finland
HD 90
Director: Ari Folman
Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag
One night at a bar an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that theres a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he cant remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this...
HD 90
Director: Jennifer Fox
Stars: Yeshi Silvano Namkhai, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
For twenty years filmmaker Jennifer Fox has been following the high Tibetan master Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and his Italian born son Yeshi with her camera. The result is the astounding feature length documentary MY REINCARNATION which tells the rare inside story of one of the last reincarnate teachers to be trained in Tibet and his sons stubborn reluctance to follow in his fathers...
HD 131
Director: Jan Troell
Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen
Sweden early 1900s - an era of social change and unrest war and poverty. A young working class woman Maria wins a camera in a lottery. The camera grants her the eyes to view the world and empowers her over several decades to raise and nurture her family of six children and an alcoholic womanizing and sometimes violent although ultimately loving...
HD 72
Director:
Stars: Antti Pääkkönen, Antti Pääkkönen, Heljä Heikkinen
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HD 139
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk
Stars: Artur Smolyaninov, Aleksey Chadov, Konstantin Kryukov
The film is based on a true story of the 9th company during the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Young Soviet Army recruits are sent from a boot camp into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. The action is not like a boot camp at all. It is very bloody and dirty. The 9th company is defending the hill 3234. They are hopelessly calling for...
HD 90
Director: Timo Koivusalo, Riku Suokas
Stars: Mikko Nousiainen, Malla Malmivaara, Jussi Lampi
The movie is the story of Lokomo laborer and group of friends that dreams come true and a thirst for fast-paced life that take...
HD 89
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Stars: Armi Toivanen, Essi Hellén, Aku Hirviniemi
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HD 79
Director: Kari Juusonen, Jørgen Lerdam
Stars: Kari Hietalahti, Juha Veijonen, Aarre Karén
On Christmas Eve Niko the young reindeer must find his little brother who has gone missing. But in order to save Christmas its going to take a lot of help from Nikos friends in order to save the day. While on his epic journey to save his brother Niko learns the importance of friendship and family in this heartwarming Holiday tale that all ages will...
HD 98
Director: François Girard
Stars: Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan
As the title suggests this dramatised documentary about the eccentric Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is broken up into thirty-two short films mirroring the thirty-two part structure of Bachs Goldberg Variations the recording that Gould made famous each giving us an insight into some aspect of Goulds life and career. Out of respect for the music lead actor Colm Feore is never seen playing...
HD 90
Director: Rodrigo Areias
Stars: VÃtor Correia, Inês Mariana Moitas, Nuno Melo
This is the story of a man who after living over ten years isolated away from his country returns to avenge His brothers death. Inspired by the writings of David Henry Thoreau he is translating Civil Disobedience into Portuguese. The action is set between 1908 and 1910 between the assassination of the Portuguese King and Prince and the creation of the Portuguese Republic an era where...
HD 85
Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen, Jani-Petteri Passi
Stars: Pertti Kurikka, Kari Aalto, Sami Helle
A Finnish punk-rock band formed by four mentally disabled...
HD 107
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt
Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact when Marianne suddenly feels a need to see her ex-husband again. She decides to visit Johan at his old summer house in the western province of Dalarna. And so one beautiful autumn day there she is beside his reclining chair waking him with a light kiss. Staying at a cottage on the property are Johans son Henrik and Henriks...
HD 99
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Stars: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy
An unseen man regains consciousness not knowing who or where he is. No one seems to be able to see him except the mysterious man dressed in black. He eventually learns through their discussions that this man is a 19th century French aristocrat who he coins the European. This turn of events is unusual as the unseen man has a knowledge of the present day. The two quickly learn that they are in...
HD 84
Director: Jalmari Helander
Stars: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila
On Christmas Eve in Finland Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after children start disappearing leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and with the help of fellow hunters they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then theres Santas elves who are determined to free their...
HD 140
Director: Lars von Trier
Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Selma has emigrated with her son from Central Europe to America. The year is 1964. Selma works day and night to save her son from the same disease she suffers from a disease that inevitably will make her blind. But Selma has the energy to live because of her secret! She loves musicals. When life feels tough she can pretend that she is in the wonderful world of musicals...just for a short moment....
HD 83
Director: Juha Wuolijoki
Stars: Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Jonas Rinne
Hundreds of years ago in Lapland a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years Nikolass former adoptive families become many and soon...
HD 139
Director: Peter Flinth
Stars: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist, Mirja Turestedt, Morgan Alling, Sven-Bertil Taube, Bibi Andersson
Storyline: Arn the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden...
HD 106
Director: Renny Harlin
Stars: Eion Bailey, Clifton Collins Jr., Will Kemp, Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater, LL Cool J, Patricia Velasquez, Cassandra Bell, Daniël Boissevain, Antonie Kamerling, Jasmine Sendar, Trevor White
Storyline: On a remote island the FBI has a training program for their psychological profiling division called Mindhunters used to track down serial killers. The training goes horribly wrong however when a group of seven young agents discover that one of them is a serial killer and is setting about slaying the others. Can the few that are left figure out who the killer is in...
HD 80
Director: Samuli Valkama
Stars: Emilie de Ravin, Tommi Korpela, Ville Virtanen, Jussi Lampi, Jani Volanen, Tiina Lymi, Janne Reinikainen, Oskari Sipola, Jessica Grabowsky, Jari Pehkonen, Aarne Kallioranta, Mika Kujala, Eetu Mendolin, Antti Laaksovirta
Storyline: Ville 25 is a downbeat former child star whos successfully avoided his womanizing rock n roll dad for years. Everything changes when his dad moves into his flat and they both fall in love with the same American line-dancing...
HD 123
Director: Aku Louhimies
Stars: Alma Pöysti, Aino Louhimies, Sean Pertwee, Deogracias Masomi, Laura Birn, Konsta Mäkelä, Amanda Pilke, Jasper Pääkkönen, Eemeli Louhimies, Jekaterina Novosjolova, Pertti Sveholm, Topi Tarvainen, Meri Nenonen, Lenna Kuurmaa
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HD 97
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Stars: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä, Kaija Pakarinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Annikki Tähti, Anneli Sauli, Elina Salo, Outi Mäenpää, Esko Nikkari, Pertti Sveholm, Matti Wuori, Aino Seppo, Antti Reini
Storyline: The second part of Aki Kaurismäkis Finland trilogy the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life he cannot get a job or an apartment so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on...
HD 86
Director: Tarik Saleh
Stars: Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Udo Kier, Sofia Helin, Shanti Roney, Fares Fares, Fredrik Eddari, Indy Neidell, Goran Marjanovic, Magnus Skogsberg
Storyline: In the near future oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels Roger hears voices one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and...
HD 93
Director: Timo Vuorensola
Stars: Julia Dietze, Udo Kier, Peta Sergeant, Kym Jackson, Stephanie Paul, Christopher Kirby, Monika Gossmann, Jim Knobeloch, Tero Kaukomaa, Yuki Iwamoto, Nick Dong-Sik, Michael Cullen
Storyline: The Nazis set up a secret base on the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in...
HD 85
Director: Pete Riski
Stars: William Hope, Leon Herbert, Ronald Pickup, Philip Bretherton, Noah Huntley, Dominique McElligott, Skye Bennett, Lordi, Kita, Amen, Ox
Storyline: While in the hospital for a tomography of the brain of his autistic daughter Sarah Ben becomes upset when there is a power failure. He decides to leave the hospital with Sarah while the nurse Emily tries to convince him to leave Sarah for further treatment. They get the elevator with three other passengers and suddenly the elevator stops; when the door opens people has vanished...
HD 80
Director: Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen
Stars: Olli Jantunen, Vuokko Hovatta, Vesa Vierikko, Jussi Lampi, Risto Kaskilahti
Storyline: A reindeer boy named Niko dreams about flying like his father whom he has never met. Despite constant mocking from others he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius a flying...
