A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Kaikki

Filmography 1987 -

2013

Midsummer Night's Tango (Poski poskea vasten, 2013)
Blumenschein Viviane
Finland, Germany, Argentina
82 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish, Spanish
Subtitle language: English, Swedish, German, Spanish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Argentinians discover Finnish tango
Synopsis: What starts off as a documentary about the stereotypes that are the basis for a culture –featuring the iconography of tango, soccer, and the city– later becomes a rich and moving fiction about the crossroads of culture. Three typical Buenos Aires tango fans set out on a trip to Finland to confirm what great filmmaker Kaurismäki said about tango being a Finnish creation. The trip begins as an almost menacing verbal challenge, and the result is not just another journey to discover the “cultural other” and its different habits, landscapes, and times. It ends up being also a manifest on the possibility of different cultures enriching each other while maintaining their traditions and even spreading them from one generation to the next. Midsommer Night Tango was shot in Buenos Aires and Finland, on roads and big cities, and it’s spoken in porteño, Finnish, and English –this crossroads make the film more likable and moving, honest and simple.
Trailer: http://www.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/productions/cheek-to-cheek?lang=en
Premiere: 11.04.2013, BAFICI 2013, Buenos Aires
Production country: Finland, Germany, Argentina
Filming country: Finland, Argentina
Credits Director: Blumenschein Viviane (also script)
Scriptwriter: Viviane Blumenschein
Cinematographer: Björn Knechtel
Sound recordist: Risto Hankala
Editor: Oliver Weiss
Screenings and awards Production Christian Beetz, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion (GER)
Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
Gema Juarez Allen, Gema Films (ARG)

Remembrance - A small movie about Oulu in the 1950's (Muisteja - Pieni elokuva 1950-luvun Oulusta, 2013)
von Bagh Peter
Finland
69 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: Swedish, English
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Director, film historian, professor Peter von Bagh takes us on a stroll down the memory lane, to the 1950’s small-town Oulu, the town where he grew up. This extensive film essay utilizes a variety of archive materials: Film footage, still photos, paintings and other art works. The film paints a kaleidoscopic view of the arctic town and its spirit, awakening one youth, one era, one town magically. The movie is personal and local as well as general and universal.

Films by Peter von Bagh are award-winning works that have travelled around the world. World-renowned critic Jonathan Rosenbaum chose von Bagh’s film Helsinki, Forever as one of the 10 top movies of the first decade of the 21st century. Extensive retrospect programs of von Bagh’s films have been screened at for example in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Tromsø.

Trailer: http://muisteja.illume.fi/
Premiere: 13.04.2013, Oulu
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: von Bagh Peter
Scriptwriter: Peter von Bagh
Cinematographer: Arto Kaivanto
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Editor: Petteri Evilampi
Screenings and awards

Royal Reds (Kuninkaan punikit, 2013)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
58 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Finns in the British Murmansk Legion 1918-1919
Synopsis: A film about Finnish socialists who after the Civil War in 1918 fled to Soviet Union. Under the protection of Lenin, the men and their families joined the British Royal Navy 's 'Murmansk Legion', and so the Finns suddenly were in the eye of the wider political storm gripping all of Europe.

Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Scriptwriter: Timo Linnasalo, Olli Soinio, Seppo Rustanius
Cinematographer: Pekka Aine
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Perttu Kivilaakso
Editor: Timo Linnasalo
Kertoja: Vuokko Hovatta
Kertoja: Antti Reini
Screenings and awards Production Venla Hellstedt, Illume Oy
Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

2012

Dance Of Outlaws (Häätanssi, 2012)
El Aboudi Mohamed
Finland / Norway
82 min 20 sek

Basic Information Subtitle language: english
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A film about a Moroccan woman Hind, who doesn't officially exist, because she was raped as a teenager, but who refuses to give up dreams of motherhood, freedom and love.
Synopsis: A film about a woman who doesn’t exist. Moroccan Hind was raped and consequently denied an official identity – she has no other choice but to work as a prostitute and traditional wedding dancer, but despite the odds of her situation, refuses to give up her dream of dignity, motherhood and love.

This is a story of modern day outlaws, children of prostitutes, abandoned child brides and those who have had to escape to the fringes of patriarchal Moroccan society. Through the eyes of one young woman we see a life of constant struggle, but also a life free of the society's norms and boundaries. The woman in the centre of the film, Hind is both vulnerable and courageous as she tries to regain her life, her children and her mere right to live as an equal human being in the 21st century.

http://www.danceofoutlaws.com

, 7.8.2012, Locarno International Film Festival, Semaine de la critique
Production country: Finland / Norway
Filming country: Marocco
Screening formats BlueRay, 2K, DVD Credits Director: El Aboudi Mohamed (also script)
Cinematographer: Marita Hällfors
Sound recordist: Anne Tolkkinen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Juuso Hannukainen, Mikko Rajala
Editor: Erik Andersson
Screenings and awards Festivals: 06.08.2012 Locarno International Film Festival, Semaine de la critique Premio Zonta Club Locarno -prize, 21.09.2012 Helsinki International Film Festival, 22.09.2012 Nordisk Panorama, 06.11.2012 Arhus Filmfestival, 01.11.2012 CPH:DOX, competition for best Nordic non-fiction filmmaking, 16.12.2012 Dubai Film Festival, 25.01.2013 FIPA, Biarritz, France, 06.03.2013 Tampere Film Festival, 17.06.2013 Primed, 06.02.2013 Festival National du film, Tangier, Morocco
Production Timo Korhonen, Road Movies Ltd
Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
Venla Hellstedt, Illume Oy
Co-production Torstein Grude, Piraya Film (NOR)

Dreams Deferred - Legacy of American Apartheid (Rotuerottelun perintö, 2012)
Davidow Joe
Suomi
90 min

Basic Information Original language: English
Subtitle language: Finnish
Genre: documentary film
Oneliner: Dreams Deferred - Legacy of American Apartheid is a film about the current state of mind in the US with a particular emphasis on African Americans and their position in the society.
Synopsis: Why African Americans remain outside the 'American Dream' despite
decades since the Civil Rights -movement victories? American Director
Joe Davidow explores systematic exclusion in the US from a European
viewpoint.
Trailer: http://dreamsdeferred.illume.fi
Premiere: 16.02.2012, 27.02.2012, YLE
Production country: Suomi
Filming country: USA
Credits Director: Davidow Joe (also script)
Scriptwriter: Joe Davidow
Cinematographer: Tahvo Hirvonen
Sound recordist: Mike Tyner
Sound designer: Heikki Innanen
Composer: Joe Davidow
Editor: Antony Bentley, Joe Davidow
Graphics: Pentti Kakkori
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
Venla Hellstedt, Illume Oy

Leap (Hyppy, 2012)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
81 min

Basic Information Original language: English
Subtitle language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: A documentary film about faith
Synopsis: LEAP is a film about a disciple and his Guru and the choices that they make on their journey ofsurrender to God. LEAP is an adventure into the international and controversial Hare Krishna movement but also a film about religious experience in general.

The film documents the story of Keshava Madhava Das, a Finnish tram driver and a disciple, and his Guru Radhanath Swami, one of the movement’s most charismatic spiritual leaders based in India. Keshava started life as Kenneth, a lonely boy who witnessed his grandfather's death. His Guru was originally Richie, an American small town boy, who is now revered within the movement as a living saint.
Trailer: www.leapthefilm.com
Production country: Finland
Filming country: India, Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Cinematographer: Marita Hällfors
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Tapani Rinne
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Graphics: Jari Koski
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Via Air (Kiitotie, 2012)
Rintala Elli
Finland
38 min

Basic Information Original language: finnish
Subtitle language: english
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Via air is a documentary film about an airport, a place between the sky and the earth. It tells the story of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, from it's very first flights in the year 1952 until the present day.
Despite the past 60 years of expansion, it seems that the airport will never be finished. At the same time people are flying further and further and the world is getting smaller.
Via air looks at the past, present and future of this era of flying. Now the skies are open to us, but for how long?
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Rintala Elli (also script)
Cinematographer: Mika Vartiainen
Sound designer: Tuomas Skopa
Editor: Okku Nuutilainen
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
Venla Hellstedt, Illume Oy

Virtual War (Virtuaalinen Sota, 2012)
Niskanen Pekka
Finland
58 min 28 sek

Basic Information Genre: Documentary film
Synopsis: Director starts to build up a virtual Chechnya in the internet Second Life site with the refugees scattered around Europe. Mikael is a businessman and activist helping Chechens to come into Finland and is therefore accused for trafficing people illegally. Mikael is also housing server of the disputed news agency Kavkaz Center putting the politicians aware. Hazman a Chehcen elderly lady keeps on uniting what is left of her family after two horrible wars. In Virtual War political figth, media manipulation, persons in conflict and different cultures mix. Virtual is often very real and war not virtual.
Premiere: 09.03.2012, Tampere Film Festival
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Niskanen Pekka (also script)
Scriptwriter: Pekka Niskanen
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen
Sound designer: Kimmo Vänttinen
Editor: Mikko Sippola ja Sanna Liinamaa
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

2011

Battle for the City (Taistelu Turusta, 2011)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
76 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: Swedish, English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A film about a city in the past, present and the future, and to whom it belongs.
Synopsis: Turku is the oldest city in Finland. Its old distinguished buildings were destroyed in the modern fervour - businessmen, decision makers and architects were all involved. Why were they unable to treasure history? The film does not only deal with the past but follows the present-day activists and squatters too: why do they decide to take over buildings? To whom does the built space belong and who makes the decisions over it? The questions raised in film are topical not only in Turku, but also elsewhere in Europe and beyond.ownership of the city. What are the reasons behind the squatters? To whom does the built environment belong?
Trailer: http://www.turku2011.fi/en/node/1629
Premiere: 09.04.2011, Suomalaisen elokuvan festivaali, Turku
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko
Scriptwriter: Jouko Aaltonen, Rauno Lahtinen, Olli Vesala
Cinematographer: Pekka Aine
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Editor: Tuula Mehtonen
Screenings and awards Festivals: 09.04.2011 Turku European Capital of Culture 2011 commissioned programming / Finland, 12.06.2011 Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä 2011 / Finland, 08.09.2011 Finnish Film Festival, Turku 2011 / Finland, 19.08.2011 Rauma Blue Sea Festival 2011 / Finland, 24.01.2012 DocPoint 2012 / Finland

Frozen Hell - Prisoners of War in Finland 1941-42 (Jäämarssi - Suomen matkaopas 1941-42, 2011)
Suhonen Ville
Suomi
85 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary film about the POW concentration camps in Finland during the World War II
Synopsis: Frozen Hell, written and directed by Ville Suhonen, unravels a hidden episode during the most debated period in Finnish history. There were tens of thousands Soviet Red Army prisoners who were captured as POWs by Finnish forces during the second world war. The prisoners became pawns of the Finnish political and industrial elite, battling between wartime superpowers and economic demands. One third of the prisoners died in the camps' primitive conditions or were unlawfully executed. The film includes previously unseen archive material and it deals with the dark side of Finnish war history for the first time.

Trailer: http://www.jaamarssi.fi
Premiere: 20.09.2011, 20.09.2011, Love and Anarchy Helsinki International Film Festival 2011
Production country: Suomi
Screening formats Digibeta, BlueRay, DVD Credits Director: Suhonen Ville (also script)
Scriptwriter: Ville Suhonen
Cinematographer: Pekka Uotila
Sound designer: Kirka sainio
Editor: Tuuli Kuittinen
Translations: Tiina Kinnunen
Graphics: Jari Koski
Screenings and awards Festivals: 15.09.2011 Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland , 20.09.2011 Helsinki International Film Festival Love and Anarchy, Helsinki, Finland, 15.11.2011 Northern Character, Murmansk, Russia Best Documentary Film, 28.01.2012 Docpoint, Helsinki, 20.09.2011 Kotimaisen elokuvan viikko, Helsinki, 07.03.2012 Tampere Film Festival
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family (Lastuja - Taiteilijasuvun vuosisata, 2011)
von Bagh Peter
Finland
74 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English, Swedish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: The story of an artistic family Aho-Soldan, whose influence has been important in Finnish art throughout decades of the 20th century.
Synopsis: Peter von Bagh's essay documentary is the story of an artistic family Aho-Soldan, whose influence has been important in Finnish art throughout decades of the 20th century. The film is a collage of many multi-faceted personalities enriching the lives of generations: Author Juhani Aho, with him and after him painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, cinematographers Heikki Aho and Björn Soldan and photographer Claire Aho. Through their life's work we find a method of the documentary: words, paintings, photographs and moving images. The total picture of culture, portrayed through all its circumstantial evidence.
Splinters is a story about mental tensions and the electric field of ideas and practise that lead to the rise of modern Finland. The film moves between different eras - things are repeated, they evolve, they emerge in a new form. Half a century of history of Finland and Finnish culture, very versatile.
Premiere: 28.08.2011, Helsinki Festival, Bio Rex
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: von Bagh Peter (also script)
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Editor: Petteri Evilampi
Screenings and awards Festivals: 24.01.2012 DocPoint 2012 / Finland, 25.01.2012 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012 / Netherlands, 10.02.2012 Finnish Film Weekend in Museé D'Orsay 2012 / France, 11.04.2012 BAFICI 2012 / Buenos Aires
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

2010

Askelmerkkejä - series on Finnish dance (Askelmerkkejä, 2010)
Korhonen Anna
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Korhonen Anna (also script)
Cinematographer: Jyri Hakala
Screenings and awards Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Helsinki Twilight 1984 (Timanttikoirien vuosi 1984, 2010)
Hakkarainen Petri
Finland
76 min 45 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish, English
Subtitle language: Finnish, English
Oneliner: Helsinki Twilight 1984 - we became a new art form
Synopsis: Helsinki Twilight 1984 takes us back in time into the fascinating period of time between the years 1979 - 1985, when Helsinki, and the rest of Finland moved towards an increasingly diverse and free social climate, pioneering beautiful boys in makeup and fancy girls.

During this time, the new street-level phenomena such as small magazines, pirate radio and independent fashion began to blend into the society – new clubs were set up, new art forms were born - and finally people felt they were works of art themselves.
Premiere: 21.09.2010, R&A Helsinki International Film Festival
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland, Great Britain
Credits Director: Hakkarainen Petri (also script)
Scriptwriter: Petri Hakkarainen
Cinematographer: Arttu Peltomaa
Sound recordist: Erkka Vepsä
Sound designer: Pekka Hakala
Composer: Pekka Hakala
Editor: Kari Elovuori
Screenings and awards Festivals: 21.09.2010 Helsinki International Film Festival, 25.09.2010 Helsinki International Film Festival, 26.09.2010 Helsinki International Film Festival, 18.11.2010 Rokumentti Rock Film Festival, Joensuu, Finland, 19.11.2010 Rokumentti Rock Film Festival, Joensuu, Finland
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Kansanmusiikkivideot (2010)
Metsola Mirja
Finland
15 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Oneliner: Series of documentaries of Finnish traditional music
Synopsis: A series of short, intensive music videos that introduce the viewer to traditional folk music instruments.
The music is performed by the most brilliant Finnish folk musicians, who conjure up incredible sound collases from traditional Finnish folk instruments. The focus is on the interaction between the musician and the intsrument while playing. The musical instrument; its form and material, is unique and in a very intimate contact with the musician.
The dialetics of these two will be filmed againts a simple, dark background in a studio. Besides the musicians and their instruments, a glimmering microphone will remind the viewer of the outside world.
A folk musician never plays the piece in the same manner: every musical piece is being newly created upon performing. Tradition is the base for the performances, but an artist performing in the present is also able to part from the tradition and to interpret the piece in new, subtle ways.
The series of videos also shows how the past tones and instruments have found their way back to the vivid music culture. The series is a collaboration of Illume Ltd, The Sibelius Academy Department of Folk Music and the Central Committee of Folk Music and Dance.
Premiere: 11.01.2010Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Metsola Mirja (also script)
Scriptwriter: Heikki Laitinen and Mirja Metsola
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen
Sound recordist: Marko Myöhänen
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Festivals: Oulu Music Video Festival 2010
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

PUDANA - Last of the Line (Sukunsa viimeinen, 2010)
Lehmuskallio Markku, Lapsui Anastasia
Finland
80 min 38 sek

Basic Information Original language: Nenets language
Subtitle language: English, Finnish
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis: Young nenets-girl Neko is taken against her will from her family's tepee to a boarding school in a Russian village. For the first time in her life Neko finds herself surrounded by a foreign language and culture, and rebels against the attempts to turn her into Russian. Bullied by her schoolmates and pressured by the teachers, Neko decides to run away and return to her family. She talks her fellow nenets boy Parasi from the school into fleeing with her. The children's flight in the icy forests and tundra is short-lived and the return to the school and their new Russian life inevitable.

The story is told through the memories of Neko. Now grown up she's concious of all the good school and studies gave her. But something essential has changed; Neko – the last of her family – has been alienated from her extincting heritage and has lost her ability to continue her family's ancient traditions for good.
Trailer: http://www.lastoftheline.fi/
Premiere: 18.02.2010, Berlinale 2010
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Russia
Screening formats 35mm, Digibeta Credits Director: Lehmuskallio Markku (also script) , Lapsui Anastasia (also script)
Scriptwriter: Anastasia Lapsui
Cinematographer: Johannes Lehmuskallio
Sound recordist: Sergei Zabenin
Sound designer: Pekka Karjalainen
Editor: Juho Gartz
Graphics: Juha Lassila
Screenings and awards Festivals: 18.02.2010 Berlinale Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany, Theatrical release in Finland, 06.04.2010 Creteil International Women\\\'s Film Festival, France Best Fiction Feature Film - Grand Jury Award, 09.04.2010 Sami Film Festival 2010, Norway, Northern Lights Festival / UK, Montréal First Peoples' Festival 2010 / Canada, 24.04.2010 Naiskulttuuripäivät / Tampere, Finland, Polar Lights Arctic Film Festival / Russia Audience Award, Best Direction Award, 5th IFF "In the family circle", Yekaterinburg, Russia Best cinematographer award for Johannes Lehmuskallio, 00.07.2010 Festival International du Film de la Rochelle, France, 00.04.2011 Izhevsk Film Week, 06.09.2010 7th International Women's Film Festival in Rehovot, Israel, 23.10.2010 54th BFI London Film Festival / UK, Kaunas International Film Festival 2010, Lithuania, 31.10.2010 Chicago International Children's Film Festival / USA, 13.11.2010 Noordelijk Film Festival, The Netherlands, 18.11.2010 European Minority Film Festival, Husum, Denmark, 16.11.2010 Scanorama European Film Forum 2010, Lithuania, 00.01.2011 Festival Ciné Junior / France, 00.00.2010 Blue Sea Film Festival / Rauma, Finland 2010, 00.00.2011 Finnish Film Week in Moscow / Russia 2011, 00.03.2011 Cape Winelands Film Festival / South Africa 2011, 00.03.2011 Festival International de Films de Femmes / Kiev, Ukraine 2011, 06.02.2011 Recontres de Manosque, France
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Second Birth (Toinen ovi, 2010)
Jänkälä Tita
Finland
25 min 56 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary/art film
Synopsis: Documentary film Second Birth is the story of the tight friendship between Finnish painter Liisa Rautiainen (born 1919) and German photographer Detlef Trefz (born 1950). Both fill their days with creating images, and sharing this passion is at the heart of their friendship. Because of his friendship with Liisa, Detlef Trefz, a top ad photographer and cosmopolitan, gave up throbbing metropoles for the arctic, remote town of Keminmaa. Liisa eagerly shares her long experience and because of her prodding, Detlef starts to paint. Liisa had a near-death experience when she was ill and she feels she has been given a new life.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Jänkälä Tita (also script)
Scriptwriter: Tita Jänkälä
Cinematographer: Raimo Uunila
Sound designer: Otso Pakarinen
Composer: Otso Pakarinen
Editor: Tita Jänkälä
Screenings and awards Festivals: 21.03.2010 International Festival of Films on Art FIFA 2010/ Canada, 24.03.2010 International Festival of Films on Art FIFA 2010/ Canada, 06.11.2010 Arctic Fury Film and Media Festival
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Survivors (Selviytyjät, 2010)
Lilja Juho, Vu-Lilja Thu Nga
Finland
54 min 45 sek

Basic Information Original language: Vietnam
Subtitle language: English, Finnish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Documentary about self-employed entrepreneur in socialistic Vietnam.
Synopsis: Market economy has reached the small town of Dien Hong in Vietnam. Paid work in metal works has taken over the traditional work in the fields and the future looks bright. Then the demand for crude metal crashes. The memories of poverty return, but so does faith in one's own survival.
Premiere: 19.05.2010Production country: Finland
Filming country: Vietnam
Credits Director: Lilja Juho (also script) , Vu-Lilja Thu Nga (also script)
Cinematographer: Nguyen Sy Khoa, Nguyen Sy Bang and Trinh Viet Tuan
Sound recordist: Tran Hong Minh and Nguyen Anh Dung
Sound designer: Kirsi Korhonen
Composer: Dang Huu Phuc and Vu Nhat Tan
Editor: Pauliina Punkki and Sanna Liinamaa
Translations: Vo Quynh Le
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

2009

A Man from the Congo River (Kongon Akseli, 2009)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
52 min 46 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: A documentary about Nordic machinists on the River Congo.
Synopsis: The documentary is studying the little known story of Nordic machinists working on the river boats on the Congo River. Professionals were hired on lucrative salaries from Finland and Sweden and they had to give an oath of fidelity to the King of Belgium. Sailors from the North met a new reality in the heart of the Black Africa where the colonial economy was based on slavery and compelled work. In private letters home we can follow how the men from equalitarian North gradually change adapting into the racist system. Con-crete personal tool and symbol of the regime was a whip made of the skin of hippopotamus. First terrified by the brutality of the white oppressors Nordic sailors learned soon to use whip themselves. Film is adding an interesting chapter into the history of colonialism in Africa. It is important to tell this unknown colonial story with a common content of the moral choices of an individual.
, 29.09.2009, Finnish Institute in France
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Screening formats Digibeta Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Scriptwriter: Jouko Aaltonen, Seppo Sivonen
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Tapani Rinne
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Festivals: 30.01.2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Zoom sur Jouko Aaltonen 2009, Finnish Institute in Paris / France, 01.09.2010 The 30th Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) International Film Festival, 30.09.2010 Viscult 2010, Joensuu, Finland, 24.09.2010 Sardinia international ethnographic film festival, 08.10.2010 Etnia Film Festival, Turku, Finland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Extra Turbulence (Tule hyvä tyttö, 2009)
Korhonen Anna
Finland
48 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Synopsis: Extra Turbulence shows how easily one slips outside the group of the accepted ones. The social control is harsh – and both the children and adults adhere to it. The film shows how many unwritten rules there are around us, following us in our everyday life; how to behave and how to exist, and the way we all tend to maintain these expectations. The lesson to be learned is: have control of yourself and your life.
Premiere: 25.03.2009Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats BetaSP, DVD Credits Director: Korhonen Anna (also script)
Scriptwriter: Anna Korhonen
Cinematographer: Ditte Uljas
Sound designer: Pelle Venetjoki
Composer: Joonas Pirttilä
Editor: Helena Öst
Screenings and awards Festivals: 05.11.2009 Nordic Films Days Lübeck, Germany, 18.11.2009 Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, 22.11.2009 Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, 19.11.2009 Arctic & Fabulous Film Festival, 30.08.2010 30th NAFA International Film Festival
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Iceberg Shadow (Jäävuoren varjoon, 2009)
Seppänen Antti
Finland
57 min 19 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Synopsis: The director finds a boxful of 8 mm films with pictures from all over the world from a garage sale.

Night after night the thin strips of plastic lying in the box come to life. They are clearly filmed by the same person, but who has wanted to document all these moments? The calm after the storm, an oriental dancer, the mist in Machu Picchu – and a maggot eating a leaf, the neon signs screaming in Manhattan colours. The mysteriously quivering bustle of the extinct harbours. A million separately exposed frames. Somebody’s whole life and experiences for sale in a flea market.

The surprising discovery opens the door to a lost world and leads the viewer to a journey around the world and even further with a forgotten adventurer, an old sailor. While seeking the person behind the films the creator begins to wonder what will remain of us, when the results of decades’ commitment end up in a garage sale.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sb40S9mcI
, 03.09.2009, Kino K13
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Several countries
Screening formats Digibeta Credits Director: Seppänen Antti (also script)
Scriptwriter: Antti Seppänen
Cinematographer: Based on Oiva Kovanen's 8 mm film materials, video and still photography by Teemu Liakka and Antti Seppänen
Sound designer: Kimmo Vänttinen
Composer: Antti Kokkola and Kimmo Mustonen
Editor: Antti Seppänen and Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Festivals: 03.09.2009 Kino K13, Helsinki, 07.11.2009 Nordic Film Days Lübeck, 08.11.2009 Nordic Film Days Lübeck, 22.11.2009 Nordox Film Festival, Beijing, China, 25.11.2009 Nordox Film Festival, Beijing, China, 24.11.2009 Maailman hienoimmat elokuvat -event, 27.01.2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 31.01.2010 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 04.02.2010 DocPoint Film Festival - Best Finnish Documentary Films at Malmitalo, Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2009 / Germany, 22.09.2010 Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival, The Finnish Instute in Paris, France
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Inhale exhale (Elämää kerroksissa, 2009)
Counet Jean
Belgium/Finland
44 min 25 sek

Basic Information Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Documentary of a hospital in Latvia. Journey through human life based on the different floors og hospital.
Synopsis: The hospital in Daugavpils has 12 floors. Each floor has its own specialisation. From trauma to drug addiction, from pre-natal to the social ward where helpless old people spend their last days. The documentary is a journey through human life based on the different floors.
Production country: Belgium/Finland
Filming country: Latvia
Credits Director: Counet Jean (also script)
Cinematographer: Kimmo Jaatinen
Sound recordist: Kirsi Korhonen
Sound designer: Kirsi Korhonen
Editor: Mikko Sippola
Screenings and awards Festivals: 27.11.2010 Camerimage 20120, Poland
Production Daniel de Valck, Cobra Films cvba (BEL)
Co-production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Within Limits (Liikkumavara, 2009)
Grof Annika
Finland
87 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Synopsis: Within Limits enters to the core of the Finnish decision making as for a few hectic months four MPs are being followed in the Parliament of Finland.

In the spring 2008 the Finnish government proposes a major raise of 16% in the daycare and health care fees starting an emotive tug-of-war in the social affairs and health committee. The documentary follows how the bill, despite the strong opposition, cannot eventually be bent before anybody or anything. As one of the MPs in the film states: “regular people don’t understand anything about it - and they don’t need to.” Or should they?
Premiere: 23.01.2009, Bio Rex
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats DVD, BetaSP, 2K Credits Director: Grof Annika (also script)
Scriptwriter: Annika Grof ja Janina Kokkonen
Cinematographer: Anssi Leino
Sound recordist: Martti Turunen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Ville Riippa
Editor: Pauliina Punkki
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 11.02.2009 YLE TV2 Documentary project, 15.02.2009 YLE TV2 Documentary project
Festivals: 23.01.2009 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 05.03.2009 Tampere Film Festival the Main Prize of the Finnish Competition in the over 30 minutes cathegory, Audience Award for the best Finnish film, State Quality Support 2009, 21.11.2009 Arctic & Fabulous, Jussi-candidacy 2009 for the Best Documentary and Best music, M:DOX 2009 / Sweden, 15.10.2010 Erasmus EuroMedia Award 2010 Special Awards for Discourse and Politics
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

2008

Helsinki, Forever (Helsinki, Ikuisesti, 2008)
von Bagh Peter
Finland
74 min 25 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English, Swedish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: City Symphony, a montage film on the city of Helsinki
Synopsis: Helsinki, forever is a montage film on the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws a portrait of Helsinki and also acts as an essay on Finnish culture in a wider sense. It shows Helsinki as captured by leading Finnish feature film and documentary makers over a period of a hundred years.
Premiere: 15.08.2008, Helsinki Festival
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats DVD, BetaSP, 35mm Credits Director: von Bagh Peter (also script)
Cinematographer: Several famous Finnish cinematographers
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Several famous Finnish composers, eg George de Godzinsky
Editor: Petteri Evilampi
Assistant director: Anna Korhonen
Speakers:: Erja Manto and Sulevi Peltola
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 25.12.2008 YLE TV1
Festivals: 15.08.2008 Helsinki Festival, 31.08.2008 Helsinki Festival, 06.09.2008 Laterna Magica Festival, 25.01.2009 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 21.11.2008 Kallio Kipinöi -cultural week, 04.03.2009 Tampere Film Festival, 19.11.2009 NICE Festival, Liverpool, UK, 26.11.2009 Cinematheque Ontario, Canada, 28.10.2009 Cinemateca Portuguesa, Aye Aye Film Festival, Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Italy, 26.11.2009 Maailman hienoimmat elokuvat -event, Pordenone Silent Film Festival 2009 / Italy, Tiburon International Film Festival 2010, NWFilmForum Seattle 2010 and European Film Festival Chicago 2010 / USA, Finnish Film Week 2010 / Russia, Jeonju International Film Festival 2010 / South Korea, 08.10.2010 Lumière 2010 - Grand Lyon Film Festival, 17.10.2010 DocLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, 14.09.2010 Public film screening 'Memory and the City' as part of 2010 Humanities Week, Seoul, Korea, 18.11.2010 21st Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia, 19.11.2010 21st Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia, 23.01.2011 ArchFilmMatinée, Vienna
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Punksters & Youngsters (Punk - Tauti joka ei tapa, 2008)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
90 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Music documentary
Oneliner: A documentary film about punk that lives from generation to generation.
Synopsis: PUNKSTERS & YOUNGSTERS is a feature documentary that examines punk both as a musical and as a social movement. The documentary reflects the modern-day punk against the history and shows how punk has changed. The overall feeling is as energetic as punk itself. First and foremost, it’s a movie about youth – or actually two youths, the youth of the 1970’s punk generation and that of today. When Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy, grandfather of Finnish Punk Pelle Miljoona and today’s megastars Eppu Normaali started their career, they were insecure youngsters who could hardly play an instrument. They were even younger than the members of Akupunktio and the energetic girl band Creepy Crawlie who represent today’s punk in the movie. The encounter of two generations is at times painful, at time fun and filled with humor. The DIY attitude of punk connects the generations both in music and as a way of life, anarchy with house squatting and demonstrations.

Trailer: www.punktautijokaeitapa.fi
Premiere: 08.03.2008, Pakkahuone, Tampere Film Festival
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats 35mm, Betacam Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Cinematographer: Marita Hällfors
Sound recordist: Joonas Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen, Paul Jyrälä, Marko Kataja
Sound designer: Joonas Jyrälä
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 11.11.2009 YLE TV2 Documentary Project, 15.11.2009 YLE TV2 Documentary Project
Festivals: 07.03.2008 Tampere Film Festival, 26.04.2008 Iiris Film Festival (Sodankylä / Finland), 26.05.2008 Metropolis Kino, Hamburg / Germany, 11.06.2008 Midnight Sun Film Festival (Sodankylä / Finla, 26.07.2008 Formoz Film Festival (Taiwan), 26.07.2008 Valkeakosken työväen musiikkitapahtuma (Valke, 22.08.2008 Blue Sea Film Festival (Rauma/Finland), 22.08.2008 Musixine, International music film contest (O Best Film, Arctic & Fabulous Film Festival 2008, Jyväskylä commendation, Rokumentti Rock Film Festival 2008, Joensuu, Arctic Fury 2008, Rovaniemi, 20.10.2009 Finnish Institute in Paris, France, 23.11.2009 Maailman hienoimmat elokuvat - event, Singapore International Film Festival 2009 / Republic of Singapore, Scanorama 2009 / Lithuania
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Stone Pastures (Kivilaitumet, 2008)
Coleman Donagh
Finland / Ireland / UK
65 min

Basic Information Original language: Ladakh
Subtitle language: English, Finnish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Stone Pastures tells the story of a nomadic family living on the Himalayan plateau of Chanthang.
Synopsis: Stone Pastures tells the story of a nomadic family living on the Himalayan plateau of Chanthang. Father Sonam, mother Phuntsok, old uncle Tsewang, and the boys Padma and Kunsang struggle rearing goats that produce pashmina wool, the raw material for fineshawls. The family's survival depends on selling the wool to the dealer, who comes for business once a year. The dealer's money is also needed to pay for the boys' school fees. Education is seen as the way to a more comfortable settled life, but to his family's dismay, the eldest son Padma seems to have little interest in school books.
Premiere: 11/2008, Margaret Mead Festival, New York
Production country: Finland / Ireland / UK
Filming country: Tibet
Screening formats Digibeta, DVD Credits Director: Coleman Donagh (also script)
Scriptwriter: Donagh Coleman
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen, Johannes Lehmuskallio, Donagh Coleman
Sound recordist: Pentti Venetjoki, Kimmo Vänttinen
Sound designer: Douglas Murray
Composer: Linda Buckley, Keith O’Brien
Editor: Breege Rowley
Screenings and awards Festivals: 16.11.2008 Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, 22.01.2009 DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, 15.02.2009 Himalaya Film Festival, The Netherlands, 24.03.2009 Tartu Worldfilm Festival, 05.03.2009 Tampere Film Festival, 05.03.2009 Dialektus Festival, Budapest, 18.03.2009 Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris, Mead Traveling Film Festival 2009/ India, Les Diablerets Film Festival, 19.11.2009 Arctic & Fabulous, Cervino Cinemountain Film Festival 2009 - Grand Prix Cervino Cinemountain Conseil De La Valee / Italy, Dublin International Film Festival 2009 / Ireland, Kathmandu Film Festival 2009 / Nepal, London International Documentary Festival 2009 / UK, Yerevan International Film Festival 2009 / Armenia, 23.10.2010 New York Himalaya Film Festival, USA, 26.10.2010 New York Himalaya Film Festival, USA, 21.09.2010 Sardinian Ethnographic Film Festival, Nuoro, Italy, 01.09.2010 30th NAFA International Film Festival, 09.10.2010 European Buddhist Film Festival, The Netherlands, 20.11.2011 Münchner EthnoFilmFest, München Germany
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
Co-production Martha O'Neill, Wildfire Films (IRL)
Beverly Cook, Orchid Pictures (UK)

Victims 1918 (Uhrit 1918, 2008)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
52 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Documentary about the victims of Finnish Civil War 1918 – executioners and executed.
Synopsis: The most traumatic event in Finnish history is the Civil War of 1918 between the Reds and the Whites. Finland had become independent a year earlier. The young nation was not spared the effects of the First World War or the Russian Revolution. Thousands of Finns were executed during and especially after the Civil War. Most of the executions were carried out by the victors. In this film this era of horror and terror is shown through the lives of two men - one an executioner, the other one of those executed. Both were victims of war. The Victims of 1918 continues Seppo Rustanius´ lauded series of Civil War documentaries. Using photographs and other documents, the director brings the tragedy from the past to modern times. The themes of the film are comparable to those of the Spanish Civil War and the events in the Balkans and in Rwanda.
Premiere: 25.1.2008, DocPoint
Production country: Finland
Screening formats BetaSP, DVD Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Cinematographer: Pekka Aine
Sound recordist: Martti Turunen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Perttu Kivilaakso
Editor: Timo Linnasalo
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 02.02.2008 Yle Dokumenttiprojekti TV2
Festivals: 25.01.2008 DocPoint, 06.03.2008 Tampere Film Festival, 10.04.2008 Suomalaisen elokuvan festivaali (Turku), 11.09.2008 Bay Street Film Festival (Ontario, Kanada), 14.11.2008 Arctic & Fabulous Film Festival Commendation, Audience Award, The Finnish Institute in Paris
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Young Freud in Gaza (Gazan nuori Freud / Unge Freud i Gaza, 2008)
Khardalian Suzanne, Holmquist PeÅ
Sweden / Finland
58 min

Basic Information Original language: Arabian
Subtitle language: Swedish
Genre: Documentary film
Production country: Sweden / Finland
Screening formats DVD, Digibeta Credits Director: Khardalian Suzanne (also script) , Holmquist PeÅ (also script)
Scriptwriter: PeÅ Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian
Cinematographer: PeÅ Holmquist, Marita Hällfors
Sound recordist: Jonatan Kruse
Sound designer: Jonatan Kruse
Composer: Tin Soheili, Niklas Schak, Greatmusic.dk
Editor: Lisa Ekberg
Translations: Suzanne Khardalian, Jonathan Mair
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 06.10.2008 FST
Festivals: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2008 / Netherlands, New York Jewish Film Festival 2009 / USA Filmfestivalen Vera Åland 2009 / Finland, Volda DFF 2009 / Norway, Melbourne IFF 2009 / Australia, Kos Int. Health Film Festival 2009 / Greece, Millenium Documentary Film Festival 2009 / Belgium, International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana Perm 2009 / Russia
Production PeÅ Holmquist, PeÅ Holmquist Film AB (SWE)
Co-production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

2007

Dream of Karelia (Unelmana Karjala, 2007)
Koski Kari Juhana (KJ)
Finland
49 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: A Documentary film about Russification of the post-war Karelia.
Synopsis: After the Continuation War, fought during the World War II between Finland and Russia, areas of Karelia were emptied from the Finnish people and replaced by the Russian people. How did these Russians, afraid of the revenge of the previous dwellers, experience the move into the small houses of the Finns. A story about the rebuilding of Karelia through the eyes of a Russian evacuee.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland/Russia
Screening formats BetaSP, DVD Credits Director: Koski Kari Juhana (KJ) (also script)
Cinematographer: Pertti Veijalainen, Vladimir Brylyakov
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Music: Hannu Saha, "Mahla" (Produced by: Kaustinen, Kansanmuusiikki-instituutti KICD 72)
Editor: Sanna Liinamaa, KJ Koski
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 16.12.2008 YLE TV2 Dokumenttiprojekti
Festivals: Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2007: Best Professional Documentary and Viscult 2007, Finnish State Quality Support 2007 / Finland, 1001 Documentary Film Festival 2008 / Turkey
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Four lives on the seven seas (Neljä elämää seitsemällä merellä, 2007)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
50 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: A documentary film on the sea goddess Inaé's adventures.
Synopsis: It is a dream for one person; a tool or means for another and for a third she is a reason to "just be." She is a small vessel in the middle of a raging storm that brings people nearer to the basic questions of Life. The journey is one of aptitude, experiencing new harbors, and living life. A well-built vessel can defy time and travel, and live many lives. Legendary ship-builder Colin Archer built Inaé just for these reasons.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats BetaSP, DVD Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Cinematographer: Pertti Veijalainen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Tipi Tuovinen
Editor: Jouko Aaltonen
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 13.06.2009 YLE TV1
Festivals: 06.11.2008 Kettupäivät - Finnish Short Film and Documentary Festival, 13.11.2008 Arctic & Fabulous Film Festival, Jyväskylä, 06.10.2009 The Finnish Institute in Paris, France
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Marathon Runner (Maratoonari, 2007)
Aartomaa Timo
Finland
28 min

Basic Information Original language: Finland
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Marathon runner is a online documentary of Minna, a young woman fond of running, who is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Synopsis: Marathon runner is a online documentary of Minna, a young woman fond of running, who is diagnosed with breast cancer. The material has been filmed at the same time everything happened. The film shows Minna's and her spouse Timo's experiences and emotions through the different phases of the disease, treatment, and life. Minna does not give up her plan to run a marathon despite of the cancer.

Minna is a young woman in love with two things: running and Timo, her husband. She is diagnosed with breast cancer and faces the possible loss of both of her loves. Together with Timo they decide to film their ordeal, all the personal experiences and emotions. Minna does not want to give up and fights to follow her plans to participate on a marathon.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats DVD, Digibeta Credits Director: Aartomaa Timo (also script)
Cinematographer: Börje Héllen
Sound designer: Tero Halonen
Editor: Heidi Kauko, Eeva Hjorth
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 16.10.2008 YLE:Tosi Tarina, 18.10.2008 YLE: Tosi Tarina
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Mind Embodied (Liikkeen mieli, 2007)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
7 min 41 sek

Basic Information Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Mind Embodied investigates the manifestations of human mind in human body
Synopsis: Mind Embodied investigates the manifestations of human mind – its inner needs, challenges, wishes and thoughts – in human body and in its functioning, postures, movements and rhythm. Review to the birth of women’s gymnastics and modern dance at the beginning of last century, juxtaposed with contemporary dance demonstration and everyday movement, illustrates the bodily movements before and now.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats DVD, Digibeta Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Scriptwriter: Seppo Rustanius, Anu Rajala
Cinematographer: Tahvo Hirvonen
Sound designer: Tipi Tuovinen
Composer: Tipi Tuovinen
Editor: Samu Kuukka
Dancer: Milla Koistinen
Koreography: Anu Rajala
Screenings and awards Festivals: 10.03.2008 Tampere Film Festival, 03.10.2008 Loikka festival, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2007, International Film Festival 2007 / Finland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Punishment (Mies ja Tuomio, 2007)
Peltonen Timo
Finland
40 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary film
Oneliner: Punishment tells a story about a man who pushed the norms of chastity in the Finland of the late 1960’s.
Synopsis: Mattijuhani Koponen is a pioneer of Finnish underground and performance art, who had sexual intercourse on the top of a grand piano and threw the conservative Finland off its rails. The fine line between art and pornography was discussed in several courts of justice. The artist was sentenced to one year in prison. One public act in his youth has stigmatised the man and his whole life. The incident turned his life upside down and almost destroyed him. His friends disappeared, and Koponen was almost completely forgotten.

Much of the time and era is culminated in Koponen’s fate. The film is one man’s romantic journey amidst the complex set of values of our recent history, when the idealism of an individual made the powers-that-be nervous. At the same time, it reminds us of similar problems we face today.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats BetaSP, DVD Credits Director: Peltonen Timo (also script)
Cinematographer: Timo Peltonen / Marita Hällfors
Sound recordist: Jouko Aaltonen / Martti Turunen
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Composer: Samu ja Ville Kuukka
Editor: Samu Kuukka
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 22.02.2009 YLE TV 1
Festivals: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2008, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival / Finland, 1001 Documentary Film Festival 2008 / Turkey
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

2006

Jaruzelski (Jaruzelski - Kenraalin kiirastuli, 2006)
Puukko Martti
Finland
46 min 50 sek

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: The son of a wealthy noble family, Jaruzelski became a communist, then their leader and finally a supporter of the Nato-membership of his own country.
Synopsis: ”I didn’t sleep in several days”, says the former communist leader of Poland, Jaruzelski about his decision to declare a state of war to his country in the year 1981.
In this documentary, directed by Martti Puukko, we go back to the dramatic phases of the recent history of Poland. In the film, the old general and the former president of Poland, Wojciech Jaruzelski ponders the choices of his past before his conscience as well as in the court.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Poland
Credits Director: Puukko Martti (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2006 / Finland, Camera Obscura 2006 and Art of the Document Multimedia Festival 2009 / Poland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Revolution (Kenen joukoissa seisot, 2006)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
80 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary musical
Oneliner: A revolutionary music film about a singing revolution
Synopsis: Revolution is a documentary musical about the 70’s generation’s fight for a better world and socialism. With songs and music, it paints a picture of a revolution that was lost. Music creates some distance and in many ways, depicts the experiences and spirit of the era much better than a regular interview-based documentary. The music provides a commentary and moves the film along, crystallizing the spirit of the revolution. The music also symbolizes the pomposity and rhetoric often so blatantly and comically at odds with the reality and everyday life.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Screening formats 35mm Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Scriptwriter: Jouko Aaltonen
Cinematographer: Jussi Eerola, Timo Peltonen
Sound recordist: Paul Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen
Sound designer: Paul Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen
Editor: Samu Heikkilä
Screenings and awards Festivals: Jussi Prize 2006 Best Finnish Documentary Film, State Quality Support, Thunder Bay Festival, Canada People's Choice Award, Laterna Magica Festival Laterna Magica-prize, Nordic Film Days in Lübeck 2006, Leipzig Documentray Film Festival 2006, 12.12.2006 London Barbican Centre, Film Fest Hamburg 2006, Prix Europa -competition 2006, 26.04.2008 Iris Film Festival, Sodankylä, Jussi-candidacy 2006 also for best film, best music, best direction, 13.10.2009 The Finnish Institute in Paris, France, Yamagata 2007 / Japan, Isola Cinema 2007 / Slovenia, Oslo Eurodok Festival / Norway, Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, DOKLeipzig and Film Fest Hamburg / Germany, Black nights Film Festival / Estonia, Finnish Documentary Days in Sydney / Australia, Barbican Festival of Nordic Film, Northern Lights Film Festival / UK, Lisbon International Independent Film Festival / Portugal
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

2005

A.K.Cajander (A.K.Cajander - Metsäntutkija, Siperian kävijä, 2005)
Ahlroos Arvo
56 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Credits Director: Ahlroos Arvo (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Bullshit (Bullshit, 2005)
Holmquist PeÅ, Khardalian Suzanne
Sweden / Finland

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: Documentary about an Indian globalization activist Vandana Shiva and her battle against the multinational corporations.
Production country: Sweden / Finland
Credits Director: Holmquist PeÅ (also script) , Khardalian Suzanne (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2006 and Filmfestivalen Vera Åland / Finland, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam / Netherlands, Freedom of Choice/ Germany, Free Zone - Belgrade Human Rights Film Festival / Serbia, Play-Doc / Spain, Festival International du Film d'Environnement / France, Flying Broom International Women?s Film Festival / Turkey, International Film Festival of Uruguay / Uruguay, Museum of Fine Art in Boston and Guelph International Film Festival / USA, One World / Czech Republic, Thessaloniki Docu Festival / Greece, Goethe Inst. Chennai, India Social Forum/Three Screens Film Festival and PSBT: UNESCO Forum / India,, Human Rights Nights Film Festival Bologna / Italy, Seoul Human Rights Film Festival, Women?s Film Festival and Green Festival / South Korea, Cork Film Festival / Ireland, Women Make Waves Film Festival / China, Tranzit 2006 / Hungary, One World / Slovakia, Leeds Film Festival / UK
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Life saver (Hengenpelastaja, 2005)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
45 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about three old Finnish jazzmen.
Synopsis: There is a shared experience from Stalin’s concentration camps during the Finno persecution in the 30’s in all of the three men’s past. All three have also played in the orchestras of the camps. Music was a part of the Finno-American way of life in the Soviet Karelia before Stalin’s purges. It also became a profession after being freed from the camp. The real swing helped the men to get through the damaging experiences of the concentration camps, but also to look at life so that even in agony, there has always been a bright side, too.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: 06.10.2009 The Finnish Institute in Paris, France, DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2005 and Tampere Film Festival 2005 / Finland, Rozstaje Europy Festival 2005 / Poland, Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2005 / Germany, Mediawave / Hungary, Worldfilm Festival 2005 / Estonia, Zoom sur Jouko Aaltonen 2009, Finnish Institute in Paris / France
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Over the ice (Jään yli, 2005)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
50 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about the refugees of Kronstadt and their offspring.
Synopsis: In 1921, a revolt broke out in the military base of Kronstadt, in front of St. Petersburg. The soldiers demanded defeasance of the Bolshevik power. The revolt was subdued, and approximately 8000 people escaped from the island to Terijoki, Finland. The streets of Terijoki were full of chilly refugees. It was the first large-scale refugee crisis in Finland. The refugees were isolated to camps and later they tried to be repatriated to Russia. The film follows the refugees’ and their offspring’s adaptation to the Finnish society.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2006 and Tampere Film Festival 2005 / Finland
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

2004

Looking back the times (Suomalaista arkipäivää, 2004)
Koski Kari Juhana (KJ)
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A portrait of the photographer Caj Bremer
Synopsis: Looking back the times is a story of the photographer Caj Bremer’s journey to Muonio to meet the Friman settler family. He had photographed the family in Muonio for over 30 years ago. At the same time, the documentary is an excursion to the recent history of the Finnish society, represented by Bremer’s photographs.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Koski Kari Juhana (KJ) (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2004, Tampere Film Festival 2005 and Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Caj Bremer's retrospective exhibition 2009 / Finland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

The Bus (Bussi, 2004)
Pakalnina Laila
Latvia / Lithuania / Finland
58 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Synopsis: A bus to Kaliningrad departs from Tallinn every evening. The service runs through the Baltic Countries in the last moments before a great change, joining the European Union. The borders and money exchange will soon be just a remembrance. The bus connects a band of people, who happen to jump aboard, and a band of other people, who carry on with their lives while the bus flits by in the back. The others gather around the ballot boxes to vote on the future in Europe.
Production country: Latvia / Lithuania / Finland
Filming country: Latvia
Credits Director: Pakalnina Laila (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Iris Film Festival 2005/ Finland, R&A Helsinki International Film Festival 2004
Co-production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

2003

Ambassadors (Lähettiläät, 2003)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
57 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A film about the diplomats, the modern nomads.
Synopsis: Ambassadors is a documentary about western diplomats and their special lives. The film follows a diplomatic family, Lindholms. Glen is an experienced diplomat working in the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi. He has made a long career in the third world countries. His wife Tuovi is originally a laboratorian, but has now concentrated in being a diplomat’s wife – which is hard work. They have three children, two of which already have their own lives. The youngest, Annette, encounters a new world and culture when the family moves to India.

The film views the international community and intercourse of the diplomats in India and Nepal. The diplomats meet each other often, both formally and informally. In a way, their life is some sort of an own culture. Often the difference between the time spent inside the embassy’s walls and the outside world is wide.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: India / Nepal
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Docpoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2004 and Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2004 / Finland, Astra Film Fest: Commendation / Romania, Freiburg Film Forum 2005 / Germany, Nafa festival 2004 / Estonia, Anthropological film festival in Moscow, TINF 2004 / Russia
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Gangut (Krasnij Gangut - Punainen Hanko, 2003)
Koski Kari Juhana (KJ)
54 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: The documentary portrays the military base of Hanko, and the myth of Gangut and its significance in today's Russia.
Synopsis: According to the terms of peace of the Winter War, in March 1940 Hanko and its environs were turned over to the Soviet Union as a military base for 30 years’ time. Since Peter I of Russia, the Gangut had had a special significance to the Russians. The documentary portrays the military base of Hanko, the myth of Gangut and its significance to today’s Russia.
Credits Director: Koski Kari Juhana (KJ) (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

White Road (Valkea tie, 2003)
Taevere Mart
50 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about drug-running through Russia to the Nordic and the Baltic Countries.
Synopsis: Dozens of Russian and Estonian prisoners are doing their time for drug traffic in Finnish prisons. Along the White Road an addict as well as a person suffering of poverty may end up to some forgotten graveyard.
Credits Director: Taevere Mart (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

2002

Karelian Terror (Karjalainen kiirastuli, 2002)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
50 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about the Finno persecution in the Soviet Karelia in 1937-1938
Synopsis: Karelian terror continues the themes of Rustanius’ previous documentary, Accusations against the Utopian. The Finnish in Karelia were persecuted relatively the most of all of the people in the Soviet Union. Over 4000 Finns were liquidated, and the amount of Finnish population decreased from 12000 to 8000 in just few years. The persecution affected almost every family. Even the term genocide could be used.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 17.12.2008 YLE TV2 Dokumenttiprojekti
Festivals: 29.08.2008 The Best Movies of the World, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2002: Best documentary film, DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival 2003, Tampere Film Festival 2003, State Quality Support 2003 and Maailman parhaat elokuvat -event / Finland, International Film Festival Olomouc / Turkey, Petroskoi Festival 2003 / Russia
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Mother Brave (Omalla vastuulla, 2002)
Korhonen Anna , Halme Mia
Finland
52 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A story of three mothers, who are searching for a good life.
Synopsis: To these three women, “everything is fine at home” means not only family, but also time for themselves, career, piece of mind and balance between these different sectors of life. Each of the women is headed for harmony in their own way, with varying success.

Along with the years, Tarja found herself in a situation where she couldn’t recognize herself anymore. Kaisa saw all the familiar and controllable things disappear overnight. Johanna, for one has controlled the schedules between family and work where the cancellation of one plan can cause an avalanche. What combines these women is the ambition to get out of the bogged down situation; they want to lead a life exactly suitable for them and bear responsibility on their actions, knowing, that the consequences must be faced.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Korhonen Anna (also script) , Halme Mia (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2002 and Viscult Festival 2002 / Finland
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

The last soldiers of the Continuation War (Jatkosodan viimeiset sotilaat, 2002)
Säde Enn

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about the voluntary soldiers who served Finland in the Continuation War.
Synopsis: A documentary about the voluntary soldiers who served Finland in the Continuation War. After the war was over, Finland turned them over to the Soviet Union. The film is founded on the experiences of an Estonian parson, Paul Saari.
Credits Director: Säde Enn (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Where lies my victory? (Missä on voittoni? (Var finns min seger?), 2002)
Holmquist PeÅ, Khardalian Suzanne
Sweden / Finland
50 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about war.
Synopsis: Aida and David have both experienced the war in Armenia. Aida is a physician, David a disabled war veteran. How do their lives encouter?
Production country: Sweden / Finland
Credits Director: Holmquist PeÅ (also script) , Khardalian Suzanne (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy
PeÅ Holmquist, PeÅ Holmquist Film AB (SWE)

2001

Accusations against the utopian (Syytteitä utopistille, 2001)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
58 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about Edvard Gylling and the red Karelia 1920 - 1935.
Synopsis: Seppo Rustanius’ documentary portrays Edvard Gylling and other Finns who developed Finnish socialism in Soviet Karelia in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

After the Finnish Civil War, Karelia was a utopia for the Finnish Reds. Gylling was able to realize his vision, a utopia of socialism and working men’s country under unique and historical circumstances. An impressive Finno-Karelian project arose behind the eastern border.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: 29.08.2008 Tie Vienaan -symposium, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2001, Docpoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2002, Tampere Film Festival 2002 and Tie Vienaan -symposium 2008 / Finland, Krakow Film Festival / Poland
Production Jouko Aaltonen, Illume Oy

Blatnoi Mir (Blatnoi Mir, 2001)
Hiltunen Jouni
Finland
82 min

Basic Information Original language: Russian
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about three prisoners for life in a Russian prison.
Synopsis: Blatnoi Mir is a documentary about three Russian prisoners for life. It is also a film about the fundamental issues of life. The true drama will be found inside these cells where the men will spend the rest of their lives.

Every one of the three men has found their own way to cope in just a few square metre’s area. Andrei Shudarikov has found the Hare Krishna –movement and his time is mostly spent performing religious rituals. Mihail Buharov is severely depressed and he spends time singing old prison camp songs. Sergei Balin is a former capo and an athlete, who exercises daily. He fills up the letters addressed to his mother with his thoughts and feelings. The prison island Pitak is the life and future of these men. Their numerous tattoos tell a tale about their past.
, 09/2001, Århus, Denmark
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Russia
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Stalker film Festival in Moscow and Message to Man Festival/ Russia, Mediawave in Györ: Best minority film / Hungary, Most courageous production at Infinity festival in Alba / Italy, Special mention at Nordisk Panorama 2001 / Denmark, Statuette Kiss at Tampere Film Festival 2002, State Quality Support 2002, Jussi-candidacy, R & A Helsinki international Film Festival 2001, Docpoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2002, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2001, As a visualisation of Janáces opera 2008/ Finland, Tempo Documentary Festival 2002 / Sweden, Krakow Film Festival / Poland, Vienna International Film Festival Viennale / Austria, Encuentro Internacional de Cine y Video Documental Escenarios del Nuevo Siglo 2002 / Mexico, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2001 / Netherlands, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival / Czech Republic, Royal Anthropological Institute / UK, Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival 2002 / Germany
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Henna Leu'dd (Hennan Leu'dd, 2001)
Huttu-Hiltunen Heikki
Finland
25 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about a 14-year-old Skolt Sámi, who has different roles in her life.
Synopsis: Henna Mäki is a 14-year-old Skolt Sámi girl from the northernmost Lapland near the border of Norway and Russia. About half of all of the Skolt Sámi live in the village of Lake Sevetti. Henna is one the very few youngsters who continue with the ancient singing tratidion, leu’dd. Henna practices leu’dds listening to old tapes with her grandfather Elias and aunt Tyyne. They travel across the border to Norway to perform to tourists. At the same time Henna is also a modern young woman; like everyone else at her age, she loves pop-music and is interested in snowboarding and snowmobiles. She also likes traveling itself. It seems as so the tradition of leu’dd will continue in the future as well. Henna knows how to combine the different roles in her life.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Huttu-Hiltunen Heikki (also script)
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: YLE TV1, Norway TV4
Festivals: Nuorro Sardinia anthropological documentary film festival Jury's certificate of honour, Kettupäivät 2001, Finnish Institute in New York 2001, Canada Nordic Film Festival 2004, Finno-Ugrian people's tv-festival 1st Prize, Tampere Film Festival, Nordisk Filmfestival, Hannover Festival, NAFA Filmfestival , Saarbrücke Festival, Genova Filmfestival, Nordisk Panorama, Sheffield International Documentary Festival, Tromssa Film Festival, Joensuu anthropological film festival, Arctic Directors, Rovaniemi, Nordic Research Forum, Kaamoksen kuvat -festival, Skandinavian House, New York, Yellow Knife, Canada, XII International Festival of Ethnographical Commendation, Kulttuurit kohtaavat -event 2001, The Skábmagovat - Indigenous Peoples Film Festival / Finland, The Finnish Institute in Paris: Images de la nuit polaire -programme series 2008 / France
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Taking Moses for a Ride (Kyytiä Moosekselle, 2001)
Juurikkala Kaija
Finland
75 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Oneliner: An improvised full-length juvenile film based on the Decalogue.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Juurikkala Kaija (also script)
Screenings and awards Screenings on TV: 27.12.2008 YLE TV1
Festivals: Espoo Cine 2001, State Quality Support / Finland, Screenings in Stockholm, Umeå and Gothenburg / Sweden, Nordisk Panorama Århus 2001 / Denmark

2000

From Opium to Crysantemus (Oopiumista krysanteemeihin (Från Opium till Krysantemum), 2000)
Holmquist PeÅ, Khardalian Suzanne
Sweden / Finland

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about the Hmong people who live in Laos and Thailand.
Production country: Sweden / Finland
Credits Director: Holmquist PeÅ (also script) , Khardalian Suzanne (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2000 / Netherlands
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy
PeÅ Holmquist, PeÅ Holmquist Film AB (SWE)

Imagine the work (Kuvittele teos, 2000)
Jänkälä Tita
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about artist Helena Hietanen and her methods.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Jänkälä Tita (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Best Portrait of an Artist in FIFA 2000 / Canada, Tampere Film Festival 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma 2000 / Finland

Kusum (Kusum, 2000)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
69 min

Basic Information Original language: Hindi
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about Indian girl Kusum and her family struggling againts illness and spirits.
Synopsis: Kusum is an ordinary Indian 14-year-old girl. She lives in Delhi, goes to school and plans her future. Until she falls ill. Kusum quits eating, isolates and gets difficult fits of rage. Evil spirits have attacked the family, says Bhagat, an experienced healer. The family testes western medicine at first, but then settles upon the traditional Indian spiritual healing with Bhagat. It’s a long road, the spirits are not easy opponents..
Premiere: 11/2000, Helsinki Cinema Andorra
Production country: Finland
Filming country: India
Screening formats 35mm Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Scriptwriter: Jouko Aaltonen
Cinematographer: Marita Hällfors
Sound designer: Martti Turunen
Editor: Tuula Mehtonen
Screenings and awards Festivals: Bilan du Film Ethnographique: Commendation and Finnish Institute in Paris 2005 / France Honorary Mention, DokumentART, Neubrandenburg First Prize, Kettupäivät Finnish Short Film Festival 2001: Best Documentary, State Quality Support, Espoo Cine 2001 and Viscult 2007 / Finland Best documentary film, Pärnu documentary and anthropological film festival First Prize, NAFA festivals, Nordisk Panorama, Taiwan anthropological film festival, Espoo Cine 2001, Finnish Institute in Paris 2005, Royal Anthropological Institute Festival 2nd Commendation, Astra Film Fest 2002, Romania, The Reel Madness Film Festival 2003, London, State Quality Support
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Sydostliga Linjen (Sydostliga Linjen, 2000)
Hiltunen Jouni

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: One of the last postal boats in Finland operates in the archipelago of Korppoo
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards

Tule takaisin Merja (Tule takaisin Merja, 2000)
Heintie Jari

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: Merja is a young finnish woman who becomes a Muslim.
Credits Director: Heintie Jari (also script)
Screenings and awards

Tuomas (Tuomas, 2000)
Tanttu Ville
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: An unrthodox and personal portrait of the individual composer Tuomas Kantelinen.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Tanttu Ville (also script)
Screenings and awards

1999

Ecce Homo (Katso Ihmistä, 1999)
Huttu-Hiltunen Heikki
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Oneliner: A cinematic essay about existence based on the diaries of novelist Markku Lahtela.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Huttu-Hiltunen Heikki (also script)
Screenings and awards

Lumberjack Ladies (Naisten savotta, 1999)
Nukala Aulikki
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about women who have worked in a forest working site.
Synopsis: The themes of the documentary are the coping of the past generations’ women in a male community or a male profession; the female means of wielding of power and the intricacies of romance in a relation between different generations. The women’s logging site represents also the woman’s vocation, where women have responsibility, the life perpetuating and protecting approach towards children, men and nature.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Nukala Aulikki (also script)
Screenings and awards

Red Orphans in White Finland (Punaorvot valkoisessa Suomessa, 1999)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
55 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary / 1918 Trilogy
Oneliner: A documentary about the fates of the red orphans.
Synopsis: The third part of the 1918 Trilogy reveals what happened to those 20 000 red orphans, who were outstripped by the bloodstained Finnish Civil War. The red orphans were attempted to be sited and integrated to the White Finland. Children were sent to Ostrobothnia to be brought up and red orphanages were founded. Some lived a scanty life with their mother or relatives. Now the red orphans, forgotten by the official history, can finally speak up.

1918 Trilogy is the result of the resilient and long-term work of director Seppo Rustanius. He has scoured the archives and the picture libraries and chased down the witnesses and the parties involved that have still been alive. The work results in three touching and heavy documentaries. The civil war is a traumatic incident in the history of a nation, and it is discussed over and over again. Every generation has to define their stand towards it. That is why Rustanius’ 1918 Trilogy is constantly a topical and an important documentary series.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2000 and 1st Sotaelokuvafestivaali (Festival of films on War) 2006, Kansalaissota - Kansallinen tragedia (Civil War - a national tragedy) -event 2008 / Finland

Road of Hunger (Nälän tie, 1999)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary / Teitten Tarinat -series
Oneliner: A documentary about the famine of 1868, which filled up the roads with beggars.
Synopsis: A documentary film about the road traffic and the Finnish Famine of 1866-68. From 1866 to 1868 at least 150 000 people died of hunger and diseases in Finland. The amount is terrifying, when taken into consideration that there were less than two million people in Finland at the time. There were many reasons for the famine, but also the underdevelopment of the traffic and transportation had an influence; the grain couldn’t be taken to those needing help.
The film follows a grain conveyance from Turku to Oulu. A horse caravan of over a hundred sleighs strived forward in the winter 1868 through the starving Finland. The people had left home and the roads were full of beggars. Many of them died on the road. What was the face of the famine like?
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2000 / Finland, XI International Festival of Ethnographical Films
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Saman taivaan alla (Saman taivaan alla, 1999)
Kangas Raili

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A development aid worker returns to Finland.
Credits Director: Kangas Raili (also script)
Screenings and awards

The one and only - Tales of love (Se oikea - Tarinoita rakkaudesta, 1999)
Luostarinen Kiti
Finland
53 min 37 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Oneliner: Finnish lovestories touchingly and beautifully.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Luostarinen Kiti (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 2000, State Quality Support 2000 and DocPoint Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival 2010 / Finland

Two Roads (Kaksi tietä, 1999)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary / Teitten Tarinat -series
Oneliner: Two futures, two options; a documentary about the future of traffic.
Synopsis: Two Roads is the last part of the six-part series Teitten Tarinat. It takes us to the future and shows us two alternative outlooks, catastrophe and utopia. In the utopia the transport is safe and fast. The problems of traveling have been solved and we are rid of traffic jams and pollution, whereas in the catastrophe the basic structures of the society have collapsed and the earth is war-torn by an eco-catastrophe. There are no jobs and not much of food either. The people have left their homes once more..
This fictional documentary parallels the two possible futures in a polemic and thought-provoking way. What kind of a future do we have ahead of us? How will we travel in the future? Who travels, and with whose conditions?
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

1998

Constructing and destroying (Rakenna ja tuhoa, 1998)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary / Teitten Tarinat -series
Oneliner: A documentary about war, roads and traffic.
Synopsis: The fourth part of Teitten Tarinat –series about road maintenance during the Winter War and the Continuation War. In a war, roads and bridges are both constructed and destroyed, several times at the worst. This is just what happened in the eastern border of Finland. Roads and bridges were destroyed, reconstructed, destroyed again and once again reconstructed. Sometimes it was the enemy who destroyed them, but often also the Finnish troops while withdrawing. The condition of the roads was important for both maintenance of the army and other traffic. Ammunition was taken to the front and the injured brought back. Sometimes the evacuees filled up the roads. The roads were in hard use. In the film, men who constructed and maintained the roads near the front tell their experiences. While the army was withdrawing, the roadmen saw their own troops destroy the results of their hard work. The war has its own absurd logic.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Feather (Sulka, 1998)
Vainio Hanna
Finland
3 min 40 sek

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Short movie
Oneliner: An experimental short movie about an enviromental artwork and dance.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Vainio Hanna (also script)
Screenings and awards

Just a bit Chinese (Pikkukiinalaisia, 1998)
Savela Tellervo
Finland
39 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A Finnish family moves to China and encounters a new culture.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Savela Tellervo (also script)
Screenings and awards

The Final Mission (Taivaallinen tehtävä, 1998)
Hiltunen Jouni
Finland
58 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about smuggling Bibles to Russia.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards

1997

In the arms of Buddha and the Drum (Rummun ja Buddhan välissä, 1997)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
50 min

Basic Information Subtitle language: Englanti, Ranska
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about shamanism and nomadism in Tuva.
Synopsis: Documentary on Tuvan life through an old couple Kagai-ools. They live in their yurta at the foot of the sayan mountains in the very middle of asian continent nomadazing with the cattle between the mountain and the step. How the shamanic and lamaistic traditions meet and co-exist.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Tuva
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Scriptwriter: Christiana Buckhee
Cinematographer: Pertti Veijalainen
Sound recordist: Jouko Aaltonen
Editor: Jouko Aaltonen
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival 1997 / Finland, State Quality Support, NAFA Festival in Helsinki / Finland, Astra Film Festival / Romania, Figra Documentary Festival, The Finnish Institute in Paris 2005 / France, The Pärnu Festival of Anthropologic Films and Documentaries / Estonia, The Berlin Buddhist Film Festival and Freiburg Film Forum / Germany, International Festival of Visual arts / Hungary, Sibiu Documentary Festival / Romania
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Kilometreittäin työtä (Kilometreittäin työtä, 1997)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
40 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary / Teitten Tarinat -series
Oneliner: A documentary about the Tarvontie motorway and the men who constructed it as migrant workers.
Synopsis: A part of the Teitten Tarinat – series. Until the 1960’s, road construction was the most important handmaid of employment policy. The unemployed were put to work. Also The Finnish national road 1, the Tarvontie motorway has been constructed that way 1956 - 1961. The site huts became familiar to thousands of men from all over Finland. The conditions were poor, but there was not much choice. The site resembled a little town; there were workers, master craftsmen, stokers..and also their own police and a jail. There were a variety of persons and stories: who was fired, who remained as a road constructor, who became a Minister of Transport and Communications later. The film is not only a story about the Tarvontie motorway, but also one of the men who constructed it.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Neljä kirjettä Hawalle (Neljä kirjettä Hawalle, 1997)
Kangas Raili
Finland
24 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: Stories of Somalia told by refugees waiting to get to Finland
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Kangas Raili (also script)
Screenings and awards

Red aprons (Punaiset esiliinat, 1997)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
68 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary / 1918 Trilogy
Oneliner: A documentary of women in the Red forces and their experiences.
Synopsis: A part of the 1918-trilogy. When the war started, also women joined the Red Guards for different duties: they worked in the service troops, as nurses and guards and also in the combat forces. The women who took up arms got a furious and persistent reputation. They were feared and hated among the White Guards. The women who were in on the war in the Red forces tell their story in this film.

1918 Trilogy is the result of the resilient and long-term work of director Seppo Rustanius. He has scoured the archives and the picture libraries and chased down the witnesses and the parties involved that have still been alive. The work results in three touching and heavy documentaries. The civil war is a traumatic incident in the history of a nation, and it is discussed over and over again. Every generation has to define their stand towards it. That is why Rustanius’ 1918 Trilogy is constantly a topical and an important documentary series.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Festival OFF-series 1997, 1st Sotaelokuvafestivaali (Festival of films on War) 2006 and Kansalaissota (Civil War) - event 2008 / Finland

Under Bar Himmel (Under Bar Himmel, Paljaan taivaan alla, 1997)
Hiltunen Jouni
Finland
28 min

Basic Information Original language: Ruotsi
Subtitle language: Suomi
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: Despite her age, an old lady manages fuel station for boats in the archipelago of Helsinki.
Premiere: 1.11.1997Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards

Wood and Iron (Retki ruukeille, 1997)
Savela Tellervo
Finland
13 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about the old ironworks in Finland.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Savela Tellervo (also script)
Cast: Chino Laborde, Pablo Greco, Dipi Kvitko, Reijo Taipale, Sanna Pietiäinen, Riku Niemi, Markus Allan, Amadeus Lundberg, Kari Lindqvist
Screenings and awards

1996

Kuninkaan matkassa (Kuninkaan matkassa, 1996)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary / Teitten Tarinat -series
Oneliner: A historical documentary about the King's Road, an artery between Stockholm and St. Petersburg.
Synopsis: A part of the Teitten Tarinat –series. It was the year 1775. King Gustav III of Sweden had come into power two years earlier and he wished to become acquainted with the eastern parts of his kingdom; its administration, defence and roads. The retinue of the king was large and the schedule strict. Nearly 300 horses were needed along the way, and added to that a lot of peasants and other folk.
The second part of the series travels with Gustav III of Sweden through the then Finland. How was the eastern part of the kingdom seen through the king’s eyes? Who used the roads at the time, and how did one travel on them?
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards

No way home (Tie tuntemattomaan, 1996)
Rustanius Seppo
Finland
64 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary / 1918 Trilogy
Oneliner: A documentary film about the situation of the Russians in the Finnish Civil War.
Synopsis: When the war started, there were approximately 40 000 Russian soldiers in Finland. About 10 000 of them were stuck in the White Finland. Mannerheim promised the surrendering Russians an access to their homeland, but it was not what happened. Most of the soldiers were taken to prison camps. The Whites executed hundreds, possibly even thousands of disarmed Russian soldiers. For many of them, the conveyance turned out to be a road to the unkown.

1918 Trilogy is the result of the resilient and long-term work of director Seppo Rustanius. He has scoured the archives and picture libraries and chased down the witnesses and the parties involved that have still been alive. The work results in three touching and heavy documentaries. The civil war is a traumatic incident in the history of a nation, and it is discussed over and over again. Every generation has to define their view towards it; that is why Rustanius' trilogy is constantly a topical and an important documentary series.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Rustanius Seppo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: 1st Sotaelokuvafestivaali (Festival of films on War) 2006, Kansalaissota - Kansallinen tragedia (Civil War - a national tragedy) -event 2008 / Finland

Shining lights (Loistoaika, 1996)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary of finnish lighthouses
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Texas Scramble (Texas Scramble, 1996)
van Ingen Sami
Finland
21 min

Basic Information Genre: Experimental documentary
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: van Ingen Sami (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival OFFseries 1997 / Finland, Lift film Festival Toronto / Canada

Where the wind blows (Minne tuuli puhaltaa, 1996)
Hiltunen Jouni
Finland

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about the weather and weather prophets.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Tampere Film Festival OFFseries 1997 / Finland

1995

Forever fourth (Eka enkeli, toka tonkeli, 1995)
Peltomaa Erkki
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary about winning and losing in sports.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Peltomaa Erkki (also script)
Screenings and awards

Kestävää korjaamista Eko eko (Kestävää korjaamista Eko eko, 1995)
Seiro Erkki
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: TV -series
Oneliner: A TV-series about fixing and taking care of one's home
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Seiro Erkki (also script)
Screenings and awards

Sweep (Sweep, 1995)
van Ingen Sami, Hoffman Philip
Finland

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: An experimental documentary about masculine identity and a journey in the footsteps of Rober Flaherty.
Synopsis: Sweep is a roadmovie to memory lane, a glance in to the film makers family history and a realisation of the need to see footsteps and past event that build myths. A journey through northern Ontario and Quebec to uncover family history, collide head on with the passing moment.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: van Ingen Sami (also script) , Hoffman Philip (also script)
Scriptwriter: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Cinematographer: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Sound recordist: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Sound designer: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Composer: Randall A. Smith
Editor: Phillip Hoffman, Sami Van Ingen
Screenings and awards Festivals: State film award (Finland 1995)

The two wheel dream (Moposydän, 1995)
Hiltunen Jouni
Finland

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A humoristic documentary about mopeds and mopedmen.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Hiltunen Jouni (also script)
Screenings and awards

1994

Five days on Ox Road (Viisi päivää härkätiellä, 1994)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary/ Teitten Tarinat -series
Oneliner: A documentary of the oldest main road in Finland.
Synopsis: A part of Teitten Tarinat –series. Five days on Ox Road tells about the history and the present of the oldest main road in Finland. The Ox Road developed as the compound road between Southwest Finland and Tavastia in the 9th century at the latest. The furs hunted in the wilderness of Tavastia were taken from the harbours of the River Aura to Europe along the Ox Road, and also the effects of the western culture spread out to Central Finland via the Ox Road – and vice versa, the eastern culture to the west. The Ox Road has undergone both the soldiery and the glory of the royalty.

How was the Ox Road born? Who has used it, who has maintained it? When a peasant living in Tavastia left for Turku to buy furs in the year 1300, he spent five days to the outward journey. How was the Ox Road seen by him?
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Return to Taiga (Paluu Taigalle, 1994)
Aaltonen Jouko, Lappalainen Heimo
Finland
32 min

Basic Information Original language: Evenki language
Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: What has happened to the Evenks after the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Synopsis: A lot can happen in three years. When Illume Ltd’s filming group filmed the Taiga Nomads –trilogy, the Soviet Union still existed. In 1994 the same group returned to show the completed films, meet friends and see how the life in the district had changed. How was Sasha, Vaska, Sveta, Uljana and old Nikolai?

Return to Taiga is a film about the terms of life and death. How can a small indigenous people survive and maintain their way of life in a great turning point? The film is both informative and intimate. It also was the last film of anthropologist Heimo Lappalainen.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script) , Lappalainen Heimo (also script)
Cinematographer: Pertti Veijalainen
Sound designer: Jouko Aaltonen
Editor: Jouko Aaltonen
Screenings and awards Festivals: Pärnu Festival: Commendation / Estonia, Bilan du film Etnographic / France, Tampere Film Festival / Finland, NAFA Festival In Copenhagen / Denmark, Sibiu Dokumentary Festival / Romania
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

1993

Constructor's channel (Rakentajan TV, 1993)
Savela Tellervo
Finland

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: TV -series
Oneliner: An eight-part series of alternative constructing.
Production country: Finland
Filming country: Finland
Credits Director: Savela Tellervo (also script)
Screenings and awards

Venetian etude (Venetsialainen etydi, 1993)
Aaltonen Jouko, Savela Tellervo
Finland
30 min

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary film about Alvar Aalto's famous pavilion in the Venice biennale.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script) , Savela Tellervo (also script)
Screenings and awards Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

1992

Taiga Nomads I (Taigan kansalaisia I: Tuhat kotia Taigalla, 1992)
Aaltonen Jouko, Lappalainen Heimo
Finland

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: The first part of the Taiga Nomads -trilogy
Synopsis: The Evenks live in Siberia, in the east side of the Jenisei River. There are approximately 28 000 Evenks. The autonomic Evenkiysky District is sparsely inhabited taiga. There are no roads and reindeer and helicopters are used as means of transport. The connections to the rest of the world are poor and the climate is harsh, especially in the winter; in December and January the temperature can be 50 degrees below zero. The primary sources of livelihood are reindeer management, hunting and fishing. The Evenks are nomands, who wander along with the reindeer. “Taiga Nomads” portrays the life of the Evenks in the last year of the Soviet administration.

Sasha Archemku and his family are the sovkhoz’s reindeer brigade number 6. The family wanders around the taiga leading the traditional way of life. They have several new camps every year.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script) , Lappalainen Heimo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Göttingen film festival 1993: Main Prize / Germany, Pärnu Film Festival 1993: Grand Prize / Estonia, Fondazione Medikinale International Parma 1993: Prix Leonardo, Festival dei Popoli Florence / Italy, Northern Traveling Film Festival 2004 / Russia, Cinema du Reel, The Finnish Institute in Paris 2005 / France, Finnish State Quality Support, Tampere International Short Film Festival, Midnight Sun Film Festival Sodankylä, Espoo Cine / Finland, Margaret Mead Film Festival / USA, NAFA Film Festival Reykjavik / Iceland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Taiga Nomads II (Taigan kansalaisia II: Taidot jotka opetit minulle, 1992)
Aaltonen Jouko, Lappalainen Heimo
Finland

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: The second part of the Taiga Nomads -trilogy
Synopsis: The Evenks live in Siberia, in the east side of the Jenisei River. There are approximately 28 000 Evenks. The autonomic Evenkiysky District is sparsely inhabited taiga. There are no roads and reindeer and helicopters are used as means of transport. The connections to the rest of the world are poor and the climate is harsh especially in the winter. The primary sources of livelihood are reindeer management, hunting and fishing. The Evenks are nomands, who wander along with the reindeer. “Taiga Nomads” portrays the life of the Evenks in the last year of the Soviet administration.

Nikolai Pavlovits has experienced a lot; the coming of the Soviet Government to the area in 1930, the war and the black spot of the present as well. Regardless of the leg lost in the war and over 70 years of age, Nikolai still lives in the taiga. His own children were killed in the war and he has a foster son, Vasha. To him, Nikolai has taught all the skills and knowledge that are needed to survive in the taiga.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script) , Lappalainen Heimo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Göttingen film festival 1993: Main Prize / Germany, Pärnu Film Festival 1993: Grand Prize / Estonia, Fondazione Medikinale International Parma 1993: Prix Leonardo, Festival dei Popoli Florence / Italy, Northern Traveling Film Festival 2004 / Russia, Cinema du Reel, The Finnish Institute in Paris 2005 / France, Finnish State Quality Support, Tampere International Short Film Festival, Midnight Sun Film Festival Sodankylä, Espoo Cine / Finland, Margaret Mead Film Festival / USA, NAFA Film Festival Reykjavik / Iceland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

Taiga Nomads III (Taigan kansalaisia III: Koulu keskellä kylää, 1992)
Aaltonen Jouko, Lappalainen Heimo
Finland

Basic Information Subtitle language: English
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: The third part of the Taiga Nomads -trilogy.
Synopsis: The Evenks live in Siberia, in the east side of the Jenisei River. There are approximately 28 000 Evenks. The autonomic Evenkiysky District is sparsely inhabited taiga. There are no roads and reindeer and helicopters are used as means of transport. Connections to the rest of the world are poor and the climate is harsh, especially in the winter; in December and January the temperature can be 50 degrees below zero. The primary sources of livelihood are reindeer management, hunting and fishing. The Evenks are nomands, who wander along with the reindeer. “Taiga Nomads” portrays the life of the Evenks in the last year of the Soviet administration.

The children of the reindeer breeders are taken to nurseries and schools for the winter. From their second year on the children will spend the long winter season away from their parents. What happens when they learn the Russian language and are socialized to the general Russian culture?
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script) , Lappalainen Heimo (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Pariisin Suomen Instituutti kevät 2005, Göttingen film festival 1993: Main Prize / Germany, Pärnu Film Festival 1993: Grand Prize / Estonia, Fondazione Medikinale International Parma 1993: Prix Leonardo, Festival dei Popoli Florence / Italy, Northern Traveling Film Festival 2004 / Russia, Finnish State Quality Support, Tampere International Short Film Festival, Midnight Sun Film Festival Sodankylä, Espoo Cine / Finland, Margaret Mead Film Festival / USA, NAFA Film Festival Reykjavik / Iceland
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

1990

Flight over Gulf of Finland (Lento yli Suomenlahden, 1990)
Aaltonen Jouko
Finland
21 min

Basic Information Original language: Finnish
Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A historical documentary about the flight traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn in the early 20th century.
Production country: Finland
Credits Director: Aaltonen Jouko (also script)
Screenings and awards Festivals: Prize at Finno-Ugric Film Festival in Syktyvkar / Komi, Russia
Production Pertti Veijalainen, Illume Oy

1988

One generation more (Vielä yksi sukupolvi, 1988)
Churchill Joan

Basic Information Genre: Documentary
Oneliner: A documentary film about the Jewish population of Estonia. A collaborative production.
Credits Director: Churchill Joan (also script)
Screenings and awards