Vantaa’s Silver Screens
Vantaa is a vibrant cinema city that has also served as a filming location for numerous movies.
In the Valkokankaiden Vantaa brochure, you can find information about all the film series.
The printed brochure is available in theatres, libraries, Vantaa Info points, and cultural centres and venues.
Movies have been filmed in Vantaa as far back as 1915, when the silent film Rikosten runtelema (lit. “Ravaged by Crime”), which has since been lost, was filmed in Tikkurila.
Many of the movies filmed in Vantaa can be looked up on the Finna.fi service. Well-known movies include Tanssi yli hautojen (Dancing on Graves, 1950), Evakko (lit. “Evacuee”, 1956) and Ponterosa (2001), whose filming locations included Linna Manor and Backas Manor. The upstairs of the Backas barn has also played the location for the dances in Niskavuori.
The most well-known filming location is likely the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which can be seen in the background of Mielensäpahoittaja (The Grump, 2014), for example. Kartanonkoski can be identified as the scenery for the colorful Ricky Rapper movies. Scenes were filmed in Korso for Korso (2014) and in Tammisto for the sequel to Yösyöttö (Man and Baby), Tarhapäivä (Man and a Junior, 2019). The second most popular filming location in Vantaa is the Helsinge Vicarage.
Movies nowadays
The beloved movie matinée series is running at Bio Grand in Tikkurila and Kino Myyri in Myyrmäki. In addition to matinée screenings, we are organizing Senior Cinema, Swedish-language Måndagskino and Leffan Lumoa screenings.
Vantaa is also home to the movie theaters Rekolan Kino and Finnkino Flamingo. The Vantaa urban film festival VUFF will be organized in Myyrmäki.
More information
The Vantaa’s Silver Screens brochure offers information about all of the movie series on offer. The printed brochure is distributed in theaters, libraries, Vantaa Info points, cultural centers and facilities.
Further information:
Vantaa event Calender
Filmmaking memories from 1955
Filming of the movie Neiti Talonmies (lit. “Miss Janitor”) at Veromies school in 1955. The main role was played by Nelly Lovén, and the film company was Suomen Filmiteollisuus (SF). Photo: Lauri Leppänen, 1955, Vantaa City Museum
