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- A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.
- In Lapland's cold Arctic Circle, under the eternal midnight sun, unfavourable circumstances reunite two kindred spirits. And governed by circular motifs woven by faith and love, they must answer a pivotal question. Can they deny destiny?
- TV MovieAnya follows her father's footsteps in sled dog racing. In Finland, she enters his last race but her lead dog is injured. Teaming with Cole's dog, she battles her father's rival Monty while learning to trust her new canine partner to win.
- The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events.
- This documentary tells the story of Jani, a 19-year-old drug addict living on social welfare among with his friends. Tired of his life in a remote city in Rovaniemi, he decides to travel by train to various parts of Europe before being sent to imprisonment for several petty crimes.
- Amidst Rovaniemi's eclectic mix of university town, tourist mecca, and rugged nature, detectives Maria and Samu delve into one outrageous real-life Lapland crime case per episode, uplifting grim premises.
- The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.
- Janne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.
- Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, meets Iranian Darian one night at a hot-dog stand in Lapland. Darian is running from death and Aurora is running from love. They need each other in order to finally stop running.
- This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.
- After his release from prison, a petty criminal assembles a ragtag group to rob banks.
- Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge.
- A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to bond with his son, on a road trip to the north.
- An ordinary day in the lives of four girls, from morning to bedtime, at school and at home with their families, teachers and friends.
- Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad... On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.
- American and British friends studying in Finland decide to take up an offer to travel to the Arctic Circle and experience the mysterious, pagan celebration of Midsummer's Eve.
- The history of 100 year old Finland told through the philosopher Bruno A. Oja who moved to Lapland to cure his writer's block. When invited to the Independence Day Reception, he has to take a 1200 km road trip through Finland with a taxi.
- After shockingly winning the Eurovision Song Competition in 2006, Mr. Lordi, the monster of Lapland, and his horror metal band lose almost everything. Will the man behind Mr. Lordi find a way to stay true to himself and make a comeback?
- Losing faith in their original idea for a movie to celebrate Finland's 50 years of independence, a film crew decides to hire a typical Finnish taxpayer to tell them what to shoot. The result becomes a comedic cavalcade of Finnish promotional clichés - Lapland, sauna, moose hunting, beautiful blond women etc. - as presented by a slick entourage following on the heels of William Nurmi, a Finnish-American hair tonic millionaire on a visit to his ancestors' homeland. Add some half-baked criminal hanky-panky, and towards the end even one of the main characters has to confess to the camera that he's lost track of this movie's plot about fifteen minutes ago.
- A Russian drone operator uses a nuclear powered drone to lure alien object to the orbit, immobilizes them and captute them. But when that object came close to earth, the drome operator loses contact with the commanding officer and have to decide whats real and whats not
- A trip to Lapland leads to immense changes in the life of a single mother and her seven- year- old son. Love, hope and efforts to save the life of the little boy will change dramatically the lives of the two grown-ups.
- The best songs of Europe are facing one another in Finland.
- Snowboarding: For Me brings the Oakley snowboarding story to life through the perspectives and experiences of the athletes. Their moving testimonials coupled with archival and never-before-seen action footage convey a unique position on the past, present and future of the sport that is both inspirational and thought-provoking.
- A Finnish woman, on behalf of her unwilling father, searches for the German soldier who sired him, with surprising results.
- Nige Reid is 52, overweight and finds it increasingly difficult to motivate himself to keep fit. He just happens to enjoy dipping his ample torso in the freezing cold water of South London's Tooting Bec Lido in the winter months, often in a vain attempt to cure a hangover. Part travelogue, part documentary, 'Swim, Santa, Swim' sees Nige play the role of somewhat reluctant guinea pig as he prepares his uncooperative body for the 450 metre endurance event at the World Cold Water Swimming Championships, hosted by Santa's home town of Rovaniemi in the Arctic circle. Join Nige as he meets an array of ice swimming veterans who offer him sage advice on how best to keep body and soul unseperated...
- Jouko is a slacker who wants to get rid of his life. Unfortunately life has other plans for him.
- Heikki tries to overcome his financial difficulties by marrying his son Juhani and the only daughter of Nuottaniemi, Hanna. She is in love with the honest Antti and is threatened by the fiery and dangerous Juhani.
- At school they used to call him Bázo, a Sami expression for a slightly retarded person. In his village they still use the name behind his back. In a way it is true. Emil is not the smartest person in the little mountain village where he lives with his father. he never even learned how to read or write properly. His brother, Kenneth, was different. He bought himself an excavator, worked in both Finland and Norway, made a lot of money, and used to ocome on visits with different girlfriends in his shiny Mercedes. One day Emil and his father receive a letter; Kenneth is dead. He has been in an accident with the excavator. Emil goes to Norway looking for whatever may be left of his brother's belongings. The Mercedes is gone. It turns out that all Emil has inherited is an almost new shotgun, a seven-year-old boy, Kenneth's former girlfriend, and his shady business dealings. Together Emil and the boy, Kevin, start looking for the Mercedes, unaware of his dead brother's powerful enemise. It turns out that Kenneth was most likely killed...
- A fine artist yet treacherously beautiful Jenni, has an affair with a young wannabe artist. Under the guise of unconditional love, she traps him into a dangerous game of unconditional obedience.
- More than 2000 years ago, a baby was born in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. It was a humble birth in a stable, to parents with no wealth or status. So how did the celebration of this event become the biggest holiday on the Western calendar? Among the questions we'll answer: Why is Christmas on December 25th? How did an ancient bishop from Turkey become Santa Claus? Why do we celebrate with trees, wreaths and stockings? Who started the tradition of Christmas shopping? Filmed in eight different countries, Christmas: The Story Behind the Traditions takes you around the world to discover the history of the holiday, from the birth of Jesus to the modern celebration of Christmas.
- Mikael hears that he has only six months to live. He decides that he will look good at the coffin.
- A road movie about the obsession of driving a Porsche.