Never Alone and A Light That Never Goes Out to compete in Lübeck
The Last Misfits by the Golden River is the only Finnish documentary feature in competition.
Image: A Light That Never Goes Out, Mikko Parttimaa / Made
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck is organized for the 67the time on November 5–9, 2026, in Northern Germany.
A Light That Never Goes Out, by Lauri-Matti Parppei, is also competing for the 7,500-euro award for debut feature.
Finnish films at the Nordische Filmtage
Feature Films
- Never Alone (Klaus Härö)
- A Light That Never Goes Out (Lauri-Matti Parppei)
Documentary Films
- The Last Misfits by the Golden River (Juho-Pekka Tanskanen)
Equal Dust (Making Movies)
Short Films
- Equal Dust (Jani Peltonen)
- Lightning Rod (Helmi Donner)
- Lonely Rider (Juice Huhtala)
- Fish River Anthology (Veera Lamminpää)
- Memories Move Like Distant Islands (Saarlotta Virri)
Children & Youth, short films
- Invisible Sister (Nellie Rajala)
- The Seekers (Helena Hyvärinen)
- Kielo (Simen Kayacan, Janina Rajakangas)
Retrospective
This year’s theme is Pictorial influences on Nordic cinema.
- Helene (Antti J. Jokinen)
- Eino Ruutsalo: Windy Day (Tuulinen päivä, 1964), The Jump (Hyppy, 1965), Kinescope (1960–1991)
Immersion 360°
- Fulldome short film Parallel Universe (Suvi Parrilla)
- Concert and visuals Juuret Live AV Show (Veera Neva, Arttu Nieminen)
Specials: Puppet animation screening
- Bingo (Teemu Saarinen, Karo von Rutenhjelm)
- Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage (Iiti Yli-Harja)
- The Moustache (Anni Oja)
Minority co-productions supported by the Finnish Film Foundation
- feature films: Redoubt (John Skoog, Sweden)
- children and youth: The Summer Book (Charles McDowell, UK)
- children and youth: Kevlar Soul (Maria Eriksson-Hecht, Sweden)
- short films: The Tyrant (Eirik Svensson, Sweden)