Ilkka Koivula

Having just finished Le Havre in the titular French city, Aki Kaurismäki hopped over to Guimarães, Portugal to shoot his segment of the anthology film Centro Historico. Attuned to the gentle rhythms of the small tourist town, Tavern Man is a yearning, dialogue-free meditation on unfulfilled dreams.

Janne Hyytiäinen plays Koistinen, a shy and awkward night watchman shunned by his colleagues and whose well-meaning actions are foiled at every turn. His luck seems to change when he meets the glamorous blonde Mirja (Maria Järvenhelmi), but too late finds himself helplessly embroiled in a world of criminal deceit and lies.

Alone in Finland, a retired Mexican boxer lives in desolation under the weight of an agonizing past, until he gets a shot at redemption in the ring.

After arriving in Finland from Syria as a stowaway, Khaled applies for asylum. Things don't look encouraging, but after crossing paths with travelling salesman-turned-entrepreneur Wikström, he finds an unlikely source of kindness and connection.

When an underground marketplace of illegal activity is besieged by an army of assassins, a ragtag group of criminals must fight for survival.