Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. However, they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet.

Living in the Herttoniemi suburb in Eastern Helsinki, 12 year olds Antti and Muhis have been best friends since kindergarten. Muhis is from a Somali background, and the boys’ friendship is put to test when a local racist lays his hands on Muhis. A struggle ensues, and Antti accidentally shoves the man off of a cliff, into the sea. The boys swear never ever to tell anyone and to take their secret to their graves. Changes is a life-affirming film about friendship, growing up, tolerance and courage.

The distance from the nearest star to Earth is one hundred and fifty million kilometres. As long seems to be the journey to another human being.

Short film by Hanna Bergholm.

Short film by Hanna Bergholm.

Finnish Kerttu Nuorteva is spying for the Russians in Helsinki during World War II. She is arrested and interrogated in the hope that she will uncover the Soviet Union espionage tactics.

A documentary about the fantasy and reality of home regions. The director takes a trip back to past decades and ends up observing Finns in the present day. The film is structured around commissioned films shot in Finnish municipalities and cities.

Northern Quality tells the story of three generations of farmers. Each of them experience different kind of problems, but all of them are linked to some kind of structural change. They seek a solution to their problems by cultivating a more productive crop in their fields: cannabis. This experiment leads to significant problems with international criminals, municipal officials and even the local police officer.

A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.

A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.