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Finnish movie rides heavy metal wave onto silver screen

The guys in “Heavy Trip” might not look very intimidating, but they’re the Finnish metal band Impaled Rektum, and they’re determined to reach a festival gig in Norway, through hell and high water.

Tagged in Finnishness, Music, Society

Arts & culture Environment

In Finnish climate change film, the future still exists

British Finnish documentary film director John Webster takes a new approach to a topic that is important to him and a few billion other people: climate change. Spoiler alert: Don’t abandon hope.

Tagged in Arctic, Climate, Film, Nature, Politics

Arts & culture Film

How to speak Finnish, according to the new Blade Runner

Finland is, um, honoured that the Finnish language appears in “Blade Runner 2049.”

Tagged in Film, Finland

Arts & culture Film

Finnish documentary builds dialogue, not division

Ongoing refugee-related issues continue to polarise politics and public debate in Europe and elsewhere. Documentary director Elina Hirvonen’s film “Boiling Point” seeks to bridge the gap by encouraging conversation.

Tagged in Immigrants, Multiculturalism, Society