Tampere Film Festival 2022

In the autumn of 1981, a Finnish political book called Tamminiemen pesänjakajat was published. The collection of writings analyzed, in a sharp and malicious way, known politicians and finlandization, as well as speculated the followers of President Kekkonen, whose health was waning.

When Finnish-Somalian Mustafe discovers his ancestors' land in the horn of Africa is full of copper and gold, he decides to swap his family's safe but boring life in the Nordics for Somaliland, a self-declared state in East Africa. As Mustafe struggles to lift the treasures from underground, his children embark on a bumpy journey to uncover where they really belong.

Host country Korea will face the world's best hockey nation Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ethnically Korean, but mentally North American hockey coach has four years to prevent national embarrassment.

Documentary-material based choir couplet portraying the privatization of the elderly care sector in Finland. Quotes from the news media, real life political debacles, and the rhetoric with the Promises of Privatization are celebrated and which have taken over the public airspace of society and as well as real life experiences of the care workers are turned into the lyrics of serious but playful choir pieces composed by Anna-Mari Kähärä. Women working as carers in the elderly care sector sing these songs in various settings of their workplaces. Retirees, elderly citizens and dementia patients, those who have been pushed in the shadows of society and who have been coined as the "sustainability gap" sing impudent songs playing with the newspeak of the economical lingo of our era. These absurd singing tableau vivant images, elevated flash mob scenes, are juxtaposed with the documentary episodes in which the film captures, through several perspectives, testimonies and documentary characters, the crisis of the Finnish elderly care sector. By combining songs and documentary elements, the film portrays the collision between the ethics of care and the logic of profit and austerity. We have all accepted the view that we cannot afford providing decent care of the ever growing population of elderly citizens. Meanwhile, the elderly care sector has been taken over by multinational corporations.

Explores the dramatic consequences of India's growing economy, capturing not only a city in crisis but magnifying our collective climate realities.

Known as one of Finland's most prominent rock institutions, Tavastia club celebrated half a century of being in the business, whilst withstanding the challenges of a global pandemic. In this rockumentary, director Antti Kuivalainen takes us through the history of Tavastia, as the club which brought rock 'n' roll to Finland.

Three Afghani girls get an opportunity to travel Europe to follow their dreams of becoming professional skiers.

10-year old Marja needs to get into town to get milk for her little brother. To get there she has to ski across the ice, but that turns out not to be the most dangerous thing she has to do during the trip.

What binds people into a relationship? What happens when those bonds come loose and break up? This is an intimate story of two people: their love, family life and separation. The passing of years changes a person. Is the waning of love inevitable?

Eedi, suffering from eco-anxiety, decides to start beekeeping with the help of their mother Anne who, rather than fearing for the future, is scared of every single little bee.

Having tearful goodbyes with family and friends, a young provincial girl graduates from her school before moving to a big city far away.

Humorous fragment of starting over, struggles with life and neighbours. A story of the time when even washing the undies seems difficult.

A fellow arrives to a quiet summer cottage with a list of things to do - only it turns out there's one too many.

A single father is torn between worry and wonder when his daughter begins to disappear every time she falls asleep. Dreams and loss merge as he is forced to confront what he fears most.

A former saboteur returns to work and a magician reveals all his tricks. A short action film about the shared adventure of filmmaking with all its special effects.

On furlough from his military service, Niko pays his estranged father a visit. Can old wounds heal?

Daniela, Svetlana, and Matti film their relationship to the Arctic. The concern for the future of an unborn child, longing for home and a traditional way of life in the world of possibilities provided by capitalism form the foundation of the film. ARCTIC UTOPIAS probes the individual's emotional spectrum in a rapidly changing environment.