Timo Lavikainen

Heart of a Lion (2013)

Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Peter Franzén  •  Pamela Tola  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Peter Franzén  •  Pamela Tola  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

Lapland Odyssey (2010)

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Jussi Vatanen  •  Jasper Pääkkönen  •  Timo Lavikainen  •  Pamela Tola

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Jussi Vatanen  •  Jasper Pääkkönen  •  Timo Lavikainen  •  Pamela Tola

Dog Nail Clipper (2004)

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markku Pölönen
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Ville Virtanen  •  Risto Salmi  •  Taisto Reimaluoto

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markku Pölönen
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Ville Virtanen  •  Risto Salmi  •  Taisto Reimaluoto

8 Days to Premiere (2008)

A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Iina Kuustonen  •  Elina Knihtilä

A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Iina Kuustonen  •  Elina Knihtilä

Pearls and Pigs (2003)

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Laura Birn  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Timo Lavikainen

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Laura Birn  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Timo Lavikainen

The Grump (2014)

A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Antti Litja  •  Mari Perankoski  •  Petra Frey  •  Iikka Forss

A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Antti Litja  •  Mari Perankoski  •  Petra Frey  •  Iikka Forss

Lapland Odyssey 2 (2015)

It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teppo Airaksinen
CAST:  Jussi Vatanen  •  Pamela Tola  •  Timo Lavikainen  •  Miia Nuutila

It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teppo Airaksinen
CAST:  Jussi Vatanen  •  Pamela Tola  •  Timo Lavikainen  •  Miia Nuutila

Winning Ticket (2018)

Eevi works in a beauty parlor, leading a humdrum life in the suburbs of Helsinki with his husband Kari, a wannabe rocker. After the jackpot, the couple agrees to carry on with their lives as before, without telling anyone about the stroke of luck. But the money is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Antti Luusuaniemi  •  Elsa Saisio  •  Jenni Kokander  •  Malla Malmivaara

Eevi works in a beauty parlor, leading a humdrum life in the suburbs of Helsinki with his husband Kari, a wannabe rocker. After the jackpot, the couple agrees to carry on with their lives as before, without telling anyone about the stroke of luck. But the money is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Antti Luusuaniemi  •  Elsa Saisio  •  Jenni Kokander  •  Malla Malmivaara

95 (2017)

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Jens Hultén  •  Frida Hallgren  •  Samuli Edelmann

Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Jens Hultén  •  Frida Hallgren  •  Samuli Edelmann

Unknown Redux (2017)

UNKNOWN REDUX is a short movie by Anssi Määttä and Antti Tuominen, where events depicted happen in a fictitious Finland and it's alternative history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anssi Määttä
CAST:  Pihla Viitala  •  Mimosa Willamo  •  Lauri Tilkanen  •  Timo Lavikainen

UNKNOWN REDUX is a short movie by Anssi Määttä and Antti Tuominen, where events depicted happen in a fictitious Finland and it's alternative history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anssi Määttä
CAST:  Pihla Viitala  •  Mimosa Willamo  •  Lauri Tilkanen  •  Timo Lavikainen

Lapland Odyssey 3 (2017)

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiina Lymi
CAST:  Jussi Vatanen  •  Pamela Tola  •  Kari Ketonen  •  Santtu Karvonen

In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiina Lymi
CAST:  Jussi Vatanen  •  Pamela Tola  •  Kari Ketonen  •  Santtu Karvonen

Ricky Rapper And The Strongman (2019)

Ricky and Nelly decide to take part in arm wrestling competition during their summer holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markus Lehmusruusu
CAST:  Pamela Tola  •  Timo Lavikainen  •  Aki Rumbin  •  Ylermi Rajamaa

Ricky and Nelly decide to take part in arm wrestling competition during their summer holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markus Lehmusruusu
CAST:  Pamela Tola  •  Timo Lavikainen  •  Aki Rumbin  •  Ylermi Rajamaa

A Long Hot Summer (1999)

The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Unto Helo  •  Hanna-Mari Karhinen  •  Mikko Hakola  •  Jimi Pääkallo

The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Unto Helo  •  Hanna-Mari Karhinen  •  Mikko Hakola  •  Jimi Pääkallo

There Will Be Spring (2020)

Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annika Grof
CAST:  Asta Sveholm  •  Turkka Mastomäki  •  Verneri Lilja  •  Sari Havas

Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annika Grof
CAST:  Asta Sveholm  •  Turkka Mastomäki  •  Verneri Lilja  •  Sari Havas

Lapland Odyssey 4 (2022)

Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juha Wuolijoki
CAST:  Heikki Ranta  •  Pamela Tola  •  Mikko Töyssy  •  Timo Lavikainen

Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juha Wuolijoki
CAST:  Heikki Ranta  •  Pamela Tola  •  Mikko Töyssy  •  Timo Lavikainen

Northern Quality (2022)

Northern Quality tells the story of three generations of farmers. Each of them experience different kind of problems, but all of them are linked to some kind of structural change. They seek a solution to their problems by cultivating a more productive crop in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tuukka Temonen
CAST:  Miska Haakana  •  Arman Alizad  •  Jussi Puhakka  •  Juhani Laitala

Northern Quality tells the story of three generations of farmers. Each of them experience different kind of problems, but all of them are linked to some kind of structural change. They seek a solution to their problems by cultivating a more productive crop in their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tuukka Temonen
CAST:  Miska Haakana  •  Arman Alizad  •  Jussi Puhakka  •  Juhani Laitala