elokuvaa

Elokuvaa is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun elokuva, which means a film or movie. In Finnish grammar, the partitive is used for indefinite quantities or when the action concerns the film as an object, as in katsoin elokuvaa ("I watched a film"). The basic nominative form is elokuva and the plural is elokuvat ("films" or "movies").

Elokuva denotes the medium of cinema and encompasses feature films, documentaries, animated films, and other moving-image works. In everyday Finnish, elokuva refers to a completed work presented on screen, as well as to the art form in general. It appears in many compound terms related to the field, such as elokuvateollisuus (film industry), elokuvataide (cinematic art), and elokuvakritiikki (film criticism).

Finnish film culture includes production, distribution, and exhibition within Finland, with national and international titles shown in cinemas and through streaming. The word elokuva is common in journalism, education, and cultural discourse, and the form elokuvaa is used frequently when the film is the object of an action. The term thus functions as a central keyword in discussions of cinema in Finnish.