Aki Kaurismäki

Award-winning Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki landed yet another Palme d'Or nomination, and the Jury Prize, at Cannes with this comedic drama of two people on the lower end of the economic spectrum who cross paths.

Aki Kaurismäki's drama plots the misadventures of a mineworker from Finland’s frozen north who heads south when the mine closes.

A couple lose their jobs and have to start again in this Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated comedy drama from Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki.

The adventures of three down-and-outs in Paris. Aki Kaurismäki adapts for the screen from the book on which the opera La Bohème is based.

French comedy, winner of the International Critics Prize at Cannes 2011, following the friendship between a shoeshiner and an illegal immigrant boy...

 A fictional Russian rock band travels to the US to become famous in this cult classic road movie that brought director Aki Kaurismäki worldwide attention.

A man, two women, a robbery and a dog provide the elements of this Aki Kaurismäki romance; a story of crime, punishment and devotion.

A rubbish collector and a supermarket cashier fall for one another in this Finnish art-house comedy-drama.

Aki Kaurismäki brings numerous themes from his filmography together in this 2002 tale about a man with amnesia who begins life anew.

Exploited by her family members and co-workers, a factory worker stands up for herself in Aki Kaurismäki's 1990 feature.

The melancholic tale of the friendship between a Syrian refugee and a restaurant-owner. Winner of the Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Director.