Movies

A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and...

Young farmer Paavo's wife dies in childbirth, and their baby soon after. The wife's family claim back the dowry she brought to their marriage, but...

Story of first love affair during summer school holidays, in a pastoral setting.

In the 1910s, beautiful young Silja loses both parents and ends up working as a maid at wealthier farms around her village. She is courted by a...

Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow;...

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a...

An adaptation of Frans Eemil Sillanpää's novel of the same title. Only a fragment of this film survives.