Jari Rantala (Writer)

Attack on Finland

The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.

Release Date2021-11-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Supo Officer

Vote Count79

Unknown Soldier

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).

Release Date2017-10-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd

Vote Count223

Frozen Land

When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.

Release Date2005-01-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Automyyjä

Vote Count67

Nurses

Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.

Release Date2014-10-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count4

Deadwind

When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.

Release Date2018-03-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count28

Vote Count165

Conflict

A small, Finnish seaside town is preparing to celebrate midsummer's eve. An unknown enemy arrives and takes the entire area hostage.

Release Date2024-11-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count33

Vinski 2

The town of Hömpstad is once again under threat from criminals and Vinski's help is needed. When the criminals manage to steal the invisibility powder for themselves, Vinski has a real showdown on his hands.

Release Date2026-02-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Operation Omerta

Release Date2022-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count4

Vote Count5

Heavy Trip

Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.

Release Date2018-03-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count263

Virta

Release Date2011-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count2

Invisible Hero

10-year-old Vinski feels like an outsider and invisible among his age-mates, and even with his single mother Krista. Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical powder. A powder, that allows you to become invisible for real and walk through walls. It is fantastic to have the powers of a super hero, but soon a group of crooks becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well.

Release Date2021-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10

Unknown Soldier

The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944. It's a story about how camaraderie, humor, and a desire to survive connect men on their journey. War upends the lives of both the individual soldiers and those left on the home front, and leaves its mark on the entire nation.

Release Date2018-12-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count5

Vote Count26

Los Angelesin kuningas

Release Date2023-06-18

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Episode Count10

Operaciones Especiales: Europa

Release Date2022-08-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count3

8-Ball

8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.

Release Date2013-02-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count36

Tears of April

There is civil war in Finland between "Whites" and "Reds". A woman soldier of the Reds is captured by the Whites. She is ordered to be executed. A lieutenant is enforced into a homosexual relationship with his commanding officer to save the Red female with whom he is infatuated.

Release Date2008-08-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count28

There Will Be Spring

Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..

Release Date2020-08-28

DepartmentCrew

JobDramaturgy

Vote Count7