Leena Vanhamäki

Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.

Banliyönün de aynı isimle anıldığı Vuosaari, bugünün Finlandiyası'ndan kesitler sunan bir yer. Vuosaari metrolinenin son durağı, yolculuğun başlangıç ve bitiş yeri. Filmin iç içe geçen hikayeleri aileler, bireyler, çocuklar ve yetişkinler hakkında bize bilgi veriyor. Bu insanların hepsi sevilmeye ve etkilenilmeye muhtaçtırlar...

Finlandiya'nın Oscar'da En iyi Uluslarası Film kategorisinde yarışacak olan adayı Stupid Young Heart, 15 yaşındaki iki lise öğrencisinin başına gelen talihsiz olayları konu alıyor. Sınıfın en popüler kızı Kiira ile çelimsiz sıradan bir genç olan Lenni'nin bebeklerinin doğmasına az bir zaman kala Lenni, bölgedeki ırkçı bir gruba katılır ve bir camiyi yakmak için harekete geçer. -

Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.

The Angry Hamster is a short story about Tomi, a socially excluded man who lives with his mother. The young man's dauntingly routine everyday life is interrupted when his mother takes Tomi to town to celebrate his 23rd birthday. Tomi, who makes laconically analytical observations in his mind, is forced by a new situation to face his own feelings and prejudices about the world. Is life just a total misery, or is it not, after all? Perhaps the twisted world straightens out if you look at it from an even more twisted angle.