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- Following the death of his wife, professional chef Cheng travels with his young son to a remote village in Finland to connect with an old Finnish friend he once met in Shanghai.
- A young woman has an intense affair with a womanizing reindeer herdsman.
- An aging pop queen loved by the people struggles between her private and professional lives.
- After years of investigating across five different continents, a holistic detective on a quest to find his favorite fiction character in the real world realizes that the search is only just beginning.
- After being presented with a treasure map, two men travel to the harsh northern wastelands of Lapland in the hopes of finding gold.
- A documentary about Finnish lakes, the nature around them, circulation of water and ancient Finnish mythology.
- Sodankyla film festival started at 1986 and was created by Finnish directors Anssi Manttari, Aki and Mika Kaurismaki, along with Peter Von Bagh. Sodankyla Forever is a great documentary especially for movie enthusiasts. Following the years of Sodankyla film festival through all of the great artists, who have visited the legendary festival under the midnight sun of Finland.The documentary has lots of great conversations from people directing great films. If you can find one with subtitles or you understand Finnish, and you love films it's a must see! Lots of legendary names from the movie business, talking not only about their own work, but also about the passion and love for movies and most importantly, about their own idols. Narrated by the late Peter Von Bagh, who also conducted the conversations in the festival. Von Bagh is a very important figure in Finland, when it comes to movies.
- International mining company is looking to establish a mine on Viiankiaapa, a swamp area, which is a part of EU's Natura 2000 nature protection network. Miner's daughter Riikka Karppinen has decided to lead the opposition for this project.
- A short documentary about reindeer herding in Lapland.
- Cinematographer Michael Chapman discusses cinema of today, his work on Taxi Driver (1976), and other film related subjects. The interview was made in Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland, during the Midnight Sun Film Festival in June 2011.
- Ten groups of kids from various parts of Finland, aged between 12 and 15, improvise an episode each based on one of the Bible's Ten Commandments.
- Reno, a second-rate gangster and his friend Alex, a choppy taxi driver, give a new definition to the phrase "horse race" in this low-key comedy drama, as they travel to Lapland, in the north of Finland, to pursue their horse racing dreams.
- The documentary wanders in Antoine Doinel's (Jean-Pierre Léaud) footsteps in Cannes France and in Sodankylä Finland interviewing people and searching for the spirit of the new wave of cinema, 50 years after. Milos Forman, Stig Björkman, Peter von Bagh, Dome Karukoski, Andrei Konchalovsky and a bunch of other filmmakers, critics and film buffs talk about the new wave of cinema and the impact it had on them. This multilingual documentary was made in 2009 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the French new wave in general and 400 Blows especially. 400 Blows' main character Antoine Doinel is present throughout the journey as a cardboard figure.
- Three teams - representing the police, the military and the rescue services - compete against each other in difficult and physically straining missions for the grand prize, a trip to New York to meet their American counterparts.
- The egocentric author Jalo Rautakumpu welcomes a visitor to his cabin in the Lappish wilderness. After sauna and a bottle of alcohol, the friendship is formed. But friends can be bad for business.