Aalto University Movies

  • 2021
    Guarding Fires

    Guarding Fires

    Guarding Fires

    62021HD

    The summer ahead is long and hot but the burden of shame from the past is haunting Joonas, 24, and driving him to solitude. A sudden phone call change...

    Guarding Fires
  • 2020
    Silence

    Silence

    Silence

    02020HD

    In this short, shown in the student category at IDFA, the compelling, dramatised story of a pedophile is told. He hasn’t opened up about his orientati...

    Silence
  • 2020
    Smoke Break

    Smoke Break

    Smoke Break

    02020HD

    A self-ironic portrayal of a young woman and her secret cigarettes.

    Smoke Break
  • 2022
    The Limelight Life

    The Limelight Life

    The Limelight Life

    02022HD

    A world-weary reality TV host (Alma Pöysti) is given one last chance by her producer. Accompanied by a cynical filming crew, she goes to find out what...

    The Limelight Life
  • 2023
    409 – Please Make Up My Room

    409 – Please Make Up My Room

    409 – Please Make Up My Room

    02023HD

    Tommi, a shy hotel cleaning boy, cleans the room 409 night after night. To him it seems like every one of the hotel guests has found a connection with...

    409 – Please Make Up My Room
  • 2016
    Bollinger

    Bollinger

    Bollinger

    02016HD

    A boss invites an underling and his family for dinner.

    Bollinger
  • 2021
    Old Man With A Movie Camera

    Old Man With A Movie Camera

    Old Man With A Movie Camera

    02021HD

    “A person has to have something to live for”. Pentti is a 94-year-old widower who steps into a new phase in his life having found filmmaking – and the...

    Old Man With A Movie Camera
  • 2021
    All My Mom’s Phone Calls

    All My Mom’s Phone Calls

    All My Mom’s Phone Calls

    62021HD

    In this warm-hearted puppet animation documentary, we get to know the filmmaker’s 54-year-old mother Maija through her phone calls. We see how she cop...

    All My Mom’s Phone Calls
  • 2023
    Hound

    Hound

    Hound

    02023HD

    Hound tells the story of a young child who is desperately trying to survive in a dark, abandoned city. Huge dog as her only comfort the duo not only n...

    Hound
  • 2016
    Rehtori

    Rehtori

    Rehtori

    02016HD

    Sari is a high school principal with high standards but no idea of what to do with them. In the teachers' lounge her nitpicky style hasn't won her pop...

    Rehtori
  • 2020
    On Hold

    On Hold

    On Hold

    02020HD

    On the basis of anonymous telephone calls made to a helpline for teenagers, On Hold makes us hear a dissonant speech. Recounted here by older people,...

    On Hold
  • 2021
    Eyes as Dark as the Night

    Eyes as Dark as the Night

    Eyes as Dark as the Night

    02021HD

    Beautiful and melancholic movie from Finland. Love is strong. Home of the presidents. Let’s smile.

    Eyes as Dark as the Night
  • 2021
    The Land That Rises and Descends

    The Land That Rises and Descends

    The Land That Rises and Descends

    02021HD

    We tend to see our geographic map as static. On the contrary, this work full of subtlety shows us that life in an archipelago is by nature affected by...

    The Land That Rises and Descends
  • 2024
    Milky Way is our Galaxy

    Milky Way is our Galaxy

    Milky Way is our Galaxy

    02024HD

    Milky Way is our Galaxy