The work of Finland’s national poet, J.L. Runeberg, is often compared to that of the great European romantic poets. Nonetheless, many also know him because of a cake invented by his wife and later named after him.
Klaus Härö’s The Fencer launches Finland’s first ever crowd-funded Oscar campaign
The Fencer, Finland’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards next February, is a touching drama about love and a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him.
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