Finnish

Based on a best-selling novel by Finnish-Estonian writer Sofi Oksanen, which has been translated into 38 languages, won multiple prizes and spawned an opera, Finnish director Antti Jokinen’s Oscar-submitted screen adaptation is a gripping, polished hybrid of contemporary thriller and historical melodrama.

A father-son road trip morphs into a musical journey examining the fraught history of Finnish immigration in Sweden. Playful and affecting, this film nabbed the Best Nordic Documentary in Gothenburg and uses vintage tunes to delve into distressing memories shared by many Swedish Finns.