Catalogue des films de « Heikki Färm »

The future? A bullet in the head. At least that’s what it feels like when you’re stranded at the “Hilton” council estate, a derelict new development in Helsinki. The people who live here aren’t 30 yet but have seen everything. They feel...

50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, by 2050 it will be 80%.  Acclaimed architect Jan Gehl and his team are on a humanistic mission to reclaim public space in mega cities for pedestrians (and cyclists) rather than cars. This...

Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste is placed in interim storages, which are vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world's first permanent repository is...

Naked Finnish men sit in the sauna and speak straight from their heart. In the warmth of rusty stoves these men cleanse themselves both physically and mentally. The film takes us to many different Finnish saunas to let us hear touching stories...

Väinö Myllyrinne, two and a half metres high, was the tallest Finn ever to have lived. Considered a living prodigy, he toured the world as a circus attraction. After his death he became a national legend. An entertaining, sharp and melancolic...