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EXCLUSIVE: Here is the first trailer for Finnish Popstar Anna Eriksson's allegorical horror W, ahead of its Out of Competition world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, running from August 3 to 13. The psychodrama unfolds against the backdrop of a medical institution set in a snow-covered wasteland and revolves…

UPDATED with video: Finnish author Tove Jansson is most known for creating the enduringly popular children's characters the Moomins, which have spanned comics, books and TV series since she first came up with them in the 1940s. She is now the subject of a biopic, Tove, which is Finland's submission for the…

Instinct, the psychological thriller starring Game of Thrones‘ Carice van Houten and Aladdin‘s Marwan Kenzari, has been chosen by The Netherlands as the country’s official selection in the Oscars’ International Feature Film race. The pic, which won an award for its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and is…

Finland’s Oscar entry this year, Teemu Nikki’s Euthanizer, sets up some intriguing paradoxes about the way humans treat animals, and the way humans treat each other. Local Finnish character actor Matt Onnismaa stars as Veijo, a mechanic who on the side euthanizes sick animals. Though twisted, he’s not some…