In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town's first cinema. The peace and calm of the little town of Karkkila, nestled deep in the Finnish forest, is interrupted by unexpected sounds. In the abandoned foundry, noisy building work is taking place. Inside the building, Aki Kaurismäki is both builder and site manager of what is soon to become the Kino Laika cinema. The creation of the cinema is the talk of the town. In the factory still in activity, in a 1960s Cadillac, in a bikers' club, in the local pub, in the woods or in Aki Kaurismäki's former editing room, people start talking about cinema again.

The poor shipwright's daughter Hulda i dating the equally poor clerk Aage. One day she meets theatre manager Winckler who makes her a famous varieté star. Despite her many new suitors, Hulda still only has eyes for Aage. But, as Hulda proclaims, she cannot marry an impoverished clerk. The burning desire for Hulda pushes Aage to desperate measures.

Follows two men whose paths tragically cross after being abandoned by the same woman. As their rivalry grows into open conflict, the film explores themes of masculinity, solitude, lost love, and the fragile pride of those shaped by isolation.

Queen Charlotte commissions a portrait of her beloved philosopher Leibniz. As the sittings progress, they embark on a passionate quest to uncover the essence of art, love, and truth in painting.

A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.

At the Sbeineh refugee camp near Damascus, director Qais Al-Zubaidi filmed aspects of everyday life in 1969, while focusing on children during their playtime activities, which were limited to football and sliding on a tent.

A guy can't seem to get out of his sleeping bag.

Kayama maintains his family and his staff as small-scale porn video-maker. Mochizuki's semi-autobiographical feature debut looks at the porn sub-culture with insight and humor.

August 1980, strikes break out on the coast. The famous writer cannot decide whether to take the side of the oppositionists or wait for the course of events to unfold. A few months later, he meets an SB agent who followed him as a writer in the 1950s. They remember the Stalinist times.