Tag Archive for: FFA 2025

Hippo Love

Hippo Love’s set-up is an evening-long conversation between two strangers around a wedding party in Greece while both are in the midst of their own breakups. Touko, a struggling musician still technically married, feels drawn to Eevis, who is just about to separate from her partner. Also attending the wedding is Touko’s wife, the famous pop star Leena, who quickly senses the chemistry between Touko and Eevis. Set against the stunning seaside landscapes of Greece, the evening unfolds through intimate conversations about parenthood, childlessness, sex, divorce, marriage—and, of course, love— while celebrating an unforgettable wedding.

Second Acts

Second Acts is a poetic documentary about transformation through theatre. At Helsinki-based Portti Theatre, current and former prisoners step on stage not to play roles—but to strip them away. Behind tattoos and trauma, they ask: Who do I want to be?

Their lives hang in the balance. One crisis could mean a return to drugs or crime. But in the act of performing, something shifts. As they are seen, heard, and applauded, a radical possibility takes root: Maybe I’m not who I used to be.
Second Acts is not a story of redemption—it’s about survival, identity, and rewriting the script, on stage and in life.

Happy Sassy Beautiful

Kaija Koo is one of the most popular artists in Finnish pop music and power ballads. This biographical film follows Kaija Koo’s journey through music and life as she navigates her challenges, ultimately discovering true freedom in both her personal and professional life. The story tells her transformation from an insecure young woman into an independent and strong individual, whose personal growth and especially the songs born from it have empowered many generations.

Lapland War

Lapland War is a story about young individuals caught in the crossfire of geopolitical upheaval. 

As they endure the harsh realities of World War II, they discover the resilience of the human spirit.

Arne Goes to Space

An alien crash-lands in Älvsbyn in Norrbotten. His mission was to learn more about the planet earth in Papua New Guinea, but ends up with two brothers who struggle with hunting team conflicts and death – the younger brother Arne has had a relapse of cancer and is hospitalized. At first, Stefan doesn’t want a free loathing space man in his home, but soon Roland’s telekinetic powers come in handy. Stefan begin to teach him about the important things in life – moonshine, hunting and the concept of love. When Arne is getting worse Stefan is forced to face the inevitable, a life without his brother.

Arrowhead

Sara Laurent, an elite bodyguard, is protecting the daughter of a wealthy Jordanian family on the French Riviera. Her world shatters when an ambush in Saint Tropez leaves her whole team dead. Suspecting her employer, the powerful Arrowhead corporation, Sara begins to uncover a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels. Fearing for her safety, Sara flees to Finland to reconnect with her estranged father. There, she is also confronted by a mercenary called Samuli, her former lover. With her past and present colliding, she aims to uncover the truth, seek justice for her fallen colleagues, and expose the conspiracy by gathering evidence against Arrowhead’s CEO, Stefan Brost. All the while investigating her mother’s mysterious death and uncovering a past she didn’t know. When Stefan learns of Sara’s intentions, he sends a crew of ruthless hitmen after her in the Finnish wilderness. As she battles to survive with the help of her father, sister, and a recluse ex-combat diver Jarno, high-tech weapons clash with ancient resolve, forcing Sara to confront her past, expose Arrowhead’s dark secrets, and choose between love and duty in a world where violence is a business.

The Feeder

Pregnant and unsure about her future, Fran visits her boyfriend Henrik at his remote family cabin in Finland. When a group of violent strangers arrive, Fran fears the worst—but they’re not what they seem. Survival turns to betrayal as Fran uncovers the truth: Henrik stole their child as part of his family’s dark legacy—feeding children to a sleeping giant to keep it from destroying the world. With the girl hidden in the attic and the giant stirring, Fran must choose: save the child or save humanity.

Boobs

Boobs is a short animated documentary exploring the evolving meaning of breasts through Milla’s life—from childhood to motherhood. With humor and tenderness, it reflects on body image, identity, and acceptance, highlighting how society, others, and ourselves shape our views on the body.

The Carpenter

In a small Finnish town, a quiet carpenter’s peaceful life is shattered when a violent hit squad murders his daughter.

What they didn’t count on?

He’s the deadliest man to ever pick up a chisel.

Armed with handcrafted wooden weapons and decades of buried rage, he carves a brutal path of revenge through the shadowy organization that made him.

Before & After Sauna Ghost

A German workaholic unwittingly unleashes the seductive ghost of the old Scandinavian sauna, who offers to improve her body, and with it her life… in return for a small favour – lure more people in.

Helsinki International Film Festival –
Rakkautta & Anarkiaa ry
Bulevardi 5 A 12
00120 Helsinki, Finland

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