Oh, Film Forum, you spoil us. The downtown art house theater is following up its series devoted to Michael Haneke (on now through November 23) with a week-long mini-festival celebrating Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki. It’s like having a chocolate soufflé, and, just as you’re finished, a baked Alaska arrives. How can you refuse? The mini-festival, which screens November 24-30, is timed to run just prior to the theatrical release of Kaurismäki’s most recent film, The Other Side of Hope.

Kaurismäki, who has 18 features to his credit dating back to 1983, is known for his socially conscious, melancholic deadpan comedies. Often depicting working-class underdogs, his narratives masterfully balance humor and humanity. Jim Jarmusch, who is a huge fan, has described Kaurismäki’s films as being “sad enough to make you laugh and funny enough to make you cry.”

Kaurismäki’s latest project, The Other Side of Hope, which screened last month at the New York Film Festival, is part of his “port city” series, along with his hit Le Havre (2011). The film takes on the European refugee crisis and earned Kaurismäki the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. During interviews at the time of its premiere, the filmmaker stated that The Other Side of Hope would be his last film. However, he walked back on this when speaking with The Guardian, saying he always says that. The Other Side of Hope opens on December 1 at Film Forum and the Walter Reade Theater. You can watch the trailer below.

As far as Film Forum’s salute to the acclaimed filmmaker, the curators have assembled six films that represent a solid cross-section of Kaurismäki’s career, with all screenings in 35mm. In the mix are two films from Kaurismäki’s proletariat trilogy, his unemployment drama Ariel (1988) and female oppression study The Match Factory Girl (1990); and two from his Finland trilogy, The Man Without a Past (2002) and Lights in the Dusk (2006). The series is completed by La Vie Boheme (1992), Kaurismäki’s loose adaptation of Henri Murger’s 19th-century collection of short stories; and his immigration caper Le Havre (2001). You can find the trailers for these below.

The Aki Kaurismäki series at Film Forum runs Friday, November 24- Thursday, November 30. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Film Forum’s website.

The Other Side of Hope (2017)

Le Havre (2011)

The Man Without a Past (2002)

Lights in the Dusk (2006)

La Vie Boheme (The Bohemian Life) (1992)

The Match Factory Girl (1990)

Ariel (1988)