This 30-min film, created by the late George Hummasti and Lawrence Johnson, tells the story of the Finns who immigrated to Astoria in the early 20th聽century, most of them settling in Uniontown (aka 鈥淔inn Town鈥�). George鈥檚 brother Arnie Hummasti, an actor and teacher of theater and journalism, will speak before and after the film is […]
Catch "Top films from the top of Europe" at the 20th anniversary event, January 5,6, 19 and 20. Finnish films are: 11 a.m. Sunday, January 6:聽ARMOMURHAAJA / EUTHANIZER聽聽and at 4:30 p.m.聽TUNTEMATON SOTILAS / UNKNOWN SOLDIER 10 a.m. Saturday, January 19: RENDEL: DARK VENGEANCE 7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 20:聽TUNTEMATON MESTARI / ONE LAST DEAL
THE LUMBERJACK鈥橲 BRIDE /KOSKENLASKIJAN MORSIAN A tragic lumberjack rafting accident and the drowning of a young man leads to a rift in a small village, upheaving marriage prospects for the young man鈥檚 sister. A silent film accompanied by live music.
THE SONG OF THE SCARLET FLOWER /LAULU TULIPUNAISESTA KUKASTA This 1938 film is the聽first truly Finnish adaptation of Johannes Linnankoski鈥檚 iconic novel about a charming woodsman who drifts from one girl to the next. In Finnish with English subtitles.
TWO OLD LUMBERJACKS /KAKSI VANHAA TUKKIJ脛TK脛脛 A classic 1954 film in Finnish with English subtitles.
Loosely based on the聽Kalevala, Finland鈥檚 national epic poem, this 1959 genre-bending film follows a witch who steals the sun in order to spite a community of peaceful loggers who refuse to build her a magic mill. In addition to beautifully colored cinematography, the film features trolls, swans, and sorcery. In Finnish with English subtitles.
ETERNAL ROAD /IKITIE聽ACROSS BORDERS This film follows聽the journey of Jussi Ketola, who returns home to Finland from America at the beginning of the Great Depression, hoping 聽to live quietly and farm the land. But his fellow Finns, still raw from the ravages of the Civil War, cannot trust Ketola. In Finnish, English and Russian with […]
ETERNAL ROAD /IKITIE聽ACROSS BORDERS This 2017 film follows聽the journey of Jussi Ketola, who returns home to Finland from America at the beginning of the Great Depression, hoping 聽to live quietly and farm the land. But his fellow Finns, still raw from the ravages of the Civil War, cannot trust Ketola. In Finnish, English and Russian […]
View the 2017 remake of a legendary film based on a legendary book as聽part of the Finlandia University聽Finnish American Heritage Center鈥檚聽Nordic Film Series. In Finnish with English subtitles.
The monthly film series presents a Finnish film with English subtitles: It鈥檚 been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they鈥檝e had a daughter named Lumi. […]