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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Акі Каўрысмякі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Акі Каўрысмякі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Аки Каурисмеки – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аки Каурисмеки" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%BA%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9" title="Άκι Καουρισμάκι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Άκι Καουρισμάκι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="آکی کائوریسماکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آکی کائوریسماکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4_%EC%B9%B4%EC%9A%B0%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%EB%A7%A4%ED%82%A4" title="아키 카우리스매키 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아키 카우리스매키" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AF%D5%AB_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB" title="Ակի Կաուրիսմակի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ակի Կաուրիսմակի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%99" title="אקי קאוריסמקי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אקי קאוריסמקי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98" title="აკი კაურისმიაკი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აკი კაურისმიაკი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Аки Каурисмяки – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Аки Каурисмяки" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurismeki" title="Aki Kaurismeki – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Aki Kaurismeki" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%83%D9%89" title="اكى كاوريسمكى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اكى كاوريسمكى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AD" title="アキ・カウリスマキ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アキ・カウリスマキ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B8,_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Каурисмяки, Аки – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Каурисмяки, Аки" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Aki Kaurismäki – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Aki Kaurismäki" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Aki Kaurismäki</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg/220px-Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg/330px-Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_at_Berlinale_2017.jpg 1.5x, 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Kaurismäki</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Finnish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Finnish" title="Help:IPA/Finnish">[ˈɑki<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈo̞lɑʋi<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈkɑu̯rismæki]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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Kaurismäki.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; born 4 April 1957) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the award-winning <i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i> (1996), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i> (2002), <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Havre_(film)" title="Le Havre (film)">Le Havre</a></i> (2011), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i> (2017) and <i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Leaves_(film)" title="Fallen Leaves (film)">Fallen Leaves</a></i> (2023), as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Go_America" title="Leningrad Cowboys Go America">Leningrad Cowboys Go America</a></i> (1989). He has been described as Finland's best-known film director.<sup id="cite_ref-veconomist_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-veconomist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating in media studies from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tampere" title="University of Tampere">University of Tampere</a>, Kaurismäki worked as a bricklayer, postman, and dish-washer, long before pursuing his interest in cinema, first as a critic, and later as a screenwriter & director.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started his career as a co-screenwriter and actor in films made by his older brother, <a href="/wiki/Mika_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Mika Kaurismäki">Mika Kaurismäki</a>. He played the main role in Mika's film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Liar_(1981_film)" title="The Liar (1981 film)">The Liar</a></i> (1981). Together they founded the production company Villealfa Filmproductions and later the <a href="/wiki/Midnight_Sun_Film_Festival" title="Midnight Sun Film Festival">Midnight Sun Film Festival</a>. His debut as an independent director was <i>Crime and Punishment</i> (1983), an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Fyodor Dostoyevsky">Dostoyevsky</a>'s novel set in modern <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>. He gained worldwide attention with <i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Go_America" title="Leningrad Cowboys Go America">Leningrad Cowboys Go America</a></i> (1989). In 1992, the New York Times film critic <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Canby" title="Vincent Canby">Vincent Canby</a> declared Kaurismäki "an original ... one of cinema's most distinctive and idiosyncratic new artists, and possibly one of the most serious.... [He] could well turn out to be the seminal European filmmaker of the '90s."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989 he emigrated with his wife, Paula Oinonen, to Portugal, saying "in all of Helsinki there is no place left where I could place my camera".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, he is still based in Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-Nordisk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nordisk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Helsinki, Kaurismäki is the co-owner of a complex, Andorra, that incorporates a cinema, several bars and a pool hall featuring a giant poster for <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bresson" title="Robert Bresson">Robert Bresson</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/L%27Argent_(1983_film)" title="L'Argent (1983 film)">L’Argent</a>.</i> It also features the jukebox from <i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Meet_Moses" title="Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses">Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style">Style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg/220px-Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg/330px-Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg/440px-Aki-Kaurismaki-1985.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4961" data-file-height="3317" /></a><figcaption>Aki Kaurismäki on <a href="/wiki/Calamari_Union" title="Calamari Union">Calamari Union</a>'s first night in 1985</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg/220px-1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg/330px-1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg/440px-1990_Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3261" data-file-height="4656" /></a><figcaption>Aki Kaurismäki in 1990</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg/220px-Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg/330px-Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg/440px-Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2255" data-file-height="2463" /></a><figcaption>Aki Kaurismäki in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Kaurismäki is known for his extremely minimalistic style. He has been called an <a href="/wiki/Auteur_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Auteur theory">auteur</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-filmgoer_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmgoer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since he writes, directs, produces and usually edits the films himself, and thus introduces his personal "drollery and deadpan"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> style. The camera is usually still.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Events are shown in a plain manner and characters are usually left alone facing the consequences. However, despite their tragedies and setbacks, the characters do not give up and eventually survive.<sup id="cite_ref-filmgoer_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmgoer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Much of Kaurismäki's work is centred on Helsinki, such as the film <i>Calamari Union</i>, the <a href="/wiki/Proletariat" title="Proletariat">proletariat</a> trilogy (<i>Shadows in Paradise</i>, <i>Ariel</i> and <i>The Match Factory Girl</i>) and the Finland trilogy (<i>Drifting Clouds</i>, <i>The Man Without a Past</i> and <i>Lights in the Dusk</i>). His vision of Helsinki is critical and singularly unromantic. Indeed, his characters often speak about how they wish to get away from Helsinki. Some end up in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> (<i>Ariel</i>), others in <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> (<i>Shadows in Paradise</i>, <i>Calamari Union</i>, and <i>Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana</i>). Kaurismäki also uses, on purpose, characters, elements and settings that hark back to the 1960s and 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-filmgoer_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmgoer-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kaurismäki has been influenced by the French directors <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Melville" title="Jean-Pierre Melville">Jean-Pierre Melville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Becker" title="Jacques Becker">Jacques Becker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bresson" title="Robert Bresson">Robert Bresson</a>, the Japanese director <a href="/wiki/Yasujir%C5%8D_Ozu" title="Yasujirō Ozu">Yasujirō Ozu</a>, the American director <a href="/wiki/John_Cassavetes" title="John Cassavetes">John Cassavetes</a>, and some critics have also inferred the influence of <a href="/wiki/Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder" title="Rainer Werner Fassbinder">Rainer Werner Fassbinder</a>. His movies have a humorous side that can also be seen in the films of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jarmusch" title="Jim Jarmusch">Jim Jarmusch</a>, who has a cameo in Kaurismäki's film <i>Leningrad Cowboys Go America</i>. Jarmusch used actors who have appeared frequently in Kaurismäki's films in his own film <i><a href="/wiki/Night_on_Earth" title="Night on Earth">Night on Earth</a></i>, part of which takes place in Helsinki. </p><p>Kaurismäki has been a vocal critic of <a href="/wiki/Digital_cinematography" title="Digital cinematography">digital cinematography</a>, calling it "a devil's invention"<sup id="cite_ref-alanen-digital_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alanen-digital-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and saying he "won't make a digital film in this life".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2014, however, he reconciled, saying that "in order to maintain my humble film oeuvre accessible to a potential audience, I have ended up in rendering it to digital in all its present and several of its as yet unknown forms".<sup id="cite_ref-alanen-digital_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alanen-digital-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The political context of Kaurismäki's work is very much influenced by his attitude to Finland's treatment of the working class. In his view, the social and political ramifications of class structures and lack of economic parity render lower-class workers replaceable cogs in an outdated machine.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2019, along with 42 other leading cultural figures, Kaurismäki signed a letter endorsing the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">UK Labour Party</a> under <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a>'s leadership in the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 UK general election</a>. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few."<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theguardian2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kaurismäki has been a critic of <a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Finland" title="Immigration to Finland">Finland's immigration policy</a>. When Iraqi refugees arrived in Finland, Kaurismäki said many people in the country "perceived that as an attack, like a war." He was alarmed by their reaction and decided to make a film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i>, in an effort to "change the Finns' attitude." "I respect Mrs. Merkel," he said, referring to the German chancellor's open-door refugee policy, "She is the only politician who seems to be at least interested in the problem."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2007 interview with the film scholar Andrew Nestingen, Kaurismäki said: "The real disgrace here is Finland's refugee policy, which is shameful. We refuse refugee status on the flimsiest of grounds and send people back to secure places like Darfur, Iraq, and Somalia. It's perfectly safe, go ahead. Our policy is a stain among the Nordic nations. Shameful."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, he said he was against <a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO#Finland" title="Enlargement of NATO">Finland's entry into NATO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nordisk_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nordisk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Kaurismäki signed an open letter published in <i><a href="/wiki/Lib%C3%A9ration" title="Libération">Libération</a></i> demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_invasion_of_the_Gaza_Strip_(2023%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)">2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip</a>, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Feature films </b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Director</th> <th>Writer</th> <th>Producer</th> <th>Editor</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1983</td> <td><i>The Worthless</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment_(1983_film)" title="Crime and Punishment (1983 film)">Crime and Punishment</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><i>The Clan - Tale of the Frogs</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1985</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Calamari_Union" title="Calamari Union">Calamari Union</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>Also composer </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Rosso</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_in_Paradise_(1986_film)" title="Shadows in Paradise (1986 film)">Shadows in Paradise</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1987</td> <td><i>The Final Arrangement</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_Goes_Business" title="Hamlet Goes Business">Hamlet Goes Business</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ariel_(film)" title="Ariel (film)">Ariel</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989</td> <td><i>Dirty Hands</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td>TV Movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Go_America" title="Leningrad Cowboys Go America">Leningrad Cowboys Go America</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1990</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Match_Factory_Girl" title="The Match Factory Girl">The Match Factory Girl</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Hired_a_Contract_Killer" title="I Hired a Contract Killer">I Hired a Contract Killer</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/La_Vie_de_Boh%C3%A8me_(1992_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="La Vie de Bohème (1992 film)">La Vie de Bohème</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1994</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Care_of_Your_Scarf,_Tatiana" title="Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana">Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Meet_Moses" title="Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses">Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Juha_(1999_film)" title="Juha (1999 film)">Juha</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lights_in_the_Dusk" title="Lights in the Dusk">Lights in the Dusk</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Havre_(film)" title="Le Havre (film)">Le Havre</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Leaves_(film)" title="Fallen Leaves (film)">Fallen Leaves</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b> Documentaries </b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Director</th> <th>Writer</th> <th>Producer</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saimaa_Gesture" title="The Saimaa Gesture">The Saimaa Gesture</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited</td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Uncredited</td> <td>Co-directed with <a href="/wiki/Mika_Kaurism%C3%A4ki" title="Mika Kaurismäki">Mika Kaurismäki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Total_Balalaika_Show" title="Total Balalaika Show">Total Balalaika Show</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><i>Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Concept</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>Documentary short film </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b> Short films </b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Director</th> <th>Writer</th> <th>Producer</th> <th>Editor</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td><i>The Liar</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td rowspan="2">Medium-length film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982</td> <td><i>The Liar 2</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rocky_VI_(1986_film)" title="Rocky VI (1986 film)">Rocky VI</a></i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><i>Shit Happens</i></td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i>Employement Agent</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><i>Dogs Have No Hell</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>Short film included in the anthology film <i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Minutes_Older" title="Ten Minutes Older">Ten Minutes Older</a> - The Trumpet</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><i>Bico</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>Short film included in the anthology film <i>Visions of Europe</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><i>The Foundry</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>Short film included in the anthology film <i><a href="/wiki/To_Each_His_Own_Cinema" title="To Each His Own Cinema">To Each His Own Cinema</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td><i>Tavern Man</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td>Short film included in the anthology film <i>Centro Histórico</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b> Music Videos </b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Director</th> <th>Writer</th> <th>Producer</th> <th>Editor </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1987</td> <td><i>Thru the Wire</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Rich Little Bitch</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>L.A. Woman</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><i>Those Were The Days</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td><i>These Boots</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><i>Always Be a Human</i></td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No</td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b> As an actor </b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Liar_(1981_film)" title="The Liar (1981 film)">The Liar</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Worthless_(film)" title="The Worthless (film)">The Worthless</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i>Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Apinan vuosi</i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Viimeiset rotanrahat</i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calamari_Union" title="Calamari Union">Calamari Union</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Ylösnousemus</i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_in_Paradise_(1986_film)" title="Shadows in Paradise (1986 film)">Shadows in Paradise</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Rocky VI</i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Hired_a_Contract_Killer" title="I Hired a Contract Killer">I Hired a Contract Killer</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Shit Happens</i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Meet_Moses" title="Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses">Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Iron Horsemen</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Mustasilmä-Susanna ja lepakkoluolan aarre</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>Aaltra</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Vandaleyne</i> (2015)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_protests">Awards and protests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and protests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaurismäki's film <i><a href="/wiki/Ariel_(film)" title="Ariel (film)">Ariel</a></i> (1988) was entered into the <a href="/wiki/16th_Moscow_International_Film_Festival" title="16th Moscow International Film Festival">16th Moscow International Film Festival</a> where it won the Prix <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Film_Critics" title="International Federation of Film Critics">FIPRESCI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moscow1989_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moscow1989-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kaurismäki's most acclaimed film has been <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i>, which won the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_(Cannes_Film_Festival)" title="Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)">Grand Prix</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Prize_of_the_Ecumenical_Jury" title="Prize of the Ecumenical Jury">Prize of the Ecumenical Jury</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="2002 Cannes Film Festival">2002 Cannes Film Festival</a><sup id="cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-festival-cannes.com-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film">Best Foreign Language Film</a> category in 2003. However, Kaurismäki refused to attend the Oscar ceremony, asserting that he did not feel like partying in a country that was in a state of war. Kaurismäki's next film <i><a href="/wiki/Lights_in_the_Dusk" title="Lights in the Dusk">Lights in the Dusk</a></i> was also chosen to be Finland's nominee for best foreign-language film, but Kaurismäki again boycotted the awards and refused the nomination, as a protest against <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a> President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s foreign policy. In 2002 Kaurismäki also boycotted the 40th <a href="/wiki/New_York_Film_Festival" title="New York Film Festival">New York Film Festival</a> in a show of solidarity with the Iranian director <a href="/wiki/Abbas_Kiarostami" title="Abbas Kiarostami">Abbas Kiarostami</a>, who was not given a US visa in time for the festival.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kaurismäki's 2017 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i> won the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director" title="Silver Bear for Best Director">Silver Bear for Best Director</a> award at the <a href="/wiki/67th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="67th Berlin International Film Festival">67th Berlin International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same festival he also announced that it would be his last film as a director, although the retirement was short-lived as he began filming another film, <i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Leaves_(film)" title="Fallen Leaves (film)">Fallen Leaves</a></i>, in 2022, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kaurismäki became the second director, after <a href="/wiki/Paul_Thomas_Anderson" title="Paul Thomas Anderson">Paul Thomas Anderson</a>, to win his third <a href="/wiki/FIPRESCI_Grand_Prix" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPRESCI Grand Prix">FIPRESCI Grand Prix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_awards">List of awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Jury_Prize_(Cannes_Film_Festival)" title="Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)">Cannes Jury Prize</a></b><br />2023 <i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Leaves_(film)" title="Fallen Leaves (film)">Fallen Leaves</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director" title="Silver Bear for Best Director">Silver Bear</a></b><br />2017 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_(Cannes_Festival)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Prix (Cannes Festival)">Cannes Grand Prix</a></b><br />2002 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Ecumenical Jury Special Mention</a></b><br />1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Prize of the Ecumenical Jury</a></b><br />2002 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/FIPRESCI_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPRESCI Award">FIPRESCI Award</a></b><br />2011 <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Havre_(film)" title="Le Havre (film)">Le Havre</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/FIPRESCI_Grand_Prix" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPRESCI Grand Prix">FIPRESCI Grand Prix</a></b><br />2002 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i><br />2017 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i><br />2023 <i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Leaves_(film)" title="Fallen Leaves (film)">Fallen Leaves</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jussi_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Jussi Award">Jussi for Best Film</a></b><br />2006 <i><a href="/wiki/Lights_in_the_Dusk" title="Lights in the Dusk">Lights in the Dusk</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jussi_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Jussi Award">Jussi for Best Debut Film</a></b><br />1983 <i><a href="/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment_(1983_film)" title="Crime and Punishment (1983 film)">Crime and Punishment</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jussi_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Jussi Award">Jussi for Best Script</a></b><br />1983 <i><a href="/wiki/Crime_and_Punishment_(1983_film)" title="Crime and Punishment (1983 film)">Crime and Punishment</a></i><br />1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i><br />2002 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i><br />2011 <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Havre_(film)" title="Le Havre (film)">Le Havre</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jussi_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Jussi Award">Jussi for Best Direction</a></b><br />1990 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Match_Factory_Girl" title="The Match Factory Girl">The Match Factory Girl</a></i><br />1992 <i><a href="/wiki/La_Vie_de_Boh%C3%A8me_(1992_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="La Vie de Bohème (1992 film)">La vie de bohème</a></i><br />1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i><br />2002 <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i><br /><b><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_International_Film_Festival" title="São Paulo International Film Festival">São Paulo Audience Award for Best Feature</a></b><br />1996 <i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aki_Kaurism%C3%A4ki&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish cinema">Finnish cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Finnish_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film">List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klaus_H%C3%A4r%C3%B6" title="Klaus Härö">Klaus Härö</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana">Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Meet_Moses" title="Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses">Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drifting_Clouds_(film)" title="Drifting Clouds (film)">Drifting Clouds</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juha_(1999_film)" title="Juha (1999 film)">Juha</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Without_a_Past" title="The Man Without a Past">The Man Without a Past</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lights_in_the_Dusk" title="Lights in the Dusk">Lights in the Dusk</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_Havre_(film)" title="Le Havre (film)">Le Havre</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Hope" title="The Other Side of Hope">The Other Side of Hope</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Leaves_(film)" title="Fallen Leaves (film)">Fallen Leaves</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Saimaa_Gesture" title="The Saimaa Gesture">The Saimaa Gesture</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Total_Balalaika_Show" title="Total Balalaika Show">Total Balalaika Show</a></i> (1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Rocky_VI_(1986_film)" title="Rocky VI (1986 film)">Rocky VI</a>" (music video; 1986)</li> <li>"Dogs Have No Hell" (segment of <i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Minutes_Older:_The_Trumpet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet">Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet</a></i>; 2002)</li> <li>"Bico" (segment of <i><a href="/wiki/Visions_of_Europe_(film)" title="Visions of Europe (film)">Visions of Europe</a></i>; 2004)</li> <li>"The Foundry" (segment of <i><a href="/wiki/To_Each_His_Own_Cinema" title="To Each His Own Cinema">To Each His Own Cinema</a></i>; 2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Leningrad_Cowboys148" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aki Kaurismäki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mato_Valtonen" title="Mato Valtonen">Mato Valtonen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakari_Kuosmanen" title="Sakari Kuosmanen">Sakari Kuosmanen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Granfelt" title="Ben Granfelt">Ben Granfelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varre_Vartiainen" title="Varre Vartiainen">Varre Vartiainen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1917%E2%80%931987_(album)" title="1917–1987 (album)">1917–1987</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Cum_from_Brooklyn" title="We Cum from Brooklyn">We Cum from Brooklyn</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Together_(Leningrad_Cowboys_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy Together (Leningrad Cowboys album)">Happy Together</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Go_Space" title="Go Space">Go Space</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Barbeque_(album)" title="Mongolian Barbeque (album)">Mongolian Barbeque</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terzo_Mondo" title="Terzo Mondo">Terzo Mondo</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zombies_Paradise" title="Zombies Paradise">Zombies Paradise</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vodka_Social_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Buena Vodka Social Club">Buena Vodka Social Club</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_(Leningrad_Cowboys_album)" title="Merry Christmas (Leningrad Cowboys album)">Merry Christmas</a></i> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtrack albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Go_America_(album)" title="Leningrad Cowboys Go America (album)">Leningrad Cowboys Go America</a></i> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Prowinzz" title="Live in Prowinzz">Live in Prowinzz</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Total_Balalaika_Show_%E2%80%93_Helsinki_Concert" class="mw-redirect" title="Total Balalaika Show – Helsinki Concert">Total Balalaika Show – Helsinki Concert</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nokia_Balalaika_Show" title="Nokia Balalaika Show">Nokia Balalaika Show</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Global_Balalaika_Show" title="Global Balalaika Show">Global Balalaika Show</a></i> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Thank_You_Very_Many_%E2%80%93_Greatest_Hits_%26_Rarities" title="Thank You Very Many – Greatest Hits & Rarities">Thank You Very Many – Greatest Hits & Rarities</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Go_Wild" title="Leningrad Cowboys Go Wild">Leningrad Cowboys Go Wild</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_%E2%80%93_The_Best_Of_Leningrad_Cowboys" class="mw-redirect" title="Those Were the Days – The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys">Those Were the Days – The Best Of Leningrad Cowboys</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Those_Were_the_Hits" title="Those Were the Hits">Those Were the Hits</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">EPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/007_Villain_Club_by_Swatch" title="007 Villain Club by Swatch">007 Villain Club by Swatch</a></i>  (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Rocky_VI_(1986_film)" title="Rocky VI (1986 film)">Rocky VI</a>" (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Go_America" title="Leningrad Cowboys Go America">Leningrad Cowboys Go America</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys_Meet_Moses" title="Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses">Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Total_Balalaika_Show" title="Total Balalaika Show">Total Balalaika Show</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L.A._Without_a_Map" title="L.A. Without a Map">L.A. Without a Map</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sleepy_Sleepers" title="Sleepy Sleepers">Sleepy Sleepers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrov_Ensemble" title="Alexandrov Ensemble">Alexandrov Ensemble</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director69" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director" title="Template:Silver Bear for Best Director"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director" title="Template talk:Silver Bear for Best Director"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Silver Bear for Best Director"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director69" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Silver_Bear_for_Best_Director" title="Silver Bear for Best Director">Silver Bear for Best Director</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1956–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Aldrich" title="Robert Aldrich">Robert Aldrich</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Monicelli" title="Mario Monicelli">Mario Monicelli</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Imai" title="Tadashi Imai">Tadashi Imai</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa" title="Akira Kurosawa">Akira Kurosawa</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Godard" title="Jean-Luc Godard">Jean-Luc Godard</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_Wicki" title="Bernhard Wicki">Bernhard Wicki</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Rosi" title="Francesco Rosi">Francesco Rosi</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Koundouros" title="Nikos Koundouros">Nikos Koundouros</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Saura" title="Carlos Saura">Carlos Saura</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDivojin_Pavlovi%C4%87" title="Živojin Pavlović">Živojin Pavlović</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Saura" title="Carlos Saura">Carlos Saura</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Blanc" title="Jean-Pierre Blanc">Jean-Pierre Blanc</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Solovyov_(film_director)" title="Sergei Solovyov (film director)">Sergei Solovyov</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Monicelli" title="Mario Monicelli">Mario Monicelli</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Arag%C3%B3n" title="Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón">Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Djulgerov" title="Georgi Djulgerov">Georgi Djulgerov</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrid_Henning-Jensen" title="Astrid Henning-Jensen">Astrid Henning-Jensen</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Szab%C3%B3" title="István Szabó">István Szabó</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Monicelli" title="Mario Monicelli">Mario Monicelli</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89ric_Rohmer" title="Éric Rohmer">Éric Rohmer</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costas_Ferris" title="Costas Ferris">Costas Ferris</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ettore_Scola" title="Ettore Scola">Ettore Scola</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgiy_Shengelaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgiy Shengelaya">Georgiy Shengelaya</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Jewison" title="Norman Jewison">Norman Jewison</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Han%C3%A1k" title="Dušan Hanák">Dušan Hanák</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Verhoeven" title="Michael Verhoeven">Michael Verhoeven</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Tognazzi" title="Ricky Tognazzi">Ricky Tognazzi</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Troell" title="Jan Troell">Jan Troell</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Birkin" title="Andrew Birkin">Andrew Birkin</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krzysztof_Kie%C5%9Blowski" title="Krzysztof Kieślowski">Krzysztof Kieślowski</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Loncraine" title="Richard Loncraine">Richard Loncraine</a> / <a href="/wiki/Yim_Ho" title="Yim Ho">Yim Ho</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Heumann&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric Heumann (page does not exist)">Eric Heumann</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Jordan" title="Neil Jordan">Neil Jordan</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Frears" title="Stephen Frears">Stephen Frears</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Forman" title="Miloš Forman">Miloš Forman</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lin_Cheng-sheng" title="Lin Cheng-sheng">Lin Cheng-sheng</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otar_Iosseliani" title="Otar Iosseliani">Otar Iosseliani</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrice_Ch%C3%A9reau" title="Patrice Chéreau">Patrice Chéreau</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Ki-duk" title="Kim Ki-duk">Kim Ki-duk</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Rothemund" title="Marc Rothemund">Marc Rothemund</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mat_Whitecross" title="Mat Whitecross">Mat Whitecross</a> / <a href="/wiki/Michael_Winterbottom" title="Michael Winterbottom">Michael Winterbottom</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cedar" title="Joseph Cedar">Joseph Cedar</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Thomas_Anderson" title="Paul Thomas Anderson">Paul Thomas Anderson</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asghar_Farhadi" title="Asghar Farhadi">Asghar Farhadi</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulrich_K%C3%B6hler_(director)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ulrich Köhler (director) (page does not exist)">Ulrich Köhler</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Petzold_(director)" title="Christian Petzold (director)">Christian Petzold</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gordon_Green" title="David Gordon Green">David Gordon Green</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Linklater" title="Richard Linklater">Richard Linklater</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radu_Jude" title="Radu Jude">Radu Jude</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Szumowska" title="Małgorzata Szumowska">Małgorzata Szumowska</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mia_Hansen-L%C3%B8ve" title="Mia Hansen-Løve">Mia Hansen-Løve</a> (2016)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Aki Kaurismäki</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Anderson" title="Wes Anderson">Wes Anderson</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Schanelec" title="Angela Schanelec">Angela Schanelec</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Sang-soo" title="Hong Sang-soo">Hong Sang-soo</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9nes_Nagy" title="Dénes Nagy">Dénes Nagy</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Denis" title="Claire Denis">Claire Denis</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Garrel" title="Philippe Garrel">Philippe Garrel</a> (2023)</li> 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