Pauli Poranen

The Dinosaur (2021)

Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen's eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg's art and ...

Kalevala – Uusi aika (2013)

In the land Kalevala, Väinämöinen and his troops defend the miraculous machine called Sampo against the invasion of Louhi, the queen of Pohjola, and the Vikings. In present-day Finland, an international corporation led by chairman Kurt Dudler is about t ...

Concrete Night (2013)

A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother. ...

Under the North Star (2009)

Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War. ...

Citizens (2008)

Bad luck forces two men to resort to Plan B. ...

The Border (2007)

The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out to be w ...

Mosku: The Last of His Kind (2003)

A story about the life of reindeer emperor Mosku in Eastern Lapland at the beginning of the 20th century, when social conditions and the practice of traditional livelihoods are in transition. Mosku is involved in reindeer disputes and skirmishes and is als ...

Days of Grace (1999)

A fisherman's son accidentally ends up in a leper colony in 1742. ...

Tuomas Murasen rikos (1994)

Routasydän (1993)

In this gloomy scenario about Finland's upcoming membership in the European Union, the country has become a poor peripheral area plagued by energy shortages and civil wars. Escaping the city to his summer cottage with his children and a lady next door, a d ...

Mestari (1992)

Eero Tyrni, a reporter for Iltapäivä newspaper, is in Austria doing a story on ski jumper Teemu Kimpilä. Kimpilä's jumps fail and he disappears from the scene. Left behind are his third wife Sari, his sponsors, the Ski Association, and the Finnish peop ...

Friends, Comrades (1990)

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the confli ...

Legenda - Pieni ihmetarina valtatien varrelta (1989)

A small gas station is held in the grip of a sinister trio of men until a rugged stranger, acting as the protector of truckers, appears on the scene. He puts the villains in order. ...

The Unknown Soldier (1985)

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944). ...