Tuula Mehtonen

Fragments of Humanity (2022)

In the Kosovo War, human dignity was shattered by the terrors of the Serbian government and the Albanian liberation army. Truths about the victims' fates faded away, which is why a Finnish forensic research group led by Helena Ranta got a mission to act as ...

Into the Forest I Go (2017)

The film in its entirety is set in the forest: the protagonists sleep under spruce trees, make art, hunt with their dogs, hold techno raves in the summer night and earn their living as forest owners. As the film progresses, one gains a more versatile view ...

Talvivaaran miehet (2015)

Documentary about a Finnish mining company struggling with production and environmental management problems. ...

Helping Mihaela (2011)

A Roma beggar on his knees raises many extreme emotions: guilt, rage, sympathy and frustration. Most people just walk on by, but there is always someone willing to help. In this film, the director follows the confrontations between the Roma beggars from Ro ...

Portrait of a Man (2010)

A rough but beautiful documentary film about the crisis of a man in his forties and his desire for a better life; its a story of parenthood, alcohol, Finnish man and his desire for love. It is also an unusually intimate depiction of the relationship betwee ...

Palna's Daughters (2007)

A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. When Devi learned to talk she often wanted to talk ...

You Live and Burn (2007)

The Gypsies have lived in Finland for hundreds of years and they form a significant minority in country. Nevertheless, their every day life is not very well known by the majority and few people understand the issues young Gypsies struggle with. ...

A Winter's Journey (2007)

A documentary film about singing and a young man in search of himself and his voice. ...

Father to Son (2004)

The film examines the painful relationship between fathers and sons through the eyes of one family. Four generations of men are featured in the film. Father to Son deals with the conflict between generations and their subjective memories, and the way diff ...

The Face of Death (2003)

Documentary about terminal care. ...

Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat (2000)

In summer 1944 Finnish Karelia, Martta hastily marries Aarne before evacuating alongside newborn Hilkka's family, Helmi Elisa and their grandmother as Soviet forces advance. Amidst chaotic retreat, the women struggle to stay united and fatefully intersect ...

Kaksonen (1999)

A Dream of the Mediterranean (1991)

A documentary about Göran Schildt and his relationship with the Mediterranean. ...

Paradise America (1990)

Finnish friends escape taxes to Florida. ...

Homebound (1989)

Mika's mother marries a man who is getting out of the jail. At the beginning everything seems to be all right. Mika leaves Oulu, an industrial city up in Northern Finland, to study in the capital, Helsinki. He does very well with his studies and also begin ...

Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri (1987)

A Finnish businessman finds himself at the center of an international corruption scandal. ...

The Undressing (1986)

Minister Korkolainen happens to bump into his ex-girlfriend from years ago. They end up spending the night together, discussing the past and politics. ...

Da Capo (1985)

Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biographical look at Finland's violinist Arto Arsi is not so much a narration of his childhood and early years, as an attempt to artistically show what was happenin ...

Aidankaatajat (1982)

Three old men escape from the hospital and travel to Turku in search of one of the mens daughter ...

Gotta Run! (1982)

Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian oil drilling platform. Late could start working on his family's chicken far ...

Prinsessa joka nukkui 100 vuotta (1981)

Poetic short film ...

Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)

Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to marry ...

Natalia (1979)

Sammeli from Näljängä and Einari from Haataja, who were hunting bears, encounter Natalia, a cow that has crossed the eastern border. In the name of friendship between neighboring countries, Natalia is asked to return to the Soviet Union. ...

Emily and King Oscar (1978)

Part four in the Emilia animation series. King Oskar rules his little kingdom, which is an island in the sea. After the king falls ill, people at first wonder how they will get along without Oskar. But then they start to listen to themselves, obey themselv ...

Emily and the Search for Happiness (1978)

Part five of the Emilia animation series. Emilia lives at home with her dog Oskari. One night they see a strange light phenomenon in the sky. Oskari thinks it's luck and they go in search of it. ...

Emily and the Three Little Old Ladies (1978)

Part three of the Emialia animation series. Emma, ​​Emilia and Elvira are three little aunts whose only job is to be old. But they want to do important things. "Children are important," they exclaim at the same time. And then they are just as busy as o ...

Emily and the Twins (1978)

Part two of the Emilia animation series. The twins get a ship to play with in the bathtub. But it's no ordinary ship, because you can sail along a large lake with strange foam islands and dirty water. ...

Emily and the Apple Tree Forest (1978)

The first part of the Emilia animation series. Emilia lives in an apple tree forest. There, together with the other residents, she cooks apple jam. Everything goes smoothly until factory owners arrive and start making apple jam in their factories. ...

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 ...

Kaksonen (1999)

Tales of Transvestia (1975)

Racy monster movie parody. ...