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Kalevala: The Story of Kullervo is a Finnish historical fantasy film directed by Antti Jokinen. It is based on Finnish epic poetry, The Kalevala, telling the story of Kullervo, a tragic hero of the poetry. Elias Salonen is playing the film's title character alongside Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen...
GUTS is a dark, psychological drama thriller about women’s elite skiing team and the price of dreams. When one of the skiers, ADA, 28, vanishes to thin air just before a race, the team’s formidable queen MARIA, 28, is lost without her counterpart. ANNA, 30, an eternal underdog, knows her time has...
Producer Silje Burgin-Borch and co-writer Vegard Bjørsmo discuss how “Shut Up,” the first high-end Sámi youth drama, was built from within the community to tackle taboo issues such as sexual violence and queer identity — a creative journey that has now earned the series an International Emmy nomi...
The historical and action-packed drama film written by Antti J. Jokinen and Jorma Tommila is inspired by the Kalevala. The story of Kullervo stars Elias Salonen in the lead role, with Jussi Award-winning Eero Aho playing the other main role, Untamo. The cast also includes Ilkka Koivula (Wäinö), O...
Whiskey on the Rocks is an alternative take on what happened during the dramatic days at the turn of the month between October and November 1981, when the Soviet submarine U-137 ran aground in the Karlskrona archipelago. When the Soviet lieutenant on board the Soviet submarine receives the news t...
Kris Gummerus is a highly talented and versatile Finnish actor and writer. With a strong academic foundation in the dramatic arts, he holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and a Master of Arts from the Helsinki Theatre Academy. Gummerus is best known for...
EXCLUSIVE: Freddie Mosten-Jacob from Diamanda Team is one of the eight participants. Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has selected eight actors from the Baltic Sea region for its Black Nights Stars programme, including talents from Finland, Sweden and Poland.
Netflix's new dramedy TV show, Diary of a Ditched Girl, is the latest in a long line of series that mine the humiliation rituals of contemporary dating for comedy. However, this doesn't stop the show from crafting characters you'll instantly take to and giving them rich, full lives that are wrac...
Ilona Chevakova is a versatile Finnish actress with Russian roots, based in Helsinki, Finland, with over 20 years of experience in film, television, theatre, and voice work. Fluent in Finnish, English and Russian, she trained in London for four years, specializing in acting and musical theatre, w...
Michalis Koutsogiannakis is a Greek-Swedish actor who moved to Sweden in 1979, where he began his academic journey studying sociology at Stockholm University. During a trip to Australia, he encountered a Greek theatre group in Sydney, which offered him a role in one of their productions—an experi...