Steam of Life
2010 Finnish film
- Joonas Berghäll
- Mika Hotakainen
- Joonas Berghäll
- Mika Hotakainen
- Heikki Farm
- Jani Kumpulainen
Production
companies
companies
- Oktober Oy
- Rode Orm Film AB
Release dates
- 26 January 2010 (2010-01-26) (DocPoint)
- 30 July 2010 (2010-07-30) (United States)
Running time
Steam of Life (Finnish: Miesten vuoro) is a Finnish documentary film about male saunas directed by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen. The movie was produced by Joonas Berghäll. It opened theatrically in New York City on 30 July 2010 and opened in Los Angeles on 6 August 2010 at the 14th Annual DocuWeeks.[1][2][3]
Recognition
It was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.[4] It is the first documentary film to represent Finland at the Academy Awards.[5] It was also nominated for "Best Documentary" at the 23rd European Film Awards.
It won the Best International Cinematography at the Documentary Edge Festival in New Zealand in 2011.
See also
- List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Arclight Hollywood [1], 2010-07-31
- ^ IFC Center [2], 2010-07-31
- ^ 14th Annual DocuWeeks "DocuWeeks 2010 | International Documentary Association". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-01-29., 2010-07-31
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ "Steam Of Life Is Finnish Oscar Entry". nordiskfilmogtvfond. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
External links
- Official website
- Variety Review
- Sauna Float Website
- Steam of Life at IMDb
- Steam of Life at AllMovie
- Steam of Life at Rotten Tomatoes
- Steam of Life at the TCM Movie Database
- Twenty films that make men cry at BBC News
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Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
- Flame Top (1980)
- Sign of the Beast (1981)
- Pessi and Illusia (1984)
- The Unknown Soldier (1986)
- The Snow Queen (1987)
- The Winter War (1990)
- Ripa Hits the Skids (1994)
- The Last Wedding (1995)
- Drifting Clouds (1996)
- The Collector (1997)
- A Summer by the River (1998)
- The Tough Ones (1999)
- Seven Songs from the Tundra (2000)
- The River (2001)
- The Man Without a Past (2002)
- Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003)
- Producing Adults (2004)
- Mother of Mine (2005)
- Lights in the Dusk (2006)
- A Man's Work (2007)
- The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
- Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
- Steam of Life (2010)
- Le Havre (2011)
- Purge (2012)
- Disciple (2013)
- Concrete Night (2014)
- The Fencer (2015)
- The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
- Tom of Finland (2017)
- Euthanizer (2018)
- Stupid Young Heart (2019)
- Tove (2020)
- Compartment No. 6 (2021)
- Girl Picture (2022)
- Fallen Leaves (2023)
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