Stan Saanila

Little Siberia (2025)

A pastor's faith turns upside down when a meteorite lands in his small Finnish town, its impact stirring up chaos and criminal intentions. ...

Ski Girls (2023)

Ski Girls tells about four friends who have visited different ski resorts every year since their youth. They call themselves Ski Girls, even though they never ski and can no longer be called girls either. This time they are reunited for Emma's wedding. E ...

The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin (2022)

A beautiful summer day in Moomin Valley. Suddenly, a wasp stings Moomintroll, who falls ill and has to stay in bed. To cheer him up, Moominpappa recounts his youthful adventures; his misunderstood childhood, escape from an orphanage and his historic meetin ...

Life After Death (2020)

Nisse's wife Leila has just died but he feels he's done enough mourning. Friends and family are overrun by Nisse who just wants the funeral to be over and done with. No fuss and no mourning here! Nisse demands to be left alone. So, there he is, with the on ...

Dance on Thin Ice (2017)

Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has fro ...

Mandatory Swedish (2017)

A story about a relationship with problems. She is upset at how Swedish speaking Finns are treated in their home country. He is seriously constipated. Will the relationship survive when her idealism clashes with his biological needs? ...

Heart of a Lion (2013)

Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings. ...

Risto (2011)

The beloved actor Risto gets paralyzed - quadriplegiac - in a studio accident. The accident brings him massive financial compensation and a flood of sympathy. Suddenly there is money for everything that Risto's young and beautiful wife has always wanted. S ...

Gimme Some Respect (2010)

Young Siiri is starting her life on her own. She wants to be independent and live a normal life, although she is mentally handicapped. She begins to make true of her dreams, where she has a real working place and she hopes to find also a husband. ...

8 Days to Premiere (2008)

A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the pro ...

Man's Job (2007)

Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. W ...

Komedia Dynamo - ensimmäinen painos (2006)