The Match Factory boards documentary ‘Cinéma Laika’ about Aki Kaurismäki building his own cinema

Veljko Vidak’s Cinéma Laika tracks the creation of Kino Laika in a small village near Helsinki.The Match Factory has boarded Veljko Vidak’s Cinéma Laika, a documentary about the efforts of legendary Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki to create his own cinema theatre in an abandoned factory hall in a small village an hour from Helsinki.Billed as being “in close harmony with Kaurismäki’s cinematic style”, the documentary follows the construction of the cinema in an old foundry by Kaurismäki and his friend, the poet and writer, Mika Lätti.It also delves into the world of the Finnish…

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