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After Us, the Flood new_releases Release: 12-05-2024
In 2064, the world is on the verge of destruction. The UN has developed a form of time travel: a person’s memories and personality can be transmitted to the past, to who they were at the moment of conception. Henrik, brilliant but narcissistic physicist is chosen for a mission so he can publish his blueprint of a fusion reactor that can prevent climate change from ever happening. But something goes wrong, and Henrik is born in the wrong body and has to learn humility while living his new life as a boy he used to torment as a child.

Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone 2023 star_border 5.5
Julius, who devours comic books and vampire stories, has a lively imagination. Julius meets Arnold Cautious, who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and introduces himself as a degenerated, strawberry juice-drinking vampire. Julius and Cautious become friends. Together they try to make the Lucky Stone, the recipe for which is in Cautious' grandmother's secret recipe book. Julius wants to give the stone to his estranged parents so they can rediscover their common happiness. Julius and Arnold's laboratory attempts to make the Lucky Stone falter badly time and time again, but they stubbornly pursue their quest for happiness.

Home and Away 2023
Shawn Huff and Ervin Latimer Jr. are the children of African-American basketball players Leon Huff and Ervin Latimer Sr. who arrived in Finland in the 1970s. They have grown up to become Finnish social and political influencers through their fathers' perseverance, ambition and the societal racism that has been passed down through the generations to their sons. The sons channel the experiences of their silent fathers into action and both generations fight for a more equal world.

Back Towards Light 2018 star_border 6.5
Marissa, a 25-year-old woman, goes through an unimaginable journey trying to maintain her sense of self after becoming a victim of human trafficking and sex slavery.

The Guardian Angel 2018 star_border 5.1
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1951. Criminal investigator Anders Olsen follows the case of a bank robber who eyewitnesses say appears to have been acting under some kind of trance.

The Liberation of Skopje 2016 star_border 6.4
Eight-year-old Zoran is the hero of this story set in Skopje during the German occupation of the city in World War II. Through his eyes, we experience all the cruelty, poverty and suffering of wartime. A love affair between his Macedonian mother and a German officer will help his family get through the hard times…

White Rage 2015 star_border 6.3
About Lauri, and through him the story of other victims of both school bullying and a separate childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which may lead to school shootings and other extreme acts of violence. The film is also about our society: a society without sufficient understanding or desire to address the emergence of school violence.

A Patriotic Man 2013 star_border 5.5
Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.

When Heroes Lie 2012 star_border 6.8
A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.

Princess 2010 star_border 5.9
Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.

Shadow of the Holy Book 2007 star_border 5.4
An investigative documentary about the violation of human rights in Turkmenistan, and the willingness of Western companies to turn a blind eye for financial gain.

Lone Star Hotel 2007
Lone Star Hotel is a touching journey into the mental landscape of a Finnish man who ponders on his future, his life and the realisation of his dreams.

Moonshine Village 2005
Moonshine Village is a story about producing moonshine in Kitee, Finland, and its effect on the village's social and economic development between 1960-70. For most families producing Moonshine was a prerequisite. Kitee became one of the most remarkable producers - both in good and bad. According to an 85-year old police officer, in the 1960s there were no villages that were not producing Moonshine. Yet, the city mayor of Kitee says that this time has been the most creative time in the town's history.

Pavlov's Dogs 2005
The film is about a psychologist and entertainment industry operator Sergei Knyazev, who organizes parties for rich people and various role-playing games where they can play beggars or take part in duels, for example.