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=== Cinema and television === {{Main|Cinema of Finland|Television in Finland}} {{See also|Lists of Finnish films}} [[File:Aki Kaurismäki at Berlinale 2017.jpg|alt=Aki Kaurismäki in 2012|thumb|upright|Film director [[Aki Kaurismäki]]]] In the film industry, notable modern directors include brothers [[Mika Kaurismäki|Mika]] and [[Aki Kaurismäki]], [[Dome Karukoski]], [[Antti Jokinen]], [[Jalmari Helander]], and [[Renny Harlin]]. Some Finnish [[Drama (film and television)|drama series]] are internationally known, such as ''[[Bordertown (Finnish TV series)|Bordertown]]''.<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9433336 YLE: Syke, Sorjonen ja Suomi Love myyvät maailmalla, mutta Presidentti ei maistunut kriitikoille] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928085334/https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9433336 |date=28 September 2020 }} {{in lang|fi}}.</ref> One of the most internationally successful Finnish films are ''[[The White Reindeer]]'', directed by [[Erik Blomberg]] in 1952, which won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film]] in 1956;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/best-foreign-film-506.html |title=List of Winners – Golden Globes Best Foreign Film |access-date=12 December 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202061106/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/best-foreign-film-506.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sundholm|first1=John|last2=Thorsen|first2=Isak|last3=Andersson|first3=Lars Gustaf|last4=Hedling|first4=Olof|last5=Iversen|first5=Gunnar|last6=Møller|first6=Birgir Thor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QktG6a4YnQYC&q=1957+golden+globe+best+foreign+film+white+reindeer&pg=PA390 |title= Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema (Google eBook) |access-date=12 December 2013|date = 20 September 2012| page=389 et seq|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn = 978-0-8108-7899-0}}</ref> ''[[The Man Without a Past]]'', directed by Aki Kaurismäki in 2002, which was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] in 2002 and won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Fauth|first=Jurgen|url=http://worldfilm.about.com/od/scandinavianfilm/fr/manwithoutpast.htm|title=The Man Without a Past|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906125603/http://worldfilm.about.com/od/scandinavianfilm/fr/manwithoutpast.htm |archive-date=6 September 2015|work=[[About.com]]|access-date=5 February 2008}}</ref> and ''[[The Fencer]]'', directed by [[Klaus Härö]] in 2015, which was nominated for the [[73rd Golden Globe Awards#Film|73rd Golden Globe Awards]] in the Best Foreign Language Film category as a Finnish/German/Estonian co-production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/fencer|title=The Fencer|website=goldenglobes.com|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926091748/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/fencer|url-status=live}}</ref> In Finland, the most significant films include ''[[The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)|The Unknown Soldier]]'', directed by [[Edvin Laine]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_independence_day_galas_protests_and_war_memories/7671639|title=Finnish Independence Day: Galas, protests and war memories|website=Yle Uutiset|date=6 December 2014|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108152004/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_independence_day_galas_protests_and_war_memories/7671639|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Here, Beneath the North Star]]'' from 1968, is also one of the most significant works in Finnish history.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://lfq.salisbury.edu/_issues/48_1/agreeing_on_history_adaptation_as_restorative_truth_in_finnish_reconciliation.html|title=Agreeing on History Adaptation as Restorative Truth in Finnish Reconciliation, Mads Larsen, Literature Film Quarterly|website=lfq.salisbury.edu|date=January 2020 |access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510215701/https://lfq.salisbury.edu/_issues/48_1/agreeing_on_history_adaptation_as_restorative_truth_in_finnish_reconciliation.html|url-status=live |last1=Larsen |first1=Mads }}</ref> A 1960 [[crime comedy film]] ''[[Inspector Palmu's Mistake (film)|Inspector Palmu's Mistake]]'', directed by [[Matti Kassila]], was voted in 2012 the best Finnish film of all time by Finnish film critics and journalists,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/kriitikot_valitsivat_kaikkien_aikojen_parhaan_kotimaisen_elokuvan/6372726 | title=Kriitikot valitsivat kaikkien aikojen parhaan kotimaisen elokuvan | publisher=Yle Uutiset | date=12 November 2012 | access-date=9 May 2014 | author=Sundqvist, Janne | language=fi | archive-date=13 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113021327/http://yle.fi/uutiset/kriitikot_valitsivat_kaikkien_aikojen_parhaan_kotimaisen_elokuvan/6372726 | url-status=live }}</ref> but the 1984 comedy film ''[[Uuno Turhapuro in the Army]]'', the ninth film in [[Uuno Turhapuro|''Uuno Turhapuro'' film series]], remains Finland's most seen domestic film made since 1968 by Finnish audience.<ref>[https://sketsi.net/uuno-turhapuro-armeijan-leivissa-elokuvat/ Uuno armeijan leivissä ja muut Turhapuro elokuvat] {{in lang|fi}}.</ref>
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