Ilkka Koivula

As we toured through modern Guimarães, the founding city of Portugal, we wondered: “What stories does it have to tell?” The answer to this question came to us via the voices of four filmmakers with unique visions of cinema.

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

Helsinki is swarming with spies. While the Americans and Russians wrestle over Finland’s future, an unexpected hero emerges: Aleksis Nyqvist, Foreign Service intern.

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