Christian Sandström

Tom of Finland takma adıyla eşcinsel ikonlar yaratan ressam Touko Laaksanon’un gerçek yaşam hikâyesini perdeye taşıyan film geçen ocak ayında gösterildiği Göteborg Film Festivali’nde FIPRESCI ödülünü kazanmıştı. Senaryosunu Aleksi Bardi’nin kaleme aldığı “Tom of Finland” eşcinsel camianın küresel ölçekte eşit insan hakları için mücadele verdiği yıllarda yaşanan bir aşk öyküsünü anlatıyor. 2. Dünya Savaşı sonrası Finlandiya’daki dostlarını eğlendirmek ve ülkedeki homofobik toplumla dalga geçmek için çizdiği eşcinsel temalı desenlerin Los Angeles’da son derece popüler olmasıyla hayatı değişen Laaksanon bir anda ikonik bir kişiliğe dönüşür.

It is winter in the mid-1970s in Tornio, a village near the northern border between Finland and Sweden. Esko is a boy with a lot of problems. He has succeeded in getting on the wrong side of his gang.

The beloved actor Risto gets paralyzed - quadriplegiac - in a studio accident. The accident brings him massive financial compensation and a flood of sympathy. Suddenly there is money for everything that Risto's young and beautiful wife has always wanted. She gives up her boring job and becomes an artist.

When ‘Smiley’ takes over the Vala Drug Corporation, a masked vigilante, Rendel, will avenge the murder of his family.

1980'lerin başında, Soğuk Savaş'ın en kızıştığı dönemde KGB subayı Grigoriev, Sovyetler'in siyasi tutumundan tiksinmeye başlar ve kaçıp bu sistemden kurtulmaya karar verir. Aslında elinde Batı'ya kaçmasını sağlayacak bilgiler bulunmaktadır. O da bunları kullanmaktan çekinmez. Paranoya hissi ve Moskova'nın Büyük Birader atmosferiyle gerilim iyiden iyiye tırmanırken, bir Fransız mühendisin yardımıyla, farkında olmaksızın tarihi bir olayda, Doğu Bloku'nun çöküşünde rol oynar..

Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to got there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.

Kanlı bir duvar resmi, ölümcül bir sosyal medya anketi ve kötü şöhretli bir seri katil, Dedektif Kari Sorjonen'i kariyerinin en zorlu vakasıyla karşı karşıya bırakır.

Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself and the star. Jealous producer Raakel does everything she can to destroy Ilona's plans.

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.

The messenger tells the story of the son of a history professor who died while working, who begins to uncover strange things about his father's past and research. From books, writings, and small pieces of information, the truth begins to emerge, a truth meant for only a few, but one that must be passed on. The message entrusted to the chosen messengers is greater than many human lives and so valuable that immeasurable sacrifices must be made. The Messenger is a combination of traditional and modern Finnish cinema.

Four tourists travel to to the Swedish island of Gotland in the month of September hoping for the time of their lives. They soon discover however that in the time of year of their choosing for the vacation, is a time of year where Swedes are anywhere but on the island. The four tourists soon discover that the few inhabitants of the island are carrying a secret; a secret that is about to make the four wish they had never come to Sweden.

Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.

American and British friends studying in Finland decide to take up an offer to travel to the Arctic Circle and experience the mysterious, pagan celebration of Midsummer's Eve.

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.