Aki Kaurismäki Movies

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The...

Juhani Haavisto returns to his childhood home from the seas and is confronted by his wheelchair-bound, demented father Eino and the traumas of sexual...

Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from...

The relationship between a father and his son is an infinite story with very few words. Silence is golden when it comes to expressing emotions.

After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their native village. Their former manager...

In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. As daily life goes on, those in search are drawn into a world where encounters with...

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a...

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by...

A typical day in the life of a lonely man who works in an unsuccessful tavern located in the historical center of Guimarães, an old town in...

Lonely Tuukka catches fish by the river and meets a mysterious old miller and former sailor, the Parrot Man, who teaches him the magic of the forest.

17 men named Frank walk across Seattle hoping to find a better life. A remake of Calamari Union (1985).

A portrait of film actor Kari Väänänen. Väänänen talks openly about his work and himself. Väänänen's...

Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects...

A documentary about the making of Le Havre

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

A young woman recovering from a suicide attempt arrives in a war-torn city and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. Jeanne befriends the author...

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...