Helmet Film Challenge 2022

The Film Challenge invites and challenges you to broaden your horizons and to look for new experiences on film: the classics, cult favorites – or perhaps, the films that you have been meaning to watch for a long time.

The Film Challenge is a playful and joyful watching project where you choose films to watch from the list of 50 different subjects. Anyone can take part. You can proceed at your own pace or you can follow the given order week by week. You can re-watch your favorite film, or you can step out of your comfort zone and exposure yourself to something new and unfamiliar – it’s up to you!

The Film Challenge is about sharing. It’s more fun to tackle the watching project with other people and you are heartily encouraged to ask your friends to join the Helmet Film Challenge Facebook group where you can talk about the most intense, bizarre, and gripping films you watch during the year. Mind you, the discussions are mostly in Finnish, but you can also start one in English.

Having problems of finding suitable films for the challenge? Go visit your library or check the Film Challenge Facebook group. The library staff or other participants will help you.

Let the movies move you – take up the Film Challenge!

Helmet Film Challenge 2022 

1. A film starring a person born in 1922
2. A film featuring outdated technology
3. A film supported by the Finnish Film Foundation
4. A film featuring time travel
5. A film with a lead actor whose first language is not the language spoken in the film
6. A film featuring travel by ship
7. A 1990s blockbuster
8. A film featuring a bird
9. A film with a title that includes a number (not a sequel number)
10. A film taking place in a destination where you would like to travel
11. A police film
12. A film with a post-credits scene
13. A film where you consider the plot to be of minor importance
14. A remake film
15. A film featured in Helena Ylänen’s book ‘Sata parasta elokuvaa ja kymmenen kehnoa kaupan päälle’
16. A film featuring life of luxury
17. A film that is not available in any of the streaming services you are currently using
18. A Golden Lion winner
19. A film combining various genres
20. A film featuring survival in nature
21. A film set in Venice
22. An Eastern European film
23. A film starring a well-known musician
24. A film that was a financial flop
25. A film featuring a rainbow family
26. A Latin American film
27. A film with a three-lettered title
28. A film based on a Stephen King novel
29. A film set in an amusement park
30. A film that has been awarded for its costume design
31. A French animation film
32. A film featuring a funeral
33. A film featuring music composed by Philip Glass
34. A film told from a child’s perspective
35. A directorial debut
36. A film featuring piano playing
37. A film starring Melissa McCarthy
38. A film that is based on a play
39. A film set in the restaurant industry
40. A film featuring a character whose name is never revealed
41. A film about homelessness
42. A parody
43. A film that includes kissing in the rain
44. A vampire film
45. A film where a sense, or lack of a sense, plays a central role
46. A film set at a camp
47. A mumblecore/mumblegore film
48. A film featuring a work of art
49. A film recommended by library staff
50. A film released in 2022

A printable version of the film challenge (PDF) 

Facebook group (discussion mostly in Finnish) 

Helmet Film Challenge in other languages:

In Finnish: Helmet-elokuvahaaste

In Swedish: Helmets filmutmaning 

In Russian: Киновызов Helmet  

See also:

The Little Helmet Film Challenge 

Helmet Reading Challenge 

The Little Helmet Reading Challenge 

Helmet Music Challenge 

Helmet Game Challenge