Yle Movies

Matti and Liisa are two farmers who become curious to see the first railroads in Lapinlahti, Finland.

Van Veeteren finds retiring from the police force is easier said than done when two decapitated bodies are found in quick succession. The matching MO...

Is love eternal? Or ideology? When erstwhile communists meet at a food course the result is quite the concoction.

A documentary about the life of an ordinary Estonian family, which the film group followed for 14 months after the monetary reform in 1992. The backgr...

A comprehensive history of European Jazz, exploring the origins of the US-influenced Jazz clubs after the Second World War, the first steps independen...

Merry Christmas is a comical interpretation of the traditional Christmas gospel set in a modern-day Helsinki

Reeta is on holiday with her baby brother and parents. When her parents fail to return to their isolated island house after going shopping, Reeta and...

Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.

Filmed over twenty years, Tibetan Buddhist Master Choogyal Namkhai Norbu watches as his western-born son, Yeshi, who was recognized at birth as the re...

The dysfunctional Chinese justice system allows citizens with grievances against their local governments to petition the court to clear or correct the...

During one summer night in early 20th century Stockholm, two young women sneak out to a forbidden dance, where a single kiss ignites a love that will...

The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on his personal a...

A foreigner in a Finnish hospital.

For the family members of murder victims mourning is often postponed indefinitely. To unlock the trauma and begin the grieving, a method called restor...

Anna has taken care of her elderly parents and their farm. After her parents pass away, she takes control of her own life.

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The cou...

An interview documentary about Finnish military court sentencing procedures after the Continuation War.

Documentary about medium strength beer in Finland.

The life, demolition and reconstruction of the Kopaszi dam. Shot for ten years long in a forgotten landscape in the center of Budapest. People living...

Restorer stumbles upon ghosts in an old castle.