Finland
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One man?s misery is another man?s art.
Tellervo and Oliver Kalleinen had a great idea - go around the world collecting people?s complaints, transforming them into a song and having the complainers perform it. And that?s exactly what they did. The result is often hilarious, both in the wide range of whines and grumbles and in the creative way these often trivial cavils are made into music.
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As gritty and uncondescending as the movies of Ken Loach (My Name Is Joe, Sweet Sixteen), Eila displays enormous power in a woman's battle for justice and dignity. Based on true events, it is a bracing tribute to the strength of humanity in even the bleakest of situations. For Eila, life boils down to cleaning the floors of a government building and making sure her delinquent son keeps out of trouble. Things change when, unjustly laid off from her job, she finds the strength to join her colleagues in striking for better working conditions and bringing action against the State.
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Love is perfect only in movies and books, and perfect love is something Iiris wants to discover. She is a 30-year-old bookstore assistant who just can't find her ideal man. All she is looking for is someone who is intelligent, handsome, kind, funny, and most importantly, loves movies. Just when she is about to give up her quest, she meets Marko, a promising young filmmaker, who can quote dialogue from Taxi Driver as well as she. Iiris believes she has found the kind of love that exists in her favorite films.
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A truly unique coming-of-age film, Young Love, is the heart-warming story of love, youthful dreams, and tolerance of those who may be different. Jukka is a precocious 13-year-old outcast, hiding behind his camera, as he painfully grows up in the suburbs. Spying on neighbors with a telephoto lens, he notices the beautiful Johanna admiring her naked body in a mirror. Astounded by his good fortune, Jukka takes pictures to capture the wondrous sight; however, the entrance of Johanna's abusive stepfather interrupts the fantasy.
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Unemployed and hoping for any kind of work at a Finnish TV station, young and beautiful Ilona ends up being interviewed in the wrong office where, to her astonishment, she?s hired as a writer for a soap opera.
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The screenings of Man Exposed have been CANCELLED.
A ?not-so-holy? priest loses his sense of self when he becomes a candidate to be ordained as a bishop in the brilliant new comedy, Man Exposed, by director Aku Louhimies (Lovers and Leavers ? Best Narrative Feature, Cinequest, 2003).
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The text in the video is taken from OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY by Stanley Milgram
"Volunteers are invited to a laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a "learner", strapped into an electric chair, makes a mistake. How many people, if any, would go right up the scale to 450 volts." back cover of Obedience to Authority, Stanley Milgram.
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A bittersweet comedy about the ticking away of biological time clocks, Shades of Happiness examines the needs and desires of two thirtysomething women seeking fulfillment. Paula is an arts teacher, whose husband is a family therapist. They have been trying to have a child for years, to no avail. Helena and Mikko are two high tech workers devoted to their careers. When Helena suddenly informs Mikko that her life will not be complete without a child, confusion and turmoil ensue.
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Aku Louhimies' (Lovers and Leavers ? Winner of Cinequest?s Best Narrative Feature, 2003) hard-hitting Frozen Land was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's short story Faux Billet, in which mischance is passed from one person to another. Winning numerous awards at the Gothenburg Film Festival, including Best Nordic Film, Frozen Land delves into the territories of courage, consequence and survival.