Tag: Samu Heikkilä

Fallen Leaves | Review

All the Leaves Are Brown: Kaurismaki’s Song for the Lonely Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki adds a fourth chapter to his thematic Proletariat Trilogy with...

Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6

Following Drifting Clouds (1996), The Man Without a Past (2002), Lights in the Dusk (2006), and 2011's Le Havre, Finland's favorite auteur Aki Kaurismäki...

Video Interview: Zaida Bergroth & Alma Pöysti – Tove

Finland’s official submission for the ‘Best International Feature’ category at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021 is Tove, the fifth film from Zaida Bergroth,...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...