Movies: Merja Ritola

  • 2015
    We Are the Pirates of the Roads

    We Are the Pirates of the Roads (2015)

    We Are the Pirates of the Roads

    4.72015HD

    The Rosvola family – The Robbersons drive around the country in their pirate car robbing bypassing cars of their sweets, extra food and consumer goods. Life changes for the Rosvolas when they accidentally kidnap 10-year-old Vilja, a diligent school g...

    We Are the Pirates of the Roads
  • 2015
    Seamstress

    Seamstress (2015)

    Seamstress

    7.22015HD

    A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki during the Second World War. She was one of the post-civil war (in 1918) generation for whom the war h...

    Seamstress
  • 2021
    Rabbit's Paw

    Rabbit's Paw (2021)

    Rabbit's Paw

    02021HD

    In Petersburg during perestroika there are two people, Alya and Nika. She is a little funny Petersburg intellectual; he is a French architect. They cannot live without each other, but they cannot together, either in the ancient Lyon castle, or in her...

    Rabbit's Paw
  • 2008
    Falling Angels

    Falling Angels (2008)

    Falling Angels

    5.82008HD

    The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her...

    Falling Angels
  • 2021
    The Other Side of the River

    The Other Side of the River (2021)

    The Other Side of the River

    82021HD

    To avoid a forced marriage, 19-year-old Hala finds refuge across the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria at a military academy where, while learning to fight, she vows to fight to free all women....

    The Other Side of the River
  • 2021
    Maija Isola, Master of Colour and Form

    Maija Isola, Master of Colour and Form (2021)

    Maija Isola, Master of Colour and Form

    102021HD

    A film about Maija Isola, the designer of Finland’s most beloved fabrics. Her bold designs, which include classics like Unikko, Kivet, Kaivo and Melooni, were essential in creating Marimekko’s lifestyle universe. The film shows the secrets to the su...

    Maija Isola, Master of Colour and Form
  • 2014
    Voice of Sokurov

    Voice of Sokurov (2014)

    Voice of Sokurov

    6.52014HD

    Five years in the making, based on six lengthy interviews filmed on six different locations in Saint Petersburg, we meet an outspoken artist who covers here his entire life and prolific career. The locations were Sokurov’s own favourites, where he fe...

    Voice of Sokurov
  • 2022
    Deserted

    Deserted (2022)

    Deserted

    52022HD

    Ingrid, an intelligent and beautiful 40-year old Western photojournalist, visits Sinai to finalise her photoshoot for her upcoming exhibition. She is kidnapped by terrorists and falls in love with one of the men....

    Deserted
  • 2018
    Putting Lipstick on a Pig

    Putting Lipstick on a Pig (2018)

    Putting Lipstick on a Pig

    02018HD

    A middle aged woman is an accountant and becomes addicted to gambling. She steals over 800 000€ from her customers and loses everything to the local gambling company on the small island where she lives....

    Putting Lipstick on a Pig
  • 2021
    A Wish Upon A Satellite

    A Wish Upon A Satellite (2021)

    A Wish Upon A Satellite

    02021HD

    A short film about a little boy Otto, whose parents had promised him a dog for his tenth birthday - before they suddenly passed away. When Otto sees a falling star the evening before his birthday, he wishes upon it one more time, but realises then th...

    A Wish Upon A Satellite
  • 2020
    Refugee Conversations

    Refugee Conversations (2020)

    Refugee Conversations

    102020HD

    REFUGEE CONVERSATIONS / PAKOLAISKESKUSTELUJA is a 90-minute documentary film. Its themes are: refugees, racism, xenophobia, Islam, Christianity and compassion — or the lack of it. What is the meaning and role of these in Finland, a country which acc...

    Refugee Conversations
  • 2001
    Pizza Passionata

    Pizza Passionata (2001)

    Pizza Passionata

    6.52001HD

    The loneliest man in the suburbs opens his door to a stranger and gets caught up in the merry-go-round of love....

    Pizza Passionata