The Atari 2600 was forgotten and a new era started with… the incredible 16 Mega video console Sega Mega drive (…Applauses…). And Sega’s new baby was really a beautifully designed […]
The new Noah’s ark is in Norway
The vault will consist mainly of a chamber excavated 120 meters inside a rock. The location has been carefully chosen in a mountain 130 metres above sea level, so the […]
The Church of Chocolate
This year Eastern and Western Christianity are united with the occurrence of Easter on April 8th allowing a joint observation of the festival by both camps. As many of you […]
The man who conquered the land of fire
In 1953, geologist Väinö Auer returned to Finland from Argentina, the land where he made most of his expeditions and discoveries. At that time, he was already very pessimistic about […]
Porn is in the air
Maybe names such as Laura, Mr Lothar, Eve X, Rakel Leikki, Mariah or Henry Saari do not ring a bell to you… or maybe they do. Undoubtedly, porn and sex […]
Like Alice in Wonderland wearing a new pair of shoes
Is success coming too fast, Minna? All kind of attention is good and it is nice. I enjoy it and it is good for my business, but my goal has […]
The line of democracy
The red line is a symbol of democracy. On the 15th and 16th of March of 1907, every citizen in Finland aged 24 and over was able to go to […]
Is Gaia angry at us?
You have probably heard about the Gaia Theory, whose name was given by the famous writer William Golding, but who is the man behind it? His name is Lovelock, James […]
Meet Mr. Finland – the czar’s swedish-speaking spy
Baron Mannerheim is the man without whom Finland might have wasted decades as part of the Soviet Union. He is the only man ever to be named Field Marshal of […]
The subversive scientist?
Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge may be a comic book character, but (Nils) Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901) is a very real historical figure. Born in Helsinki, on Bulevardi 5, Nordenskiöld […]
Hurraa for children!
The minimum age for audience members for one of the productions premiering at the festival couldn't be much lower: crawling and walking age children. Working group Anttonen, Nuotio, Davies offers […]
Year of the Pig
{mosimage}Here I am knocking at the door of sex in the opening paragraph and even bringing pigs into the equation. I am confident that there is an official name for […]
Art makes the world go around
The American producer had bought a super yacht with the revenue he made with his last film. “What about the rest of the money then?” Biotechnics shares was the answer. […]
Finnish cinema reaches abroad
The industry is suffering, however, as public funding has failed to follow the production costs – not even the general inflation. Film production pays more taxes than it gets in […]