Aki Kaurismäki Movies

A typically idiosyncratic mini-mystery about a middle-aged man who gets out of prison, sells his shares in a company and announces that he’s...

A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.

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

Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his...

A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu...

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...

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström...

Rita is fifteen and spends the summer between warm afternoons of teenage love and party nights with her friend Sara. From Portugal to the South...

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in...

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is dedicated to filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s longtime friend and collaborator, the film critic and festival...

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

A criminal investigator arrives to investigate the murder of Annikki Niemi in a village whose residents remain silent about the killing. Local boss...

A documentary about the making of Le Havre

Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.

About the love of Lenin and the Finnish girl Mariot, from whom he had a child, who subsequently disappeared without a trace.

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

A man fakes his own suicide in order to see how his close ones react.

TV document about the Finnish music producer Atte Blom.

Documentary about the work of Nouvelle Vague actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, with interview clips, film clips and contributions from directors and...