WELFARE WARRIORS

Directed by: Tiina Lymi
Original title: Sisäilmaa
Genres: Drama, Comedy TV Series
Cast: Elina Knihtilä, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Jarkko Niemi, Sari Siikander, Milka Ahlroth, Juho Milonoff, Satu Silvo, Pertti Sveholm
Written by: Juha Lehtola, Tiina Lymi
Produced by: Hanna Virolainen
Production company: Solar Films Inc.
Production year: 2020
Release year: 2021
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish
Duration: 3 x 60 min
Subtitled versions: English

THE NEW HIT TV SERIES FROM FINLAND

Synopsis: When the employment office is haunted, profit targets are weighed down and mould damage threatens, service manager Anneli Tiainen (Elina Knihtilä) uses peculiar means in the face of an impossible situation. But one misstep only leads to worse, the demands are tightened even more, and Anneli has to fear not only the revelation of her secret, but also the increasingly strange phenomena that appear in the middle of the agency’s everyday life. Anneli’s torturous visions, ghosts, and scary mould growth drive her close to the brink of madness. And when the walls of the welfare state begin to fall around her - literally - a choice has to be made as to whether to surrender or expose oneself. 

RŪRANGI

Directed by: Max Currie (Everything We Loved, Queer Nation)
Genres: Drama
Cast: Elz Carrad, Kirk Torrance, Āwhina Rose Henare Ashby, Arlo Green, Ramon Te Wake, Aroha Rawson, Renee Lyons, Renée Sheridan
Created by: Cole Meyers, Oliver Page
Series Writer: Cole Meyers
Produced by: Craig Gainsborough
Production Company: Autonomouse
Production year: 2019
Release year: 2020
Country: New Zealand
Language: English, Māori (Subtitled in English)
Duration: TV series 5 episodes x 19 min / Feature Film 96 min
Formats: HD

Synopsis: After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rūrangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn’t heard from him since before Caz transitioned.

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For more information about the ways Rūrangi is breaking ground in New Zealand, please visit: Rūrangi - Our Kaupapa

BETWEEN US

Original Title: Mellom Oss
Created by: Ole Marius Araldsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Directed by: Eigil Langmark (Hæsjtægg), Charlotte Sachs Bostrup (Mercur, Kartellet)
Genres: Warm Dramedy
Cast: Nicolai Cleve Broch (Harajuku, Beforeigners), Agnes Kittelsen, Lærke Winther, Johannes Nymark
Written by: Ole Marius Araldsen, Marie Hafting, Anna Neye, Patrik Syversen, Jesper Sund, Tone Mygind Rostbøll
Produced by: Ole Marius Araldsen, Anne Kolbjørnsen
Production company: Anagram Norway
Production year: 2019
Country: Norway, Denmark
Language: Norwegian, Danish
Duration: 8 episodes x 40 mins
Subtitled versions: English
Format: TV Series

Synopsis:

Life consists mostly of everyday life and it is easy to forget to care for love. Between Us is a warm dramedy about two couples, their four perspectives, their trust and lack of trust in their relationships, and how even miniscule details end up having major consequences in their lives.

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THE CHOSEN ONES

Directed by:  Liza Morberg, Christian Hallman, Stina Hammar
Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast: Felice Jankell, Frida Gustavsson, Amy Deasismont, Tind Soneby, Loa Ek, Segal Mohamed, Astrid Morberg, Isabella Touma Pettersson, Bill Hugg, Thomas Chaanhing, Amanda Ooms
Written by: Leif Alexis and Henrik Lilliér
Produced by: Erik Magnusson
Production Company: Anagram Sverige AB
Production year: 2020
Release year: 2020
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Duration: 6 x 18 mins

Synopsis:

Twelve girls wake up in a secluded mansion, without knowing how or why they got there. As they realize they are locked in, the situation in the house threatens to escalate. But the mansion also harbours a dark secret. The girls are part of a medical experiment and if they don’t manage to escape they will die, one by one.

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SNIP, SNAP, SNUT & THE SQUARES

Directed by: Cecilia Actis & Mia Hulterstam
Genres: Children’s Animation
Cast: Sanna Persson Halapi
Written by: Cecilia Actis & Mia Hulterstam
Produced by: Emma Åkesdotter Ronge
Production Company: Anagram Sverige AB
Production year: 2019-2020
Release year: 2020
Country: Sweden
Language: No Language
Duration: 10 x 4 mins / Feature version 30 mins
Formats: HD

Synopsis:

In a colorful fantastic world live the mischievous friends Snip, Snap and Snut. They live a wonderful life among trees full of cinnamon buns and balloons. But there is also the boring Squares who want to ban everything that’s fun. An animated TV series for a very young audience.

The first season SNIP, SNAP, SNUT is also available. For more information click here.

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SISTERS 1968

Directed by: Kristina Humle (Innan vi dör ,Krama mig)
Original title: Systrar
Genres: Drama, TV-Series
Cast: Mikaela Knapp (En delad värld, Irene Huss, Upp till kamp), Maja Rung (Heder, Andra Avenyn), Anna Åström (Midsommar), Jens Hultén (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Skyfall), Livia Millhagen (Veni Vidi Vici, Molanders, Everlasting Moments), Hannes Fohlin (Vår tid är nu, Karawane, Beck), Kim Sulocki (Kontoret, Nya tider), Camilla Larsson (Real Humans, Om jag vänder mig om), Sunjatha Conta, Lo Kauppi (Modus, Beck)
Written by: Martina Bigert, Maria Thulin
Produced by: Emma Åkesdottir-Ronge
Production company: Anagram
Production year: 2018
Release year: 2019
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Duration: 3 x 60 min
Subtitled versions: English

Synopsis:

It's 1968 and the newly minted, politically aware reporter Karin tries to land her dream job at one of the big Stockholm newspapers, but has to content herself with a little summer substitute position at a sleepy backwater daily. Armed with her typewriter, she and her rebellious artist friend Lottie each rent a room in the home of the newspaper’s owner Georg. It doesn’t take many days before the peculiar pair have managed to stir things up in the little community where people have barely heard of the protests in Paris, much less the bra burning going on across the Atlantic!

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THE ACTIVISTS

Directed by: Lauri Maijala (Veriruusut, Juoppohullun päiväkirja)
Original title: Aktivistit
Genres: Thriller, TV-Series
Cast: Pelle Heikkilä (Aallonmurtaja, Jättekiva, Jägarna), Elmer Bäck (Jättekiva, Eisenstein in Guanajuato, The Spiral), Pekka Strang (Sipoon Herttua: Duke of Sipoo, Tom of Finland), Jan Korander (Marian paratiisi, Lola uppochner), Oscar Pöysti, Stella Laine, Elias Westerberg (Roba, Sekasin), Linda Manelius (Bullets, Hölmö nuori sydän), Marc Gassot (Mustat lesket, Keisari Aarnio, Melkein totta)
Written by: Erik Söderblom, Lauri Maijala
Produced by: Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff, Erik Söderblom, Tia Ståhlberg
Production company: Helsinki filmi
Production year: 2018
Release year: 2019
Country: Finland
Language: Swedish, Finnish, Russian
Duration: 3 x 58 min
Subtitled versions: English

Synopsis:

The Activists has three intertwining stories about the assassination of Bobrikov the Russian Governor General of Finland in the beginning of the 20th century. Finland dreams about independence from the Russian regime. It’s a time of violence, sexual tensions and belief in the future. The Activists is a political thriller, a radical portrayal of historical events. The style is modern, fast and humane.

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ROMANTIC COMEDY

Directed by: Elizabeth Sankey
Genres: Documentary
Cast: Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World), Charlie Lyne, Anne T. Donahue (Celebrity Style Story), Cameron Cook, Simran Hans, Brodie Lancaster, Eleanor McDowall, Laura Snapes
Written by: Elizabeth Sankey
Produced by: Chiara Ventura, Oskar Pimlott, Jeremy Warmsley
Production company: Montgomery Avenue
Production year: 2019
Release year: 2019
Country: UK
Language: English
Duration: 78 mins

Synopsis:

ROMANTIC COMEDY is a documentary that goes beneath the surface of our favourite films, seeking to better understand the way we view love, relationships, and romance. Romantic Comedies are hugely successful and deeply loved by many but often have avoided critical analysis. Helped by a diverse chorus of writers, actors and filmmakers, and with original songs by her band Summer Camp, director Elizabeth Sankey embarks on a journey of investigation and self-discovery.

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