Movies by Lilga Kovanko

Two Farewells

Two Farewells

Two Farewells deals with Alzheimer's disease with a respectful sense of humor.

Near and Far Away

Near and Far Away

Mania is a new employee at a mental hospital, where she meets a young man with mutism. He gets her to realize that it is a fluid boundary between being healthy and being regarded as sick.

Valkoinen kääpiö

Valkoinen kääpiö

The story of one man's struggle after he gets caught in a nuclear fallout and gets sick with leukemia.

Landet som icke är

Landet som icke är

A poem about the poetic pursuit that in a harmonious way longs for death to occur. Life's desires and worries have done much harm to the poetic self and the person sees death as a help to loosen a large weight from their shoulders.

Frihetens murar

Frihetens murar

An Argentine actor comes to Sweden. He has pictured Sweden as a paradise. From his small rented room, he tries in vain to make contact with the Swedes.

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi

The film follows a boy and the relationship between his birth mother and step mother. Based on the novels by Aapeli.

Family Stories Untold

Family Stories Untold

Family Stories Untold is an animated documentary, in which seven different women’s stories about family are woven into one life-long piece. It begins with Iida, 9, who after her parents’ nasty divorce helps Mummy find a new man on Tinder, and ends with Lisbeth, who has been forced into a retirement home by her children. It’s a story about a life in which we don’t have the courage to voice our opinions, desires and expectations.