Tomi Salmela

Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Roma ve Helskinki... Birbirlerinden ne kadar uzak olurlarsa olsunlar, bu şehirlerin birçok ortak öğeleri vardır. Bunlardan bir tanesi de elbette ki sokakları gündüz-gece turlayan taksi şoförleridir. Beş şehirde, beş farklı taksi şoförü, müşterileriyle ilginç bir yolculuğa çıkacaklardır. Los Angeles'ta taksiyle evine giderken iş bağlamaya çalışan bir menajer, aradığı yıldızı taksi şoföründe keşfeder… New York'ta palyaçoya benzeyen ve şair gibi konuşan Alman bir taksi şoförü direksiyonu müşterisine bırakır… Paris'te yakışıklı Afrikalı bir adamın taksisine binen kör bir kadın arasında beklemediği bir etkileşim olur… Roma'da arabasına binen rahibe günah çıkarmaya çalışan şoför, müşterisinin ölmek üzere olduğunun farkında bile değildir…

Dünya prömiyerini Cannes’da Yönetmenlerin On Beş Günü Bölümü’nde yapan Köpekler Pantolon Giymez, eşi gözlerinin önünde boğularak hayatını kaybeden Juha’yı izliyor. Aradan yıllar geçmesine rağmen kendini hiç tam anlamıyla toparlayamayan Juha’nın hayatı, tesadüfen “emrine girdiği” sahibe Mona’yla tanışınca tamamen değişiyor. Fiziksel acının kederi aştığı anları kimi zaman gayet mizahi bir yolla konu film, bir yandan fetiş/BDSM dünyasını keşfederken bir yandan da bu dünyanın sıradan insanlarının cinsellik dışındaki ruh hallerine göz atıyor. Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää’yı festivalde de gösterilen Muukalainen / Ziyaretçi filmiyle tanıyoruz.

Film kısa süre önce babası intihar eden ve kendisi de işlemediği bir cinayet yüzünden suçlanan Finlandiyalı maden işçisi Taisto Kasurinen'in hikayesini anlatır. Hapisteyken ülkeyi terk etmek ve yeni bir hayata başlamakla ilgili hayaller kurmaya başlar. Sonunda hapisten kaçar ama işler planladığı gibi gitmez...

Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni’s dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.

A quiet and clumsy Eki works at the shipyard and wants to be like his masculine and outspoken co-workers. To become a real man, he needs some tattoos. A real ones.

Purge farklı hile, ümitsizlik ve korku hikayeleriyle birbirine bağlı farklı dönemlerden iki kadının hikayesini anlatıyor. Aliide Stalin döneminin ve Estonyalıların Sibirya’ya gönderilmesinin olumsuzluklarını yaşamıştır. Fırsatçılığın ve hatta kasıtsız cinayetin vicdan azabıyla da mücadele etmektedir. 1992 yılında bir gece evinin avlusunda genç bir kadın bulur; Zara kendisini esir alan bir Rus mafyasından kaçmıştır. Aliide daha sonra kızın kendisiyle bağlantısı olduğunu öğrenir. Aliide ve Zara şüphelerini ve almak istedikleri intikamı paylaşır. Hikayeleri ve yaşadıkları kötü olaylar ortaya çıkar...

18-year-old Ursula wants to be an adult, but Mårten and Harri, both in their thirties, do not. Ursula ends up becoming a drug courier for the men.

1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.

Irina Björklund plays Isabella, a priest who returns to her hometown, a small town in Ostrobothnia. However, her past does not leave her in peace. Flashbacks take us back decades: Isabella's unrequited love for Andreas, her best friend Charlotta's relationship, and the tragic events of her childhood home remain unresolved. There is tension between Isabella and Charlotta's current husband Andreaks, which leads to a secret relationship. There is genuine chemistry between Björklund and Franzén, who are a married couple in real life. Their powerful chemistry convinces us that this is not a story of revenge, as the subtitle "faith, revenge, and love" might suggest. Love seems to be the strongest emotion of all.

The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon.

The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing suspicions and concerns cause the father to become delusional and unrelenting in his quest to end the love affair between his children.

Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in to live with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to experience orgasm. Trying to cope with the situation, Saara has another brief affair back in her old home town.

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.

A midnight freight train collides with a mysteriously abandoned truck at Rajamäki station, derailing and revealing that its cargo manifests were falsified. Investigation secretary Ari Nykänen uncovers a scheme smuggling explosives out of the country, with evidence pointing to collusion among senior VR executives.

The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.

Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.

Anna Kelanen is an ex-model, who just has been released from prison. She thinks back on her life, when she was a rather successful model, and on the things that went wrong.

Young cleaning woman Kukka-Maaria comes to town and gets an awesome rental apartment. In exchange of that, however, her landlord gradually subjects her to be his and his friends' sexual partner.

Young hockey player Illu spends his summer in local restaurants, just like the stunning blonde Salme, with whom he and every man in town is in love.

In a comedy set in Rovaniemi, the parish’s housekeeper Kristiina Pahka falls in love with Marsipaani Räikkonen, even though he knows that the man is a petty criminal. Under the leadership of hard-hitting Inspector Rautapää, the city’s police force will have to investigate many kinds of crimes, of which Marsipaani’s close friends know one or another.

A story of the lives of Aino and Oskar Kallas.

The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice.

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

Journalist calls down the wrath of her readers by trying to uncover the connection between the murder of a local football hero and a cryptocurrency. Searching for the truth she risks not only her reputation, but her life.

Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man trying to make a living and a victim of bureaucracy. Prosecutor takes interests in his actions and puts two criminal investigators to investigate everything he does, planning to catch him even for something small and get him put behind bars. At the same time, one reporter and group of other people want his head on a plate too.

Hobitit is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1. Produced by Olof Qvickström, it is based on the events of the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.

After Nazi Germany invades Poland in September 1939, Russia attacks Finland two months later. Finnish reservists leave home and go to war. Brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala, farmers from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia, serve in a Finnish platoon. A five-part television miniseries extension of Pekka Parikka's 1989 film of the same name.

The story of Helena Koskinen, a camera assistant, and Tapani Helander, a studio director, who met in England while on a filming trip. The series begins when Helena suffers a serious brain injury in an accident at work, leading to memory loss, and actor Risto Kareinen sells a wristwatch containing a listening device to the Russian manager of an Estonian rock band for 100 marks.