Salla Hämäläinen

Artist Htoo Lwin Myo excavates the lesser-known and wildly joyful history of Myanmar’s horror and genre film industry in the 1950s that has persisted through political turmoil and archival neglect, told directly by the people who made it.

The film stars the familiar characters from the Finnish TV show The Autocrats (a political satire of Finnish politics) in a fairy tale where the inhabitants of a small Finnish village have to defend themselves against a despotic emperor.

The Finnish short film is a tragic tale of a young boy who falls in love with a dangerous older girl.

A farmer finds out that a wolf's bite has turned him into a voracious beast. Worse still, his only son seems to have swapped brains with one of his sheep.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but the pigs are up to their usual tricks. They try to get away with the Birds' Christmas presents! After bickering with each other, Red and Bomb bird mount a bold gift rescue down the steep mountain slopes.

The Echoes of the Universe – The Music of Kaija Saariaho follows the completion and performances of Saariaho’s works in different parts of the world, but also highlights the mutual cooperation of her family.

A story about a man whose deep connection to nature and forest spirits has alienated from normal life.

A story of how the world changes when dissatisfaction appears.

The dance film about burnout is based on the experiences of dance artist Hanna Heino as a COVID nurse in the spring of 2020. We are connected to other beings through touch and the air we breathe. How can one overcome and find physical and mental connection in the midst of a pandemic?

To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera (2021) is an experimental documentary about an encounter between two women, media artist Pinja Valja and model Vera Ruuska. As a child, Pinja dreamt of becoming a princess when she grows up. The main duty of the princess was to be beautiful, wear gorgeous clothes and be admired – just like a model. Pinja begins to make a documentary about Vera in order to explore her own childhood dream.

Overtime is about a girl who would like to play, but the parents want her to succeed by any means necessary. The girl dies in a skating accident, and the parents make a deal with God.

Woman becomes an au pair for a single man’s cardboard family.

Deus Twesigye from Uganda was leaving for work one morning in 2010 when his ex-girlfriend threw acid on him. A Burning Voice combines Deus’ dance and movement, narration and poetry with subtle images of everyday life in Uganda, creating a multilayered film exploring different sides of surviving violence and trauma.