Please find below all the Finnish films in different sections of Berlinale 2010 as well as EFM screenings.
Attached, all screenings in chronological order.
Finnish Films in Berlin 2010
Panorama
Bad Family (Paha perhe)
Aleksi Salmenperä | 92 min.
A drama about the complicated relationships of a father and his son and daughter, reunited after sixteen years.
Production: Sputnik Oy
Sales: The Match Factory
Screenings: Sunday, Feb 14 Kino International 17.00
Friday, Feb 19 Zoo Palast 19.00
Saturday, Feb 20 CinemaxX 7 10.30 market screening
Sunday, Feb 21 Cubix 9 17.00 market screening
Generation K+
Pudana Last of the Line (Sukunsa viimeinen)
Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio | 85 min.
A story of change, upbringing and deprivation of identity set in the Yamal Peninsula during the days of Soviet government.
Production: Illume Ltd.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
Screenings: Thursday, Feb 18 Zoo Palast 1 9.30
Friday, Feb 19 CinemaxX 3 11.30
Sunday, Feb 21 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain 11.00
The Egg Race (Munaralli)
Kaisa Penttilä | 9 min.
A young pigeon couple get their first egg for which they have been waiting for a long time. When the egg is laid, the pigeons start a vigorous education project.
Production: Edith film Oy
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
Screenings: Tuesday, Feb 16 Zoo Palast 1 9.30
Wednesday, Feb 17 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain 11.00
Thursday, Feb 18 CinemaxX 3 11.30
Generation 14+
Whispering in a Friend´s Mouth (Älä kuiskaa ystävän suuhun)
Hannaleena Hauru | 10 min.
The film examines the borderline between platonic and romantic love through two time levels linked to each other.
Production: Aamu Filmcompany Ltd.
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
Screenings: Tuesday, Feb 16 Babylon Berlin Mitte 14.30
Thursday, Feb 18 Generation Mix Screening 16.00
Friday, Feb 19 Babylon Berlin Mitte 11.30
Sunday, Feb 21 Babylon Berlin Mitte 11.00
4 Decades of the Forum
The Match Factory Girl (Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö)
Aki Kaurismäki | 70 min.
The Match Factory Girl from the year 1989 concluded Aki Kaurismäki´s "Proletarian Trilogy".
Production: Villealfa Filmproductions Oy
Sales: The Match Factory
Screenings: Wednesday, Feb 17 CineStar 8 11.00
Saturday, Feb 20 Arsenal 2 20.30
Seven Songs from the Tundra (Seitsemän laulua tundralta)
Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio | 85 min.
Seven Songs from the Tundra from the year 2000 is the first feature film in the Nenets language.
Production: Jörn Donner Productions Oy
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
Screenings: Saturday, Feb 20 CineStar 8 14.00
Sunday, Feb 21 Arsenal 2 18.00
European Film Market
The House of Branching Love (Haarautuvan rakkauden talo)
Mika Kaurismäki | 107 min.
Breaking up is hard to do. Staying together is even harder.
Production: Marianna Films Oy
Sales: Wide Management
Screenings: Sunday, Feb 14 CinemaxX 16 9.30
Monday, Feb 15 CinemaxX 13 14.30
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu)
Jörn Donner | 102 min.
Kerttu Nuorteva, a Finnish-born Soviet citizen and spy, was dropped into Finland by parachute in 1942. She operated undercover in Helsinki until she was arrested after making a mistake.
Production: Jörn Donner Productions Oy
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
Screening: Thursday, Feb 18 Arsenal 1 9.30
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille)
Klaus Härö | 76 min.
A warm-hearted and touching story of Leila, a life sentence prisoner who has just been pardoned.
Production: Kinotar
Sales: FilmSharks
Screenings: Saturday, Feb 13 CinemaxX 16 14.40
Monday, Feb 15 CinemaxX 14 19.20
Twisted Roots (Väärät juuret)
Saara Saarela | 99 min.
Drama about the traditions and legacy of the Kuura family. For the first time in years, the family is united under one roof by the father´s hereditary illness.
Production: Edith film Oy
Contact: The Finnish Film Foundation
Screenings: Friday, Feb 12 CinemaxX 15 14.30
Tuesday, Feb 16 CinemaxX 13 18.40
The Finnish Film Foundation, Scandinavian Stand, Martin-Gropius Bau
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