Girl Picture, 2022. Directed by Alli Haapasalo. Starring Aamu Milonoff, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino, Sonya Lindfors, Cécile Orblin, Oona Airola, and Mikko Kauppila. SYNOPSIS: Mimmi, Emma, and Rönkkö are girls at the cusp of womanhood, trying to draw their own contours. On three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling […]
Movie Review – Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019)
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, 2019. Directed by J-P Valkeapää. Starring Pekka Strang, Krista Kosonen, Ilona Huhta, Oona Airola and Jani Volanen. SYNOPSIS: A bereaved father finds that he is able to move through his grief via the world of erotic asphyxiation. The world of BDSM doesn’t have a great deal of representation on the big […]
Raindance Film Festival 2019 Review – Aurora
Aurora, 2019. Directed by Miia Tervo Starring Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Chike Ohanwe, Ria Kataja, Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman SYNOPSIS: Aurora (Mimosa Willamo) is a free-spirit-cum-alcoholic, who dreams of a life away from her job at a Lapland nail bar, or as the carer for her similarly sozzled father. Her path crosses with Darian (Amir […]
Movie Review – The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki (2016)
The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki, 2016. Directed by Juho Kuosmanen. Starring Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola and Eero Milonoff. SYNOPSIS: Finnish boxer Olli Maki gets a shot at the world featherweight boxing title, but he has something else on his mind. He’s fallen in love. Will he be a winner? Based on […]
