Screenings of National Competition are dedicated to the most recent Finnish shortfilms and documentaries.
Language: Eng, Fin Duration: 95 min Age Limit: For all ages
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Wed 4.3. -
18:00 -
Finnkino Cine Atlas 3 -
12,50
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C010
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Thu 5.3.
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11:00
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Finnkino Cine Atlas 2
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12,50
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D023
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Portti paratiisiin
A Gate to ParadiseDirector: Selma VilhunenCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 10 minActor Ville Virtanen visits his elderly aunt Ulla Perho-Nummikoski, who once saved a forest which became important to both. Together they reflect on the bond between human and nature.
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The Rock Tensions
Director: Markus LehtokumpuCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: AnimationDuration: 5 minJohn, Jay and Joe form a band and start rehearsals in John’s garage. At first, everyone plays calmy, but soon the volume increases. The search for sound balance leads to an equipment race that can only end badly.
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Veteen piirretty
Drawn in WaterDirector: Heta JokinenCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: Animation, DocumentaryDuration: 15 minWe want to belong to families but how can you define one? The film is pondering the difficulty of defining things and at the same time demands to find the answers. The world around and inner dialogue meets in a fragile cutout world and in tactility of clay.
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White Trash
Director: Teppo AiraksinenCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: FictionDuration: 15 minAge Limit:
Pilvi, a single mother who had her son as a teenager, reluctantly attends a White Trash themed costume party organized by affluent doctors. During the night, her feelings of alienation become overwhelming.
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Astu virtaan
Enter the FlowDirector: Arttu Nieminen, Veera NevaCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: Experimental, FictionDuration: 10 minEnter the Flow is an audiovisual incantation that flows to the source, gliding from small streams into colossal currents of consciousness. It is a spell of cosmic and earthly forces, asking you to release fear and surrender to life. The mantra-like flow of the work polishes the bedrock of being, growing stronger and eventually breaking through the suffocating obstacles in its path. Words received as a gift from the lower world merge with ancient Finnish bear-origin incantations, forming a bridge between the past and the present.
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Puolanka Pussy Rally
Director: Inka Achté, Einari PaakkanenCountry: FinlandYear: 2026Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 6 minPuolanka, a tiny village in Northern Finland is famous for its population decline, but also for its dark sense of humor about it. As the long summer evenings stretch out, teenage boys celebrate their new driver’s licences by endlessly circling the same few streets, while an older generation of local gents, proudly known as The Parliament, has already parked itself permanently at the petrol station café. Here, hunting and the legendary “Pussy Rally” aren’t taboos but badges of cultural identity. The only mystery that seems unsolved: where have all the women gone?
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Kutkuttaja
TicklerDirector: Jenni Koljonen, Elina Mikkola, Juulia Niiranen, Anna RohesaluCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: AnimationDuration: 4 minIn a world where others find joy in being tickled, a creature aspires to discover his own spark of happiness.
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The Other Side of the Coin
Director: Sanjay ShresthaCountry: FinlandYear: 2025Genre: Animation, FictionDuration: 30 minThe Other Side of the Coin is an intimate portrait of three migrant workers – Man Bahadur, Madan, and Durge – sharing a cramped semi-basement apartment far from home. By day, they endure the relentless rhythm of a restaurant kitchen; by night, their thoughts return to the families they left behind and the dreams they struggle to hold onto. Their stories unfold within a larger history of migration, shaped by the unequal ranking of the world. One man remembers his grandfather’s journey abroad, he himself now works in the West, while his friend departs for the Gulf to build stadiums – only to never return. These parallel paths reveal how people from poorer nations bear the weight of global hierarchies, giving their labor to distant places while carrying the unseen costs of distance, loss, and longing. Both deeply personal and quietly political, the film reflects on what is left behind – and what is carried forward – when life is lived between worlds.
