A handbook of direct action where squatters, opponents of globalization and anarchists tell their stories. The world was fixed in the 1990s and 2000s, sometimes more successfully, sometimes not so much. By using a lot of archive material, the film connects earlier generations of activists to today’s climate movements. Direct action will be important in the future too. If there will be one.
We live in an era of crises – society is in crises, democracy is in crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic is yet another. Everyday we get news about the world, our country or it could even be our neighbourhood. But is this what is going on, are we the people portrayed in the news?
When a young Kenyan star athlete is accused of gang rape alongside his teammate, the only person who stays by his side is his Finnish girlfriend. Together they face the destruction of their reputation and their futures, and the consequences of cancel culture, never giving up hope that their love will get them through this.
Three cows – Joy, Crumb and Sweetie – live in the forest. Joy is the grandma and Crumb is its child. Sweetie is Joy’s granddaughter who was born as a surprise on the pasture. Three women take care of the cows, and the cows of the women as well. Fabulous Cow Ladies is an immersion in nature, a film about the cycle of life and importance of community. The matriarchal gang of the three veterinarians and their cows is called FCL – Fabulous Cow Ladies.
10 Letters to the Future is a mosaic-like documentary film, born out of a collective effort in times when everything stopped. The global reality of state of emergencies penetrated everything we had taken for granted, and many people took stock of their lives in a new light. What happened to us and what is the future we want to be heading to?
As the virus controls the world, schoolchildren start collecting letters to be encapsulated in a wooden chest built by the students, to be opened after 50 years. The documentary is a time capsule in itself.
The 8-year-old Jasmin was never able to understand why people keep asking her where she is from. From Finland of course! When Jasmin’s parents finally decide to move the entire family back to their home country Somalia, Jasmin is faced with the biggest change in her life. She has to say goodbye to the familiar playgrounds in the Helsinki suburbs, as well as her best friend Maryam.