar pianist

character: Pizzeria employee #1

character: Pizzeria employee #2

original_title: Työtaakka


title: Kalastusmessut ja venenäyttely

overview: Fishing fair and boat exhibition at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre.

title: Kalastusmessut ja venenäyttely

original_title: Kalastusmessut ja venenäyttely


title: Lapin sisu

overview: After the Continuation War and the Lapland War, Eino Mäkinen photographed the devastated Lapland rising from the ashes in 1945-1947. Lapin sisu is a harrowing depiction of a family arriving at the ruins of their home. But a new home is quickly built by a volunteer team. “Remember, Kansanapu is calling you too!”

title: Lapin sisu

original_title: Lapin sisu


title: Napapiirin takana

overview: Fishing, rafting, floating, log cabins.

title: Napapiirin takana

original_title: Napapiirin takana


title: Onni yksillä

overview: In the film, the summer vacation is spent hiking, swimming, eating at a restaurant, doing haymaking and tending to the vegetable garden.

title: Onni yksillä

original_title: Onni yksillä


title: Suomen teollisuutta 1

overview: War reparations industry: ore enrichment at the Outokumpu factories, locomotive manufacturing.

title: Suomen teollisuutta 1

original_title: Suomen teollisuutta 1


title: Suomen teollisuutta 2

overview: Logging, rafting down a rapid, wood processing, making matches and skis.

title: Suomen teollisuutta 2

original_title: Suomen teollisuutta 2


title: Syöpä voidaan parantaa

overview: A film about medical achievements commissioned by the Finnish Cancer Society.

title: Syöpä voidaan parantaa

original_title: Syöpä voidaan parantaa


title: Vielä niitä honkia humisee

overview: Floating, log cabins at work and in their free time.

title: Vielä niitä honkia humisee

original_title: Vielä niitä honkia humisee


title: Yleisradion päivä

overview: The morning program begins with a good day greeting from the film's narrator, Count Baron Carl-Erik Creutz. After this, commentators Pekka Tiilikainen and Eero Leväluoma and announcers Matti Tamminen and Kaisu Puuska, among others, join the campaign. "Uncle Markus" Rautio and parliamentary reporter Leo Meller also testify to the breadth of the program. The film moves from the room of program director Jussi Koskiluoma to the studios and workshops, until the camera has to face the director general at a session of the program council. The popular "Mini Parliament" gets a place when the "Radio Discussion Club", which has been meeting since the summer of 1945, lets its candidates elected by parliamentary power be heard by all the people, led by SKDL's Hella Wuolijoki.

title: Yleisradion päivä

original_title: Yleisradion päivä


title: Öljynjalostamo syntyy

overview: Construction of Finland's first oil refinery in Naantali

title: Öljynjalostamo syntyy

original_title: Öljynjalostamo syntyy


title: We Love You - Michigan 1962-1963 päiväkirja

overview: Henkilökohtainen vaihto-oppilastarina 1960-luvun alun USA:sta ja amerikkalaisuudesta.

character: Kertoja


title: Jellymama

overview: A body emerges from a jellylike substance into a warped universe in which inside becomes outside and outside inside in an infinite loop. Ephemeral others appear and disappear, diving into, consuming, and nourishing one another.

title: Jellymama

original_title: Jellymama


title: Hyvää ja hygienistä

overview: The journey of meat from the meadow to the sausages that children nibble on.

title: Hyvää ja hygienistä

original_title: Hyvää ja hygienistä


title: Kansainvälistä naisvoimistelua

overview: Performances by female gymnasts from Finland and neighboring countries.

title: Kansainvälistä naisvoimistelua

original_title: Kansainvälistä naisvoimistelua


title: Kesäistä iloa

overview: Spending the summer in Helsinki, Tampere and Naantali - in the water and on dry land.

title: Kesäistä iloa

original_title: Kesäistä iloa


title: Kolin korkeuksista Saimaan saaristoon

overview: Tourists in Koli. Campers. Traveling by bus and ferry. The city of Savonlinna. Exploring Olavinlinna.

title: Kolin korkeuksista Saimaan saaristoon

original_title: Kolin korkeuksista Saimaan saaristoon


title: Kontion kaadannassa

overview: A loosely ethnographic document from the late 1940s from Uimaharju, North Karelia. At that time, it was completely free to dump the nest, even directly from the nest in winter.

title: Kontion kaadannassa

original_title: Kontion kaadannassa


title: Lomapäiviä Tenolla

overview: The short documentary Holiday Days on Teno, wonderfully filmed by the Grand Old Man of Lapland films, Aimo Jäderholm (b. 1916), is a dream come true for every fly fisherman and salmon hunter. The film's salmon adventure is based on "Palto Rantteella" in Karigasniemi in late July 1948. From there, the fishing guests, "the stout police chief of Kuopio and other southern crows", set off to catch salmon. Aleksanteri, a skolt from Petsamo, was the rower, and "it was already good enough for others to row, when he himself had pulled a 23-kilogram körilä and much more besides".

title: Lomapäiviä Tenolla

original_title: Lomapäiviä Tenolla


title: Pariisia Helsingissä

overview: French mannequins showcase French fashion and explore Helsinki's attractions.

title: Pariisia Helsingissä

original_title: Pariisia Helsingissä


title: Pohjola poroilla ajaa

overview: Holger Harrivirta and Aimo Jäderholm follow the 25 reindeer tracks assembled by Aslak Juuso on their journey from Kaaresuvanto to Kilpisjärvi in the spring of 1948. The camera's images don't just show the spring sunshine, they also capture a sudden snowstorm brought by the changing weather. But the reindeer can withstand all the weather in Lapland, "the reindeer is so wild that it doesn't even learn its name". The journey continues on the ice of Kilpisjärvi past the sacred Saana, Pohjola rides reindeer...

title: Pohjola poroilla ajaa

original_title: Pohjola poroilla ajaa


title: Sunnuntaikävely

overview: The Coalition's election film. Episodes of a grandfather and a young man discussing the ideas and politics of the time on a "Sunday walk" are shown as a frame story. In addition, a speech by the chairman of the Coalition's parliamentary group, Arvo Salminen, about the party's goals.

title: Sunnuntaikävely

original_title: Sunnuntaikävely


title: Suomi neuvottelee

overview: A moving and passionate documentary about March 20, 1948, when the Finnish delegation left for Moscow to negotiate the YYA agreement under the leadership of Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala. The seriousness of the situation can be felt concretely, as the delegation is seen off at the Helsinki railway station by the entire nation in miniature. "And so the train left, taking the negotiating delegation to its important mission."

title: Suomi neuvottelee

original_title: Suomi neuvottelee


title: Suomi-Ruotsi yleisurheilussa

overview: Athletics national competition in 1948. Including Viljo Heino and Tapio Rautavaara.

title: Suomi-Ruotsi yleisurheilussa

original_title: Suomi-Ruotsi yleisurheilussa


title: Tämä kuuluu sinullekin

overview: Traffic education film.

title: Tämä kuuluu sinullekin

original_title: Tämä kuuluu sinullekin


title: Vuosisadan salapoliisi

overview: A man envies his neighbors' wealth and suspects them of being criminals. The wealth is revealed to have been acquired through gambling, and the envious man begins gambling as well.

title: Vuosisadan salapoliisi

character: Narrator (voice)

character: Salapoliisi Napoleon Heikura

original_title: Vuosisadan salapoliisi


title: Valtasuoni sykkii

overview: The introductory film of the Finnish Transport Workers' Union contains images of the union's activities and the transportation of goods using various vehicles, as well as the unloading and loading of cargo.

title: Valtasuoni sykkii

character: Self - Narrator (voice)

original_title: Valtasuoni sykkii


title: Elämisen vaara

overview: An educational film about the creation and development of the elderly care and national pension system, as well as a report on the operations of the National Pension Service.

title: Elämisen vaara

original_title: Elämisen vaara


title: Älä huku

overview: An educational film about the dangers of moving on ice, rescue methods and first aid.

title: Älä huku

original_title: Älä huku


title: Hopean hohtoa - kullan kimallusta

overview: Presentation of goldsmithing and silversmithing, making jewelry by hand. Studying at a goldsmith school. The school was the only school in the Nordic countries in the field.

title: Hopean hohtoa - kullan kimallusta

original_title: Hopean hohtoa - kullan kimallusta


title: Jenkkien oppitunti

overview: Top American athletes who were successful at the London Olympics will compete in international athletics competitions at Helsinki Stadium.

title: Jenkkien oppitunti

original_title: Jenkkien oppitunti


title: Filmiviikko

overview: The "image hunger" was enormous in the post-war years. The Finnish film industry joined forces in the autumn of 1949 and held the first Finnish film week in both large cities and smaller towns. During the week, 20 premieres were shown. The interaction between the film industry and the film audience was emphasized with many stunts. The grand opening was held at the Kino-Palats in Helsinki. In 1949, there were 470 cinemas and 40 film rental companies in Finland. That year, Finns went to the cinema 26 million times.

title: Filmiviikko

original_title: Filmiviikko


title: Suomen Turku

overview: Introduction to the city of Turku and its history.

title: Suomen Turku

original_title: Suomen Turku

title: Turku Finland


title: Kauneutta arkeen

overview: The film presents Finnish design and interior design accessories.

title: Kauneutta arkeen

original_title: Kauneutta arkeen


title: Kolmen valtakunnan Lappia

overview: Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian Lapland.

title: Kolmen valtakunnan Lappia

original_title: Kolmen valtakunnan Lappia


title: Lappeenranta 300-vuotias

overview: An introductory film for the city of Lappeenranta.

title: Lappeenranta 300-vuotias

original_title: Lappeenranta 300-vuotias


title: Mies paikallaan

overview: The short film describes President J. K. Paasikivi's activities as a statesman and especially as President of the Republic.  Paasikivi takes the oath at the Parliament House. Independence Day celebration at the Presidential Palace.

title: Mies paikallaan

original_title: Mies paikallaan


title: Laulu tunturille

overview: A musical short film by Lapland traveller Aimo Jäderholm about the winter landscapes of Lapland in the 1940s. "Leave, leave for the fells, leave for Ylläs..." is sung by Repe Helismaa and Tapio Rautavaara, who in this very rare film have allowed the camera to be present on their private Lapland trip in mid-March 1949, and the wives of both Lapland enthusiasts are also present. The beginning of the film is illustrated by Repe's long rally "Leave, leave for the fells", which is probably not recorded anywhere else but in this film. "You can forget about the bag of crumbs during the trip, only when you arrive can you have a nice rest..." In the final part, Tapsa performs his bravura, Rakovalkea, written by Repe at night by fire: "It is night and the stars in the sky shine brightly, the moon shines brightly on the fells... This land of ice and snow, it fascinates, enchants, and my mind keeps returning here."

title: Laulu tunturille

original_title: Laulu tunturille

title: A Song to the Hills


title: Luostarinmäki

overview: Presentation of the Turin Crafts Museum.

title: Luostarinmäki

original_title: Luostarinmäki

title: The Convent Hill


title: Malmiaarteiden etsintää

overview: Exploration of ores found in Finnish soil.

title: Malmiaarteiden etsintää

original_title: Malmiaarteiden etsintää


title: Olutta

overview: The beer making process and a dramatized part of beer history.

title: Olutta

original_title: Olutta


title: Rahapaja

overview: The mint produces Finnish markkas.

title: Rahapaja

original_title: Rahapaja


title: Raivaajan näky

overview: A documentary about entrepreneurship, featuring images of pioneers in various fields who have achieved their goals and succeeded through their entrepreneurship.

title: Raivaajan näky

original_title: Raivaajan näky


title: Suomen Akatemian juhlaa ja arkea

overview: Members of the Academy in the University of Helsinki's ballroom and at their work.

title: Suomen Akatemian juhlaa ja arkea

original_title: Suomen Akatemian juhlaa ja arkea


title: Suomi rakentaa tulevaisuuttaan

overview: Reconstruction, operations of Suomen Huolto.

title: Suomi rakentaa tulevaisuuttaan

original_title: Suomi rakentaa tulevaisuuttaan


title: Tarinaa raudasta

overview: Presentation of the factory facilities of the Metal Industry Group Fiskars Oy, the production of iron and steel, and machine shop operations.

title: Tarinaa raudasta

original_title: Tarinaa raudasta


title: Tukkilaiskisat

overview: Documentary on Tukkilaispisat from 1949.

title: Tukkilaiskisat

original_title: Tukkilaiskisat


title: Turun kuvariita

overview: Ruins of St. Olav's Monastery in Turku, paintings revealed under the plaster. Paintings by artist Nikolai Kaario. Yläne Manor, pictures found in the manor.

title: Turun kuvariita

original_title: Turun kuvariita


title: Vanhoja linnoja

overview: Finnish castles.

title: Vanhoja linnoja

original_title: Vanhoja linnoja


title: Ve'en koira vengotteli

overview: A fishing party in the Gulf of Finland, fishing for pike with a casting lure in the outer archipelago.

title: Ve'en koira vengotteli

original_title: Ve'en koira vengotteli


title: Elanto I

overview: Presentation of the functions of Elanto. Administration, savings bank, food industry, clothing store, log storage, steam center.

title: Elanto I

original_title: Elanto I


title: Elanto II

overview: Agriculture on the Elanto farm, operations of the central warehouse, department store, bread and dairy shop, meat and cold cuts shop, first convenience store, herbalist's shop, Parliament House kitchen, sugar bakery, restaurant, car repair shop, laundry, workshop, shoe repair shop, advertising department, Elanto school, staff clinic and dentist, children's summer camp in Sompasaari, production of the Elanto magazine and staff magazine.

title: Elanto II

original_title: Elanto II


title: Aulanko - Hämeen helmi

overview: Introduction to the Aulanko Hotel and its surroundings.

title: Aulanko - Hämeen helmi

original_title: Aulanko - Hämeen helmi


title: Etelän rytmejä

overview: A rare musical compilation, a Finnish dance film from the early 1950s, the first performances of Latin music and dance in Finland. Rumba and samba are performed by Rytmi-Veikko, Kalevi Huuskonen and Sacy Sand. The dances are directed by Veikko Niemelä and performed by the dance couple Olavi and Eeva Nieminen.

title: Etelän rytmejä

character: Self - Tanssipari

character: Self - Orchestra

original_title: Etelän rytmejä


title: Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitoksen opetuselokuva N:o 1

overview: Helsinki City Transport Department's educational film for tram and trolleybus drivers and operators on proper traffic behavior and public service.


title: Helsingin kätköistä

overview: Helsinki, buildings, parks, statues and monuments.

title: Helsingin kätköistä

original_title: Helsingin kätköistä


title: Hypnoosi

overview: Observational examples of the use of hypnosis.

title: Hypnoosi

original_title: Hypnoosi


title: Kaapeli - sähkötekniikan elämänlanka

overview: Overview of the work stages of mechanical cable manufacturing at the Helsinki Cable Factory.

title: Kaapeli - sähkötekniikan elämänlanka

original_title: Kaapeli - sähkötekniikan elämänlanka


title: Kajaani - Kainuun sydän

overview: A picture of Kajaani as the industrial, economic and cultural center of Kainuu and a regional overview of new construction activities in Hyrynsalmi, Sotkamo and Kuhmo in the late 1940s.

title: Kajaani - Kainuun sydän

original_title: Kajaani - Kainuun sydän


title: Kaksi maailmaa

overview: The film compares living in an apartment building and a detached house and idealizes the latter.

title: Kaksi maailmaa

original_title: Kaksi maailmaa


title: Kantele

overview: Building and playing a traditional musical instrument.

title: Kantele

original_title: Kantele


title: Kaskisavun mailta

overview: The camera takes us to Northern Savo to follow the burning of the forest. The different stages of the burning of the forest are filmed and the tools and methods associated with them are introduced, including the preparation of a firewood basket and the making of straw bales. The film tells about the food and childcare of the people who burn the forest. The film brings to life the life of the Finnish community of past centuries.

title: Kaskisavun mailta

original_title: Kaskisavun mailta


title: Kerava - 10 minuuttia

overview: Introducing the Kerava market.

title: Kerava - 10 minuuttia

original_title: Kerava - 10 minuuttia


title: Lahjakengissä koulutielle

overview: Shoes are made from leather purchased with funds donated by Finnish Americans and distributed to children from poor families.

title: Lahjakengissä koulutielle

original_title: Lahjakengissä koulutielle


title: Lappi ja maatalous

overview: An agricultural documentary about Lapland. The documentary discusses the operations of the Muddusniemi experimental farm and the adaptation of Lapland's special conditions to agriculture.

title: Lappi ja maatalous

original_title: Lappi ja maatalous


title: Liikunnan iloa - Hilma Jalkasen tytöt

overview: Women's gymnastics with piano accompaniment.

title: Liikunnan iloa - Hilma Jalkasen tytöt

original_title: Liikunnan iloa - Hilma Jalkasen tytöt


title: Linja-auto - maanteiden kiitäjä

overview: Development prospects for bus transport in the early 1950s. The film, directed by Harry Lewing, presents express and local bus services as well as the services of the bus stations in Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti. The film features a staged filler story: the Suomela family goes on holiday in a bus and arrives at the gate of their summer estate...

title: Linja-auto - maanteiden kiitäjä

original_title: Linja-auto - maanteiden kiitäjä


title: Olympiasoihdun kutsu

overview: Pictures from the London Olympics, the preparation for the Helsinki Olympics, the construction of the Stadium and other sports venues, and an introduction to Finnish society. The beginning of the film is in color, the Finnish section is in black and white.

title: Olympiasoihdun kutsu

original_title: Olympiasoihdun kutsu


title: Suurmessuilla 1950

overview: Opening of the Helsinki Fair at the Helsinki School of Economics. President Paasikivi visits the exhibition in the Fair Hall. Presentation of the various sections.

title: Suurmessuilla 1950

original_title: Suurmessuilla 1950


title: Syksyn muoteja

overview: Women in fashionable clothes in various situations indoors and in Helsinki's parks.

title: Syksyn muoteja

original_title: Syksyn muoteja


title: Tampere messuaa

overview: Consumer goods fair in Tampere 1-9 July 1950.

title: Tampere messuaa

original_title: Tampere messuaa


title: Teollisuuttamme Suurmessuilla

overview: Presentation of the industrial sections of the 1950 Helsinki Fair at the Helsinki Fair Hall and on the fairgrounds.

title: Teollisuuttamme Suurmessuilla

original_title: Teollisuuttamme Suurmessuilla


title: Maatalouskoneiden käyttö ja huolto

overview: Manufacturing of agricultural machinery at Wärtsilä Group Oy's Taali and Pietarsaari factories; product demonstration and maintenance of new machinery at the test farm.

title: Maatalouskoneiden käyttö ja huolto

original_title: Maatalouskoneiden käyttö ja huolto


title: Terveytemme puolesta

overview: Nurse training.

title: Terveytemme puolesta

original_title: Terveytemme puolesta


title: Tuli-Lapista tuntureille

overview: "Lapland is a land of men's men, and so its women and children have also been shaped to endure meager, joyless conditions. All growth here remains low, both of people and other life. Here, you have to stay close to the surface of the ground so that the freezing wind doesn't cut the tops." Suomi-Film's film crew in the spring landscapes of Fell Lapland's Yliperä hiking towards the end point, the peak of the "holy fell" Halti. The men are tough with their sledges, but true fell hikers are used to wind and mist. When a storm surprises you, then you wait for the weather to clear up.

title: Tuli-Lapista tuntureille

original_title: Tuli-Lapista tuntureille


title: Tulin maailmaan!

overview: The first steps of a newborn foal.

title: Tulin maailmaan!

original_title: Tulin maailmaan!


title: Fazer 60 v.

overview: Karl Fazer Oy's 60th anniversary celebration, the company's corporate image and confectionery production at the company's factory.

title: Fazer 60 v.

original_title: Fazer 60 v.


title: Hokki - päiväravintolat - alkupala

overview: Photos of restaurants from the outside and inside the restaurant halls. Wanha-Hokki on the corner of Yrjönkatu. Pikku-Hokki on City-kuja. Keski-Hokki on Esplanadi. Pika-Pala restaurant in Sokos-talo. The last episode also introduces the modern kitchen of the newly opened restaurant.

title: Hokki - päiväravintolat - alkupala

original_title: Hokki - päiväravintolat - alkupala


title: Kahvia, kahvia...

overview: The first Finnish 35 mm color short film from May 1951, directed by Felix Forsman and produced by Felix-Film. It was commissioned by Paulig Oy to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. It is a large-format commissioned film of its time, and no expense has been spared. The story of Finnish coffee begins in 1756 and continues with carefully dramatized episodes to 1951. The film ends grandly with the Paulig March, written by Uuno Kaila.

title: Kahvia, kahvia...

original_title: Kahvia, kahvia...


title: Kävimme Tukholmassa

overview: Film crew's trip to Stockholm.

title: Kävimme Tukholmassa

original_title: Kävimme Tukholmassa


title: Krinal

overview: In the puppet animation, the playing of the orchestra led by Professor Nerokeino improves when the players wash their heads with Krinal-soap.

title: Krinal

original_title: Krinal


title: Kulkija kummastelee

overview: The eightieth convocation of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Helsinki in 1951, a "random passerby" as a surprise visitor to the convocation ceremonies.

title: Kulkija kummastelee

original_title: Kulkija kummastelee


title: Kuvat kulki

overview: Portrait of Heikki Klemet as a folklore researcher, choir director and composer.

title: Kuvat kulki

character: Self

original_title: Kuvat kulki


title: Lakeuden teollisuutta ja kauppaa

overview: Industrial fair in Seinäjoki.

title: Lakeuden teollisuutta ja kauppaa

original_title: Lakeuden teollisuutta ja kauppaa


title: Leipä leveämmäksi

overview: Fertilizer factory operations, agriculture.

title: Leipä leveämmäksi

original_title: Leipä leveämmäksi


title: Otaniemi - tuleva tekniikan kaupunki

overview: Construction of a university of technology and a tech village in Otaniemi, Espoo.

title: Otaniemi - tuleva tekniikan kaupunki

original_title: Otaniemi - tuleva tekniikan kaupunki


title: Wäinö Aaltonen

overview: Portrait of a sculptor.

title: Wäinö Aaltonen

original_title: Wäinö Aaltonen


title: Miehisen kunnon mittapuu

overview: Reserve Officers' School activities.

title: Miehisen kunnon mittapuu

original_title: Miehisen kunnon mittapuu


title: Kissanristiäiset

title: The Catastrophe

overview: Komediallinen lyhytelokuva Kissanristiäiset kertoo harrastelijabasisti Masasta, joka on matkalla rock-bändinsä keikalta kotiin. Yrittäessään ehtiä postiautomaatille ennen sulkemisaikaa tyttöystävänsä toiveiden mukaisesti, Masa ajaa mustan kissan päältä. Kissan päivät ovat luetut, mutta Masalla on edessään päätös: ottaa vastuu teoistaan, tai yrittää peitellä tapahtunutta.

character: Masa

character: Pekko

character: Räävä Rouva

character: Poliisi

job: Camera Operator

job: Sound Designer

job: Production Design

department: Art

job: Makeup Designer

job: Color Grading

job: Editor

job: Gaffer

job: First Assistant Director

job: Prop Designer

job: Assistant Camera

job: Script Supervisor

job: Assistant Editor

job: Graphic Designer

job: Casting

job: Location Manager

job: Location Assistant

original_title: Kissanristiäiset


title: Voi meitä, pikku-Liisa

overview: Dramatized information film about drunk driving. Accident caused by drunk driving, forensic medical research, the effect of alcohol on human functioning.

title: Voi meitä, pikku-Liisa

job: Director

original_title: Voi meitä, pikku-Liisa


title: Sisulla eteenpäin

overview: A promotional film for Sisu buses and trucks. Pictures of the vehicle assembly and how the vehicles are used in different tasks.

title: Sisulla eteenpäin

original_title: Sisulla eteenpäin


title: Viipuri viisii

overview: Companies from Vyborg in different parts of Finland.

title: Viipuri viisii

original_title: Viipuri viisii


title: Suomen Marsalkan viimeinen matka

overview: Mannerheim's last journey from Switzerland to Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.

title: Suomen Marsalkan viimeinen matka

original_title: Suomen Marsalkan viimeinen matka


title: Suomen Marsalkka 4.6.1867 - 28.1.1951

overview: Mannerheim's life stages.

title: Suomen Marsalkka 4.6.1867 - 28.1.1951

character: Self (archive footage)


title: Pidä varasi!

overview: National Coalition Party election advertisement.

title: Pidä varasi!

original_title: Pidä varasi!


title: Übermensch

overview: A tragicomedy about a gambler, who is willing to walk through heaven and hell for his love.

title: Übermensch

overview: Tragikomedia uhkapelurista, joka on valmis kävelemään taivaan ja helvetin läpi rakkauden perässä.

title: Übermensch

character: Tumppu

character: Saatana

character: Jeesus

character: Antero (voice)

character: Keijo (voice)

character: Jumala (voice)

job: Set Designer

job: Makeup Artist

job: Writer

job: Producer

job: Cinematography

job: Set Supervisor

original_title: Übermensch


title: Ti-Ti Nalle ja Salaisuuksien Ovet

title: Ti-Ti Nalle ja Salaisuuksien Ovet

overview: Isoisänalle on kuullut tarinan vanhasta linnasta syvällä Hirsimetsässä. Riitta ja nalleperhe ovat päättäneet löytää tämän salaperäisen linnan, jonka ovet aukeavat vain sinun ja taikarummun avulla...

character: Riitta

original_title: Ti-Ti Nalle ja Salaisuuksien Ovet


title: Auto yhteiskunnan palvelijana

overview: Demonstration of various cars, passenger cars, trucks, buses and work machines, such as combine harvesters, forklifts, caterpillars, asphalt pavers, in a normal working environment.

title: Auto yhteiskunnan palvelijana

original_title: Auto yhteiskunnan palvelijana


title: Autonäyttely

overview: Car exhibition at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center in 1952.

title: Autonäyttely

original_title: Autonäyttely


title: Eksyksissä

overview: A dramatized documentary about juvenile delinquency, its causes and prevention, juvenile prison, and the care, education, and adaptation to civilian life of released juvenile prisoners.

title: Eksyksissä

character: Self - Veikko Lahtinen

original_title: Eksyksissä


title: Kivikirveistä Tammerkosken tehtaisiin

overview: A short film about the ancient culture of Häme and Pirkanmaa from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages onwards. The interesting documentary ends with the birth and rapid development of Tampere, the promised city of craftsmen, in the 19th century, when industry and factories came to the edge of the Tammerkoski rapids. Thus, industrial Tampere was born.

title: Kivikirveistä Tammerkosken tehtaisiin

character: Self - Narrator (voice)

original_title: Kivikirveistä Tammerkosken tehtaisiin

title: From Stone Axes to Factories by the Tammerkoski Rapids


title: Lapsemme liikenteessä

overview: Dramatized documentary, providing guidance on traffic safety for children.

title: Lapsemme liikenteessä

original_title: Lapsemme liikenteessä


title: Maaseudun antimet

overview: The film introduces SOK's distribution system.

title: Maaseudun antimet

original_title: Maaseudun antimet


title: Meksikon taidetta

overview: Pictures from the art exhibition on Mexican art at Lilje Valki Art Salon in Stockholm.

title: Meksikon taidetta

original_title: Meksikon taidetta


title: Olympian ovella

overview: Construction of competition venues for the Summer Olympics.

title: Olympian ovella

original_title: Olympian ovella


title: Olympiaradio 1952

overview: The Olympic film presents the broadcasting of the Helsinki Olympic Games to Finland and abroad. The temporary radio center built at the Olympic Stadium for the Games is described as the largest in the world. The film also shows the lighting of the Olympic flame and covers the sports such as diving, canoeing, cycling, steeplechase and marathon.

title: Olympiaradio 1952

original_title: Olympiaradio 1952


title: Osuuskassa palvelee Teitä

overview: Cooperative bank promotional film.

title: Osuuskassa palvelee Teitä

original_title: Osuuskassa palvelee Teitä


title: Ritaripuku - alkupala

overview: The Kippari Quartet sings, with the text at the end: Knights' Costumes, Tampereen pukutehdas Oy.  The Kippari Quartet advertises Knights' Costumes, singing about a tailor's family.

title: Ritaripuku - alkupala

character: Themselves

original_title: Ritaripuku - alkupala


title: Rahtilaivalla Eurooppaan

overview: Tourists traveling on a cargo ship.

title: Rahtilaivalla Eurooppaan

original_title: Rahtilaivalla Eurooppaan


title: Savesta käyttöesineitä

overview: Manufacturing of ceramic objects at the Arabia factory.

title: Savesta käyttöesineitä

original_title: Savesta käyttöesineitä


title: Värikäs kisakaupunki

overview: The colorful competition city presents summer Helsinki and the competition venues in 1952, set to the music of Jean Sibelius and narrated by Carl-Erik Creutz.

title: Värikäs kisakaupunki

original_title: Värikäs kisakaupunki


title: Urheilun tuhat-taituri

overview: Coaching athletes and training physical education instructors at the Pajulahti and Vierumäki sports institutes.

title: Urheilun tuhat-taituri

original_title: Urheilun tuhat-taituri


title: Tuotantomme tuloksia

overview: Domestic products are presented in the exhibition hall.

title: Tuotantomme tuloksia

original_title: Tuotantomme tuloksia


title: Armin päivä

overview: Armi Kuusela is sitting in front of the fireplace in her fur coat during a language lesson, the male teacher asks her to speak English, Armi offers her a bowl of Budapest sweets and the man also makes the mistake of speaking Finnish. Three young women having coffee in the living room, one reading, the other taking Budapest. At home, she reads the script aloud and eats a cocktail chocolate bar.

title: Armin päivä

original_title: Armin päivä


title: Finlandia-katsaus 200

overview: The 200th Finlandia Review from March 1953 begins by telling the story of making newsreels. Then, in flashbacks, we see highlights from the first ten years of the reviews, from the difficult war years to the 1952 Olympic year and Armi Kuusela.

title: Finlandia-katsaus 200

original_title: Finlandia-katsaus 200


title: Hyvinkää nousee

overview: Introducing the Hyvinkää market and life in 1953.

title: Hyvinkää nousee

original_title: Hyvinkää nousee


title: Kanervala - Lomaparatiisi

overview: Kanervala, located in Särkisalo, was a summer resort for railway workers. The drama documentary presents Kanervala in the summer.

title: Kanervala - Lomaparatiisi

character: Paavo NurmizSelf - Narrator (voice)

original_title: Kanervala - Lomaparatiisi


title: Kansanuinti uimataitosi kuntokoe

overview: A person who can swim has the cheapest life insurance against the dangers of water and the right to enjoy a joyful summer.

title: Kansanuinti uimataitosi kuntokoe

character: Self

original_title: Kansanuinti uimataitosi kuntokoe


title: Kunnian ja omantunnon kautta

overview: An educational film about taxes, tax returns and tax evasion.

title: Kunnian ja omantunnon kautta

character: Veronmaksaja Suomalainen

original_title: Kunnian ja omantunnon kautta


title: Lippusemme kohouupi...

overview: 70th anniversary celebrations of the Student Union Singers.

title: Lippusemme kohouupi...

original_title: Lippusemme kohouupi...


title: Opi uimahypyt

overview: The film teaches us the basics of swimming jumps.

title: Opi uimahypyt

original_title: Opi uimahypyt


title: Pam Pam alkupala

overview: A little boy in a cowboy outfit gets on a rocking horse and starts singing. Pulls out his revolvers and puts them away, taking some taffy from his bag. Indian dismounts horse on rock and shoot an arrow. Cowboy lasso's Indian.

title: Pam Pam alkupala

character: Singing cowboy

original_title: Pam Pam alkupala


title: Pienikin ponnistaa

overview: Even the smallest one makes an effort.

title: Pienikin ponnistaa

original_title: Pienikin ponnistaa


title: Päivä seuduilla Päijänteen

overview: Photos from the III Railway Workers' Song and Music Festival in Jyväskylä in 1953.

title: Päivä seuduilla Päijänteen

original_title: Päivä seuduilla Päijänteen


title: Runoilijan tie

overview: A cinematic journey along the legendary waterway Tampere - Virrat - Tampere on the journey of the famous steamships Pohjola and Tarjanne in the summer of 1953. The Poet's Road is a 135-kilometer-long waterway. It opens up open backwaters, canals and locks, island views and ultimately uninhabited wilderness landscapes for travelers.

title: Runoilijan tie

original_title: Runoilijan tie


title: Tulimaata tutkimassa

overview: The first expedition of geographer and geologist Väinö Auer (1895-1981) to the Land of Fire in 1928-29. A cultural anthropological documentary, including the natural disasters that are so commonplace to us: the state of the birdlife (what species have disappeared), overfishing, forest destruction. The Lönnrot Glacier is also visited.

title: Tulimaata tutkimassa

original_title: Tulimaata tutkimassa


title: Tunturituulen kutsu

overview: Spend a winter holiday in Pelkosenniemi. Ski in the fell landscapes.

title: Tunturituulen kutsu

original_title: Tunturituulen kutsu


title: Uusille urille!

overview: Uses of plastic and its manufacture.

title: Uusille urille!

character: Self - Everyman

original_title: Uusille urille!

title: Breaking New Ground!


title: Vuokatti kutsuu

overview: Skiing and ski lessons at the Vuokatti Sports Institute.

title: Vuokatti kutsuu

original_title: Vuokatti kutsuu


title: Ruudolf - Multishow

title: Ruudolf - Multishow

overview: Jokaisen suomenmestarin takana on uskomatontakin uskomattomampi tarina. MC Ruudolf ei ole tässä säännössä poikkeus. Tässä tunteita kuohuttava dramatisointi Ruudolfin proteiininhöyryisestä taivalluksesta Meksikon vapaapainikehistä maailman huipulle! Elokuva sisältää hengästyttäviä roolisuorituksia ja sankarillista tiimityötä! Taistelutovereita tässä mielikuvituksen värittämässä koko perheen selviytymistarinassa kaikki maailman ylivoimaisesti parhaat suomi-räppärit ja deejiit kuten Karri Koira, Tonto Slongo, Aksim, Yoda, dj J.laine, DJ anonymous plus moni muu! Tehty 120 prosenttisella rakkaudellla ja itsevarmuudella suoraan sinulle, arvokas asiakas ; MC RUUDOLF MULTISHOWWWWW!!!!

job: Editor

job: Executive Producer

original_title: Ruudolf - Multishow


title: The Entirety of Her

overview: The Entirety of Her is a poetic and artistic portrayal of womanhood, internal strength and the relationship between a mother and a daughter inspired by Finnish mythology. The stories of Päivätär and Kuutar will intertwine from birth till death symbolizing the strength and unity between women. Sensitive visuals combined with the poem’s powerful message create a video art piece that is a beacon for being enough for yourself.

title: The Entirety of Her

character: Päivätär

character: Kuutar

character: Young Kuutar

character: Friend of Päivätär

character: Friend of Kuutar

job: Production Assistant

job: Assistant Director

job: Director of Photography

job: First Assistant Camera

job: Second Assistant Camera

job: Gaffer

job: Best Boy Electric

job: Lighting Technician

job: Color Grading

job: Digital Intermediate Data Wrangler

job: Sound Designer

job: Sound Recordist

job: ADR Recordist

job: Foley Supervisor

job: Foley

job: Sound Mixer

job: Music


title: Hamina 300 vuotta

overview: The 300th anniversary celebrations of the city of Hamina and a presentation of the city.

title: Hamina 300 vuotta

job: Director

original_title: Hamina 300 vuotta


title: Hyvä autoilija

overview: Driving in central Helsinki and on the highway.

title: Hyvä autoilija

original_title: Hyvä autoilija


title: Kiitäen kiskoja pitkin

overview: The journey is leisurely by train and railcar.

title: Kiitäen kiskoja pitkin

original_title: Kiitäen kiskoja pitkin


title: Laillista ja laitonta

overview: The film shows why it is worth buying a car from a dealership and not on the street.

title: Laillista ja laitonta

character: Self - Isä

original_title: Laillista ja laitonta


title: Oikeat otteet - tehokkaampi työ

overview: A film introducing the use of a tractor and its various possibilities.

title: Oikeat otteet - tehokkaampi työ

original_title: Oikeat otteet - tehokkaampi työ


title: Liikennevaarat vähemmiksi

overview: Traffic education to prevent accidents in a documentary film introducing Traffic Safety Week.

title: Liikennevaarat vähemmiksi

job: Writer

original_title: Liikennevaarat vähemmiksi


title: Maistuu - jano haihtuu

overview: When you drink Aura beer, you are walking a false path. Alcohol drives wise men wild, but beer calms down quarrels. So always Aura beer, tasty-rich-yielding! The film introduces the making and drinking of beer.

title: Maistuu - jano haihtuu

original_title: Maistuu - jano haihtuu

title: Oh How It Tastes: Thirst Vanishes


title: Omin voimin - yhteistoimin

overview: SOK's anniversary film presents the history and present day of cooperatives, agriculture and various sectors of industry.

title: Omin voimin - yhteistoimin

original_title: Omin voimin - yhteistoimin


title: Pisarasta pulloksi

overview: Machine manufacturing of glass bottles at the Riihimäki Glass Factory and use of finished milk bottles.

title: Pisarasta pulloksi

original_title: Pisarasta pulloksi


title: Polio eli lapsihalvaus ja sen tuhojen torjuminen

overview: Rehabilitation of children and adults at the Käpylä Rehabilitation Center.


title: Rautakaudesta muovikauteen

overview: Working at the Strömfors plastics factory. Scenery from the surroundings. Leisure activities.

title: Rautakaudesta muovikauteen

original_title: Rautakaudesta muovikauteen


title: Sarvikampa

overview: A detailed ethnographic documentary on the making of a horn comb. 85-year-old Eemil Alarik Ahlrot from Turku demonstrates his skills. The horn is heated and opened, and from it the horn comb is created in the hands of the craftsman, just like a lice comb.

title: Sarvikampa

original_title: Sarvikampa


title: Suomi Roomassa I

overview: Introducing tourist attractions in Rome. The Finnish state has acquired Villa Lante and turned it into the Finnish Institute of Rome.

title: Suomi Roomassa I

original_title: Suomi Roomassa I


title: Tervehdyksin terveyttä

overview: A film about how jewelry telegrams convey health to children. Care for premature babies, the opening of the Christmas Sign Home, children with brain damage in the yard of the Children's Palace, graduation ceremonies of a childcare school, a traveling dental clinic, children on the beach.

title: Tervehdyksin terveyttä

original_title: Tervehdyksin terveyttä


title: Uutta työtehoa kotitalouteen

overview: A housewife, toiling in the kitchen, goes to explore the Työtehoseurua exhibition held at the Messuhalli, which showcases gas stoves, refrigerators, washing machines and Asko furniture.

title: Uutta työtehoa kotitalouteen

original_title: Uutta työtehoa kotitalouteen


title: Työn ja tulevaisuuden Saarijärvi

overview: Introducing Lake Saarijärvi, located in the middle of Finland.

title: Työn ja tulevaisuuden Saarijärvi

original_title: Työn ja tulevaisuuden Saarijärvi


title: Esteri

overview: The film tells the story of Esteri, a transgender girl who has only recently come out of the closet and has a crush on her childhood friend Teemu. Does she dare to tell him her feelings, and are they the only thing she should have told him?

title: Esteri

overview: Elokuva kertoo vasta kaapista tulleesta transtytöstä, Esteristä, joka on ihastunut lapsuudenystäväänsä Teemuun. Uskaltaako Esteri kertoa tunteensa Teemulle ja ovatko tunteet ainoa asia, mitä olisi pitänyt kertoa?

title: Esteri

character: Esteri

character: Teemu

job: Producer

job: Director of Photography

job: Makeup & Hair

job: Editor

job: Costume Design

original_title: Esteri


title: The Story of Larry Thorne

overview: Lauri Törni (1919-1965) was a World War II hero and a recipient of the Mannerheim Cross - the highest award for gallantry on the field - in his native Finland. After the end of hostilities, the fiercely anti-Communist Törni found life at home difficult, and he emigrated to the United States. There he entered the U.S. military and became a decorated and much-rev Documentary about Lauri Törni, a heroic figure in the Winter and Continuation War, who also found his way into the German SS and later into the United States Army and the Vietnam War, in which he was killed.

title: The Story of Larry Thorne

original_title: Törni - Sotilaan tarina

title: Story of Larry Thorne


title: Saranakoira

title: Saranakoira

overview: Saranakoira on syksyisessä Hangossa tapahtuva rakkaustarina. Kiertävän sirkuksen saapuminen pikkukaupungin syysmarkkinoille pyörähdyttää käyntiin yllättävän mustasukkaisuuskarusellin. Elokuva kertoo rinnakkain tivolia pyörittävän poikaparin ja neljätoistavuotiaiden perusnuorten tarinaa. Salaisuus painaa nuorta tyttöä ja vanhemmistakin on vain haittaa, kun nuoret rakastavaiset joutuvat aikuisuuden kynnykselle. Poikapari auttaa nuoria löytämään oman tiensä ja nuoret tekevät epätavallisen valinnan.

character: Johanna

character: Jari

character: Leksa, sirkuslainen

character: Karpo, sirkuslainen

character: Taisto, Johannan isä

character: Jarin äiti

character: Jarin isä

job: Screenplay

job: Art Direction

job: Production Manager

job: Still Photographer

job: Assistant Camera

job: Lighting Technician

job: Assistant Sound Engineer

job: Musician

job: Location Manager

job: Assistant Art Director

job: Costumer

job: Catering

job: Negative Cutter

original_title: Saranakoira


title: Puolanka Pussy Rally

overview: Puolanka, a tiny village in Northern Finland is famous for its population decline, but also for its dark sense of humor about it. As the long summer evenings stretch out, teenage boys celebrate their new driver’s licences by endlessly circling the same few streets, while an older generation of local gents, proudly known as The Parliament, has already parked itself permanently at the petrol station café. Here, hunting and the legendary “Pussy Rally” aren’t taboos but badges of cultural identity. The only mystery that seems unsolved: where have all the women gone?

title: Puolanka Pussy Rally

overview: Puolanka, pieni kunta Pohjois-Suomessa, on kuuluisa väestökadostaan, mutta myös siihen liittyvästä synkästä huumoristaan. Pitkien kesäiltojen venyessä teini-ikäiset pojat juhlistavat tuoreita ajokorttejaan kiertämällä loputtomasti samoja katuja, kun taas vanhemman polven herrasmiehet – jotka tuntevat ylpeyttä ”Parlamentti”-nimestään – ovat parkkeeranneet itsensä pysyvästi huoltoaseman kahvilaan. Täällä metsästys ja legendaarinen ”pilluralli” eivät ole tabuja, vaan osa paikallista identiteettiä. Vain yksi mysteeri tuntuu olevan ratkaisematta: mihin kaikki naiset ovat kadonneet?

title: Puolanka Pussy Rally

job: Director

job: Cinematography

job: Sound Designer

original_title: Puolanka Pussy Rally


title: The Man Up North

overview: In 1938, Finland is slowly coming out of a recession. Large amounts of nickel have been found from Petsamo in Lapland and a mine is underway. Dreaming of a new life, metal worker Eino Forsell and his family head there for a new beginning.

title: The Man Up North

character: Eino Forsell

character: Helvi Forsell

character: Makkonen

character: Mikko

character: Hietaniemi

character: Konduktööri

character: Saksalainen sotilas

character: Vanha rouva

character: Saksalainen tutkija

character: Replikoiva kaivosmies #1

character: Replikoiva kaivosmies #2

character: Vanha Eino (voice)

character: Väinö Tannerin ääni (voice)

character: Radiojuontaja #1 (voice)

character: Radiojuontaja #2 (voice)

job: Writer

job: Production Design

job: Makeup Artist

job: Makeup Designer

job: Hairstylist

job: Second Assistant Director

job: First Assistant Director

job: Set Dresser

job: Graphic Designer

job: Dialogue Editor

job: Foley Artist

job: Boom Operator

title: Den Sargade Mannen

title: Mężczyzna z Północy

title: L'homme du Nord

title: L'uomo del Nord


title: The Beauty of Automobiles

overview: Intimate moment between a father and son – one night, one car ride, one problem.

title: The Beauty of Automobiles

overview: Intiimi hetki isän ja pojan välillä – yksi yö, yksi automatka, yksi ongelma.

title: The Beauty of Automobiles

character: Self

job: Editor

job: Sound Mixer

job: Executive Producer

job: Producer

job: Translator

job: Production Manager

original_title: Puskee veemäiseen paikkaan


title: Who Witnessed He Perpetrated

overview: During the Continuation War Finland had allied with Hitler's Germany. The underground resistance group believed that the Soviet Union would win the war and that Finland would get rid of the bourgeoisie.

title: Who Witnessed He Perpetrated

original_title: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä


title: Strive

overview: In a machine-addicted future, 17-year-old Toni craves something real. He joins a deadly street race, challenging fearless driver Max, unaware of the bond they share. A gritty coming-of-age thrill ride.

title: Strive

title: Strive

character: Max

character: Father

character: NeoRod

character: Eli

character: Toni

job: Director

job: Director of Photography

job: Writer

job: Sound Designer

job: Visual Effects Art Director

job: Costume Design

job: Original Music Composer

original_title: Strive


title: Armon vuonna

overview: A documentary about how religion, the church, and fanatical spiritual movements are utilized to halt societal progress, and the crisis this has led to in the church and religion in general.

title: Armon vuonna

original_title: Armon vuonna


title: Care and Control

overview: Eero Yli-Vakkuri’s documentary Care and Control (53 min, 2026) follows the lives of police horses between 2016 and 2021. The observational documentary explores how police horses are desensitized to frightening stimuli and how they are used to de-escalate conflicts between people. Animal-assisted law enforcement is a widely criticized aspect of frontline police work. Footage of the mounted police’s daily life has been filmed in various parts of Helsinki, for example outside of Lou on Vaasankatu and elsewhere in the Harju district. The documentary film is the final part of Yli-Vakkuri’s Trans-Horse project, which began in 2014 and examines contemporary horse culture.

title: Care and Control

original_title: Hoiva ja Kuri


title: Satamakatu 3

overview: The short documentary tells the story of a culture and arts space in Tampere. Between 2018 and 2023 the culture association Romu & Random operated at Satamakatu 3. The documentary preserves its cultural history, which technically began in 2014, and it looks, feels, smells and tastes just like the space in Satamakatu 3 did.

title: Satamakatu 3

character: Narrator (voice)

original_title: Satamakatu 3


title: Too Blue a Sky

overview: A story about money, power, exploitation, and many possible ends of the world. Some long for Mars, others for heaven. Some dance the humppa on the moon. In this short and tragicomic play, every one of us has our own small part to play.

title: Too Blue a Sky

original_title: Liian sininen taivas


title: A Flash from the Radio Fair

overview: This short film takes viewers to Finnish Broadcasting Company Yleisradio's Radio Days event at the Helsinki Exhibition Hall, where radio technology is presented to the general public. Experts shed light on the causes of interference in radio transmissions and present ways to prevent it. We are then taken to Herttoniemi to experience the atmosphere of skiing competitions.

title: A Flash from the Radio Fair

original_title: Välähdys radiomessuilta


title: School Radio

overview: A short film from the late 1930s commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yleisradio's propaganda department showcases Kouluradio (School Radio), a radio broadcast for school children, and also includes "myths and truths about the signs of spring". The film is narrated by Pekka Tiilikainen, and radio announcer Kaisu Puuska-Joki portrays, among other things, a lark on May Day morning.

title: School Radio

original_title: Kouluradio