Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2004, the Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo made a soulful, stylized documentary laying bare the toll taken by the Chechnya war ...

The American Society of Cinematographers has nominated “Concrete Night,” “The Immigrant” and “Under the Skin” for the Spotlight Award, an honor designed to bring attention to films whose main exposure ...

Altered Innocence has picked up the U.S. rights to Pirjo Honkasalo‘s “Concrete Night.” The film, which received its world premiere in the Masters section of the Toronto Film Festival, will receive a ...

Finnish Oscar submission Concrete Night won Director of the Year for Pirjo Honkasalo and Producers of the Year for Mark Lwoff-Misha Jaaari at Helsinki’s Finnish Film Week. Having already swept the ...

When welcoming a visitor to a set for her film Concrete Night, Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo is matter-of-fact about the aesthetic imperfections. “The colours are disgusting on the set because it ...

The award is considered among the most prestigious prizes in the world for a cinematographer. This is the first time the ASC prize has gone to a Finnish cameraman. In a statement, an overjoyed ...

<!–[CDATA[In 2004, the Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo made a soulful, stylized documentary laying bare the toll taken by the Chechnya war on children on all sides of the conflict. Among its other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Altered Innocence has picked up the U.S. rights to Pirjo Honkasalo’s “Concrete Night.” The film, which received its world premiere ...

Pirjo Honkasalo's black-and-white bummer drowns itself in self-conscious style. In a recurring nightmare, Simo (Johannes Brotherus), a 14-year-old with a sweet, open face, swims around an underwater ...