Rokumentti selection
Alma – Life Must Be Beautiful
Pamela Tola
The film reveals Finnish pop artist Alma's journey from rags to riches.
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14.11.2024 | Time: 19:15
| Venue: Tapio 4
Anselm
Wim Wenders
Unique 3D-experience into monumental paintings and sculptures.
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14.11.2024 | Time: 21:15
| Venue: Tapio 3
Back To Black
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Story of Amy Winehouse from her early rise to fame
SCREENING IS SOLD OUT
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16.11.2024 | Time: 12:40
| Venue: Tapio 4
Blur: Live at Wembley Stadium
Toby L.
Cinematic two-hour concert film from iconic Blur at Wembley.
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17.11.2024 | Time: 15:10
| Venue: Tapio 4
Blur: To the End
Toby L.
Documentary about britrock band's comeback
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17.11.2024 | Time: 19:00
| Venue: Tapio 2
Bob Marley: One Love
Reinaldo Marcus Green
Story about love, unity and reggae music icon, Bob Marley.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 21:00
| Venue: Tapio 3
Cantores Minores – In My Dream I Was Singing (Cantores Minores – Näin unta että lauloin)
Minna von Reiche, Tuuli Kuittinen
Documentary about close-knit choir community, where a shared passion for music, friendships, and personal growth come together.
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17.11.2024 | Time: 14:15
| Venue: Tapio 3
Carlos
Rudy Valdez
Soulful journey through Carlos Santana's music and life.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 12:30
| Venue: Tapio 3
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
John McDermott
Deep dive into legendary Electric Lady Studios and Henrdix's music and visions.
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17.11.2024 | Time: 12:30
| Venue: Tapio 3
Electronic Body Movie
Pietro Anton
Documentary takes viewers back to the early 1980s of industrial music in Germany and Belgium.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 21:35
| Venue: Tapio 3
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Alex Gibney
Sweeping narrative of Simon’s six-decade-long career
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17.11.2024 | Time: 11:00
| Venue: Tapio 4
Kneecap
Rich Peppiatt
Welcome to the streets of Belfast, where hip-hop and political resistance collide!
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15.11.2024 | Time: 18:50
| Venue: Tapio 3
Let the Canary Sing
Alison Ellwood
Charmingly energetic dive into the iconic pop star Cyndi Lauper's life.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 14:15
| Venue: Tapio 3
Misty - The Erroll Garner Story
Georges Gachot
Film about Erroll Garner, one of the great jazz legends.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 16:45
| Venue: Tapio 3
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound
Antony Crook
Dpcumentary about evolution of non-mainstream group of post-rock underdogs.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 20:05
| Venue: Tapio 4
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Oscar Sansom:
Honest look into band's mindset and creative process and the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, along with its inevitable consequences.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 16:05
| Venue: Tapio 3
Priscilla
Sofia Coppola
Priscilla Presley's ravishingly detailed portrait of life with the King of Rock & Roll.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 18:45
| Venue: Tapio 4
Rheingold - Pure Gold (Rheingold - Puhdasta kultaa)
Fatih Akin
Real-life story about journey from war to criminal path and finding rap music.
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14.11.2024 | Time: 16:45
| Venue: Tapio 4
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Jon Spira
Story about man behind dozens of monsters.
SCREENING IS SOLD OUT
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13.11.2024 | Time: 20:50
| Venue: Tapio 4
Total Thrash - The Teutonic Story
Daniel Hofmann
40-year journey into the core of German Thrash featuring legendary bands like Kreator and Sodom
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16.11.2024 | Time: 18:05
| Venue: Tapio 4
Voïvod: We Are Connected
Felipe Belalcazar
Documentary about extraordinary band whom journey continues and the vision is never compromised.
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15.11.2024 | Time: 20:45
| Venue: Tapio 3
Welcome to the Darkness
Simon Emmett
The Darkness with their unapologetically 80s guitar solos and glitter pants are back!
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17.11.2024 | Time: 16:10
| Venue: Tapio 3
Opening and closing films
Blur: To the End
Toby L.
Documentary about britrock band's comeback
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17.11.2024 | Time: 19:00
| Venue: Tapio 2
No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Documentary by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists searching for a path towards equality and justice.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 19:00
| Venue: Tapio 2
Rokumentti Awareness
Hard to Break
Anna-Maija Heinonen, Krista Moisio
Intimate story about youngsters seeking for approval from their social media followers
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17.11.2024 | Time: 17:30
| Venue: Tapio 4
Sugarcane
Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Hidden history of Indigenous residential schools in Canada
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16.11.2024 | Time: 19:35
| Venue: Tapio 3
Us, Our Pets and the War
Anton Ptushkin
When it seemed that we were saving animals, in reality, it was animals that saved us.
SCREENING SOLD OUT
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15.11.2024 | Time: 18:30
| Venue: Tapio 4
Rokumentti Warm-Up
Must see
Concrete Law + Suvilahti DIY vs. City of Helsinki
April Jones
A story that transcends skate culture and tests community perseverance in the face of political challenges.
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15.11.2024 | Time: 17:15
| Venue: Tapio 3
HC Andersen
Mika Suvanto
Documentary about HC Andersen, legendary hard-hitting punk band in Joensuu’s rock history.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 17:30
| Venue: Main Library
Kymmenen vuoden yksinäisyys
Pauli Hokkanen
Documentary about band Absoluuttinen Nollapiste.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 16:35
| Venue: Tapio 4
Naamioitu kapina
Henrik Mennander
Documentary about Tunrida, a black metal band from Juva in the early 2000s.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 17:00
| Venue: Main Library
Rai Rai! – dokumentti Kotiteollisuudesta
Sami Parkkinen ja Jaakko Kilpiäinen
Documentary about the reality behind the Finnish rock 'n' roll dream and the intense brotherhood that comes with it.
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14.11.2024 | Time: 19:35
| Venue: Tapio 3
Savage Beauty – The World’s Greatest Light Installation (Savage Beauty – Maailman suurin valoteos)
Janne Tanskanen
Kari Kola lives in his own world where nothing is impossible - not even lighting up a whole mountain.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 18:00
| Venue: Tapio 3
Shaft
Gordon Parks
One of the most groundbreaking blaxploitation film of the 1970s.
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14.11.2024 | Time: 21:10
| Venue: Tapio 4
Super Fly
Gordon Parks Jr.
Super Fly stay on Shaft's steps: shady gangsters and some fantastic funk!
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15.11.2024 | Time: 22:00
| Venue: Tapio 2
Suvilahti DIY vs. City of Helsinki (Suvilahti DIY vs. City of Helsinki)
April Jones
Short-documentary about Suvilahti DIY will be shown as part of the Concrete Law screening
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Kid´s Rokumentti
Prinsessa Pikkiriikki
Lauri Maijala
Little anarchist Princess Pikkiriikki whisks all the bossy adults away and heads to a great adventure.
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17.11.2024 | Time: 11:00
| Venue: Tapio 3
Explosive
Balomania
Sissel Morell Dargis
Real-life action film about criminalized art form: hot air balloos in Brazilian favelas.
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15.11.2024 | Time: 20:00
| Venue: Tapio 4
Civil War
Alex Garland
One of the most awaited films of the year, packed with adrenaline and tension.
SCREENING SOLD OUT
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14.11.2024 | Time: 17:00
| Venue: Tapio 3
G – 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
Loran Batti
Documentary takes the viewer into the violent suburb and gang violence of Gottsunda, Sweden.
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16.11.2024 | Time: 14:55
| Venue: Tapio 4
Lula
Oliver Stone, Robert S. Wilson
The rise, fall and triumphant return of beloved Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva to the Brazilian presidency after spending nineteen months in prison.
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15.11.2024 | Time: 16:45
| Venue: Tapio 4
No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Documentary by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists searching for a path towards equality and justice.
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13.11.2024 | Time: 19:00
| Venue: Tapio 2
Once Within a Time
Godfrey Reggio, Jon Kane
Once Within a Time is a spine-tingling big-screen experience you simply have to see.
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17.11.2024 | Time: 18:00
| Venue: Tapio 3