Risto Jarva Prize 1979-2024
by Jukka_A | created - 03 Mar 2019 | updated - 3 weeks ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Opeta mua rakastamaan (1978 TV Movie)
32 min | Documentary
Director: Anssi Blomstedt | Stars: Laila Helminen, Vexi Salmi
2. Fragments of the Life of Reino Helismaa (1979 TV Movie)
62 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Esa Pakarinen, Tapio Rautavaara, Toivo Kärki, Matti Louhivuori
Votes: 6
3. Valehtelija (1981)
53 min | Comedy, Drama
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Lars Lindberg
Votes: 621
4. Vierailu (1982)
22 min | Short
Director: Tapani Lundgren | Stars: Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Heta Haukinen, Svante Martin, Erkki Pajala
5. Kotirauha (1983 TV Movie)
34 min | Drama
Director: Noora Männistö | Stars: Kira Roisko, Anitra Invenius, Pertti Mellin, Marika Kuusela
6. Sadetanssi (1983)
Two youngsters are spending their weekend holidays in autumn Helsinki. They are joined by a perky girl fleeing her boyfriend and together the trio experience the sorrows and joys of love, freedom and responsibility, singing and dancing.
Director: Kari Paljakka | Stars: Riitta Havukainen, Heidi Herala, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Tarja Härkönen
Votes: 11
10. Bagatelles, Doris, Variations 1-3 (1985)
3 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Riitta Nelimarkka, Jaakko Seeck
11. Häng dej, pojkfan (1985)
41 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Marcus Groth, Tomi Salmela, Stina Rautelin, Gunilla Ahlskog
Votes: 25
12. Laulu (1986)
81 min | Documentary
Directors: Arto af Hällström, Janne Kuusi | Stars: Ismo Alanko, Alf Forsman, Jouko Hohko, Jukka Orma
Votes: 37
13. Home of the Wild Boy (1987)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Kari Koski | Stars: Kari Kesäläinen, Markku Into, Pentti Siivonen, Harro Koskinen
Votes: 7
14. Laura's Room (1988)
48 min | Comedy
Director: Kaisa Rastimo | Stars: Mari Rantasila, Ilkka Merivaara, Kristiina Halkola, Paavo Piskonen
Votes: 33
15. Sijainen (1989)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Antti Peippo | Star: Jukka-Pekka Palo
Votes: 10
16. Raseri (1990)
36 min | Short, Drama
Director: Peter Lindholm | Stars: Carl-Kristian Rundman, Petri Johansson, Göran Sjöholm, Rolf Labbart
Votes: 6
18. Let's Dance (1991)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Paul-Anders Simma | Star: Anders Wasara
Votes: 15
19. The Land of Happiness (1993)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1960s, a family's story is seen from the perspective of a young boy leaving for school.
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Katariina Kaitue, Pertti Koivula, Anja Pohjola, Veikko Tiitinen
Votes: 457
20. Rosa Was Here (1994)
51 min | Family, Fantasy
A confused movie about children in a world from which adults have disappeared.
Director: Kaija Juurikkala | Stars: Sanna Liljander, Oula Kitti, Soila Niemi, Petteri Jamalainen
Votes: 111
21. Kaupunkisinfonia (1995)
62 min | Documentary
Director: Heikki Ahola | Stars: Hilkka Ahde, Matti Ahde, Klaus Bremer, Raimo Ilaskivi
Votes: 32
22. Heaven and Earth (1995)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Tuija Halttunen | Stars: Anna-Liisa Hämäläinen, Matti Hämäläinen
23. Traanilamppu (1997)
25 min | Short
Director: Sakari Kirjavainen | Stars: Nukappiaaluk M. Hansen, Agga Olsen, Erik Olsen, Maariu Olsen
Votes: 5
26. Sukkien euroelämää (1999)
74 min | Documentary
Tracking missing socks in the European Union
Director: John Webster | Stars: John Webster, Jörn Donner, Marjo Matikainen-Kallström, Outi Ojala
Votes: 68
27. Apinajuttu (2000)
57 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Esa Illi | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Max Bremer, Niklas Häggblom, Miia Lindström
Votes: 29
28. Hyppääjä (2001)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Diving is like poetry, each movement flowing into the next.
Director: P.V. Lehtinen | Stars: Glyn Banks, Synnöve Grönfors, Max Grönwall, Ilkka Hujanen
Votes: 40
29.
Vapaa pudotus (2001–2002)
Episode:
Turon baari
(2002)
48 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Director: Janne Kuusi | Stars: Teijo Eloranta, Tiina Pirhonen, Sari Havas, Sari Siikander
30. Tähteläiset (2003)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Jarmo Ylänen is a self taught artist who believes he is painting his works in collaboration with Vincent van Gogh. The work reconstructs the unique experiences of Anne Pajuluoma and Jarmo, ... See full summary »
Director: Veli Granö | Stars: Anne Pajuluoma, Jarmo Ylänen
Votes: 17
31. Isältä pojalle (2004)
69 min | Documentary
Film dealing with the relationship between parents and children in four different generations from the perspective of director Koiso-Kanttila's family. In addition to the director, his father, grandfather and two sons appear in the film.
Director: Visa Koiso-Kanttila | Stars: Visa Koiso-Kanttila, Aaro Koiso-Kanttila, Timo Koiso-Kanttila, Maijaliisa Soivio
Votes: 106
32. Lost and Found (I) (2003)
53 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Kanerva Cederström | Stars: Konstantin Gontcharov, Amanda Löfman
Votes: 11
33. Hiljainen tila (2005)
52 min | Documentary
In the Autumn of 2002 the cows of the Junkkonen farm are taken to the slaughterhouse. The wheels of progress roll onwards, but two middle-aged people get left behind, Maija and Pentti ... See full summary »
Director: Mervi Junkkonen | Stars: Maija Junkkonen, Pentti Junkkonen
Votes: 10
34. 365 Days - Video Diary by Reijo Kela 1999 (2006)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Reijo Kela | Star: Reijo Kela
35. Luonto ja terveys (2006 TV Movie)
55 min | Drama
Finnish-Russian Kostya is in his thirties and lives an unstable life. He keeps his distance from his father and his thoroughly Russian friends. When Kostya meets Masha, a young stripper ... See full summary »
Director: Panu Heikkilä | Stars: Ville Haapasalo, Oleg Letnikov, Olga Shuvalova, Andrei Tsumak
Votes: 22
36. Palnan tyttäret (2008)
69 min | Documentary
A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love.
Director: Kiti Luostarinen
Votes: 24
37. Hanasaari A (2009)
16 min | Documentary, Short, History
Hanasaari A is an experimental documentary about the changing cityscape of Helsinki and the final moments of a coal-fired power plant. The old industrial milieu is being destroyed to make ... See full summary »
Directors: Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
Votes: 47
38. Miesten vuoro (2010)
81 min | Documentary
Finnish men in sauna, speaking straight from the heart.
Directors: Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen | Stars: Timo Aalto, Pekka Ahonen, Aarne Aksila, Mauno Alasuutari
Votes: 2,686
40. So It Goes (2012)
30 min | Short, Drama
A working class woman tries to figure out whether to fall in love with a young boy or use him for money.
Director: Antti Heikki Pesonen | Stars: Armi Toivanen, Santeri Helinheimo Mäntylä, Juha Kukkonen, Max Ovaska
Votes: 150
41. Finnish Blood Swedish Heart (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
A son and a father go on a road trip that turns into a musical journey into the emotional memory and the history of Finnish immigration in Sweden; of shame, guilt, crime, alcoholism, and family secrets.
Director: Mika Ronkainen | Stars: Anna Järvinen, Heikki Kiviaho, Harri Manty, Oiva Latvalehto
Votes: 354
42. 6954 Kilometres to Home (2013)
56 min | Documentary, Drama
A single mother of three children lives in a refugee camp in Rwanda. One day she receives a permission to be relocated to Finland. 6954 Kilometers to Home is an hour documentary, which ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Reina | Stars: Mukamusoni Nyiratunga, Hogoza Uwamahoro, Frank Niyonzima, Yvite Mukabekazi
Votes: 14
43. Paratiisin avaimet (2014)
27 min | Short, Drama, History
Iran, 1984. Homeless brothers struggle to survive in a country at war.
Director: Hamy Ramezan | Stars: Salar Ashtiyani, Yazdan Akhoondi, Shaghayeh Djodat, Muhammed Cangören
Votes: 107
45. Viikset (2016)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man sports a magnificent mustache, and wants the world to know it too. But then he meets a man with equally impressive facial hair. A battle of mustaches ensues.
Director: Anni Oja | Stars: Mika Koskinen, Pentti Halonen, Markus Tervola, Janne Helenius
Votes: 85
46. Hobbyhorse Revolution (2017)
88 min | Documentary
A funny and moving film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and grooming toy horses.
Director: Selma Vilhunen | Stars: Mariam Njie, Elsa Fionuir, Alisa Aarniomäki
Votes: 284
47. Birds in the Earth (2018)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama
Two sister ballerinas dance through the villages and forests of the Sámi land in this whimsical and disarming commentary on indigenous sovereignty and land ownership (The Sámi are the only indigenous people within the European Union area).
Director: Marja Helander | Stars: Birit Haarla, Katja Haarla
Votes: 117
48. Animal Bridge U-3033 (2018)
12 min | Documentary, Short
A year in the life of a wildlife bridge over a busy highway in southern Finland, showing the animals crossing over and the traffic flowing under.
Director: Milja Viita | Star: Loa Salo
Votes: 23
49. To Teach a Bird to Fly (2020)
22 min | Documentary, Short
To Teach a Bird to Fly is an documentary-fiction film that explores bird extinction and climate change through a fictionalized story told from the perspective of the future. A woman relates... See full summary »
Directors: Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts | Stars: Sarah Carver, Anne-Gabriela Schmalstieg, Helena Wehner, Johannes Fritz
Votes: 24
50. Ellipsis (III) (2020)
28 min | Short
The narrator collides with animal-shaped shooting targets in the woods. She sets out to unravel a breathtaking and fascinating cultural-historical tangle of animal and human rights: the ... See full summary »
Director: Marjo Levlin
51. Kuinka käänsin rabobeston kylkiasentoon (2022)
15 min | Short, Drama
A woman has turned golden and lost her heartbeat. She makes a journey into the night to find out why.
Director: Mari Mantela | Stars: Alina Tomnikov, Valtteri Lehtinen, Jouko Klemettilä, Martti Suosalo
Votes: 57
52. Blush - An Extraordinary Voyage (2022)
15 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
For Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he's wearing makeup in public.
Director: Iiti Yli-Harja | Stars: Fatu, Rai, Leena Uotila
Votes: 56
53. How to Please (2023)
28 min | Documentary, Short
After escaping the Iraqi civil war, Wed requests asylum in Finland. It is denied even though his attorney is optimistic. It appears to be a mousetrap that drives Wed from pillar to post and into hopelessness.
Director: Elina Talvensaari | Star: Wed Al-Asadi
Votes: 15
Tell Your Friends