Vilma Melasniemi

Seamstress (2015)

A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Suhonen
CAST:  Martta Koskinen  •  Vera Kiiskinen  •  Pekka Milonoff  •  Laura Birn

A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war had meant a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Suhonen
CAST:  Martta Koskinen  •  Vera Kiiskinen  •  Pekka Milonoff  •  Laura Birn

Il prossimo tuo (2009)

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Riitta Ciccone
CAST:  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Maya Sansa  •  Laura Malmivaara  •  Massimo Poggio

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Riitta Ciccone
CAST:  Jean-Hugues Anglade  •  Maya Sansa  •  Laura Malmivaara  •  Massimo Poggio

Restless (2000)

Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina, something unexpected happens – he falls in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aku Louhimies
CAST:  Mikko Nousiainen  •  Laura Malmivaara  •  Petteri Summanen  •  Matleena Kuusniemi

Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina, something unexpected happens – he falls in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aku Louhimies
CAST:  Mikko Nousiainen  •  Laura Malmivaara  •  Petteri Summanen  •  Matleena Kuusniemi

The Stick (2020)

Aava has but one wish: to get a dog. Meanwhile, her parents' marriage is falling apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teppo Airaksinen
CAST:  Elina Patrakka  •  Juho Milonoff  •  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Albert Palm

Aava has but one wish: to get a dog. Meanwhile, her parents' marriage is falling apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teppo Airaksinen
CAST:  Elina Patrakka  •  Juho Milonoff  •  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Albert Palm

Veera (1999)

A young woman, Veera, revolves around musician Janne. Janne is not interested, but what happens when Janne can't escape the situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zaida Bergroth
CAST:  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Janne Hyytiäinen  •  Jarno Kolehmainen  •  Olli Suominen

A young woman, Veera, revolves around musician Janne. Janne is not interested, but what happens when Janne can't escape the situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zaida Bergroth
CAST:  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Janne Hyytiäinen  •  Jarno Kolehmainen  •  Olli Suominen

Frozen Hell (2011)

During the Continuation War, there were dozens of POW camps in Finland. About the third of 70,000 prisoners died during the first year of war. Most of the archives of the camps were destroyed and the majority of the war crimes were never revealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Suhonen
CAST:  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Eero Saarinen  •  Antti Seppänen  •  Antti Virmavirta

During the Continuation War, there were dozens of POW camps in Finland. About the third of 70,000 prisoners died during the first year of war. Most of the archives of the camps were destroyed and the majority of the war crimes were never revealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Suhonen
CAST:  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Eero Saarinen  •  Antti Seppänen  •  Antti Virmavirta

Resistant (2021)

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Suhonen
CAST:  Joonas Saartamo  •  Elena Leeve  •  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Olavi Uusivirta

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Suhonen
CAST:  Joonas Saartamo  •  Elena Leeve  •  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Olavi Uusivirta

... And You Will Be a Clown (1985)

Just when Julia is going to finish her horse drawing, her mother goes to the shop and leaves Julia to watch over her little brother Jonni. Then Julia dreams that when she grows up, she will have her very own circus horse, Josafat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camilla Mickwitz
CAST:  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Marjut Helminen  •  Tanja Mickwitz  •  Marina Motaleff

Just when Julia is going to finish her horse drawing, her mother goes to the shop and leaves Julia to watch over her little brother Jonni. Then Julia dreams that when she grows up, she will have her very own circus horse, Josafat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camilla Mickwitz
CAST:  Vilma Melasniemi  •  Marjut Helminen  •  Tanja Mickwitz  •  Marina Motaleff