täyspitkät
Täyspitkät is a Finnish term used to refer to feature-length films. The expression distinguishes longer narrative or documentary works from short films, which are grouped as lyhytelokuvat. A common threshold for a film to be considered täyspitkä is a running time of 40 minutes or longer, although in practice many stakeholders consider 60–90 minutes or more as standard for the typical feature experience. The designation can apply to fiction features, documentaries, and animated features alike.
In programming and critical discourse, täyspitkät elokuvat are the works designed for theatrical viewing and longer
Historically, feature-length formats emerged in the early 20th century as cinema transitioned from episodic, short subjects