National Competition 11: Shorts

Screenings of National Competition are dedicated to the most recent Finnish shortfilms and documentaries.

Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 92 min Age Limit: 12+

  • kalenteri-ikoni Fri 6.3.

  • kelloikoni 12:30

  • karttaikoni Finnkino Cine Atlas 2

  • 12,50

  • E047

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  • kalenteri-ikoni Sat 7.3.

  • kelloikoni 15:30

  • karttaikoni Finnkino Cine Atlas 2

  • 12,50

  • F078

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  • The Beauty of Automobiles

    Puskee veemäiseen paikkaan
    Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2026
    Genre: Documentary
    Duration: 6 min

    Intimate moment between a father and son – one night, one car ride, one problem.

  • Dollhouse Elephant

    Director: Jenny Jokela
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 12 min
    Age Limit:

    In a world that demands community participation, individual desires inevitably collide. A group of neighbours, each focused on their own goals, must learn to communicate and consider one another. But when small, everyday actions trigger unexpected consequences, they are forced into interactions that challenge their independence.

  • Bodyrave

    Director: Harri Connell, Felix Järvenpää, Leo Lindgren
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Animation
    Duration: 5 min

    A body wakes up in a mysterious room and begins experiencing processes that have always been present but never noticed – until now.

  • Things That I Was Gathering

    Director: Ekaterina Zhuzhleva
    Country: Belgium, Finland, Portugal
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Animation, Documentary
    Duration: 7 min

    I'm gathering things for my friends who were arrested for protesting against the war – books, soft toys, food. Once, twice. Now the list is endless and I'm gathering my own things.

  • Mörkö

    Good Night Monster
    Director: Emilia Hernesniemi
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Experimental, Documentary
    Duration: 18 min

    Young Vilma is in the Drama Academy entry exams, like she was last year as well. She feels that within her grows a Monster, that she can no longer hide.

  • Strive

    Director: Jussi Rautaniemi
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2026
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 15 min
    Age Limit:

    Set in the near future Toni, a 17-year-old teenager, is fed up with the world. A world where addiction to technology is a standard and people live their lives through machines. Toni yearns for something real. Toni challenges Max, a daredevil known for her driving skills, to a dangerous car race, and involves his own little brother Eli as well, putting him in danger too. Together Toni and Eli have to steal a car and win a race against Max, not knowing the bond they share. It becomes the race of their lives.

  • Out of Order

    Director: Antti Tuomikoski
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2025
    Genre: Experimental, Fiction
    Duration: 3 min

    The male gaze is diverted for a moment.

  • Työtaakka

    Workload
    Director: Aatos Äijö
    Country: Finland
    Year: 2026
    Genre: Fiction
    Duration: 26 min

    Three quiet workers journey through empty everyday paths towards the crossroads of life. A story about faces without dialogue. People who are disturbed by the emptiness of work. How does work become meaningful and a reflection of its creator?