Yle Movies

A summer in Ostrobothnia, Finland, with the Swedish country and western singer/songwriter and artist Alf Robertson. He grew up in Gamlestaden in Gothenburg went to sea on M / S Canada in 1957 when he was only 15 years old. In the spring of 1961, Alf Robertson...

Tokyo at the beginning of the 21st century, its inhabitants and artists. An observation and diagnosis of the modern Japanese metropolis: the singularity of unusual creative individuals is merely a response to the majority Japanese society. Even this can appear...

Of all my uncles, Rodolfo was the only one who didn't want to be a blacksmith like my grandfather: He wanted to be a dancer. The search for the traces of his life leads to the discovery that in the eighties in Paraguay, under Stroessner's dictatorship, Rodolfo...

A story about one man's success and another's demise. Algoth Mäki, who moved to southern Finland in search of work, encounters the harsh world of gravel mining, where others succumb, but Hurme, the Sand King, continues his rise up the social ladder.

Based on a true story from the summer of 1982 when Queen Elizabeth was visited in the middle of the night by a man who managed to get into Buckingham Palace in London and right up to her bedroom.

Finland's Eurovision Song Contest Blind Channel performed in Helsinki in August 2021. The energetic band attracted fans from Central Europe to their gig at Allas Sea Pool.

A father takes us through one year of trying to teach a preschooler how to make a film.

The Finnish vocalist A. Aimo and Dallapé Orchestra perform in the TV-show "Suvisattumia".

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar t...

The warden of Halden, Norway's most humane prison, tours the U.S. prison system to urge a new approach emphasizing rehabilitation.

In Maija Blåfield’s documentary, eight former North Koreans talk about what it was like to watch illegal films in a closed society. In addition to the 'waste videos', South Korean films were also smuggled into the country via China.

A group of young university students on a sailing trip anchor their boat off the coast of a remote island. They meet the island's owner and his daughter. One of the young men decides to stay on the island for the whole summer and ends up uncovering its dark se...

This personal and compelling portrait follows Gudrun Schyman, spokesperson of Sweden's Feminist Initiative political party, as she moves between small towns, refugee camps, and the corridors of power.

Musical production of the space epic Aniara.

Based on Edvard Radzinsky's play, the story critically examines the difficulties of a Soviet film production.

Exciting miniseries about some dramatic events in a small Swedish town in the 1950s. Kråkan, 17, lives alone with his mother Siri. She dreams of his future as a classical pianist. He dreams of Elvis Presley and sex. When a series of brutal murders suddenly str...

A documentary film about two single mothers.

Over a thousand years ago, the sun-washed lands of Southern Spain were home to Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together and flourishing. Their culture and beliefs intertwined and the ...

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 in the two grisly murders brings the investigation teams of Maardam and Kaalbringen together - a collaboration...