On November 2, Scandinavia House presents a special screening featuring two of Finland’s eligible films for the 98th Academy Awards: the summery black comedy 100 Liters of Gold, Finland’s official entry for Best International Feature Film, and the Oscar-eligible dramedy short Pantyhose.

“A dose of charming chaos” – At 3 PM, director Teemu Nikkiis and producer Jani Pösö will be present for a film talk and Q&A about their box office hit 100 Liters of Gold, a tribute to the Finnish provincial countryside and to the traditional brew sahti, the “liquid gold” of Finland. The film follows the middle-aged sisters Taina and Pirkko, who promised to spend weeks making 100 liters of their famous, strong self-brewed beer, sahti, for a family wedding. When they accidentally polish the brew off themselves, the sisters must scramble to save the wedding and restore their reputation as the village’s top brewers.

Pantyhose follows a bourgeois couple whose relationship is tested when a small problem—a hole in the wife’s tights—exposes underlying tensions in the moments before they leave for an important gala. Praised as “raw and relatable,” director Fabian Munsterhjelm’s work takes a trivial snag and transforms it into an unflinching exploration of a relationship spiraling into disaster.