Cinematography: Sari Aaltonen
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Sari Aaltonen. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
2021 · Movie · 82 min. · Finland
Direction Teemu Nikki
Cast Petri Poikolainen · Marjaana Maijala · Hannamaija Nikander · Matti Onnismaa
Plot Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face but used to talk on the phone every day. When he heard about her declining health, he decides to go meet...
6.6
38 votes
6.6
38 votes
Codename: Annika (TV Series)
2023 · Series · min. · Finland
Direction Aleksi Bardy · Mia Ylönen · Antti-Jussi Annila
Cast Sannah Nedergård · Helena Bergström · Erkki Busnov · Moa Gammel
6.0
86 votes
6.0
86 votes
Euthanizer
2017 · Movie · 83 min. · Finland
Direction Teemu Nikki
Cast Matti Onnismaa · Jari Virman · Ilari Johansson · Santtu Karvonen
Plot Veijo, a true animal lover, lives in a poor, suburban Finnish region and is a black-market pet euthaniser. He’s also an animal whisperer and prefers to personally deliver justice to...
6.0
149 votes
6.0
149 votes
Nyrkki (TV Series)
2019 · Series · 43 min. · Finland
Direction Antti-Jussi Annila · Alli Haapasalo
Cast Emmi Parviainen · Olavi Uusivirta · Sampo Sarkola · Katja Kukkola
Plot During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East...
5.8
44 votes
5.8
44 votes
Light Light Light
2023 · Movie · 91 min. · Finland
Direction Inari Niemi
Cast Rebekka Baer · Anni Iikkanen · Laura Birn · Pirjo Lonka
Plot A girl Mimi arrives a small village in western Finlan and immediately fills 15-year-old Mariia's life with light. 20-years-later, Mariia returns home to take care of her sick mother, and...
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Isolated (TV Series)
2020 · Series · min. · Finland
Direction Antti-Jussi Annila · Alli Haapasalo · Mikko Kuparinen · Mika Kurvinen
Cast Mimosa Willamo · Oona Airola · Tommi Korpela · Samuli Edelmann
Plot Seven short films about adapting to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ruthless Times: Songs of Care
2022 · Documentary · 92 min. · Finland
Direction Susanna Helke
Cast Sepi Kumpulainen
Plot A choir of tired nurses sing to Anna-Mari Kähärä's hypnotic tunes about the truths of everyday nursing work. It is a cinematic-musical work of activism, calling for more humane work,...
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Mental (TV Series)
2016 · Series · 30 min. · Finland
Direction Teemu Nikki
Cast Elias Westerberg · Anssi Niemi · Anna Böhm · Eveliina Hotti
Plot TV Series (2016-Present Day). 2 Seasons. 25 Episodes. Sekasin takes place in a psychiatric hospital, where four teens end up for different reasons. All of them have some serious issues...
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Marzia, my friend
2015 · Documentary · 80 min. · Finland
Direction Kirsi Mattila
Plot 'Marzia, My Friend' is the story of an Afghan woman in her twenties, who like all young people dreams of love, freedom and an interesting job. She dreams of peace...
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Wonderland
2017 · Movie · 92 min. · Finland
Direction Inari Niemi
Cast Milka Ahlroth · Anna Paavilainen · Mari Rantasila · Eero Ritala
Plot Helena's husband has gone off with a younger woman. Christmas is coming, life is slow and nothing is as it used to be. Helena is getting anxious about spending Christmas...
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Hobbyhorse Revolution
2017 · Documentary · 88 min. · Finland
Direction Selma Vilhunen
Cast Mariam Njie · Elsa Salo · Alisa Aarniomäki
Plot A funny and moving film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and grooming toy horses.
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Mun Lappi
2005 · Movie · 30 min. · Finland
Direction Hanna Bergholm
Cast Sami Kuosku · Antti Luusuaniemi · Merja Mettiäinen · Tenho Karjalainen
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War and Peace of Mind
2016 · Documentary · 72 min. · Finland
Direction Ari Matikainen
Plot 'War and Peace of Mind' explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically. Finland and WWII,...
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