Maria Ylipää

Miss Blue Jeans (2012)

Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock´n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kinnunen
CAST:  Mikko Neuvonen  •  Sanni Kurkisuo  •  Elias Gould  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen

Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock´n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Kinnunen
CAST:  Mikko Neuvonen  •  Sanni Kurkisuo  •  Elias Gould  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen

Harbour Brothers (2004)

Finland in the 50s saw a time where boats from all over the world docked in the harbor city of Kotka. In addition to transporting goods, the sailors brought with them another import: jazz, swing and blues. A tale of music-loving, fearless and passionate young men ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pekka Mandart
CAST:  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Maria Ylipää  •  Mikko Nousiainen  •  Tuomas Uusitalo

Finland in the 50s saw a time where boats from all over the world docked in the harbor city of Kotka. In addition to transporting goods, the sailors brought with them another import: jazz, swing and blues. A tale of music-loving, fearless and passionate young men ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pekka Mandart
CAST:  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Maria Ylipää  •  Mikko Nousiainen  •  Tuomas Uusitalo

The Look of a Killer (2016)

Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security Police are trying to catch Kärppä. Kärppä's family is also in great danger. In order to save themselves and their families they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Nurkse
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Krista Kosonen  •  Onni Tommila  •  Mikko Nousiainen

Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security Police are trying to catch Kärppä. Kärppä's family is also in great danger. In order to save themselves and their families they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Nurkse
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Krista Kosonen  •  Onni Tommila  •  Mikko Nousiainen

Urban Family (2015)

Selja is in her thirties and lives in a shared flat with her friends. One day a boy appears at her door; a boy she gave up for adoption sixteen years earlier. Selja has a chance to get to know her son, but at the same time, makes a complete mess of her and her best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oskari Sipola
CAST:  Maria Ylipää  •  Johannes Brotherus  •  Riku Nieminen  •  Pihla Maalismaa

Selja is in her thirties and lives in a shared flat with her friends. One day a boy appears at her door; a boy she gave up for adoption sixteen years earlier. Selja has a chance to get to know her son, but at the same time, makes a complete mess of her and her best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oskari Sipola
CAST:  Maria Ylipää  •  Johannes Brotherus  •  Riku Nieminen  •  Pihla Maalismaa

Pietà (2007)

Maria's ex-boyfriend Kristian is homeless and moves back in with Maria. Maria works as a nurse at the home of Eeva, a paralyzed writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Selma Vilhunen
CAST:  Maria Ylipää  •  Ville Tiihonen  •  Eeva-Kirsti Komulainen  •  Kris Gummerus

Maria's ex-boyfriend Kristian is homeless and moves back in with Maria. Maria works as a nurse at the home of Eeva, a paralyzed writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Selma Vilhunen
CAST:  Maria Ylipää  •  Ville Tiihonen  •  Eeva-Kirsti Komulainen  •  Kris Gummerus

Baby Jane (2019)

Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of mind, and suddenly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katja Gauriloff
CAST:  Roosa Söderholm  •  Maria Ylipää  •  Nelly Kärkkäinen  •  Lauri Tilkanen

Jane, a small-town girl, has moved to Helsinki and the world is finally open for her. Passionate and excited, she seeks adventure, all the things she has yearned for so long. Jane gravitates to a gay bar at night, staggers in her nervous state of mind, and suddenly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katja Gauriloff
CAST:  Roosa Söderholm  •  Maria Ylipää  •  Nelly Kärkkäinen  •  Lauri Tilkanen

Täydellinen joulu (2019)

Woman whom have kids with 4 different guys invites her ex-husbands and kids to Christmas party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taru Mäkelä
CAST:  Elena Leeve  •  Antti Luusuaniemi  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Aku Hirviniemi

Woman whom have kids with 4 different guys invites her ex-husbands and kids to Christmas party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taru Mäkelä
CAST:  Elena Leeve  •  Antti Luusuaniemi  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Aku Hirviniemi

Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone (2023)

Julius, who devours comic books and vampire stories, has a lively imagination. Julius meets Arnold Cautious, who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and introduces himself as a degenerated, strawberry juice-drinking vampire. Julius and Cautious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arto Halonen
CAST:  Emil Paloniemi  •  Mikko Nousiainen  •  Luna Huotari  •  Maria Ylipää

Julius, who devours comic books and vampire stories, has a lively imagination. Julius meets Arnold Cautious, who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and introduces himself as a degenerated, strawberry juice-drinking vampire. Julius and Cautious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arto Halonen
CAST:  Emil Paloniemi  •  Mikko Nousiainen  •  Luna Huotari  •  Maria Ylipää

Koskinen (2022)

In the middle of the summer holidays, the body of a drowned man with ligature marks on his wrists is recovered from Tammerkoski river. The investigation by Koskinen's team is further strained by the hit-and-run case of a dubious music manager and the mysterious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Nurkse
CAST:  Eero Aho  •  Maria Ylipää  •  Turkka Mastomäki  •  Jon Jon Geitel

In the middle of the summer holidays, the body of a drowned man with ligature marks on his wrists is recovered from Tammerkoski river. The investigation by Koskinen's team is further strained by the hit-and-run case of a dubious music manager and the mysterious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Nurkse
CAST:  Eero Aho  •  Maria Ylipää  •  Turkka Mastomäki  •  Jon Jon Geitel