Animated films and series

Finally it’s time! Niko is about to be officially part of Santa’s reindeer. But everything changes when Emma, a confident young reindeer, appears out of the blue, competing for the spot Niko has dreamt of for so long. And right after, Santa´s special sleigh is stollen. An icy adventure in the Arctic Ocean begins… Christmas must be saved!

For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of autism, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.

Composer Kimmo Kuitunen was influenced 15 years ago by the famous Finnish poet Eino Leino and his old poem “Erotessa”. He began composing a choral work for the poem, but the composition turned into a wordless version. Artist Seppo Renvall discovered this piece of music called “LeinoMeetsOrc” and set out to visualize it. The result is a mathematically closely related symmetry of image and sound. Kuitinen’s contemporary classical orchestral work and Renvall’s impressionistic experimental worlds of everyday life leads to a dreamlike harmony for eyes and ears.

The Piano Lesson is a film about how war affects innocence and how a devastating situation forces a young person to grow up in an instant.

Mirages is a story about finding resources of human power, told with a strong female voice. The protagonist contemplates a close relationship, the different faces of love, the sensation of senses and the end of a relationship. Her mind broadens slowly from individual remembrances towards the community and recognition of her own powers. She shifts her energies towards a greater, communal purpose.