Hannu-Pekka Björkman Movies

How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how does the writer/director Saara Turunen create a...

The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an...

The Munich Olympic Stadium, 1972. Athletes and officials are preparing for the 10,000 metres final. Lasse Virén is warming up on the track. It...

The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he...

Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.

Aunt Fanny and aunt Serena try to find a suitable father figure for Ricky.

Self-taught philosopher Konsta Pylkkänen guides a group of researchers through Finland's Kainuu wilderness in the hopes of having a...

Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s...

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves...

A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a...

Pasi, a lonely but kind-hearted designer of artificial animals who accidentally discovers the world's last living squirrel. Pasi decides to defy...

The people at Circus Hepokatti decide to throw a big surprise party for Herman The Clown, but no one seems to know when Herman's birthday is. No one...

Winter 1975 - author Jeanette Aspen arrives at Lapinlahti Mental Hospital to meet her only child, psychiatrist Karin Aspen, 36 years after sending...

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection...

Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces...

Hanna finds a love letter inside a stolen handbag. The letter is from a lover to a married woman. It is none of Hanna’s business, but still she...

A film about the power and the beauty of architecture and about a middle-aged Nordic architect who, after loosing all in his life, wants once again...

Herman the Clown sets out to find his father, whom he hasn't seen since he set off to measure the Earth with his feet. He is secretly followed by the...