Joonas Saartamo Movies

The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken...

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best...

The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish...

Summer 1962 and Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights...

In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family have been forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in northern...

Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez is a retired boxer from Tijuana who finds himself living in a cramped flat in Finland. As his future...

A film based on the popular children's books by Marjatta Kurenniemi about the exploits of Jill And Joy.

When the anarchistic princess of her own life, Princess Itty Bitty is told that her little brother, who still lives in her mother's womb, is about to...

A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern...

Juha Berg is a 30-year-old hopeless drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki. Juha doesn't have the first intention of changing his way of life...

Modern finnish movie about two very different young adults that after a chance meeting end up making music together and fall in love. While Nellis...

A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties...

A movie inspired by a true crime - the coldblooded Heino double murder, committed by a group of teenagers - that shocked Finland in 2001.

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection...

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they...

11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.

Headfirst is a black comedy about a single mother with anger management problems and her teenage daughter who is always in trouble at school. With...

A buddy comedy about a fanatic small town football supporter who falls in love with a perfect girl, only to notice that his dream-girl supports the...

A group of middle-aged friends get together for dinner. The playful banter between couples who have known each other all their lives escalates into a...

The many problems of marriage and relationships may sometimes condense into something as trivial an affair as parking a car