Programme

Films in alphabetical order  |  Films in screening order  |  Timetable

 
Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim:
1/2 Revolution (Denmark 2011)

The Arab Spring from the viewpoint of activists. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Wed 12th Nov at 5:30pm
 
Morgan Neville:
20 Feet from Stardom (USA 2013)

This Oscar winner is the best music documentary of 2013. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sun 16th Nov at 5:00pm
 
Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard:
20,000 Days on Earth (UK 2014)

A dive into the psyche of the coolest rock star in the world. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 1 • Wed 12th Nov at 7:00pm
 
Alex Steyermark:
The 78 Project Movie (USA 2014)

Vinyls for true hipsters. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Wed 12th Nov at 5:00pm
 
Pirjo Honkasalo:
Betoniyö (Finland 2013)

The Finnish Oscar candidate is a merciless yet brilliant film. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Thu 13th Nov at 8:00pm
 
Mark Mori:
Bettie Page Reveals All! (USA 2013)

A charming film about the 1950s pin up and fetish model, Bettie Page. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sat 15th Nov at 9:15pm
 
Jay Bulger:
Beware of Mr. Baker (UK 2012)

There are rock stars, and asshole rockstars. And then there's Ginger Baker. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sun 16th Nov at 3:15pm
 
Nick Fenton, Peter Strickland:
Björk: Biophilia Live (UK 2014)

Björk’s phenomenal concert recording in Finland for the first time. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sat 15th Nov at 7:15pm
 
John Dullaghan:
Bukowski: Born Into This (USA 2003)

A documentary film on the king of decadent romance. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Fri 14th Nov at 6:00pm
 
Ben Knight, Travis Rummel:
DamNation (USA 2014)

Faith topples DamNation. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sat 15th Nov at 12:30pm
 
Alejandro Jodorowsky:
The Dance of Reality (La danza de la realidad) (Chile, France 2013)

The worshipped director’s surreal return to film. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sun 16th Nov at 12:45pm
 
Nicolas Winding Refn:
Drive (USA 2011)

Rokumentti warm-up: A modern crime classic. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Tue 11th Nov at 6:00pm
 
Gaspar Noé:
Enter the Void (France, Germany, Italy 2009)

Rokumentti warm-up: The shocking film by the forerunner of filmmaking. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sat 8th Nov at 12:00pm
 
Javier Polo:
Europe In 8 Bits (Spain 2013)

TechnoThursday goes chiptune! Read more >

Screening time:
Kerubi • Thu 13th Nov at 8:00pm
 
The Riahi Brothers:
Everyday Rebellion (Austria, Switzerland 2013)

They want to change the world. For the better! Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Wed 12th Nov at 7:30pm
 
Jean Epstein:
The Fall of the House Usher (La chute de la maison Usher) (France 1928)

A musically accompanied trip to the twilight zone. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sun 16th Nov at 3:00pm
 
Alex Gibney:
Finding Fela (USA 2014)

This music brings down dictatorships. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sat 15th Nov at 2:45pm
 
Lenny Abrahamson:
Frank (Ireland, UK 2014)

An absurd drama that’s not to be missed! Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sun 16th Nov at 7:00pm
 
Liz Marshall:
The Ghosts in Our Machine (Canada 2013)

Faith in tomorrow's world where animal abuse is ancient history. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Thu 13th Nov at 8:15pm
 
Jeremy Rumas:
Hangs Upon Nothing (USA 2014)

A wickedly beautiful world. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sat 15th Nov at 3:00pm
 
Joel & Ethan Coen:
Inside Llewyn Davis (USA 2013)

The Coen brothers entrapped by folk music. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sun 16th Nov at 3:00pm
 
Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen:
Instrument of Himmler (Himmlerin kanteleensoittaja) (Finland 2014)

The kanteles of the Third Reich. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Fri 14th Nov at 4:45pm
 
John Ridley:
Jimi: All Is by My Side (UK/Ireland 2013)

A controversial film about the world's best guitarist. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sat 15th Nov at 3:00pm
 
Greg Olliver:
Johnny Winter - Down & Dirty (USA 2014)

The story of the world's unlikeliest superstar. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Fri 14th Nov at 8:00pm
 
Sirkus Supiainen:
Kiven aika -music & fire show
Films in Ilosaari - Open air. Read more >

Screening time:
Ilosaari • Fri 14th Nov at 7:30pm

Free entry!
 
Don Argott:
Lamb of God: As the Palaces Burn (USA 2014)

A headbanger's nightmare. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Fri 14th Nov at 10:15pm
 
Mika Ronkainen:
Laulu koti-ikävästä (Finnish Blood Swedish Heart) (Finland 2012)

Films in Ilosaari – Open Air. Read more >

Screening time:
Ilosaari • Fri 14th Nov at 6:00pm

Free entry!
 
Live in the Theatre: Sonik
Experience an intimate concert in a movie theatre. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Thu 13th Nov at 7:00pm
 
Sergei Loznitsa:
Maidan (Netherlands, Ukraine 2014)

90 days of revolution. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Fri 14th Nov at 4:00pm
 
Ragnar Bragason:
Metalhead (Iceland, Norway 2013)

Black humor and black metal in an Icelandic fashion! Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sat 15th Nov at 5:15pm
 
Antti Haase:
Monsterimies (Finland 2014)

A story of a boy who wanted to be a monster. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Fri 14th Nov at 6:30pm
 
Greg Camalier:
Muscle Shoals (USA 2013)

A remarkable story about the place that changed the sound of pop music. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sat 15th Nov at 7:00pm
 
Jim Jarmusch:
Mystery Train (USA 1989)

A cult movie by Jim Jarmusch on the big screen. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sat 15th Nov at 12:45pm
 
CHRZU:
Nightsatan and the Loops of Doom (Finland 2013)

Synthesizer band at post-apocalyptic Karelia. Read more >

Screening time:
Kerubi • Thu 13th Nov at 8:00pm
 
Maurice Steenbergen:
Oldschool Renegades (Netherlands 2013)

Travel in time to the roots of house and rave. Read more >

Screening time:
Kerubi • Thu 13th Nov at 6:00pm
 
John Carney:
Once (Ireland 2006)

Rokumentti warm-up: The greatest musical film of the 2000s. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Sun 9th Nov at 1:00pm
 
Jim Jarmusch:
Only Lovers Left Alive (UK/USA 2013)

Jim Jarmusch’s award-winning vampire drama on silver screen Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Fri 14th Nov at 10:00pm
 
Jeff Broadway:
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton (USA/UK 2013)

The story of a legendary hip hop label. Read more >

Screening time:
Kerubi • Sat 15th Nov at 4:00pm
 
Agit-Cirk:
Panohommia ja kirjotusvirheitä
Films in Ilosaari - Open air. Read more >

Screening time:
Kerubin Keittiö • Fri 14th Nov at 9:30pm

Free entry!
 
Perttu Leppä:
Pitkä kuuma kesä (Finland 1999)

Films in Ilosaari – Open Air. Read more >

Screening time:
Ilosaari • Fri 14th Nov at 8:00pm

Free entry!
 
Sini Anderson:
The Punk Singer (USA 2013)

How to change the world with music. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sat 15th Nov at 5:15pm
 
Talal Derki:
Return to Homs (Syria, Germany 2013)

The face of war is human. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Thu 13th Nov at 4:30pm
 
Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern:
Shut Up and Play the Hits (UK 2012)

The gig where you wish you’d been. Read more >

Screening time:
Kerubi • Sat 15th Nov at 6:00pm
 
Alex Cox:
Sid & Nancy (UK 1986)

Rokumentti warm-up: A classic music film in a Monday screening. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 2 • Mon 10th Nov at 4:30pm
 
Kai Sehr:
Skateistan (Germany, USA 2011)

A faith-inspiring documentary about an exceptional charity project. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Thu 13th Nov at 6:00pm
 
Selma Vilhunen:
Song (Laulu) (Finland 2014)

A film about the last oral poet of Hietajärvi. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sun 16th Nov at 5:15pm
 
Christopher Nelius, Justin McMillan:
Storm Surfers 3D (Australia 2012)

A surf film in 3D. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Fri 14th Nov at 8:15pm
 
Salvo Cuccia:
Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily (Italy/USA 2013)

Intimate encounters with Frank Zappa. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sat 15th Nov at 1:15pm
 
Mike Myers:
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (USA 2013)

Mike Myers’s directorial debut about the most famous manager of the music world, Shep Gordon. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sat 15th Nov at 9:15pm
 
Hannu Lajunen, Tomi Riionheimo:
Tango Finlandia (Finland 2007)

Films in Ilosaari – Open Air. Read more >

Screening time:
Ilosaari • Fri 14th Nov at 8:00pm

Free entry!
 
Lasse Keso:
Tolonen (Finland 2014)

The rise and fall of the greatest Finnish guitar hero. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Wed 12th Nov at 7:00pm
 
HÃ¥vard Bustnes:
Two Raging Grannies (Norway 2014)

Grannies vs. capitalism. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 4 • Sun 16th Nov at 1:00pm
 
Quentin Dupieux aka Mr. Oizo:
Wrong Cops (USA 2013)

Twist your brain in the night screening of Rokumentti. Read more >

Screening time:
Tapio 3 • Sat 15th Nov at 11:00pm