Anna-Leena Sipilä

The Two and Only (2013)

Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Ilkka Villi  •  Antti Reini  •  Inka Kallén

Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Ilkka Villi  •  Antti Reini  •  Inka Kallén

Stars Above (2012)

Stars above follows the stories of three women from the same family across three different decades. The main characters – Saima, Tuulikki and Salla – each lives in the same country house. Saima´s story takes place in the war time 1942, when Finland fought against ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Irina Björklund  •  Leo Sjöman  •  Meri Nenonen  •  Kai Vaine

Stars above follows the stories of three women from the same family across three different decades. The main characters – Saima, Tuulikki and Salla – each lives in the same country house. Saima´s story takes place in the war time 1942, when Finland fought against ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Irina Björklund  •  Leo Sjöman  •  Meri Nenonen  •  Kai Vaine

Rölli – hirmuisia kertomuksia (1991)

Trollforest is in grave danger, so Rölli the Troll must unite with a Forest Fairy to save their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Soinio
CAST:  Allu Tuppurainen  •  Sari Mällinen  •  Rolf Labbart  •  Jussi Lampi

Trollforest is in grave danger, so Rölli the Troll must unite with a Forest Fairy to save their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olli Soinio
CAST:  Allu Tuppurainen  •  Sari Mällinen  •  Rolf Labbart  •  Jussi Lampi

Jill and Joy's Winter (2015)

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Lilja Lehto  •  Aava Merikanto  •  Anna-Leena Sipilä  •  Joonas Saartamo

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Lilja Lehto  •  Aava Merikanto  •  Anna-Leena Sipilä  •  Joonas Saartamo

Adult Camp (2015)

Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, upgraded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johanna Vuoksenmaa
CAST:  Jarkko Niemi  •  Iina Kuustonen  •  Minttu Mustakallio  •  Essi Hellén

Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, upgraded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johanna Vuoksenmaa
CAST:  Jarkko Niemi  •  Iina Kuustonen  •  Minttu Mustakallio  •  Essi Hellén

Overseas and Under Your Skin (2009)

Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Amira Khalifa  •  Marja Packalén  •  Matti Ristinen  •  Leena Uotila

Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Amira Khalifa  •  Marja Packalén  •  Matti Ristinen  •  Leena Uotila

Blue Corner (2002)

Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace Knocking Petteri Summanen and Sulevi Peltola. It is therefore goes without saying that expectations were high in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Sulevi Peltola  •  Mikko Alanko  •  Petteri Summanen  •  Antti Litja

Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace Knocking Petteri Summanen and Sulevi Peltola. It is therefore goes without saying that expectations were high in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Sulevi Peltola  •  Mikko Alanko  •  Petteri Summanen  •  Antti Litja

Super Furball (2018)

Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, who can fly and solve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joona Tena
CAST:  Ella Jäppinen  •  Viljami Lahti  •  Essi Hellén  •  Eero Ritala

Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, who can fly and solve ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joona Tena
CAST:  Ella Jäppinen  •  Viljami Lahti  •  Essi Hellén  •  Eero Ritala

Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen (2018)

Juice Leskinen was a singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, folk artist – the father figure of Finnish rock lyrics. The most important factor of Juice's life was his love life. Everything else – booze, lyrics and fame – came as its by-product. The movie tells the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teppo Airaksinen
CAST:  Riku Nieminen  •  Pekka Strang  •  Silmu Ståhlberg  •  Antti Tuomas Heikkinen

Juice Leskinen was a singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, folk artist – the father figure of Finnish rock lyrics. The most important factor of Juice's life was his love life. Everything else – booze, lyrics and fame – came as its by-product. The movie tells the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teppo Airaksinen
CAST:  Riku Nieminen  •  Pekka Strang  •  Silmu Ståhlberg  •  Antti Tuomas Heikkinen

Land of Hope (2018)

Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markku Pölönen
CAST:  Oona Airola  •  Konsta Laakso  •  Pyry Äikää  •  Mika Nuojua

Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markku Pölönen
CAST:  Oona Airola  •  Konsta Laakso  •  Pyry Äikää  •  Mika Nuojua

Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Feisty First-grader (2020)

Hayflower has started school, where she learns a lot of exciting brand new things. Quiltshoe doesn’t like to stay home without a sister to play with. When Hayflower tells about an upcoming fishing trip with her class, Quiltshoe comes up with a complicated plan, so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Aksa Korttila  •  Joonas Nordman  •  Niina Lahtinen  •  Janne Kataja

Hayflower has started school, where she learns a lot of exciting brand new things. Quiltshoe doesn’t like to stay home without a sister to play with. When Hayflower tells about an upcoming fishing trip with her class, Quiltshoe comes up with a complicated plan, so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Aksa Korttila  •  Joonas Nordman  •  Niina Lahtinen  •  Janne Kataja

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DIRECTION:  Ilari Nummi
CAST:  Tiina Tenhunen  •  Katja Krohn  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Markku Huhtamo

Syrjähyppyjä (1996)

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DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Outi Mäenpää  •  Vesa Vierikko  •  Ilkka Heiskanen  •  Ulla Uotinen

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DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Outi Mäenpää  •  Vesa Vierikko  •  Ilkka Heiskanen  •  Ulla Uotinen

Hardly a Butterfly (1998)

Heavily built young woman Kaisu comes to work in a small grocery store in the countryside, run by a bossy old lady and her tiny and quiet grown-up son Erni. Faced with a common enemy, the unlikely young couple find support in each other, despite their physical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heidi Köngäs
CAST:  Kaarina Hazard  •  Mika Nuojua  •  Liisamaija Laaksonen  •  Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen

Heavily built young woman Kaisu comes to work in a small grocery store in the countryside, run by a bossy old lady and her tiny and quiet grown-up son Erni. Faced with a common enemy, the unlikely young couple find support in each other, despite their physical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heidi Köngäs
CAST:  Kaarina Hazard  •  Mika Nuojua  •  Liisamaija Laaksonen  •  Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen

Kill Anneli (2020)

Black drama-comedy about elementary school teacher Kaisa who has lost control of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti Holma
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen  •  Pietu Wikström  •  Ville Myllyrinne

Black drama-comedy about elementary school teacher Kaisa who has lost control of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti Holma
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen  •  Pietu Wikström  •  Ville Myllyrinne

Nurses – Dreadful Hospital Outage (2021)

Iiris tries to recover from her difficult separation with Artturi when she unexpectedly meets Anton. The relationship doesn't get a chance to progress far when Iiris' son Niilo suddenly becomes ill. Niilo would only need a small operation, but once the boy enters ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toni Laine
CAST:  Iina Kuustonen  •  Riku Nieminen  •  Leena Pöysti  •  Lena Meriläinen

Iiris tries to recover from her difficult separation with Artturi when she unexpectedly meets Anton. The relationship doesn't get a chance to progress far when Iiris' son Niilo suddenly becomes ill. Niilo would only need a small operation, but once the boy enters ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toni Laine
CAST:  Iina Kuustonen  •  Riku Nieminen  •  Leena Pöysti  •  Lena Meriläinen

Bad Women (2022)

Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing Johanna needs is a busload of uninvited guests knocking on the door of the parish house on the eve of an important ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niklas Lindgren
CAST:  Leea Klemola  •  Emma Kilpimaa  •  Mikko Penttilä  •  Jussi Vatanen

Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing Johanna needs is a busload of uninvited guests knocking on the door of the parish house on the eve of an important ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niklas Lindgren
CAST:  Leea Klemola  •  Emma Kilpimaa  •  Mikko Penttilä  •  Jussi Vatanen

What Remains (2022)

During the 1990s, at a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital, a man known as Mads Lake confessed to multiple murders and was convicted. However, the uneasy triumvirate of Mads, therapist Anna Rudebeck and policeman Soren Rank, all have a vested interest in unearthing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ran Huang
CAST:  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Andrea Riseborough  •  Gustaf Skarsgård  •  Éva Magyar

During the 1990s, at a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital, a man known as Mads Lake confessed to multiple murders and was convicted. However, the uneasy triumvirate of Mads, therapist Anna Rudebeck and policeman Soren Rank, all have a vested interest in unearthing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ran Huang
CAST:  Stellan Skarsgård  •  Andrea Riseborough  •  Gustaf Skarsgård  •  Éva Magyar