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A FILM BY MIKA TAANILA

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A camera-less leftist film about fear of flying, security checks and time zones. After returning from a trip to Tokyo, the nameless protagonist is inexplicably stuck at a hotel near Helsinki airport. The use of various technical devices slivers the time-management and modifies the jet-lagged consciousness. Photocopy documents related to air travel directly onto clear 35mm film collide with darkroom exposure of objects placed on 35mm reversal film (photograms).

FINLAND, EXPERIMENTAL / 2016 DURATION: 72 MINDIRECTOR: MIKA TAANILA SCREENPLAY: HARRY SALMENNIEMI AND MIKA TAANILA PRODUCER: JUSSI EEROLA (ELOKUVAYHTIÖ TESTIFILMI OY)

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SCREENINGS MON, FEB 15 | 19:00 | AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE, HANSEATENWEGTUE, FEB 16 | 17:30 | ARSENAL 1

2 NIGHTS TILLMORNING2 YÖTÄ AAMUUNSALES: WIDE MANAGEMENT

A one-night stand between two strangers without a mutual language in a foreign country takes an unexpected turn when an ash cloud from a volcano prevents all flights from taking off.

FINLAND, LITHUANIA / 2015 DURATION: 84 MIN. DIRECTOR: MIKKO KUPARINEN SCREENPLAY: MIKKO KUPARINEN PRODUCER: MIKKO TENHUNEN (MJÖLK MOVIES) FESTIVALS: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION

SCREENINGS SUN, FEB 14 | 14:15 | CINEMAXX 14 (E)

CHEER UPSALES & FESTIVALS: WIDE HOUSE

Miia, the ambitious coach of Finland’s worst competitive cheerleading team, is sick of losing and stuck in Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle. So she takes a trip to the motherland, Texas, where she’s inspired by the American mindset and focus of the world’s best cheerleaders. Returning to Finland a tougher coach,

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she pushes her girls to the breaking point… but is that what the team really wants? For Aino and Patricia, the team’s success is the least of their concerns as they struggle to fight painful battles in their teenage lives. For them, the cheerleaders are like another family, a stepping stone and a source of support along the path of life. Miia thinks a winning team is all she needs, until life steps in and surprises her. Cheer Up takes us into the teenage lives of a team of losing cheerleaders who try their best to get better and look perfect doing it, while really, life just sucks. For Patricia, Aino and Miia, finding out who they are, where they belong and what family means is much more important than any trophy.

FINLAND, CANADA, DOCUMENTARY / 2016 DURATION: 86 MIN. DIRECTOR: CHRISTY GARLAND PRODUCER: LIISA JUNTUNEN (NAPAFILMS OY)

SCREENINGS SUN, FEB 14 | 4:30 | CINEMAXX 12

HOMECOMINGELÄMÄLTÄ KAIKEN SAIN SALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR

Tiina (31) and Tomi (40) decide to leave the hectic city of Helsinki behind and move back to Tiina’s small native coastal hometown where she could revive her relationship to her father Urho (70) and, through the familiar atmosphere of her childhood landscape, find her real self again. Tomi, a former Nokia engineer, also eagerly looks forward to downshifting to a peaceful life with his new stepfamily and his daughter Emilia (17). The grand plan seems perfect - until life hits the fan.

FINLAND, DRAMA / 2015DURATION: 103 MINDIRECTOR: MIKA KAURISMÄKI SCREENPLAY: SAMI KESKI-VÄHÄLÄ AND MIKA KAURISMÄKI PRODUCER: MIKA KAURISMÄKI (MARIANNA FILMS) FESTIVALS: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION

SCREENINGS FRI, FEB 12 | 17.15 | CINEMAXX 19MON, FEB 15 | 13.50 | CINEMAXX 19

LOOK OF A KILLERTAPPAJAN NÄKÖINEN MIESSALES: EYEWELL

A former soldier of the Red Army special troops, Viktor Kärppä, has settled in Finland and would like to be a respectable family man. One day Kärppä, who makes a living doing all kinds of projects, not all of them completely legal, notices that his marriage is almost on the rocks. Before Kärppä manages to solve things out with his wife Marja he finds out that his trails have led him to a great danger as he has unwillingly became a part of the plan to assassinate the new democratic president of the Russia.

FINLAND, DRAMA / 2016DURATION: 95 MINDIRECTOR: LAURI NURKSE SCREENPLAY: SEPPO VESILUOMA AND MIKA RIPATTI PRODUCER: SARI LEMPIÄINEN AND TEEA HYYTIÄ (ZODIAC FINLAND OY)FESTIVALS: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION

SCREENINGS FRI, FEB 12 | 11:45 | PARLIAMENT (E)

THE MINEJÄTTILÄINENSALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR

Jussi, a young and ambitious civil servant finds himself in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara

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mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visionary Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of Scandinavia’s poorest areas. Jussi slowly discovers that several people have led him astray and that the new method has serious downsides he did not foresee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed. A new application for another permit is brought to his desk by the same mine along with an interesting job offer and the chance of a new beginning. Jussi must decide whether he will play along and, if so, with whom.

FINLAND , DRAMA / 2016 DURATION: 94 MINDIRECTOR: ALEKSI SALMENPERÄ SCREENPLAY: PEKKO PESONEN PRODUCER: ANNIKA SUCKSDORFF AND ALEKSI BARDY (HELSINKI-FILMI) FESTIVALS: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION

SCREENINGS FRI, FEB 12 | 9.30 | DFFB-KINOSUN, FEB 14 | 15.45 | CINEMAXX 14

OTHER GIRLSTOISET TYTÖTSALES: EASTWEST FILMDISTRIBUTION

18year old girls Jessica, Jenny, Taru and Aino are on the verge of adulthood as they lose their innocence and, at times, their faith. Other Girls is a survival story about those moments when life gives you a swift kick, but you decide to kick back. HARD!

In 2011 four 18-year-old girls from Helsinki kept provocative video diaries about their lives during the course of a year. Other Girls is a fictional film based on true events.

FINLAND, DRAMA / 2015DURATION: 83 MIN. DIRECTOR: ESA ILLI SCREENPLAY: ESA ILLI PRODUCER: LEILA LYYTIKÄINEN AND MATTI HALONEN (FISHER KING PRODUCTION) FESTIVALS: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION

SCREENINGS SUN, FEB 14 | 9:45 | PARLIAMENT

TALE OF A LAKEJÄRVEN TARINASALES & FESTIVALS: LEVEL K

Tale of a Lake is a film about the thousands of lakes that Finland is known for. It takes the viewers on an unprecedented adventure, ranging from crystal clear springs all the way to the basins of the big lakes. It opens a whole new world of underwater nature for the viewers and tells many of the old tales and beliefs that abound in the land of thousands of lakes. The film is told through tales that are based on the myths, legends and old beliefs found in Finnish folklore.

FINLAND, DOCUMENTARY / 2016DURATION: 76 MIN. DIRECTOR: MARKO RÖHR AND KIM SAARNILUOTO SCREENPLAY: ANTTI TUURI AND MARKO RÖHR PRODUCER: MARKO RÖHR (MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS)

SCREENINGS TUE, FEB 16 | 13:00 | CINESTAR 1