A film about a woman, judged to be sick by society, who heals and brings joy to others around her with her presence and personality. As she heals her surroundings more effectively than the prevailing healthcare system, society attempts to suppress this individual’s inner light. Princess is a feature film based on a true story about the most famous patient of Kellokoski Mental Hospital, Anna…

The Magnetic Man is a documentary film about the songwriter Pekka Streng, who died young, and his far-reaching, spiritual effect on the development of several individuals’ lives and thought. Simultaneously, the film is a story about a person who was too frail for this world. Pekka Streng died of cancer at the age of 26 in 1975. Before his death, he released the albums Magneettimiehen kuolema…

It’s a sunny February afternoon in Helsinki. Pekka Streng’s third album Unen maa (Dream Land), has risen to the top positions on the album chart. As the evening darkens, trolls and fairies start to arrive at the Tavastia club. There is a magical festive feeling in the air. Helsinki’s famous rock’n’roll joint fills up with fans of Streng’s music. In a moment, one after another, the stage is…

In the fall of 2007 Aarno Luoma, 60, started his professional boxing career as the oldest boxer of all time. At the same time as he was passionately trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, he was looking to make amends for the dramatic fate of his former trainee Tarmo Uusivirta. Amends is directed by Arto Halonen. The film includes footage from Arto Halonen's Ringside (1992), a…

Why are some of the world's biggest international companies translating the Ruhnama, an absurd government propaganda book from Turkmenistan, into their own languages? Shadow of the Holy Book exposes the immorality of international companies doing business with the dictatorship of oil-and-gas-rich Turkmenistan, thus helping to hide its human rights and free speech abuses - all in the name of…

Confrontations in Cuba is an experimental documentary film, in which all the scenes have been shot in one take without cuts. Hurricane Wilma approaches and the baseball season is close at hand. Despite the tension life goes on in its daily rhythm for Cubans: dominos are played, the band searches for a common tune at rehearsals. The different scenes and atmospheres of the film make up a whole…

Lone Star Hotel is a touching journey into the mental landscape of a Finnish man who ponders his future, his life, and the realisation of his dreams. The lead vocalist of the band Agents, Jorma Kääriäinen, stars in this documentary film about him and his life. Jorma Kääriäinen and Agents are one of the biggest crowd-pullers in Finnish dance halls. Wherever the band plays, the place is always…

Tobacco Girls is a film about three women, Karoliina, Tuula and Raija, who try to cope with losing their long-term jobs. After operating for 54 years in the town of Tuusula, the Amer-Tupakka tobacco company closed down in spring 2004 and 260 employees were fired. Thousands and thousands of jobs in Finnish industry have disappeared. Finland is preparing for a new society where employees will…

These days, even poverty can be bought. A Russian psychologist, Sergei Knyatzev, provides the experience of being a beggar to wealthy people who have tried everything and are looking for something new. But this is only one of the games that this psychologist has developed. He specializes in role-playing and mental manipulation, starting with animals and small groups of people, and climaxing with…

The Legend is a film about a Cuban revolution hero, Jorge Jorge, whose colourful and fabulous life story reflects the whole legend of Cuba, coloured with fact and fiction. Jorge Jorge, 85, worked in 1940-1950s as a waiter at the National Hotel. He was an assistant to the famous mobster Meyer Lansky. On the other hand he also served the revolution and was close to Fidel Castro. Finally he became…