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Ella & Alex – A Surprise Birthday Party
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E l l a
&
A l e k s i
–
Y l l ä t y s s y n t t ä r i t
DEBUT
]
Director : Juuso Syrjä
Script : Katri Manninen
Editing: Ilmari Hakkola, Juuso Syrjä
Sound design : Magnus Axberg
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Lead Animator : Janne Roivainen
Animation Producer : Ilmari Hakkola
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
Sampo Haapaniemi
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Music: Markus Koskinen,
F I L M S
C H I L D R E N
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DCP, 35mm | Crop: 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital 5.1. | 48’08’’ |
Released: September 16, 2011
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Animation Dramaturg : Lauri Konttori
Illustrator : Antti Kemppainen
Cast : Antti Luusuaniemi, Malla
Malmivaara, Jarkko Tamminen,
Paleface, Olavi Uusivirta, Eero Ritala,
Laura Malmivaara, Marek Urbanski
Producer : Jesse Fryckman
Production company : Bronson Club
Production support : The Finnish Film
Foundation, ESEK – The Finnish
Performing Music Promotion Centre,
The Church Media Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE
Distribution in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
Ella and Alex are siblings who get caught up in many adventures with their dog, Inspector Dogson. Whether at home, in the city or in the country, they’re always making new friends. Alex is
the precocious smarty and reflective older brother who knows much about the world. Ella is the
curious and impulsive little sister, full of life and creative solutions. With the help of their imagination the two can shrink and grow, understand the language of animals and even create a train
from thin air.
The kids help the quick-tempered MC Beetle to fi x his DJ gear, teach little Lenni the Seagull to
fly and find the lost inspiration of the fashion designer Carl the Crayfish. Later they’re off to make
magic soil with the soil dealing Mr Mole, aid the refugee Hely the Owl to find a new home and find
the lodestar in their back yard and help it back into the night sky. The adventures are accompanied by songs sung by Ella and Alex.
Juuso Syrjä
Juuso Syrjä, an awarded director from Helsinki, Finland,
has directed over 400 commercials and music videos
around the globe. His clients include international brands
such as McDonald’s, Samsung, Nokia Siemens Networks,
Snickers, Polar Electro, Nokia, Citibank, Peugeot, Adidas
and Schweppes. Syrjä is also known for award-winning
music videos for such artists as Don Johnson Big Band,
Bomfunk MC’s, Darude and Fintelligens. Ella & Alex –
A Surprise Birthday Party is his first animated feature fi lm.
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Director : Ulrika Bengts
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C H I L D R E N
35mm, Digital Copy | 1:2,35
cinemascope | Dolby Digital | 90’ |
Released: September 9, 2011
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Script : Annina Enckell
Cinematography : Robert Nordström
Editing: Tuomo Leino
Sound design : Risto Iissalo
Music : Peter Hägerstrand
Set design : Katarina Lume,
Cian Bornebunch
Costumes : Riitta Peteri
Cast : Agnes Koskinen, Maria Salomaa,
Tobias Zilliacus, Marika Parkkomäki,
Magnus Krepper, Emmi Pesonen
Producer : Mats Långbacka
Production company :
Långfi lm Productions Finland Oy
Co-Producers : Jon Lindström /
Street Movies Ab (Sweden)
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish
Cultural Foundation in Finland,
Konstsamfundet, Swedish Film Institut
Financing TV company : YLE FST5
Distributor in Finland : Sandrew
Metronome Distribution Finland Oy
International sales : Oy Interprod Ab
Iris
DEBUT
The year is 1890. 8-year-old Iris lives in Stockholm with her artist mother, Ester. Precocious
and experienced in the ways of the world, Iris feels at home among her mother’s modern artist
friends. Now she is waiting for the big adventure to begin; Ester’s exhibition in Paris.
On the day of the departure, Iris is shocked to learn that she will not be going to Paris. When
her proposed caregivers are unable to look after her as planned, she is sent by mail aboard a
boat to Åland; a place she knows nothing about, but where she will learn to know her roots and
find the childhood she’s never had.
Ulrika Bengts
Ulrika Bengts (b. 1962) is a Finnish
fi lm and theater director. She is a
graduate of the Swedish Film School
(Dramatiska Institutet) in Stockholm
and has directed over 20 short fi lms,
television-series and documentaries.
Iris is her first feature fi lm and one
of the first Swedish spoken children’s
movies ever made in Finland.
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The Italian Key
[
Av a i n
I t a l i a a n
]
DEBUT
Director, script, costumes : Rosa Karo
Cinematography :
Ville Tanttu & Gianni Giannelli
Editing : Pauliina Punkki &
Paul Martin Smith
Music : Tuomas Kantelinen
Set design : Stefano Maria Ortolani
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Sound design : Olli Huhtanen
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DCP, 35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby 5.1 | 90’ |
Released: December 16, 2011
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Cast : Gwendolyn Anslow, Leo Vertunni
Di Albanella, Joana Cartocci, Moose
Ali Khan, Elisa Cartocci, Isadora
Cartocci, Gioele Franchini, Peter O.
Almond, John Shea, Joeanna Sayler,
Andreas Wilson, Richard Ulfsäter
Producer : Seppo Toivonen, Tuomas
Kantelinen, Peter O. Almond
Production company : Harmaa Media Oy
Co-producers : Rose Hope Pictures,
Old Trace Road
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
International sales : Nonstop Sales
is an English-language feature fi lm by writer-director Rosa Karo. A genuine feelgood movie with a heart of gold, The Italian Key was shot on location in Italy, India and the UK.
19-year-old Cabella has never known her parents and has lived with her non-related uncle
Max for as long as she can remember. When Max dies Cabella only gets an old key that Max has
left for her in secret. Sad, without much to look forward to and with nowhere else to go, she travels to Italy and finds a run-down villa in a little village where she takes up residence.
Little by little Cabella starts to fit into the life of the village and makes friends with three local
sisters and a friendly ghost. With their help, the mysteries of the house and her family history
slowly unfold. Cabella rediscovers her joie de vivre, as do many others into whose life she has
suddenly drifted.
The Italian Key
Rosa Karo
Rosa Karo is a writer, director and producer of shorts,
documentaries, commercials, music videos and feature films.
Rosa graduated from the film department of the University
of Art and Design Helsinki in 2006. She has directed many
documentaries including the award-winning Wrestling and
Rovaniemi All Night Long . The Italian Key is her first fictional
feature. Rosa grew up and went to school in Germany, France
and Finland, and now lives in Helsinki and Santa Monica
when she is not in India or Italy.
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Miss Blue Jeans
[
M i s s
F a r k k u - S u o m i
]
DEBUT
Director, script :Matti Kinnunen
Cinematography : Peter Flinckenberg
Editing : Jyrki Keränen
Sound design : Mikael Brodin
Music : Fredrik Viklund, Kauko Röyhkä
Costumes : Tiina Wilén
Make-up design : Marjut Samulin
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Set design : Saara Joro
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35mm, DCP, DVD | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital, Stereo | 95’ |
Premiere: August 17, 2012
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The year is 1977. Punk and new wave rock ´n roll has arrived in the remote country of Finland
and the bleak, small town of Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear on
the streets with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock
band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the first time and to win the love of Pike,
the most beautiful girl in his class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by
the country´s leading (and only) pop music magazine, Suosikki, and takes the bourgeois Henri
Hakala as her boyfriend, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and
begins purposefully constructing a new persona. But things don’t go quite as Välde planned…
Cast : Mikko Neuvonen, Sanni Kurki-
suo, Elias Gould, Pirkko Hämäläinen,
PK Keränen, Maria Ylipää
Producers :
Outi Rousu & Markku Flink
Production company :
Periferia Productions Oy
Co-production company :
MIGMA Film (SE)
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Swedish fi lm Institute, Filmpool Nord
Financing TV companies : MTV3
Distribution in Scandinavia :
Nordisk Film
Matti Kinnunen
Matti Kinnunen is a MA in screenwriting and fi lm directing at
the Art University of Art & Design Helsinki (1996). He studied
fi lmmaking also at the Deutsche Film- und Fernseheakademi,
at Hochschule den Kunste in Berlin (1993) and at the
SOURCES 2 screenwriting workshop in Ireland (2008).
Kinnunen has written and directed successful drama series
for Finnish TV channels which have been well received by
audiences and critics alike. Matti is the father of three
children and enjoys cooking, football and literature.
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Director : Matti Grönberg,
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C H I L D R E N
35mm, DCP | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital |
90’ | Released: December 16, 2011
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Mr. Hayhill
[
Pekka Karjalainen
Script : Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Salo
Cinematography : Harri Räty
Editing : Kimmo Taavila
Sound design : Pekka Karjalainen
Music : Janne Louhivuori,
Timo Kahilainen
Set design : Marjatta Kuivasto
Costumes : Jaana Aro
Cast : Heikki Hela, Heikki Silvennoinen,
Satu Säävälä, Outi Mäenpää,
Jukka Rasila, Timo Kahilainen,
Heikki Salo, Tuija Ernamo, Mia Selin
Producer : Timo Kahilainen
Production company :
Jackpot Films Oy
Co-producers :
Meguru production Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE TV2
Distributor in Finland :
The Walt Disney Company Nordic
H e r r a
H e i n ä m ä k i
j a
L e i j o n a t u u l i v i i r i
]
During the Finnish war (1808–09) bandit, Jeppe Antinpoika, robs a treasure belonging to the
King of Sweden leaving the loot, a bag of gems, hidden behind a stove and left there for two hundred years. Modern day city girl, Aurora, comes to visit her country relative, the original Mr. Hayhill. His neighbour, the baker Kakelberg, is not doing very well – his house seems to be haunted
and his baking business has been sabotaged. Aurora and Mr. Hayhill start solving the mystery of
the baker’s house.
Matti Grönberg
Matti Grönberg (b. 1957) has worked since 1987 in YLE TV2 as producer
and director. His works include entertainment, drama, children’s programs,
music programs and sports spectaculars. Grönberg has been awarded
several times for his work in television. He has also directed three featurelength fi lms with the comedy crew Kummeli.
Pekka Karjalainen
Pekka Karjalainen (b. 1961) graduated as a Master of Arts from the Film
Department of the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. He has worked
as a sound designer in more than 30 feature-length fi lms. His works as a
director include the documentary The Rhythm (Rytmi, 1991), the featurelength road-movie Hysteria (1993), the television fi lms A Pastoral (Pastoraali,
1995) and Beatlehem (2003) as well as the feature fi lms Jackpot (Kummelin
Jackpot, 2006) and Gimme Some Respect (Vähän kunnioitusta, 2010).
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F I N N I S H
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S3D – DCP, 35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 75’ | Premiere: October 12, 2012
Director : Kari Juusonen
Co-director : Jørgen Lerdam
Script : Hannu Tuomainen,
Marteinn Thorisson
Production design : Mikko Pitkänen
Editing : Antti Haikala
Animation : Anima Vitae, Studio Rakete,
A.Film Production, Tidal Films
Producer : Antti Haikala,
Petteri Pasanen, Hannu Tuomainen,
Production company : Anima Vitae &
Cinemaker for Animaker
Co-producers : Ulysses Films (D), A.Film
Production (DK), Tidal Films (IE)
Production support : The Finnish Film
Foundation, Eurimages, German
Federal Film Fund, Filmfund Hamburg
Schleswig-Holstein, The Irish Filmboard,
FFA, The Danish Film Institute, NFTF,
Nordmedia, Telepool, Nordisk Film,
Universum, MEDIA Program of the
European Community
Financing TV companies :
YLE, TV2 Denmark
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
International sales : Global Screen
Niko 2 (working title)
Niko, a young reindeer boy, secretly wishes his mom and his hero dad from Santa’s world famous
Flying Forces would get back together so they could be a real family - something they have never
been. One day mom springs the news on Niko; she’s met a guy, an ordinary reindeer Lenni, and
he and his little son Jonni will be moving in. Niko´s world is shaken: he will no longer be the only
child. Furthermore, he will have to look after this darn, cute little step-brother – are the results
are not so good…
Kari Juusonen
Kari Juusonen is the most successful Finnish
animation director. He directed Niko & The Way
to the Stars with Michael Hegner which received over 3 million admissions in world-wide
cinema distribution. Kari has also directed several short animations, among them the Cannes
Festival winner Pizza Passionata.
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Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy
[
R i s t o
R ä p p ä ä j ä
j a
v i i l e ä
Ve n l a
]
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C H I L D R E N
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35mm, digital print | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | 72’ |
Premiere: February 10, 2012
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Director : Mari Rantasila
Script : Sinikka and Tiina Nopola
Story : Sinikka and Tiina Nopola,
Mari Rantasila
Cinematography : Timo Heinänen
Editing : Tuuli Kuittinen
Sound Design : Risto Iissalo
Music : Iiro Rantala
Music Producer : Markku Kanerva
Set Design : Minna Santakari
Costumes : Niina Pasanen
Cast : Lauri Karo, Venni Uotila,
Olivia Ainali, Ulla Tapaninen, Juha
Muje, Annu Valonen, Martti Suosalo
Producers : Lasse Saarinen,
Rimbo Salomaa
Production company : Kinotar Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies :
Yle co-productions
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
International Sales : Kinotar Oy
The family musical comedy Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy is an eventful relationship comedy about
friendship, loneliness and tolerance based on an original story.
Ricky Rapper and Nelly Noodlehead go to an Island resort where Fanny Freezer works as a
holiday camp hostess. The guests include Wendy, who is slightly older than Ricky and Nelly, and
her father Herb Willow.
Wendy’s arrival puts a strain on Ricky and Nelly’s friendship since nelly begins to spend more
time with Wendy.
Old friends Fanny Freezer and Herb Willow also become closer.
Mari Rantasila
Mari Rantasila (b. 1963) is a director,
actress and musician. Over the last years she
has been become more focused on directing.
Rantasila has made fi lms for children and
young audiences. Her Ricky Rapper fi lms have
been enormous box office hits in Finland in
2008 and 2010.
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Santa’s Magic Crystal
[
M a a g i n e n
k r i s t a l l i
]
DEBUT
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
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C H I L D R E N
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Stereoscopic 3D | 1:1,85 |
Dolby 5:1 | 76’ |
Released: November 18, 2011
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Director : Antti Haikala
Assistant directors :
Mark Mertens, Igor Bertolucci
Script : Thomas Wipf, Bob Swain,
Dan & Nuria Wicksman, Alessandro
Liggieri, Antti Haikala, Kurt Weldon
Editing : Jukka Nykänen, Tommi Ojala
Sound design : Quentin Collette
Music : Menno Van Riet
Set design : Antti Haikala & co
Animation : Luca Bruno & co
Producer : Mikael Wahlforss
Production company : Epidem ZOT
Co-producers :
Skyline Entertainment, Araneo
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : Nelonen
Distributor in Finland:
Future Film Distribution Oy
International sales : TF1 International
A magic crystal makes it possible for Santa to multiply his efforts and distribute presents to
children, thus bringing happiness to families all over the world. But Santa’s evil twin brother
Basil has a diabolical plan; he will steal the crystal and gain control over the minds of children.
Thanks, however, to the courage of a human boy, Yotan, the crystal is saved by the Red Caps –
Santa’s crew of elvish helpers. They succeed, after many adventures and crises, in saving the
crystal and bringing it back to Santa’s headquarters in Korvatunturi.
But even if this fi lm shares the ethical values of Elvish traditions, Santa’s Magic Crystal is
closer to science fiction than to the classic Nordic mythology.
Antti Haikala
Antti Haikala, (b. 1975), is one of the founders of the
successful Finnish animation studio Anima Vitae. He
was the supervising animator of The Rulers, a popular
TV series of political satire. He has directed numerous
TV commercials and several prize-winning animated
short fi lms. He was animation director of the feature
fi lm The Emperor’s Secret and production supervisor of
Niko & The Way To The Stars, a feature fi lm that has been
sold to over 100 countries.
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3 Simos
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F I L M S
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DCP, HDCAM | 1:2,35 | Dolby |
90’ | Premiere: 2012
Director, editing : Teemu Nikki
Script : Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö
Cinematography : Jyrki Arnikari
Sound design :
Tuomas Seppänen, Timo Anttila
Music: Janne Huttunen
Set design, costumes : Maria Ylätupa
Cast : Paula Vesa, Rami Rusinen,
Olli Rahkonen, Pekka Streng,
Matti Onnismaa, Antti Reini,
Jouko Puolanto
Producer : Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö
Production company :
It’s Alive Productions Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE
International sales :
It’s Alive Productions
Distributor in Finland : tba
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S i m o a
]
DEBUT
Lasse and Simo are two unlucky burglars operating in Helsinki. Eeva is a single mom with a bad
memory and a baby named Simo. Eeva had a one-night stand with the burglar named Simo, but
the night included so much heavy drinking that Eeva can’t even remember his face – she only
remembers his name, which she gave to her son, the fruit of the encounter. Simo comes up with
an evil plot in which Lasse will pretend to be him, the baby’s father.
One hot summer day Simo and Lasse sink deep into a swamp of explanations and then come
back up to the surface. They escape tricky situations with white lies, change roles like they
change clothes, posing as a veterinarian, family man, home caregiver and TV fee inspector. In
the end, everything is going really well except that Lasse takes his role as the baby’s father a little
too seriously.
Teemu Nikki
Teemu Nikki (b. 1975) has directed several
short fi lms (including A Mate, 2007 and
A Perfect Day, 2011), music videos,
commercials and a documentary fi lm
Play God (2010). 3 Simos is his debut
feature-length fiction.
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Director: Maarit Lalli
Script : Henrik Mäki-Tanila,
Music : Kepa Lehtinen
Maarit Lalli
Cinematography : Rauno Ronkainen
Editing : Jenny Tervakari, Maarit Lalli
Sound Design : Pasi Peni
Set Design : Maarit Lalli
Costumes : Ihan Kohta Ensemble
Cast : Anton Thompson Coon,
Karim Al-Rifai, Arttu Lähteenmäki,
Henrik Mäki-Tanila, Ben Thompson
Coon, Elina Knihtilä, Ilari Johansson,
Niina Nurminen, Mats Långbacka,
Mari Perankoski, H-P Björkman,
Tarja Heinula
Producer : Maarit Lalli
I h a n
k o h t a
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Production Company:
Maarit Lalli
Maarit Lalli (b. 1964) has directed several short fi lms,
including A Stone Left Untumed (1999), The Lake (2006)
and Sway With Me (2009). Almost 18 is her debut
feature-length fiction.
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Distribution in Finland : tba
DEBUT
“There were five of us guys. We stuck together through thick and thin – most of the time. I think
we all had normal families. Normal problems. Normal feelings. There was nothing we couldn’t
overcome. And then one year, for some reason, everything started going to shit.”
KARRI, 17. A car, Mom and the last driving lesson. Karri hasn’t even gotten out of his yard when
he makes the first wrong turn: Finland loses to Sweden in the ice hockey world championships yet
again, and his mom can smell he’s been drinking the night before.
PETE, 17, and a girlfriend who took the abortion pill. The thought of killing a human being keeps
haunting him.
ANDRÉ, 17, and a forgotten little brother. André picks up his little brother from daycare once again
because their mom is “working overtime.” She comes home late at night – with a strange man.
AKSELI, 17, and an ex-alcoholic father. Years of not talking about anything behind them and a
two-square-meter hunting watchtower where you have to be totally silent ahead.
JONI, 18, and demanding women. Joni dresses up in a furry wolf’s costume and works as a
mascot, giving hugs to kids and teenage girls. In his free time, he
works as a stripper, taking clothes off for wealthy older women.
Will he calm down when his mom finds out he’s been smoking pot?
Huh Huh -Filmi Oy
Production Support:
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Almost 18
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DCP | 1:1,85 | Dolby 5.1 | 110’ |
Premiere: March 9, 2012
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F I N N I S H
Director : Joona Tena
Script : Pekka Lehtosaari, Joona Tena,
Mikko Tenhunen
Cinematography : Kjell Lagerroos
Editing : Benjamin Mercer
Sound design : Juha Hakanen
Music : Panu Aaltio
Set design : Päivi Kettunen
Costumes : Anne-Maria Ylitapio
Cast : Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén,
Kai Lehtinen, Kari Hietalahti,
Viljami Nojonen
Producer : Mikko Tenhunen
Executive producer: Marko Röhr
Production company :
MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : Nelonen
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film
www.matilarohr.com
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Body of Water
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35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital |
100’ | Released: October 7, 2011
S y v ä l l e
s a l a t t u
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Julia is a determined lawyer in her thirties, whose job takes her to a remote rural village. While
there, she finds herself the target of frightening and mysterious attacks. She begins to suspect that
the attacks are connected to an old legend about a spirit that lives in a lake. Until she finds out the
truth about the village, the spirit, and her family’s history, Julia must defend both herself and her
child against the frightening threat.
Joona Tena
In 2005 Joona Tena’s first two feature fi lms went into production;
FC Venus, a romantic comedy, which he co-wrote and directed, and
Unna & Nook , of which he wrote the original screenplay. FC Venus was
a box office hit, and it has been distributed throughout 10 territories,
worldwide. It was also remade in Germany in 2006.
As a fi lm director Tena is known as an entertaining storyteller and
gifted visualist. In addition to feature fi lms, he has directed over 200
episodes of various drama series for every broadcaster in Finland and
he has won the Venla-Award for Best Drama Series in 2008.
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DCP | 1:1,85 |
Dolby digital 5.1. | 106’ |
Premiere: Spring 2012
[
M i e s t e n
v ä l i s i ä
k e s k u s t e l u j a
Director, script : Jarmo Lampela
Cinematography : Aarne Tapola
Editing : Kauko Lindfors,
Juho Karhunen
Sound design : Patrick Boullenger
Music : Paleface, Juha Potka
Graphics : Juha Fiilin
Jarmo Lampela
Cast : Juha Kukkonen, Pihla Penttinen,
Jarmo Lampela is a director and scriptwriter.
Lampela is a professor of directing in the
Department of Motion Picture, Television and
Production Design in the School of Art and
Design, Aalto University.
Rea Mauranen, Aarni Kivinen,
Jari Virman, David Kozma,
Rebekka Uotila, Calle Alm,
Ville Tiihonen, Ursula Salo
Producer : Ilkka Mertsola
Production Company: Vegetarian Films
Distribution in Finland : tba
www.vegetarianfilms.net
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Kari Mairisaari’s literary œuvre includes eight novels, parodies and satires, about political animals and cultural societies. The ninth book turns out to be a challenge; a novel with a serious
topic leads the author to new paths.
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F I N N I S H
Conversations Between Men
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Dirty Bomb
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F I L M S
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DCP, 35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Stereo |
90’ | Released: October 28, 2011
Director, script : Elias Koskimies
Cinematography : Hena Blomberg
Editing : Iikka Hesse
Sound design : Pasi Peni
Music: Kepa Lehtinen
L i k a i n e n
p o m m i
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Mirccu, 28, works as the PR manager for a record company. Expecting a raise, Mirccu is shocked
when her boss, dramatic record mogul Martin Bakka, threatens to sack her. Though he tells her,
in no uncertain terms, that she is a disappointment and lacks the key to success, Martin gives her
one last chance to figure it all out.
Mirccu and her boyfriend Roba, a celebrity seeking, mediocre footballer, ponder if the good
times are really over and will they do what’s necessary in order to succeed.
Opportunity presents itself in the form of the record company’s new secret project, code
named; “Dirty Bomb”. Behind the code name is a 15-year-old girl, ruthless teenage sensation,
PD. Mirccu must work as her assistant and sacrifice everything for the project – her reputation,
honor, soul and, of course, her boyfriend. These are the keys to her success. But is the sweet and
caring Mirccu ready to play the game?
Set design : Vilja Katramo,
Okku Rahikainen, Tytti Tiri
Costumes : Ninni Lahtinen
Cast : Iida Lampela, Jukka Puotila,
Ilkka Villi, Niina Herala, Jussi Vatanen
Producer: Jarkko Hentula
Production company : Juonifi lmi Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE TV1
Distributor in Finland : FS Film Oy
International Sales : tba
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DEBUT
Elias Koskimies
Elias Koskimies started out in television, as a writer on the famous
Have I Got News For You satire show. He won notoriety for writing and
directing over fi fty episodes of the highly controversial political satire
The Presidents Cabin . He then went on to write and direct the acclaimed
television movie Beauty Sleep (2010) about three raging drag queens, one
homophobic politician and his pregnant wife and a messy kidnapping.
Koskimies has also written the satirical book Korusähkeitä (2010).
Dirty Bomb is Koskimies’ first feature fi lm and is, at the moment,
developing new projects both for TV and cinema.
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F E A T U R E
F I L M S
DCP, 35mm | 1:2,35 cinemascope |
Dolby Digital 5.1. | 80’ |
Premiere: February 24, 2012
Director : Teppo Airaksinen
Script : Jaakko Kaján,
Teppo Airaksinen
Cinematography : Teppo Högman
Editing : Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound design : Karri Niinivaara
Music : Arto Tuunela
Fanatics
[
K u l m a n
p o j a t
]
Petri works in a sporting goods store in a small town in Eastern Finland. He and his friends spend
their idle summer days and nights making mischief. Together the guys are the proudest – and
seemingly only – members of the fan club for the local football team.
The team’s strongest opponent is another local team, the prim and proper AC United. To their
horror AC United raises the stakes by hiring a professional for the upcoming season; ex national league football player Tuukka Tiensuu, the new home town hero.
Friends and slacking off have always been Petri’s number one priorities, but everything changes when he meets Emmi. It’s love at first sight and Petri’s friends are naturally green with envy
– for losing their friend to a girl. Everything would be perfect for Petri and his dream girl if she
didn’t support the wrong football team and have a dangerously close relationship with their arch
nemesis, the city’s own football champion, Tuukka Tiensuu.
Set design : Otso Linnalaakso
Costumes : Henna-Riikka Taskinen
Cast : Eero Ritala, Jussi Vatanen,
Joonas Saartamo, Lotta Kaihua,
Janne Ravi, Antti Väre, Ville Tiihonen
Producer :
Jesse Fryckman, Oskari Huttu
Production company : Bronson Club
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : Nelonen Media
Distribution in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
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DEBUT
Teppo Airaksinen
Teppo Airaksinen (b. 1982) is finishing
his degree as Master of Arts from the
School of Art and Design in Aalto
University. Fanatics is his graduation
fi lm as well as his first feature.
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
35mm, Digital Copy | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | 94’ |
Released: September 9, 2011
Director, script : Aki Kaurismäki
Sound Design : Tero Malmberg
Cinematography : Timo Salminen
Editing : Timo Linnasalo
Set Design : Wouter Zoon
Costumes : Fred Cambier
Cast : André Wilms, Kati Outinen,
Blondin Miguel
Producer : Aki Kaurismäki
Production company : Sputnik Oy
Co-Producers : Pyramide Productions,
Pandora Film, Arte France Cinéma,
ZDF/Arte
Production support : The Finnish Film
Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV Fond,
Le Centre National du Cinéma et
de l’Image Animée, Cinécinéma,
La Région Haute-Normandie
Financing TV company : Canal +,
ARTE France, YLE Co-Productions
Distributor in Finland : Future Film Oy
International sales :
The Match Factory GmbH
Scandinavian sales:
Willmar Andersson Film AB
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Le Havre
The story of a shoeshiner who tries to save a refugee child.
Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki was born in 1957.
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Director : Aleksi Mäkelä
Script : Marko Leino
Set design : Pirjo Rossi
Cinematography : Pini Hellstedt F.S.C
Editing : Kimmo Taavila
Sound design : Jyrki Rahkonen
Music : Lauri Porra
Ko t i r a u h a
]
“Let’s pretend we’re doing well.”
Sami Luoto is a family man in his forties with a secret dream. He wants to succeed like his
father and build a fancy house for himself, his wife and their teenage daughter.
Home Sweet Home is a dramatic thriller of one unlucky man’s descent into disaster. It examines
contemporary social undertones such as; what is the measure of success? Can love be measured?
Can a man fail totally and then pick himself up and try again?
Despite its challenging subject, the movie – based on the upcoming novel of the same title by
Marko Leino - is full of humor with an ending that offers hope to all.
Costumes : Tiina Kaukanen
Cast : Samuli Edelmann, Katariina
Kaitue, Kerli Kyllönen, Santeri Kinnunen, Kristo Salminen, Aake Kalliala,
Petra Frey, Tommi Korpela, Aku
Hirviniemi, Taisto Oksanen,
Niina Nurminen, Pekka Huotari
Producers : Markus Selin, Jukka Helle
Production company : Solar Films, Inc.
Production support : The Finnish Film
Foundation, City of Vaasa
Financing TV companies : MTV3 Finland
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film
International sales : TrustNordisk
www.solarfilms.com
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Home Sweet Home
[
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
35mm, Digi | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital |
105’ | Released: Autumn 2011
Aleksi Mäkelä
A self-taught movie director, Aleksi Mäkelä (b. 1969) is the most
successful of the modern era Finnish directors. The biggest domestic box office hit since the eighties, Bad Boys, drew a phenomenal
audience of 615,000 in only 5 months.
Home Sweet Home is his tenth feature fi lm. His debut The Romanov
Stones was released in 1993.
Besides movies, Mäkelä has directed hundreds of hours of TV
series, commercials and music videos. Aleksi Mäkelä was given the
State Art Prize for Cinema 2009.
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F E A T U R E
F I L M S
35mm, DCP | Cinemascope |
Dolby 5.1 | ~90’ |
Premiere: Autumn 2012
Hush – Anything for Love
[
J a
s a a p u u
o i k e a
y ö
]
DEBUT
Sakari and Veera are madly in love and get engaged. Veera asks Sakari to help her with a matter
relating to the father and in a manner that completely shocks Sakari. He does everything in his
power to stop her from pursuing her plan but, before long, Sakari is forced to make choices he
thought he’d never face.
Director: Jyri Kähönen
Script: Tuomas Parviainen
Cinematography: Mark Stubbs
Editing: Iikka Hesse
Sound design:
Mika Niinimaa, Janne Jankeri
Set design: Sarah Bowen-Walsh
Cast: Jarkko Niemi,
Jyri Kähönen
Jemina Sillanpää, Martti Suosalo
Producer: Aleksi Bardy
Jyri Kähönen (b.1975) studied documentary fi lm at the
Helsinki University of Arts and Design but he soon became
interested in fictional fi lm. Kähönen’s short fi lms have
won several awards at various international fi lm festivals.
Kähönen’s recent work includes the controversial political
tv-drama about Anneli Jäätteenmäki, the disputed first
Finnish female prime minister. Jyri Kähönen also directs
commercials and dreams of farming apples one day. Enter
the real night is Kähönen’s first feature fi lm.
Production company:
Helsinki-fi lmi Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies: MTV 3
Distributor in Finland:
Scanbox Entertainment Finland Oy
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Hannele Majaniemi
Costumes: Marjo Federley
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
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35mm, DCP | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital |
85’ | Premiere: August 10, 2012
Imaginaerum
Director : Stobe Harju
A coma sends an old man into his childhood’s sinister fantasy world where he must fight dementia and regain his memory before it’s too late.
Tom, an old composer and a musician, has lived a long and prosperous life which he cannot
remember. He suffers from dementia and believes he’s still a young boy. After suffering a stroke,
Tom slips into a coma and travels back to the fantasy world of his childhood where his dementia
is disguised as a cunning but sinister snowman.
Simultaneously, in the real world, Tom’s daughter, Gem, is trying to discover the mysteries of
her father’s life through his last written song. Having had a distant and bitter relationship with
her father for years, she begins her search reluctantly. Eventually one single element brings them
closer to each other. In his coma, Tom must find a way to defeat the snowman, rebuild his memories and gain his daughter’s love before it’s too late.
Imaginaerum is a music fantasy fi lm with an original score by Nightwish. The movie is produced alongside Nightwish’s upcoming album of the same title. The band has sold over 7 million records worldwide and has been awarded over 60 gold and platinum records, which makes
Nightwish the most successful Finnish band of all time.
Script : Stobe Harju,
Mikko Rautalahti
Cinematography : Benoit Beaulieu
Editing : Mathieu Bélanger
Music : Nightwish
Set design : Elisabeth Williams
Costumes : Ginette Magny
Cast : Tuomas Holopainen,
Anette Olsson, Jukka Nevalainen,
Erno “Emppu” Vuorinen,
Marko Hietala, Marianne Farley,
Quinn Lord
Producer : Markus Selin,
Jukka Helle, André Rouleau
Production company : Solar Films Inc. Oy
Co-producers : Caramel Film
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Téléfi lm Canada
Financing TV companies : Nelonen
Distribution in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
International sales : Solar Films Inc. Oy
Stobe Harju
Stobe Harju has directed everything from music videos to commercials,
animation to short fi lms and game cut scenes (e.g. Alan Wake). He has
won several awards including Cannes Lions, New York Festivals and
London International Advertising Awards. Currently Stobe Harju is
working on his first feature fi lm Imaginaerum, a music fantasy fi lm
based on the original score by Nightwish.
DEBUT
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Script : Michael Kalesniko
DEBUT
Costumes : Jake Collier
Editing : Ayyar Suresh
In 1945 the Nazis fled to the Moon and built a gigantic fortress in a hidden valley on the dark
side of the Moon. For nearly 70 years the Nazis have used this fortress to build a massive UFO
fleet, safe from prying eyes. Now the UFO armada is finished and the Fourth Reich is poised to
attack the unsuspecting Earth with one goal in mind: total world domination!
Sound design : Heiko Müller
Music : Laibach
Set design : Ulrika von Vegesack
Cast : Julia Dietze,
Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto
Producer : Tero Kaukomaa
CGI Producer : Samuli Torssonen
Production company :
Blind Spot Pictures
Co-producers : Oliver Damian,
Cathy Overett, Mark Overett
Production Support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE
Distribution in Finland :
Buena Vista International Finland
International sales :
Stealth Media Group
Timo Vuorensola
Timo Vuorensola bridges the gap between the fi lm industry and new
forms of media. A pioneer of online fi lm making, Timo has proven
crowdsourcing to be a viable and powerful method of producing and
financing movies.
Timo has created a collaborative fi lm production platform
Wreckamovie and has just finished his second feature fi lm, Iron Sky
(2012). Timo has given over 150 seminars and key note speeches
worldwide, discussing crowdsourcing, financing, viral marketing,
and online distribution.
Mika Orasmaa
2 0 1 2
F E A T U R E
(Based on a story by Johanna Sinisalo)
Cinematography : Mika Orasmaa
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Iron Sky
Director : Timo Vuorensola
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
DCP, 35mm | 1:2,35 (scope) |
5.1 Dolby Digital | ~97’ |
Premiere: April 4, 2012
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35mm, Digi | cinemascope |
Dolby Digital | 95’ |
Released: September 23, 2011
[
M a t k a
E e d e n i i n
]
Director, script, cinematography :
Rax Rinnekangas
Editing : Jari Innanen
Sound Design : Heikki Innanen
Music : Pascal Gaigne
Cast : Nacho Angulo, Hugo Wirz,
Ramon Zuriarrain, Celia de Juan
Hatchard, Saana Vuorenmaa
Producer : Rax Rinnekangas
Production company : Bad Taste Ltd.
Co-Producers :
Pako Ruiz / Sonora Estudios (Spain)
Production support : The Finnish Film
Foundation, Zumaquera Films (Spain)
Distributor in Finland :
Pirkanmaan Elokuvakeskus
DEBUT
is the story of two male artists travelling in winter through the famous La Rioja
wine-growing region of Northern Spain. One of the men, Ignacio – a Basque modern music composer living in Finland – is weighed down by the traumatic guilt of his daughter’s car accident in
Helsinki that left her in a coma. The other man, Comaz – a Swiss painter living in Spain – suffers
from a creative block after the hand model for his drawings has announced she no longer wishes
to continue. The men view religious paintings of hands displayed in churches and monasteries.
Their travels ultimately bring them to the chapel of the renowned Remelluri wine estate at La
Rioja Alavesa where the Basque painter Vicente Ameztoy created his own visual interpretation
of Adam and Eve’s last moment of happiness in Eden. While gazing at the painting, the travellers experience a spiritual epiphany about the meaning of forgiveness which paves the way for a
chance of a better future.
A Journey to Eden
F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
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A Journey to Eden
Rax Rinnekangas
Rax Rinnekangas (b. 1954) is a Finnish fi lmmaker, author and photo
artist. His last major work, Five Master Houses of The World is a five part
hour long documentary on modernist architecture throughout different
continents (2010). He has been awarded at the 9th Ethnofest in Berlin
and at the 25th FIFA Festival in Montreal. He has published over 25 works:
novels, poems, essays, short stories and books on photography in Finland,
Spain and France. Among other prizes, Rax Rinnekangas has been awarded the State Prize for Photography (1989), the State Prize for Literature
(1992) and the Art Prize of the Province Varsinais-Suomi (2003).
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
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35mm, DCP | Cinemascope 1:2,35 |
Dolby Digital 5.1 | 90’ |
Premiere: January 27, 2012
Director : Samuli Valkama
Script : Katri Manninen,
Samuli Valkama
Cinematography : Anssi Leino
Editing : Antti Reikko
Sound design : Panu Riikonen
Music : Eike Hosenfeld,
Moritz Denis, Tim Stanzel
Set design : Kaisa Mäkinen
Costumes : Anna Vilppunen
Cast : Emilie de Ravin,
Jussi Nikkilä, Ville Virtanen
Producer : Jesse Fryckman
Production company : Bronson Club
Co-producers : Andrew D Corkin
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
West Finland Film Commission
Financing TV companies :
Nelonen Media
Distribution in Finland :
Nordisk Film Oy
International sales : tba
Love and Other Troubles
[
H u l l u n a
S a a r a a n
]
DEBUT
Ville is a former child star who has never beaten his dad in wrestling. He now leads a routine life
in a small Finnish town giving guitar lessons to kids. His life, which usually runs like clockwork,
is shaken when his father, a washed-up rock star and an impulsive bohemian, shows up on his
doorstep and announces that he needs a place to stay for a few days – or weeks. Ville does not
know how to say no.
But the worst shock comes when his dad comes home one night with a girl about Ville’s age.
Sara is a funny, quirky American student who teaches country line dancing at the local activity
center.
After he and Sara become friends he feels an attraction toward her and an awkward love triangle begins. Several pony rides, line dancing face-offs and wrestling matches later, Ville learns
that he can be just as impulsive as his father.
Samuli Valkama
Samuli Valkama (b. 1974), studied at the University of
Arts and Design in Helsinki from which he graduated
2005 (MA). His short fi lms Alright Love (2005) and
Feelings and Stuff (2008), have garnered more than
10 international awards and been accepted to almost
100 international fi lm festivals. Alright Love won
the Berlin Today Award at the Berlin International
Film Festival in 2005. Love and Other Troubles is
Valkama’s feature fi lm debut.
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
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DCP | 1:2,35 | Stereo | 123’ |
Premiere: February 3, 2012
Director : Aku Louhimies
Script : Nina Repo, Mikko Kouki,
Aku Louhimies
Cinematography : Tuomo Hutri
Editing : Benjamin Mercer
Sound design : Kirka Sainio
Music : Markus Koskinen
Set design : Sattva Hanna Toiviainen
Costumes : Tiina Kaukanen
Cast : Amanda Pilke, Laura Birn,
Matleena Kuusniemi, Lenna Kuurmaa,
Sean Pewtree, Jasper Pääkkönen,
Mikko Kouki
Producer : Pauli Pentti ja Liisa Penttilä
Production company :
First Floor Productions & Edith Film
Co-producers : Natalia Drodzd,
Sergei Seljanov, Susan & Alexander
Wieser, Christoph Thoke
Production support : The Finnish Film
Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund,
Russian Cultural Ministry
Financing TV companies :
Yleisradio, ZDF Arte
Distributor in Finland :
Buena Vista International Finland
International sales : EastWest
Distribution
Naked Harbour
[
V u o s a a r i
]
Naked Harbour is a fi lm about being seen and touched. Set in a Helsinki suburb, it tells the story
of a welfare state in the era of individuality and Reality TV. Two weeks of life in modern suburbia
shows people yearning for life and love. The lives of the people in the fi lm are absurd, touching
and warm-hearted, at times fi lled with humour, at other times dark.
Naked Harbour is a network of stories from Aku Louhimies who is one of the most important
directors of last decade in Finnish Cinema. Louhimies has been widely recognized in the International Film Festival scene. His earlier works Restless (2000) and Frozen Land (2005) create
an interesting background for Naked Harbour, both fi lms being stories of an arctic soul. Naked
Harbour is full of energy and emotion, feeling very realistic and poetic as well as amusing and
entertaining at the same time.
The fi lm was shot entirely with two cameras. This method covers all the acting and non-acting
which is not normally seen. It is more John Cassavetes than Dogma.
Aku Louhimies
Aku Louhimies (b. 1968) became known with his box
office hit Restless (2000). He has worked in genres
ranging from romantic comedies to historical drama
fi lms. He won eight Jussi Awards for his fi lm Frozen Land
(2005). In Naked Harbour (2011), he returns to the same
moods, except with more merciful tones. Louhimies was
elected the chairman of the Association of Finnish Film
Directors in 2011. Louhimies’s fi lms are known for their
strong acting performances.
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F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
DCP, 35mm | 1:2,35 (scope) |
Dolby Stereo | 128’ |
Premiere: February 17, 2012
Director, script : JP Siili
Cinematography : Jani Kumpulainen f.s.c.
Editing : Aleksi Raij
Sound design : Juha Hakanen
Music : Tuomas Kantelinen
Set design : Päivi Kettunen
Periferia
[
H ä r m ä
]
It is the 19th century. On the plains of Ostrobothnia, Western Finland, a tradition prevails, according to which the first-born son inherits everything and the remaining offspring must fend for
themselves. The law has been cast aside in many areas and groups of men, knife-wielding thugs,
nicknamed “toughs”, control the fields. The blade rules the land.
The Välitalo household and farm are vast and affluent. There are two sons in the household.
The younger son Matti is an upstanding man fit to inherit the farm, and secretly engaged to a
young woman named Aino from a neighbouring farm. The older brother Esko a bum and the
leader of toughs who is said to have killed several men. The father of the brothers makes a difficult decision and chooses to will his farm against tradition, not to his first-born son, but to Matti,
the younger son.
Esko learns the will and all hell breaks loose.
Costumes: Anu Pirilä
Cast : Lauri Tilkanen,
Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola
Producer :
Olli Haikka, Jarkko Hentula
Production company :
Yellow Film & TV
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE
Distributor in Finland : Finnkino Oy
International sales : tba
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JP Siili
JP Siili is one of the most prolific
directors in Finland. He has
directed hundreds of hours
for television and a vast amount
of commercials. Periferia is
JP Siili’s fourth feature fi lms.
His earlier features are Blackout
(2008), Ganes (2007) and
Young Gods (2003)
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Director : Antti Jokinen
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F E A T U R E
Script : Marko Leino, Antti Jokinen
Cinematography : Rane Ronkainen
Costumes : Anna Vilppunen
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Purge
[
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | 110’ |
Premiere: September 7, 2012
Editing : Kimmo Taavila
Sound design : Olger Bernadt
Music : Tuomas Kantelinen
Set design : Tiina Paavilainen
Cast : Liisi Tandefelt, Laura Birn,
Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén,
Tommi Korpela
Producer : Markus Selin,
Jukka Helle, Kristian Taska
Production company :
Solar Films Inc. Oy
Co-producers : Taska Film
Production support :
Finnish Film Foundation,
Estonian Film Foundation, Nordisk
Film & TV Fund, MEDIA
Financing TV companies : MTV3 Finland
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film Oy
International sales : TrustNordisk
P u h d i s t u s
]
is a breathtakingly suspenseful story of two women dogged by their own shameful pasts
and the dark, unspoken history that binds them.
Aliide has experienced the horrors of the Stalin era and the deportation of Estonians to Siberia but, she herself, has to cope with the guilt of opportunism and even manslaughter. One night
in 1992 she finds a young woman in the courtyard of her house; Zara has just escaped from the
claws of the Russian mafia who held her as a sex slave. Aliide later finds out that the girl is related
to her. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex arithmetic of suspicion and revelation
to distill each other’s motives; gradually their stories emerge in a culmination of a tragic family
drama of rivalry, lust, and loss during the worst years of Estonia’s Soviet occupation.
Purge
Antti Jokinen
Antti Jokinen (b. 1968) is a writer and director of fi lm
and television in Finland and internationally. Throughout
the past 20 years he has written and developed features
and produced and directed documentaries and series for
Finnish TV, as well as helmed ca. 100 commercials and
music videos in the US. His first US feature fi lm is
The Resident (2010), starring Hilary Swank and Jeffrey
Dean Morgan. His feature fi lm Nicholas of the North is
presently in pre-production in Finland.
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Rat King
Director, script: Petri Kotwica
A small town in Southern Finland. It’s spring and the seniors at the local high school are getting
ready for their final exams. Juri, 18, is one of them. He’s addicted to computer games and lives
with his mom. She rarely sees her son because he spends all his time in his room.
Juri’s girlfriend leaves him because she can no longer stand his constant playing. He finally
stops playing, and Mordred, an online friend, wants to see him. He turns out to be a young man
named Niki, who bears a confusing resemblance to Juri on the outside.
Juri sees a tattoo of a website address on Niki’s arm. He types in the address on his computer
and starts a strange new game titled Rat King. The boys become friends, and Niki helps Juri finish
the dangerous game. This triggers a dramatic chain of events, and soon Juri finds out that his
whole life is at stake.
F E A T U R E
Cinematography: Mika Orasmaa f.s.c.
Editing: Harri Ylönen
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
DCP, 35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital |
93’ | Premiere: January 20, 2012
Cast: Max Ovaska, Julius Lavonen,
Sound design: Ivo Felt, Seppo Vanhatalo
Music: Lauri Porra
Set design: Jaagup Roomet
Costumes: Anu Lensment
Outi Mäenpää, Niina Koponen
Producer: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
Production company:
Making Movies Oy
Co-producers: Ivo Felt/Allfi lm
Production support:
Petri Kotwica
The Finnish Film Foundation,
EURIMAGES, NFTF,
Estonian Film Foundation,
Estonian Ministry of Culture,
The Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Financing TV companies: MTV3
Petri Kotwica (b. 1964) has made several
award winning short fi lms. His feature debut
Home Sick (2005) won several prizes on
international festivals. His second feature
Black Ice (2007) premiered internationally
in Berlin International Film Festival’s
competition 2008 and won six national fi lm
awards (Jussi) including best fi lm, directing
and screenplay.
Distributor in Finland:
Future Film Distribution Oy
International Sales: The Yellow Affair
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F E A T U R E
F I L M S
DCP, 35 mm | 1:2,35 (Cinemascope) |
Dolby Digital 5.1 | 99’ |
Released: November 25, 2011
Director : Tuomas Summanen
Script : Mikko Reitala
Cinematography : Arno Launos
Editing : Jyrki Levä
Risto
Risto, a beloved actor, becomes quadriplegic in a work-related accident. He receives a substantial
amount of money as compensation and tons of sympathy from the people. Suddenly he has money
for everything his young and beautiful wife has always wanted. Consequently, his wife quits her
boring job and becomes an artist.
Risto’s obsessive second cousin also wants to dip into the pot. As an aspiring actor he will
do anything to benefit from Risto. Risto’s twenty-something son also adds to the mess by having
fallen in love with his stepmother. But this is just the beginning. A surprising twist of events takes
place when Risto notices he’s starting to recover. A beloved actor is recovering, but how can he
tell the media? Will he have to play the role of a paralyzed man for the rest of his life in order not
to lose everything? Will this be his biggest role and one he will never get rid of?
Sound design : Erno Kumpulainen
Music : DJ Slow
Set design : Kaisa Mäkinen
Costumes : Minni Härkönen
Tuomas Summanen
Cast : Risto Kaskilahti,
Tuomas Summanen has a long
and wide-ranging career in TV
entertainment. He has developed,
directed and produced dozens
of award-winning TV shows for
various channels. Risto is his first
feature fi lm and a number of the
actors in the fi lm are familiar from
his TV shows.
Aku Hirviniemi, Krista Kosonen,
Elena Leeve, Jaakko Saariluoma,
Jarkko Niemi
Producer : Samuli Norhomaa,
Olli Haikka
Production company :
Yellow Film & TV
Financing TV companies : YLE
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DEBUT
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2 0 1 2
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
DCP, 35mm, HDcam, Digibeta |
1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | ~105’ |
Premiere: August 2012
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Director, producer : Mika Kaurismäki
Script : Sami Keski-Vähälä,
Mika Kaurismäki
Cinematography : Jari Mutikainen
Editing : Jukka Nykänen
Sound design : Joonas Jyrälä
Music: Kaihon Karavaani etc.
Set design : Sasu Joutsi
Costumes : Riitta-Maria Vehman
Cast : Vesa-Matti Loiri,
Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzen,
Mari Perankoski, Irina Björklund,
Elina Knihtilä, Ada Kukkonen,
Rea Mauranen
Production company :
Marianna Films Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : Nelonen
Distributor in Finland : FS Film Oy
International sales: The Yellow Affair
Road North
[
T i e
p o h j o i s e e n
]
Timo is an esteemed concert pianist whose personal life is on the rocks. One day Timo finds
an older shabby-looking man at his door. The man, Leo, turns out to be his father, who left the
country when Timo was three – and hasn’t been in touch in thirty-five years. Leo, an eternal
trickster with a positive outlook on life, had to leave his homeland thanks to a series of messy entanglements. Now he’s come back to hand over a rather mysterious legacy to his son and answer
questions regarding the past. To do this, the two will have to embark on a trip together and hit
the road north.
Mika Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki’s first fi lm The Liar (1980) marked the
beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and
started new era in Finnish cinema. His work includes, e.g.
the fictional fi lms The Worthless (1982), LA Without a Map
(1998), The House of Branching Love (2009) and the documentaries Tigrero – A Film That Was Never Made (1994,
with Samuel Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), and Brasileirinho
(2005). His latest documentary Mama Afrika premiered in
Panorama series at Berlinale in 2011.
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
Director : Sakari Kirjavainen
Script : Esko Salervo
Cinematography : Petri Rossi
Editing : Jukka Nykänen
Sound design : Olli Huhtanen,
Pietari Koskinen
Music : Timo Hietala
Set design : Jukka Uusitalo
Costumes : Janne Karjalainen
Cast : Joonas Saartamo,
Lauri Tilkanen, Joanna Haartti,
Terhi Suorlahti, Sinikka Mokkila ja
Ilkka Heiskanen
Producer : Alf Hemming and Petri Rossi
Production company : Cine Works Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies :
YLE Co-Productions
Distributor in Finland :
The Walt Disney Company Nordic
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Silence
[
F I L M S
2 0 1 2
35mm | 1:2,35 cinemascope | Dolby |
90’ | Released: December 9, 2011
H i l j a i s u u s
]
It is the Second World War. In Finland at the Russian front is an evacuation center where dead
soldiers are gathered to be sent home.
Silence is the story of Eino, the dim-witted son of a man whose job is to wash the dead bodies.
Eino joins the war with his simple soul full of heroic ideals. Life in the small community turns out
to be more complicated than the war itself and the evacuation center is spiced up by the characters that run it; Chaplain Hiltunen, crazy about his numbers and charts; Korpikangas, a former
medical student straight from a mental institution; Miina, an old cupper woman; and two young
“Lottas” (female volunteers), Jaana with a hard shell and Siiri with an open heart.
Most important to Eino, however, is his lifelong friend Antti, for whom his jäger father has
arranged an innocuous job at the center. Antti is a charming rogue who who tricks Eino into
doing all his work while he himself concentrates on wooing the ladies and trading illegally
across the front line.
Sakari Kirjavainen
Sakari Kirjavainen (b. 1960) is a versatile Finnish fi lm director.
Kirjavainen started his career in the beginning of the 1980s. He
received the Risto Jarva award for his short feature, Whale Oil Lamp.
He made his first full length feature, Who Asks For Fire, in 2001
and the fi lm was later recognized as a cult classic. Sakari Kirjavainen has a degree in fi lm directing and screenwriting. He has
directed features, television series, radio plays, theater pieces and
written two novels. In 2009 he was awarded for his radio series,
Under the Northern Star.
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2 0 1 2
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
35mm, digital print | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | 82’ |
Released: September 2011
Director : Ville Jankeri
Script : Ville Jankeri,
Mikko Rimminen
Sixpack
[
P u s s i k a l j a e l o k u v a
Marshall can’t sleep and he feels isolated from the world. His friends, Pasty and Henninen, lure
him out of his dusty flat to spend a hot summer day roaming the parks, streets and beer terraces
of lively downtown Helsinki. Throughout the day they meet a variety of people from young girls to
humourless cops. As night falls on a day that started with the morning sun, a heavy rain descends
on the city washing away all hope. But soon the sun rises again signalling a time to take a good,
hard look at friendship.
Cinematography : Jarkko T. Laine
Editing : Harri Ylönen
Sound design : Janne Jankeri
Music : Marko Nyberg
Set design : Markku Pätilä
Costumes: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila
Cast : Eero Milonoff,
Jussi Nikkilä, Ylermi Rajamaa
Producer : Lasse Saarinen,
Rimbo Salomaa
Production company : Kinotar Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company :
Channel Four Finland
Distributor in Finland:
Nordisk Film Oy
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]
DEBUT
Ville Jankeri
Ville Jankeri (b. 1976) graduated as
Film Director MA from The National
Film and Television School in the UK.
He has directed short fi lms in the UK,
Germany and Finland. In 2008 he was
chosen to prepare a short fi lm for The
Berlin Today Contest at the Berlinale
Film Festival. Sixpack is his first
feature fi lm.
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Stars Above
[
Tä h t i t a i v a s
t a l o n
y l l ä
]
Stars Above is a story about how mothers’ choices and hidden secrets affect their daughters’ lives.
Director, script : Saara Cantell
Cinematography : Marita Hällfors
Editing : Saevar Gudmundsson
Sound design : Pietari Koskinen
Music : Sid Hille
Set design : Pirjo Rossi
Costumes : Auli Turtiainen
Cast : Elín Petersdóttir, Meri Nenonen,
Irina Björklund
Producer : Outi Rousu & Ella Piesala
Production company : Pystymetsä Oy
Co-producers : Snorri Thorisson,
Pegasus Pictures
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Icelandic Film Centre
Financing TV companies : YLE
Distributor in Finland :
Nordisk Film Oy
International sales : tba
Three women: Salla, Tuulikki and Saima. Three time periods: the present day, 1978 and 1942.
The setting is an old family farm. And the stars above them are the same.
Salla has been living in Sweden for many years. When her mother dies, she moves back to the
family farm where she used to spend her childhood summers. Her hermit life is interrupted by
Ville, who breaks through the thick walls Salla’s built around herself.
Tuulikki moves to the farm with her small daughter. Her plans for the future include raising
sheep and starting a family with Seppo, the man of her dreams. But when he finally arrives, nothing goes according to her fantasies.
Saima is married and childless. Her husband is fighting in the war while she runs both the
farm and the village school. War casualties are brought to the farm and she finds a soul mate in
Toivo, a quiet but well-read man. Can individuals follow their feelings in a tight-knit village community?
Saara Cantell
Saara Cantell (b. 1968) is a freelance director and
screenwriter from Helsinki. She has written and directed
short fi lms, radio plays and TV series. Her previous feature
fi lms are Unna and Nuuk (2006) and Heartbeats (2009),
of which the latter has received several awards. In spring
2011 Saara Cantell got her Doctor of Arts degree with her
dissertation on the narrative storytelling strategies in short
fiction fi lm.
Milla von Konow
2 0 1 2
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
DCP, DigiBeta, DVD | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | 105’ |
Premiere: February 2, 2012
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F E A T U R E
Director : Taru Mäkelä
Script : Veli-Pekka Hänninen,
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
DCP, 35mm | 16:9, 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | 85’ |
Released: December 30, 2011
Music : Rauol Björkenheim
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based on Arto Salminen’s novel
Cinematography : Jouko Seppälä f.s.c.
Editing : Tuuli Kuittinen
Sound design : Kyösti Väntänen
Set design : Tiina Paavilainen
Costumes : Merja Väisänen
Cast : Kari-Pekka Toivonen,
Minttu Mustakallio, Aku Hirviniemi,
Esko Salminen, Juha Muje,
Vesa Vierikko
Producer : Markku Tuurna,
responsible producers Taru Mäkelä
and Jouko Seppälä
Production company : Kinosto, Ltd.
Co-producers : Filmimaa Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : MTV 3
Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film
The Storage
[
Va r a s t o
]
Antero Rousku works as a warehouseman at a paint shop. His work is of the raw muscle variety,
where he mixes paint and carries renovation materials from one place to another in order to
make ends meet. Rousku, however, is not content with merely making ends meet. Instead, he
sells his employer’s wares under the table to Jylhäkorpi, who frequents the shop. Jylhäkorpi is
a devout and outspoken communist given to unscrupulous stealing in spite of his ideology, or,
perhaps, because of it.
Rousku’s work mate in the cellar of the warehouse is run-of-the-mill working-class guy
Raninen, whose life consists of work and arguing with his wife. In playing the lottery, Raninen
not only wants to win but wants to get the winning numbers in precisely the order they come
spinning out of the lottery machine. Not the sharpest pencil in the box, therefore, our Raninen…
Rousku’s freedom is threatened by a relationship with Karita, the sales girl at the paint shop.
Rousku wants to keep the woman at arm’s length except, of course, when in her bed. Karita, however, has decided otherwise, and the noose tightens around Rousku’s neck when Karita announces that she’s pregnant.
Taru Mäkelä
Taru Mäkelä (b. 1959) is an established Finnish fi lm director.
After comedies and light entertainment she made a trilogy of
very serious war-time documentaries touching on a lot of political
and emotional taboos. Her first feature fi lm, Little Sister, won
the Finland Prize for year 2000. Aside from fi lm and television
Taru Mäkelä also directs theatre and radio plays.
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Director : Matti Ijäs
Script : Heikki Vuento, Matti Ijäs,
J-P Passi, Auli Mantila
Cinematography : Rauno Ronkainen
Editing : Jorma Höri
Sound design : Kössi Väntänen
Set design : Kaisa Mäkinen
Costumes : Sari Suominen
Cast : Krista Kosonen,
Sampo Sarkola, Tommi Korpela,
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Producers : Auli Mantila,
Jussi Rantamäki
Production company :
Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu Ab
Co-production company :
SweetFilms A/S
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
NFTF, FilmCamp
Financing TV companies :
YLE TV1, SVT
Distribution in Finland : Disney Nordic
Things We Do for Love
[
K a i k e l l a
r a k k a u d e l l a
]
Toivo Vaarala is a shy postcard-photographer on a shooting trip in Lapland. One day he accidentally crashes the car of a local woman, Ansa.
Without her car the woman is helpless; the roof of her house is leaking and she still has to fi x
it before the winter. Plus she should have already been on her way to Norway for work. Vaarala is
obliged to help her. And in so doing, he falls in love with this restless, attractive woman. But the
timing couldn’t possibly be worse.
Ansa’s ex-husband, Ismo Sonka, has just returned. He has served four years in prison for killing an innocent man out of jealousy for Ansa. And during those years, Ansa has borrowed huge
sums of money from Ismo’s brother, Martti Raate, who is secretly in love with her. The clock is
ticking and the time for pay-back has come – but Ansa doesn’t know it yet.
And Toivo Vaarala, this well-meaning, good-hearted man is totally unaware of what is soon
coming. As he fi xes the roof and plans for the future – he finds himself caught up in the turmoil
of all the things we do for love.
Matti Ijäs
Matti Ijäs (b. 1950) has directed
a total of 31 feature and tv fi lms,
including Dolly and Her Lover (1990,
Göteborg IFF Grand Prix), White
Marble (1998, Prix Italia Best Fiction)
and Blindfolded (1999, Mar del Plata
FF FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film and
Special Jury Award).
Matti Ijäs
2 0 1 2
F I L M S
F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
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Digital Cinema | 16:9 |
Dolby Surround | ~90’ |
Premiere: December 2012
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
Director, editing : Anders Engström
Script : Mika Karttunen
Cinematography : Jari Mutikainen
Sound design : Joonas Jyrälä
Va r e s
–
K a i d a n
t i e n
k u l k i j a t
]
The body of a young woman is found in the region of Ostrobothnia.
This launches the strangest case in Vares’s career. He travels to a small, languishing village
gripped by a powerful sect. The village seems to be full of stranger-than-life characters. Vares
attends a local sermon and succeeds in arousing the wrath of the village’s police chief. Wherever
Vares goes he is met by increasingly bizarre events. The fi ling cabinets of the local psychiatric
hospital hide dark secrets and the senior physician seems to have half the village as his patients.
Old accomplices meet in order to settle a score – at the same time, Vares comes awfully close
to the end of his worldly existence..
Music : DJ Slow, Samuli Laiho
Set design : Betsy Ängerman-Engström
Anders Engström
Costumes : Janne Karjalainen
Anders Engström (b. 1962) studied at the London International Film School.
His breakthrough came with the drama series Stories From a Small Town
produced by Jörn Donner. He became a successful director in Sweden and directed high profi le crime and thriller projects, e.g. Anna Holt Polis, Wallander,
and Morden. Anders Engström was awarded the Venla as Best Director for his
mini-series Isabella.
Make-up : Hannele Herttua
Cast : Antti Reini, Peter Franzén,
Merja Larivaara, Markku Maalismaa
Producer : Markus Selin, Jukka Helle
Production company :
Solar Films Inc. Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : MTV 3
Distributor in Finland : Nordisk Film
International sales :
Bavaria Film International
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Vares – The Path of the Righteous Men
[
F I L M S
2 0 1 2
35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | 97’ |
Premiere: January 6, 2012
Lauri Törhönen
Lauri Törhönen (b. 1947) has made a long career both as a professor of
fi lm narration in the University of Art and Design Helsinki and a director of
several feature length fi lms for TV and theatrical release since the late 1970s.
His fi lm Abandoned Houses, Empty Homes (2001) was awarded the OCIC award
at Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina.
Previously released & coming up in the Vares-series (2011–2012):
The Kiss of Evil (Pahan suudelma) directed by Anders Engström
The Girls of April (Huhtikuun tytöt) directed by Lauri Törhönen
Garter Snake (Sukkanauhakäärme) directed by Lauri Törhönen
Gambling Chip (Uhkapelimerkki) directed by Lauri Törhönen
Tango of Darkness (Pimeyden tango) directed by Lauri Törhönen
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F I L M S
Director : Peter Lindholm
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
TBC, 35mm, DCP |
Cinemascope | Dolby 5.1 | 126’ |
Released: October 28, 2011
Script : Jimmy Karlsson and
Aleksi Bardy
Cinematography : Rane Ronkainen f.s.c.
Editing : Jussi Lehto
Sound design : Juha Hakanen
Music : Mauri Sumén
Set design : Kaisa Mäkinen
Costumes : Anna Vilppunen
Cast : Jessica Grabowsky, Andreas
af Enehielm, Oskar Pöysti,
Jacob Öhrman, André Wickström,
Lia Boysen, Alma pöysti, Martin
Bahne, Niklas Groundström
Producer : Aleksi Bardy and
Annika Sucksdorff
Production company :
Helsinki-fi lmi Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE FST5
Distributor in Finland :
Scanbox Entertainment
International sales : The Yellow Affair
www.helsinkifilmi.fi
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Where Once We Walked
[
D ä r
v i
e n
g å n g
g å t t
/
M i s s ä
k u l j i m m e
k e r r a n
]
It is the beginning of the 20th century, a time when Helsinki is actually two cities; one of the rich
upper class and that of the poor workers. South of Long Bridge lives the independent and curious
Lucie who is growing up and refusing to fit the mold of the upper class women. Her soul mate and
childhood friend, Eccu, has been fiercely in love with the wild and eccentric Lucie since the age of
17. However, the only one who can set Lucie’s heart on fire is Allu, a younger working class hero,
football genius and the son of a Red rebel.
Spanning decades, the story shows how time, place and social class unite people – and set
them apart.
Peter Lindholm
Peter Lindholm (b. 1960) graduated as director 1990 (Director Schooling
Co-Operation Project of the Finnish Film Foundation, the Finnish Broadcasting Company and the commercial Finnish tv-channel MTV3; teachers
e.g. Krzystztof Kieslowski, Paul Schrader). His diploma work Rage received
the Risto Jarva award 1990.
Lindholm planned to become a professional soccer player until an
injury ended that dream at the age of 16. He then pursued his other passion – fi lmmaking.
To date he has made over 300 commercials, dozens of TV-series and
many feature fi lms. His best known TV work is Sincerly Yours in Cold Blood.
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J u o p p o h u l l u n
p ä i v ä k i r j a
]
Director, script : Lauri Maijala
Cinematography : Risto Jokela f.s.c.
Cast : Joonas Saartamo,
Krista Kosonen
Producer : Aleksi Bardy,
Juha Vuorinen
Production company :
Dictator Films Oy
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies : YLE
Distribution in Finland : tba
International sales : tba
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DEBUT
Juha Berg, a man in his early thirties, lives the life of a total drunk in Helsinki. It’s a life fi lled with
sex and violence.
Juha is an invincible wino, a man who drinks, bangs and punches harder than anyone else. He
is a guy who won’t be fucked over, either by security guards, police or other alcoholics.
Juha’s life changes when he falls in love with an AA group leader named Tiina who demands
that he becomes sober.
Giving up alcohol turns out to be really difficult. Juha hits rock bottom before learning who is
in charge; he or alcohol.
Diary of a Drunk is a black comedy about alcoholism, Finland’s national illness. The fi lm is
based on the novel of the same name by author Juha Vuorinen.
F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
Diary of a Drunk
[
F I L M S
2 0 1 2
DCP | 1:2,35 | 5.1 Dolby digital |
~90’ | Premiere: Autumn 2012
Lauri Maijala
Lauri Maijala (b. 1986) has a BA in Theatre and Drama
(Theatre Academy Helsinki, directing). As of 2011, he
has directed seventeen shows, written three plays and
composed music for several shows. He directed his plays
The Annual Report (2009) and Mannerheim (2010), as well as
Kurt Weill’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for
the Helsinki Festival. Diary of a Drunk is Maijala’s debut as
a fi lm director.
]
A story about a colorful group of guys, machine factory workers, who lost their youth but never
found their adulthood. A fi lm about dreams, an unquenchable thirst for life and a burning love in
the middle of a fast-paced decade.
Tommi Turmiola finds the love of his life, Karoliina, on a summer-heated beach in Tampere.
After only one night together their paths separate. Tommi decides to abandon his old life at the
factory and set out on a quest in his Datsun 100-A in order to find his great love. His only guide on
the summery roads of Finland is a few lines drawn with eyeliner on a road map.
One November night Tommi returns to Tampere and finally finds Karoliina, whom he has
longed for so, but it is too late. Karoliina is now with Tommi’s best friend, Palle, and the only role
left for Tommi to play is that of the best man at their wedding. Is there still hope left for Tommi?
Timo Koivusalo
Timo Koivusalo is a Finnish producer, director, writer, editor and musician.
He is the owner of the production company Artista Filmi. Since 1994 he has
directed 11 feature fi lms, both drama comedies such as The Leaning Tower and
historic epochs such as Sibelius. He has received several fi lm awards in Finland.
Riku Suokas
Extensive entertainment and drama experience from TV, theatre and new media
as a director, actor, comedian, writer and producer. He directed and co-wrote
the original stage musical ”The Year of ´85” and currently works as the artistic
director of one of the biggest theatres in Finland, The TTT-Theatre of Tampere.
2 0 1 2
8 5
F I L M S
V u o n n a
F E A T U R E
[
DCP, 35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital |
100’ | Premiere: December 28, 2012
Directors:
Timo Koivusalo, Riku Suokas
Script: Riku Suokas,
Heikki Syrjä, Heikki Vihinen
Editing: Jyrki Luukko, Timo Koivusalo
Cinematography : Tero Molin
Sound design: Jyrki Luukko
Set design : Markku Myllymäki
Costumes : Jaana Aro
Make-up : Erja Mikkola
Producer : Timo Koivusalo
Production company : Artista Filmi
Production support :
The Finnish Film Foundation
Distributor in Finland :
Buena Vista International Finland
F I N N I S H
The Year of ’85 – Rock Your Memories
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u n e l m i a
]
Director: Katja Gauriloff
Script: Katja Gauriloff,
Joonas Berghäll and Jarkko T. Laine
Cinema tography: Heikki Färm,
Tuomo Hutri
Editing: Jukka Nykänen
Sound design: Peter Albrechtsen
Music: Karsten Fundal
Producer: Joonas Berghäll
Production company: Oktober Oy
In our fi lm, we build a portrait of ordinary workers through their own, personal stories from
multiple cultures. We hear them telling about the most important moments in their life, and the
dreams that would make their own world a better place. All this happens in a frame of following the route of a tin can which starts it’s journey from the other side of the world and travels all
across Europe. In this fi lm the beauty of humanity is seen through working hands.
Production support:
Katja Gauriloff
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, MEDIA programme,
Nordisk Film & TV Fund
Financing TV company: YLE TV2
Documentaries, ARTE, RTP, NRK,
TG4, Noga Communications
Katja Gauriloff was born in 1972 in Inari.
She has studied fi lmmaking at the Tampere
University of Applied Sciences, School of Art
and Media (2000–2004). She has been
involved in filmmaking since 1998. Today
she is a film director and part-owner of the
Oktober Oy production company.
Selected fi lmography: A Shout into the Wind
documentary, 2007
Deckert Distribution GmbH |
Heino Deckert
Milla von Konow
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
S ä i l ö t t y j ä
Canned Dreams is a fi lm about workers and their dreams on the journey of a canned food product.
International sales:
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Canned Dreams
[
F I L M S
2 0 1 2
35mm, HDCAM, DigiBeta | 1:1,85 |
Dolby 5.1 | 52’ and 80’ | 2012
73
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Director, script, producer :
Sonja Lindén
Cinematography :
Peter Flinckenberg
Editing : Samu Heikkilä Sound
Design : Janne Laine, Samu Heikkilä
Music : Rebekka Karijord
Production Company :
Avanton Productions Oy
Co-production Company :
Mantary Film, Sweden / Stina Gardell
Production Support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, KONE Foundation, MEDIA
Programme of the European Union,
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Financing TV Companies :
YLE co-productions, SVT Kultur
Five Star Existence
Director Sonja Lindén sets out on a subjective journey in order to understand the challenges of
the new ways of relating to and communicating with others. She explores a society which is on the
verge of becoming wireless – a society in which changes the laws of time, space and distance are
revolutionizing the concept of liaison. Her point of departure is today’s society, but she also looks
at what the future may have in store for us. During her quest, Lindén observes people’s experiences of freedom and presence, and questions how our post-information society and technological progress is changing our way of life.
Sonja Lindén
Sonja Lindén is an independent fi lmmaker, producer and director, who
established Avanton Productions in 2006. As a director, she focuses
on the experience of inner freedom and its reflections on our external
reality. The dimensions of love and loneliness are also important themes
in her fi lms No Man is an Island (2006), Gacaca – Awaiting Justice (2003),
Breathing (2002), Steps on the Yoga Path (2000). Sonja graduated from
both the Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production
Design (University of Arts and Design Helsinki) and the Helsinki School
of Economics.
Milla von Konow
2 0 1 2
F I N N I S H
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I L M S
HD Master, DigiBeta |
cinemascope | 5.1, stereo |
58’ and 90’ | 2011
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D O C U M E N T A R Y
P u n a i s e n
m e t s ä n
h o t e l l i
]
A Finnish news photographer, who’s lived in Beijing for fi fteen years, starts making a movie
about a massive tree planting campaign in China. The film project experiences a surprising twist
when the photographer travels to plantations in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi and is
stopped by local authorities.
A Finnish-owned forest products company is planting enormous eucalyptus tree plantations in
Guangxi; they are supposed to provide raw material for a paper mill the company is planning to
build. The atmosphere becomes Kafkaesque: the authorities are friendly but do everything to stop
the photographer from interviewing local people. When he finally makes it to the local villages, he
finds out why the authorities have been so secretive.
The authorities smile all the time, and the forest industry giant avoids taking responsibility. Red
Forest Hotel poses questions if Finnish forest industry know-how, despite being widely acclaimed,
is really environmentally friendly and exported in a socially just way.
Mika Koskinen
Cinematography:
Mika Koskinen
Mika Koskinen, Mika Mattila
Editing: Kauko Lindfors
Sound design Janne Laine
Mika Koskinen has been
living in Beijing since 1994
and speaks fluent Chinese.
He has been working for Luxian
productions as an independent
documentary fi lm maker and as
a news & current affairs
cameraman-editor for European
broadcasters in Asia.
Luxian Productions
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV companies:
YLE TV2, SVT, NRK
Milla von Konow
F I N N I S H
Director, script, producer:
Production company:
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The deadpan recounting from childhood of the explosive death of a frog, and later the miraculous breech birth of a calf, shape the emotional bookends of Soundbreaker, Kimmo Koskela’s rock
doc feature fi lm of Finnish accordion legend and iconoclast Kimmo Pohjonen. In the opening
sequence, as we drop through a wintery ice hole along with the artist, we enter a world of pure
exhilaration. Fold away all thoughts you’ve ever had about his instrument. A new Wikipedia entry
for accordion just got submitted! Extraordinary sounds explode from his custom-made electrified instrument. Using only accordion, voice, samples and effects, Pohjonen’s music transcends
all musical genres all the way in a composition performed with the world famous Kronos Quartet.
His performances are reminiscent of the violence of Roman gladiators and the self-flagellation
of medieval monks. The fi lm is the journey of an exceptional artist, grounded in basic human
truths. The cinematography and drama reveal a distinctive Northern viewpoint.
Production Company:
Kimmo Koskela
Koskela Art & Media House
Co-production: Gernot Steinweg,
Heikki Savolainen
Kimmo Koskela (b. 1960) has worked in cinema, photography
and media art since the early 1980s. He has collaborated with
celebrated Finnish visual art pioneers, such as Eija-Liisa Ahtila and
Arno Rafael Minkkinen. Koskela lives and works in Helsinki, where
he runs his production company. Koskela Art & Media House is an
independent production company for fi lm productions and highend audio-visual programs for the arts and the performing arts,
including documentaries, portraits of artists, and adaptations of
music and dance for the camera.
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, ESEK, Arts Council of Finland,
Nordisk Film og TV Fond
Financing TV companies:
YLE TV2, SVT
Milla von Konow
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
Director, script, cinematography:
Kimmo Koskela
Editing: Kimmo Koskela,
Jani Ahlstedt, Akke Eklund
Sound Design: Heikki Savolainen
Music: Kimmo Pohjonen
Producer: Kimmo Koskela,
Klaus Heydemann
Production Support:
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Director, script :
Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi
Cinematography : J-P Passi
Sound Design :
Tormod Ringnes, Jørgen Bergsund
Editing : Riitta Poikselkä
Music : Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
Producer : Sami Jahnukainen
Production Company : Mouka Filmi
Co-Production : Indie Film (Norway),
Auto Images (Sweden),
Film I Skåne (Sweden)
Production Support :
The Finnish Film Foundation,
ESEK & LUSES, Nordic Film & TV
Fund, Norsk Film institut,
Svensk Filminstitut
Financing TV companies :
YLE TV2, SVT, NRK
K o v a s i k a j u t t u
]
The Punk Syndrome is a fi lm about the Finnish punk-rock band Pertti Kurikan nimipäivät (Pertti
Kurikka’s Name Day), formed by four mentally disabled guys. It follows the band’s journey from
the rehearsal room to festival stages and into the limelight. The fi lm shows the dynamics between
the band members, the arguments, the crying, and the laughter. It shows what punk used to be
about: misfits screaming their lungs out about real problems. This is why they are the last punk
band in the world – and they’re here to make a fuss.
Jukka Kärkkäinen
Jukka Kärkkainen has been making documentary fi lms since 2003. He also works as a
construction worker. He is the co-founder of Mouka Filmi Production Company. His selected
fi lmography includes The Living Room of the Nation
(2009), Tomorrow was Yesterday (2009) and
The Smoking Room (2006).
J-P Passi
J-P Passi has been working as a cinematographer
since 2000. He also works as a screenwriter and
director. His selected fi lmography includes: The
Living Room of the Nation (2009), Tomorrow was
Yesterday (2009) and The Painting Sellers (2010).
Milla von Konow
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
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F I L M S
Top 10 Films in Finland 2011
82
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Film
Released
Admissions 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Johnny English Reborn
Cars 2
Vares – The Kiss of Evil (local)
The King’s Speech
Twilight – Breakind Dawn Part 1
Black Swan
Tangled
Rio
13.7.2011
18.5.2011
14.10.2011
12.8.2011
6.1.2011
21.1.2011
18.11.2011
4.3.2011
11.2.2011
15.4.2011
388 798
356 824
266 518
253 911
204 827
194 728
183 486
169 825
167 403
152 955
Domestic Films 2011
Film
Vares – Kiss of Evil
Hella W
The Unknown Woman
Eetu and Toad
Salla - Selling the Silence
Brothers
The Good Son
Rules of Single Life
August
The Girls of April
Battle for the City
Garbage Prince
Garter Snake
Iris
Sixpack
Released
6.1.2011
28.1.2011
4.2.2011
18.2.2011
11.3.2011
18.3.2011
25.3.2011
1.4.2011
1.4.2011
20.4.2011
29.4.2011
29.7.2011
5.8.2011
26.8.2011
2.9.2011
Admissions 2011
204 647
86 050
20 101
17 057
2 772
3 371
9 182
3 035
39 531
78 687
2 589
28 418
88 811
15 473
79 740
Film
Le Havre
Dirty Bomb
A Journey to Eden
Body of Water
Home Sweet Home
Where Once We Walked
Silent Longing
Forever Yours
Santa’s Magic Crystal
Risto
Silence
The Italian Key
Mr. Hayhill
The Storage
Released
9.9.2011
23.9.2011
30.9.2011
7.10.2011
21.10.2011
28.10.2011
11.11.2011
11.11.2011
18.11.2011
25.11.2011
9.12.2011
16.12.2011
23.12.2011
30.12.2011
Admissions 2011
116 727
7 285
6 916
32 238
38 484
46 247
1 062
5 576
17 358
13 788
20 563
3 500
18 333
24 984
83
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F I L M S
Facts in Figures
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Releases
181
166
169
174
186
Screens
330
316
320
306
289
Admissions in millions
6,7
6,5
6,9
6,8
7,6
50,3
50,8
54,5
57,1
66,0
Ticket price average (€)
7,5
7,8
7,9
8,3
8,70
Per capita attendances
1,3
1,2
1,3
1,3
1,4
Finnish feature fi lms
16
14
19
20
23
24 %
20 %
23 %
15 %
27 %
Gross box-office in millions (€)
Share of Finnish fi lms
84
Finnish Feature Films 1.1.2007–31.12.2011
Release Date Title of Film
in Helsinki
Production Company
12.1.2007
2.2.2007
23.2.2007
16.3.2007
7.9.2007
14.9.2007
28.9.2007
19.10.2007
16.11.2007
30.11.2007
7.12.2007
14.12.2007
28.12.2007
11.1.2008
25.1.2008
1.2.2008
8.2.2008
15.2.2008
18.4.2008
15.8.2008
29.8.2008
5.9.2008
12.9.2008
26.9.2008
10.10.2008
24.10.2008
Solar Films Oy
Aleksi Mäkelä
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Olli Saarela
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Aleksi Salmenperä
Kinoproduction Oy
Klaus Härö
Kinoproduction Oy
Claes Olsson
Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy
Markku Pölönen
Helsinki -fi lmi Oy
JP Siili
Making Movies Oy
Petri Kotwica
Snapper Films Oy
Juha Wuolijoki
Border Productions Oy
Lauri Törhönen
Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy Åke Lindman & Sakari Kirjavainen
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Pekka Lehtosaari
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Lauri Nurkse
Solar Films Inc.
Dome Karukoski
Juonifi lmi
Perttu Leppä
Petfi lms Oy
Peter Lindholm
Solar Films Inc.
Pete Riski
Kinotar Oy
Mari Rantasila
Filmkompaniet Alpha
Maria Lindberg
Stormheart Ltd.
Kaisa Rastimo
Helsinki -fi lmi
Aku Louhimies
Kinotar Oy
Hanna Maylett
Solar Films Inc.
Matti Grönberg
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Hannu Kahakorpi
Anima Vitae & Cinemaker
Michael Hegner & Kari Juusonen
Bronson Club
AJ Annila
V2 – jäätynyt enkeli
V2 Dead Angel
Suden vuosi
Year of the Wolf
Miehen työ
A Man’s Job
Uusi ihminen*
The New Man
Colorado Avenue
Lieksa!
The Matriarch
Ganes
Musta jää
Black Ice
Joulutarina
Christmas Story
Raja 1918
The Border
Tali-Ihantala 1944
Röllin sydän
Quest for a Heart
Sooloilua
Playing Solo
Tummien perhosten koti
The Home of Dark Butterfl ies
8 päivää ensi-iltaan
8 Days to Premiere
Kolmistaan
Three in Love
Dark Floors – The Lordi Motion Picture
Risto Räppääjä
Ricky Rapper
Muumi ja vaarallinen juhannus
Moomins and Midsummer Madness
Myrsky
Stormheart
Käsky
Tears of April
Erottamattomat
Sisters Apart
Kummeli alivuokralainen
The Subtenant
Päätalo
The Novelist
Niko – lentäjän poika
Niko & The Way to the Stars
Sauna
* Swedish-Finnish co-production
Director
85
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F I N N I S H
86
14.11.2008
5.12.2008
26.12.2008
9.1.2009
23.1.2009
30.1.2009
13.2.2009
27.2.2009
20.3.2009
3.4.2009
21.8.2009
4.9.2009
25.9.2009
9.10.2009
23.10.2009
20.11.2009
4.12.2009
6.1.2010
29.1.2010
12.2.2010
12.2.2010
26.2.2010
5.3.2010
12.3.2010
19.3.2010
26.3.2010
9.4.2010
16.4.2010
11.6.2010
6.8.2010
13.8.2010
3.9.2010
10.9.2010
24.9.2010
15.10.2010
Kolme viisasta miestä
Putoavia enkeleitä
Blackout
Rööperi
Maata meren alla
Muukalainen
Kielletty hedelmä
Ralliraita
Toinen jalka haudasta
Postia pappi Jaakobille
Haarautuvan rakkauden talo
Skavabölen pojat
Kuulustelu
Väärät juuret
Pihalla
Thomas
Täällä Pohjantähden alla
Jos rakastat
Paha perhe
Auf Wiedersehen Finnland
Risto Räppääjä ja polkupyörävaras
Sukunsa viimeinen
Kohtaamisia
Freetime Machos
Stadilaista tangoa etsimässä
Miesten vuoro
Reindeerspotting
Rautaa rajan taa
Vähän kunnioitusta
Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti
Sisko tahtoisin jäädä
Vesku
Prinsessa
Täällä pohjantähden alla II
Napapiirin sankarit
Three Wise Men
Falling Angels
Marianna Films Oy
Mika Kaurismäki
Blind Spot Pictures
Heikki Kujanpää
Filmiteollisuus Fine
JP Siili
Hellsinki
Solar Films Inc.
Aleksi Mäkelä
Overseas and Under Your Skin
Silva Mysterium Oy
Lenka Hellstedt
The Visitor
Helsinki -fi lmi Oy
J-P Valkeapää
Forbidden Fruit
Helsinki -fi lmi Oy
Dome Karukoski
Rally On!
Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy
Markku Pölönen
One Foot Under
Dionysos Films Oy
Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Letters to Father Jacob
Kinotar Oy
Klaus Härö
The House of Branching Love
Marianna Films Oy
Mika Kaurismäki
Last Cowboy Standing
Juonifi lmi Oy
Zaida Bergroth
The Interrogation
Jörn Donner Productions Oy
Jörn Donner
Twisted Roots
Edith fi lm Oy
Saara Saarela
Playground
Helsinki -fi lmi Oy
Toni Laine
Silva Mysterium Oy
Miika Soini
Under the North Star
Artista Filmi
Timo Koivusalo
If You Love
Juonifi lmi Oy
Neil Hardwick
Bad Family
Sputnik Oy
Aleksi Salmenperä
For Real Productions Oy
Virpi Suutari
Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief Kinotar Oy
Mari Rantasila
Pudana – The Last of the Line
Illume Ltd. Oy
Markku Lehmuskallio & Anastasia Lapsui
Heartbeats
Pystymetsä Oy
Saara Cantell
Klaffi Tuotannot Oy
Mika Ronkainen
Looking for the Last Tango
Pettufi lmi Oy
Tahvo Hirvonen
Steam of Life
Oktober Oy
Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen
Bronson Club Oy
Joonas Neuvonen
FilmInc
Kalle Kujala
Gimme Some Respect
Meguru Production
Pekka Karjalainen
Moomins and the Comet Chase
Filmkompaniet Alpha
Maria Lindberg
Run Sister Run
Solar Films Oy
Marja Pyykkö
Vesku from Finland
Marianna Films Oy
Mika Kaurismäki
Princess
Art Films Productions AFP Oy
Arto Halonen
Under the North Star II
Artista Filmi Oy
Timo Koivusalo
Lapland Odyssey
Helsinki-Filmi Oy
Dome Karukoski
29.10.2010
12.11.2010
26.11.2010
3.12.2010
25.12.2010
6.1.2011
28.1.2011
4.2.2011
18.2.2011
11.3.2011
18.3.2011
25.3.2011
1.4.2011
1.4.2011
20.4.2011
29.4.2011
29.7.2011
5.8.2011
26.8.2011
2.9.2011
9.9.2011
23.9.2011
30.9.2011
7.10.2011
21.10.2011
28.10.2011
11.11.2011
11.11.2011
18.11.2011
25.11.2011
9.12.2011
16.12.2011
23.12.2011
Harjunpää ja pahan pappi
Seitti – Kilvoittelijan päiväkirja
Sielunpelastajat
Rare Exports
Veijarit
Vares – Kiss of Evil
Hella W
The Unknown Woman
Eetu and Toad
Salla – Selling the Silence
Brothers
The Good Son
Rules of Single Life
August
Vares – The Girls of April
Battle for the City
Garbage Prince
Vares – Garter Snake
Iris
Sixpack
Le Havre
Dirty Bomb
A Journey to Eden
Body of Water
Home Sweet Home
Where Once We Walked
Silent Longing
Forever Yours
Santa’s Magic Crystal
Risto
Silence
The Italian Key
Mr. Hayhill
30.12.2011
The Storage
Priest of Evil
Ito – A Diary of an Urban Priest
Saving Souls
The Hustlers
Vares – Pahan suudelma
Tuntematon emäntä
Eetu & Konna
Filmimaa Oy
Veljekset
Hyvä poika
Sinkkuelämän säännöt
Elokuu
Vares – Huhtikuun tytöt
Taistelu Turusta
Roskisprinssi
Vares – Sukkanauhakäärme
Pussikaljaelokuva
Likainen pommi
Matka Edeniin
Syvälle salattu
Kotirauha
Där vi en gång gått
Hiljaa toivotut
Ikuisesti sinun
Maaginen kristalli
Hiljaisuus
Avain Italiaan
Herra Heinämäki ja
leijonatuuliviiri
Varasto
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Millennium Film Oy
Aito Media Oy
Cinet
Bronson Club Oy
Solar Films Inc.
Snapper Films Oy
Kinosto Oy
Artia
Marianna Films Oy
Oy Bufo Ab
Making Movies Oy
Bronson Club
Illume Ltd.
Periferia Productions Oy
Solar Films Inc.
Långfi lm
Kinotar Oy
Sputnik Oy
Juonifi lmi Oy
Bad Taste Ltd.
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Solar Films Inc.
Helsinki-fi lmi Oy
Vaski-Filmi
Avanton Productions Oy
Epidem ZOT
Yellow Film & TV
Cine Works Oy
Harmaa Media
Jackpot Films Oy
Kinosto Oy
Olli Saarela
Pirjo Honkasalo
Saku Pollari
Jalmari Helander
Lauri Nurkse
Anders Engström
Juha Wuolijoki
Elina Kivihalme
Kari Häkkinen
Markku Tuurna
Mika Kaurismäki
Zaida Bergroth
Tonislav Hristov
Oskari Sipola
Lauri Törhönen
Jouko Aaltonen
Raimo O Niemi
Lauri Törhönen
Ulrika Bengts
Ville Jankeri
Aki Kaurismäki
Elias Koskimies
Rax Rinnekangas
Joona Tena
Aleksi Mäkelä
Peter Lindholm
Timo Haanpää
Mia Halme
Antti Haikala
Tuomas Summanen
Sakari Kirjavainen
Rosa Karo
Pekka Karjalainen & Matti Grönberg
Taru Mäkelä
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Film Festivals in Finland 2012
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
24.–29.1.2012
Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998
[email protected]
www.docpoint.info
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
17.–26.8.2012
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458
[email protected]
www.espoocine.fi
Tampere International Short Film Festival
7.–12.3.2012
PO Box 305
Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 223 5681, Fax +358 3 223 0121
[email protected]
www.tamperefi lmfestival.fi
Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
20.–30.9.2012
PO Box 889,
Mannerheimintie 21–24, FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232
[email protected]
www.hiff.fi
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat –
Midnight Sun Film Festival
13–17.6.2012
Kansanopistontie 5, FI-99600 Sodankylä
Tel. +358 16 614 526, Fax +358 16 614 522
office@msfi lmfestival.fi
www.msfi lmfestival.fi
Oulu International Children’s Film Festival
19.–25.11.2012
Hallituskatu 7, FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290
eszter.vuojala@oufi lmcenter.fi
www.oulunelokuvakeskus.fi /lef
International Sales Companies
Bavaria Film International
Bavariafi lmplatz 7 / Building 71
D-82031 Geiselgasteig
Tel. +49 89 6499-2686
klaus.rasmussen@bavaria-fi lm.de
www.bavaria-fi lm-international.de
Interprod / Klas Fransberg
Vislauskuja 13, FI-00520 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 587 2171
[email protected]
www.interprod.fi
Deckert Distribution GmbH
Marienplatz 1, D-04103 Leipzig
Tel. +49 341 215 66 38
[email protected]
The Match Factory
Balthasarstr. 79–81, D-50670 Cologne
Tel. +49 221 539 709-0
[email protected]
www.the-match-factory.com
EastWest fi lmdistribution
Schottenfeldgasse 14
1070 Vienna, Austria
Tel : +43 1 524 93 10 34
[email protected]
Nonstop Sales
Box 271 34, SE-102 52 Stockholm
Tel. +46 8 400 100 00
[email protected]
www.nonstopsales.net
Global Screen, Global Screen GmbH
Sonnenstraße 21, D-80331 München
Tel. +49 89 2441295 500
[email protected]
www.globalscreen.de
Stealth Media Group
14 Regent Hill, UK – BN1 3ED Brighton
Tel. +44 1273 739 182
[email protected]
www.stealthmediagroup.com
TF1 International
Tel. +33 1 41 4121 68
[email protected]
www.tf1international.com
TrustNordisk
Filmbyen 28, DK-2650 Hvidovre
Tel. +45 3686 8788,
[email protected]
www.trustnordisk.com
The Yellow Affair
Götgatan 9, SE-11646, Stockholm
Tel. +46 8 645 1212
[email protected]
www.yellowaffair.com
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Useful Addresses
Aalto University –
School of Arts,
Design and Architecture
Department of Motion Picture,
Television and Production Design
Hämeentie 135 C
FI-00560 Helsinki /
PO Box 31000 FI-00076 Aalto
Tel. +358 9 47 001
[email protected], www.taik.fi /elo
Actors in Scandinavia
Jääkärinkatu 10
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 540 640
[email protected], www.actors.fi
Agency Unreal
Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 330 1515
[email protected]
www.agencyunreal.com
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Animation Clinic –
Finnish Animation Association
c/o Suomen Elokuvakontakti
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 721 8304
[email protected]
www.animaatioklinikka.fi
The Association of Finnish Film
Workers – SET ry.
Meritullinkatu 33 A
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2511 2142
Fax +358 9 2511 2191
[email protected]
www.teme.fi /set
Anorak Agency
Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel +358 9 7206 5445
[email protected]
www.anorak.fi
The Association of Independent
Producers in Finland – SATU ry.
Fabianinkatu 4 B 14
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 684 0610
Fax +358 9 622 1806
[email protected]
www.satu.fi
The Association of Finnish
Film Directors – SELO ry.
PO Box 177
FI-00531 Helsinki
[email protected]
www.selo.fi
AVEK – The Promotion Centre for
Audio-Visual Culture in Finland
Hietaniemenkatu 2
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4315 2350
Fax +358 9 4315 2377
[email protected]
www.kopiosto.fi /avek
Broadcast Text Helsinki –
The all-round text language
service in fi lm, TV & video
Sörnäisten rantatie 27 C
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4133 7700
Fax +358 9 4133 7730
[email protected]
www.broadcasttext.fi
The Central Organisation of
Finnish Film Producers – SEK ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
fi lmikamari@fi lmikamari.fi
www.fi lmikamari.fi
Channel Four Finland – Nelonen
PO Box 350
FI-00151 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 45 451
www.nelonen.fi
The Finnish Broadcasting
Company YLE
FI-00024 Yleisradio
Tel. +358 9 14 801
www.yle.fi
Digital Film Finland Oy /
Generator Post
Pursimiehenkatu 29–31 A
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 20 123 2300
Fax +358 20 123 2360
www.generator.fi
Finnish Centre for Media
Education & Audiovisual Media
– MEKU
Sörnäisten Rantatie 25 A
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2285 41
Fax +358 9 2285 4470
www.meku.fi
Favex – Finnish Film &
Audiovisual Export
Kalevankatu 39–41
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 752 7777
Fax +358 9 622 1860
[email protected]
www.favex.fi
The Finnish Chamber of Films
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2315
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
fi lmikamari@fi lmikamari.fi
www.fi lmikamari.fi
The Finnish Cinema Exhibitor’s
Association – SEOL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2315
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
fi lmikamari@fi lmikamari.fi
www.fi lmikamari.fi
Media Desk Finland
c/o The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 3013
Fax +358 9 6220 3070
[email protected]
www.mediadesk.fi
The Finnish Film Contact
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6129 720
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
fi [email protected]
www.elokuvakontakti.fi
MTV3 Finland
FI-00033 MTV3
Tel +358 10 300 300
www.mtv3.fi
The Finnish Film Distributors’
Association – SEL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2315
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
fi lmikamari@fi lmikamari.fi
www.fi lmikamari.fi
National Audiovisual Archive
PO Box 16
FI-00501 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 615 400
[email protected]
www.kava.fi
State Committee for Cinema
PO Box 293
FI-00171 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1607 7064
[email protected]
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Distributors in Finland
Oy Cinema Mondo Ltd
Unioninkatu 10 A 27
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 201 555 804
Fax +358 201 555 805
[email protected]
www.cinemamondo.fi
FS Film Oy
Urho Kekkosen katu 4–6 E
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 207 300 460
Fax +358 207 300 461
antti.toiviainen@fs-fi lm.fi
www.fs-fi lm.fi
Bio Rex Distribution
Tallberginkatu 1 A 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 375 5558
[email protected]
www.biorex.fi /distribution
Oy Future Film Distribution Ab
Hovioikeudenpuistikko 9
FI-65100 Vaasa
Tel. +358 10 423 9500
harry.paivalainen@futurefi lm.fi
www.futurefi lm.fi
Finnkino Oy
Koivuvaarankuja 2
FI-01640 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 131 191
Fax +358 9 8527 206
[email protected]
www.finnkino.fi
Oy Kinoscreen Illusion Ltd.
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5893 8861
Fax +358 9 5893 8860
[email protected]
www.kinoscreen.com
Oy Nordisk Film Ab
John Stenbergin ranta 2
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4764 460
Fax +358 9 4764 4640
katarina.nyman@nordiskfi lm.com
www.nordiskfi lm.fi
Scanbox Entertainment Finland Oy
Eerikinkatu 3 B, 5. krs
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 207 811 850
Fax +358 207 811 751
[email protected]
www.scanbox.com
Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
PO Box 432
FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 223 4912
Fax +358 3 222 6525
[email protected]
www.elokuvakeskus.com
The Walt Disney Company - Nordic
Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8562 9500
Fax +358 9 8562 9550
[email protected]
www.disney.fi
Oy Atlantic Film Finland Ab
Kauppatie 4
FI-65610 Mustasaari
Tel. +358 50 505 1869
Fax +358 6 322 1715
jenni.ukkonen@atlanticfi lm.fi
www.atlanticfi lm.fi
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F I N N I S H
Aamu Filmcompany Ltd.
Hiihtomäentie 34
FI-00800 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 68 744 980
Mobile +358 40 735 5977
Fax. +358 9 68 744 981
info@aamufi lmcompany.fi
www.aamufi lmcompany.fi
Festival contacts:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
[email protected]
www.ses.fi
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Animaker Oy
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 0 774 9810
hannu.tuomainen@
cinemaker.fi
Avanton Productions Oy
Harjuviita 16 A 21
FI-02110 Espoo
Tel. +358 50 567 1895
[email protected]
www.avanton.fi
Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy
Pariisinkatu 9 C 32
FI-00550 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 563 4085
[email protected]
Art Films Production AFP Oy
Merimiehenkatu 10
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4159 3640
Fax +358 9 4159 3690
info@artfi lms.inet.fi
www.artfi lmsproduction.com
Bad Taste Ltd
Minna Canthin katu 3 A 1
FI-00250 Helsinki
[email protected]
www.btlimited.fi
Anima Vitae Ltd.
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 20 774 9810
Fax +358 20 774 9819
[email protected]
www.anima.fi
Artista Filmi Oy
PO Box 244
FI-28101 Pori
Tel. +358 2 647 7441
Fax. +358 2 647 7551
[email protected]
www.artistafi lmi.fi
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Merimiehenkatu 36 D
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 593 7714
Fax +358 9 710 061
[email protected]
www.blindspot.fi
Bronson Club
Hämeentie 11
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 590 9999
[email protected]
www.bronson.fi
Oy Bufo Ab
Vilhovuorenkatu 11 A
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 45 131 4652
[email protected]
www.bufo.fi
Cine Works Oy
Kansankuja 6
FI-00680 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 386 1266
[email protected]
www.cineworks.fi
Cinemaker Oy
Iso Roobertinkatu 17 D
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 278 5060
Fax +358 9 278 5242
[email protected]
www.cinemaker.fi
Cinet Oy
Kristianinkatu 1 A 4
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 841 7442
[email protected]
www.cinet.fi
Crystal Eye Ltd.
Lämmittäjänkatu 4 A
FI-00880 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 694 2308
Fax +358 9 694 7224
[email protected]
www.crystaleye.fi
Dictator Films Oy
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 9 7740 300
aleksi.bardy@helsinki-fi lmi.fi
Dionysos Films Oy
Pengerkatu 18 A LH4
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7530 600
riina.hyytia@dionysosfi lms.fi
www.dionysosfi lms.fi
Edith Film Oy
Pursimiehenkatu 8
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6124 9660
Fax +358 10 296 1505
info@edithfi lm.fi
www.edithfi lm.fi
Epidem ZOT
Pursimiehenkatu 23
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 5442490
mikael.whlforss@
epidemzot.com
www.epidemzot.com
Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab
Meritullinkatu 11 K
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5622 123
Fax +358 9 5622 125
tom@fi lmkompaniet.fi
www.fi lmkompaniet.fi
First Floor Productions Oy
Pursimiehenkatu 8
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6124 9660
[email protected]
www.firstfloor.fi
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Fisher King Production Oy
Rikhardinkatu 4 B 21
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 693 743
[email protected]
www.fisherking.fi
Festival contacts:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
[email protected]
www.ses.fi
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Harmaa Media Oy
Apollonkatu 4 A 11
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 580 6937
[email protected]
Ilokuva Naukkarinen & Co
Palotie 23 B
FI-02760 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 855 4860
[email protected]
www.ilokuva.fi
Giron-fi lmi Oy
Ulvilantie 9 B 7
FI-00350 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 529 2317
[email protected]
Helsinki-fi lmi Oy
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7740 300
Fax +358 9 7740 3060
aleksi.bardy@helsinkifi lmi.fi
www.helsinkifi lmi.fi
It’s Alive Productions
Heinäsintie 79
FI-08700 Lohja
Tel. +358 50 526 4304
[email protected]
www.itsalive.fi
Hakalax Productions Oy
Topeliuksenkatu 3b A9
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 423 364
john.hakalax@
hakalaxproductions.com
www.hakalaxproductions.com
Huh Huh -Filmi Oy
Suomenlinna C 71 B 5
FI-00190
Tel. +358 50-5469094
[email protected]
Jackpot Films Oy
Ponsantie 1034
FI-36200 Kangasala
Tel. +358 3 376 8116
[email protected]
Illume Ltd.
Palkkatilankatu 7B
FI-00240 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 148 1489
[email protected]
www.illume.fi
J.W. Documentaries Oy
Kapteeninkatu 8 F 12
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 500 615 345
Fax +358 9 6873 1910
[email protected]
Handle Productions Oy
Pohjoisranta 20 b B 41
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 512 205
[email protected]
Jörn Donner Productions Oy
Pohjoisranta 12 A 2
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1357 112
[email protected]
Katharsis Films Oy
Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 7257 707
Fax +358 9 3422 121
[email protected]
www.kafi.fi
Kinocompany Finland Oy
Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A
FI- 00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 551 2235
[email protected]
www.kinocompany.fi
Kinoproduction Oy
Pasilan vanhat veturitallit
FI-00520 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6850 460
Fax. +358 9 6850 4610
[email protected]
www.kinoproduction.fi
Kinosto Ltd
Linnakoskenkatu 23 A 12
FI-00250 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 541 3187
[email protected]
www.kinosto.fi
Kinotar Oy
Työpajankatu 10 A, 2. krs
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7740 040
Fax +358 9 7740 0444
[email protected]
www.kinotar.com
Kiti Luostarinen Production Ky
Härkiöntie 10
FI- 19950 Luhanka
Tel. +358 40 771 0133
[email protected]
Liberty Production Oy
Veneentekijäntie 20
FI-00200 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 417 44 700
jukka.helle@solarfi lms.com
Klaffi Productions Ltd.
Nahkatehtaankatu 2
FI-90130 Oulu
Tel. +358 10 439 2905
[email protected]
www.klaffi.com
LR Film Productions Oy
Caloniuksenkatu 9 D 63
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 507 280
[email protected]
Koskela Art & Media House Ky
Merimiehenkatu 23
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 491022
[email protected]
Kroma Productions Ltd.
Linnakoskenkatu 30
FI-06100 Porvoo
Tel. +358 40 546 4165
[email protected]
www.kromaproductions.net
Luxian Productions Oy
Kaitaankulma 5C
FI-02360 Espoo
Tel. +358 40 506 5403
[email protected]
Långfi lm Productions Finland Oy
Vislauskuja 13
FI-00520 Helsinki
Tel. +358 10 440 4800
Fax +358 10 4404809
info@langfi lm.fi
www.langfi lm.fi
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F I L M S
Made
Merimiehenkatu 36D
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358409005505
[email protected]
www.made.fi
Making Movies Oy
Ratakatu 1b A 5
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 682 9540
Fax +358 9 6842 7870
[email protected]
www.mamo.fi
Festival contacts:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
[email protected]
www.ses.fi
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Marianna Films Oy
Punavuorenkatu 5 A 2
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 622 1614
marianna.fi [email protected]
www.mikakaurismaki.com
Matila Röhr Nordisk Oy
Tallberginkatu 1 A 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 820
Fax. +358 9 5407 8210
ilkka.matila@
matilarohr.com
www.matilarohr.com
Meguru Production
Katajanokanlaituri 11 B
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 3014
[email protected]
www.meguru.fi
Millennium Film Ltd.
Koskikartanontie 12
FI-75530 Nurmes
Tel. +358 13 511 0100
Fax +358 13 511 0111
millennium@
millenniumfi lm.fi
www.millenniumfi lm.fi
Mokul Filmi Oy
Ruotsalon Kylätie 49
FI-68320 Ruotsalo
Tel. +358 50 559 3864
[email protected]
Mouka Filmi Oy
Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 731 4354
Fax +358 9 488 692
[email protected]
www.mouka.fi
Nosferatu Oy
Iso-Roobertinkatu 44 B 27
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 314 1543
[email protected]
Of Course My Films Oy
Nordenskiöldinkatu 3b A 11
FI-00250 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 544 1213
[email protected]
Oktober Oy
Uutiskatu 3
FI-00240 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 709 3331
[email protected]
www.oktober.fi
Periferia Productions Oy/
Pystymetsä Oy
3. Linja 5
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 541 2922
outi.rousu@
periferiaproductions.fi
www.periferiaproductions.fi
Petfi lms Oy
Mannerheimintie 49 B 34
FI-00250 Helsinki
Tel. +358 10 2790 270
petfi lms@petfi lms.fi
www.petfi lms.fi
RT Documentaries Oy
Runeberginkatu 28 B 11
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 507280
[email protected]
Silva Mysterium Oy
Pulttitie 16
FI-00880 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7594 720
Fax +358 9 7594 7240
mika.ritalahti@
silvamysterium.fi
www.silvamysterium.fi
Snapper Films Oy
World Trade Center Helsinki
Aleksanterinkatu 17,
PO Box 800
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 10 231 0710
Fax +358 10 231 0711
juha.wuolijoki@
snapperfi lms.com
www.snapperfi lms.com
Solar Films Inc.
Veneentekijäntie 20
FI-00210 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4174 4700
Fax +358 9 4174 4744
markus.selin@solarfi lms.com
www.solarfi lms.com
Sputnik Oy
Museokatu 13 A
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 100
Fax +358 9 6877 1010
[email protected]
www.orimattila.fi /
kirjasto/kaurismaki
Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy
Olli Tiaisen tie 9
FI-80790 Kontioranta
Tel. +358 40 864 4804
toimisto@
suomenfi lmiteollisuus.fi
www.suomenfi lmiteollisuus.fi
Tuffi Films Oy
Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 172 1778
tuffi@tuffifi lms.com
www.tuffifi lms.com
Unilumi Oy
Lumimetsä
FI-99800 Ivalo
Tel. +358 40 761 5089
[email protected]
www.unilumi.com
Vegetarian Films
www.vegetarianfi lms.net
Yellow Film & TV
Vanha talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7740 300
jarkko.hentula@yellowfi lm.fi
www.yellowfi lm.fi
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Inside cover, front: Things We Do for Love by Matti Ijäs | Inside cover, back: Rat King by Petri Kotwica
Editors: Tytti Rantanen | Translations / Editing: Aretta Vähälä, Rich Lyons, Matthew James |
Layout: Praxis Oy | Printed by: Premedia Helsinki, 2012 | ISSN 1796-0738
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Back cover: Canned Dreams by Katja Gauriloff, Iron Sky by Timo Vuorensola, Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy by Mari Rantasila,
Purge by Antti J. Jokinen, Stars Above by Saara Cantell, Almost 18 by Maarit Lalli
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Front cover: Naked Harbour by Aku Louhimies
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