Yle Movies

A portrait of the Finnish filmmaker Rauni Mollberg who made a notable splash on the international festival circuit in 1974 with his feature debut, “Th...

Documentary about the legendary club Lepakko (The Bat) in Finland.

What are they really roaring and why, those gloomy long-haired heavy musicians all dressed in black? Heavy metal is really dear to many Finns, althoug...

"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975),conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony...

On December 6, 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia. A detailed chronicle of the major events in the history of this young European nat...

Merry Christmas is a comical interpretation of the traditional Christmas gospel set in a modern-day Helsinki

Sixteen-year-old Tomi trusts no one and does his best to protect his little sister Aino from the dangers of the world. But Aino is changing, fast. Bec...

Documentary about medium strength beer in Finland.

An inward little town in Finland transforms into a melting pot of nationalities, religions and cultures when Finnish Basketball Federation opens the b...

Donetsk is the coal-mining area of Ukraine. Here most people work for low wages in the run down mines, while others make a lot of money. No matter whi...

For the family members of murder victims mourning is often postponed indefinitely. To unlock the trauma and begin the grieving, a method called restor...

Three young women and four young men are gathered in a hunting lodge on a small island. Two of the men, Paul and Bilbo, write a police drama for a big...

An interview documentary about Finnish military court sentencing procedures after the Continuation War.

Romantic comedy about a guy who wants to get laid before he is retired.

Portrait of a national icon: iskelmä or popular schlager legend Olavi Virta (1915–1972),as an old, lost and lonely man. When the film was screened fo...

Documentary about the undocumented immigrants in Finland.

To avoid a forced marriage, 19-year-old Hala finds refuge across the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria at a military academy where, while learning...

A group of Finns have won a cruise and this is how they behave on it.