Nina Ijäs

Long Good Thursday

While on a shopping trip, Grump smells Saimi, a woman who smells just right and throws the whole man in a state of confusion. The Grump would not have believed that his chest could still feel like a young boy's. The Grump has to admit that he enjoys Saimi’s company. The words, looks, and touch of another awaken long-forgotten feelings. The Grump’s sons are incredulous and downright jealous of their father, and they don’t want to trust Saimi’s sincerity… could she be after the inheritance? Family meetings, misunderstandings, moonlight swims, and sleepless nights. Indeed, Cupid's arrow can pierce even an old man's flannel shirt.

Might Not Wanna Wake Up

Alex bids a musical farewell to their past love as they embark on an illusory journey through the five stages of grief.

Yellow Sulphur Sky

In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to reminisce about the events of decades past. Frej's memories from the bright 1970s to the present day are filled with love, jealousy, betrayal, life and death.

Spiral

Anna sees Jasmine, her former school bully, after years when Jasmine brings her daughter to Anna’s dance class. Anna and Jasmine try to behave in a civilized manner, but there’s something bubbling beneath the surface. Spiral is about a ballet class that gets out of hand.

Family in the Bubble

My parents were real estate developers and dealers in the 1980s. They achieved the ‘middle class dream’ thanks to the development boom. However, the Asian financial crisis swept everything away.

Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice

A Buddhist scientist from Bangkok decides to cryo-preserve his daughter's brain. As scandal swirls around the family, they struggle to grieve a child that, in their view, is suspended between death and a future reawakening.

Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice

A Buddhist scientist from Bangkok decides to cryo-preserve his daughter's brain. As scandal swirls around the family, they struggle to grieve a child that, in their view, is suspended between death and a future reawakening.

Goldilocks Zone

Craving for love and excitement, Sierra seeks out her childhood crush, through whom she starts to deal with the loss of her brother. But bringing the past into the present isn’t as easy as she would’ve thought.

Goldilocks Zone

Craving for love and excitement, Sierra seeks out her childhood crush, through whom she starts to deal with the loss of her brother. But bringing the past into the present isn’t as easy as she would’ve thought.

ATLAS

A couple tries to awaken their faded love by feeding it earthly possessions. But regret and paranoia arise when their tenderness transforms into mental violence towards oneself and the other.

ATLAS

A couple tries to awaken their faded love by feeding it earthly possessions. But regret and paranoia arise when their tenderness transforms into mental violence towards oneself and the other.

Heart of the Land

A couple on the verge of retirement run a small dairy farm in the Finnish countryside. Without anyone to carry on the family farming tradition, the work of generations is quietly coming to an end. A film about letting go that won’t soon let you go, this unforgettable record of the farm’s final year brims with affection for the land, its livestock and lifestyle.

Heart of the Land

A couple on the verge of retirement run a small dairy farm in the Finnish countryside. Without anyone to carry on the family farming tradition, the work of generations is quietly coming to an end. A film about letting go that won’t soon let you go, this unforgettable record of the farm’s final year brims with affection for the land, its livestock and lifestyle.