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- In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings told from the perspective of the hobbits.
- A television series of the ups and downs of the doctors and nurses at Anna hospital in Helsinki.
- The story of the tumultuous relationship between a successful actress and a struggling writer.
- Comedy combat in Finnish style.
- A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.
- Country boy Mikko Syvärivi lands a job as a floor manager at the TV studios in Helsinki. He finds no place to stay in the capital, so he works as night guard. Ambitious Mikko writes some material of his own, but becomes an instant TV success after failing comically in a small role, which leads to a series of TV shows based on slapstick door tricks. But when he decides to raise his act onto a new level - window tricks! - his ratings plummet and the show is put off the air. Love and money fly out the window too, but Mikko won't give up easily.
- YLE's morning magazine.
- Emilia is a teenager and a good girl, who never forgets her homework or her little sister, Elsa. Siiri is just one year older than Emilia but not at all like her. When Emilia and Siiri become friends, Emilia's life changes. Siiri encourages her to take a leap, shake the rules and leave princess dreams behind. These two will have fun together, but not only good times.
- Celebrity guests try to guess which panel member is not lying.
- A police story, where the policeman Timo Harjunpää works on a case where two losers start a harassment campaign against a rich and successful computer expert. Tragedy cannot be avoided.
- Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad... On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.
- A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.
- The cold and ruthless Bruno is married to Karen. Together they seek out poor and defenseless people offering them life insurance policies. Bruna and Karen make sure that it pays off.
- A popular News Quiz featuring Finnish celebrities being examined by the host Peter Nyman and the team captains Tabermann and Tervo for their knowledge in the past week's news.
- While experimenting with gravity scientist Erik Rankamaa accidentally gets frozen for nearly 30 years. When he awakens in 1999 he discovers that the world has become severely polluted.
- Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped.
- Elf called Iki-Iäkäs is dying, because music box that plays the tone of his life is about to stop. Iki-Iäkäs sent 3 elves called Hande, Kauko and Toivo to retrieve the key to the music box that was left behind in a cave in Keuruu. With the help of the book of wise men they try to fix the propeller that broke down when they crashed. Elves must be careful because the book of wise men can't end up in the hands of näsä. Close to the cave that the elves inhabited lives a couple Olli Santanen, Kerttu Santanen and their dog Vikki. One night a person called Antti "Pentti" Nieksen asks if he could stay overnight in Santanen's house because his car broke down but Pentti stays there for a long time and for some reason he is interested in the book of wise men.
- A comedy about a group of robbers-for-hire and the police duo trying to catch them.
- While telling his parents and two sisters that he is a successful businessman, Pekka actually cons strangers for money and scraps of food. What happens when his parents show up for a surprise visit?
- Newly graduated Marissa gets a job at an international law consulting company. Marissa is excited about a chance to start a new, independent life. She has been hired by a Finnish man of North African heritage. The work is challenging but rewarding, and Marissa is given a lot of responsibility. Before long Marissa is sent to Germany to make purchases for the company and eventually her boss meets her there. The previously charming man starts to behave threateningly and turns violent. From Germany they head to Tunisia where Marissa is drugged and captured. She is forced to accept a new identity as Sara whose body is only good for desecration, exploitation and abuse. Back Towards Light takes a look into the dark world of human trafficking while telling the story of a survivor bringing her life back together. Marissa believes that one can find a way back into light after a traumatic experience, if only one doesn't hold onto the anger and resentment. The genre is dramatized documentary film, which means that the film is influenced by both documentary and fiction narrative style. The interviews heard in the film are authentic and the situations described in the interviews have been dramatized in scenes interpreted by actors. Apart from Marissa, a number of people connected to the events are interviewed. The interviewees include Marissa's former boyfriend Risto, Detective Superintendent Mika Tauru, Embassy official Päivi Akkanen-Kouki and safe house employee Pentti Petroff. The actors performing the dramatized scenes are Stella Kylä-Liuhala, Kiumars Zarei, Henri Tuominen, Nora Löfving-Lihtonen, Kerli Kyllönen and Pihla Maalismaa. Back Towards Light was shot in Finland and Tunisia. In Tunisia the filming was carried out in collaboration with the local production company Sindbad Productions.
- Story of Aate Pitkänen, a idealistic Canadian-Finn who went to Soviet Karelia.