HELSINKI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The 38th Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (HIFF) opened Thursday in the Finnish capital with two sold-out screenings of its opening film Sentimental Value, a Norwegian cinema that won the Grand Prix at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Running from Sept. 18 to 28, the festival will present 131 feature films and 121 short films. Among the highlights is the Gala Films section, described as the "crowning jewels" of the program, featuring four acclaimed titles from this year's Cannes Film Festival. The film, which examines the persistence of dreams in a desolate world, also won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes this year. Established in 1988 and named after Italian director Lina Wertmuller's film Love and Anarchy, HIFF is a non-competitive festival held every September in Helsinki.