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Table of contents Foreword by Audiovisual Finland 5 Attending companies 6 Productions featured in the Coming Next from Finland showcase Deadwind / Dionysos FIlms 9 The Emperor / Vertigo Production 10 The Peacemaker / MRP Matila Röhr Productions 11 The Barricade / Solar Films Inc. 12 S.O.S. - The Sands of Sarasvati / Luminoir 13 Hard Diplomacy / Fire Monkey Ltd. 14 More projects at Series Mania Northern Mishaps / Bufo 16 Divine Consultants / Filmimaa Ltd. 17 Life in the Box / Fire Monkey Ltd. 18 Perfect Commando / Fire Monkey Ltd. 19 The White Wall / Fire Monkey Ltd. 20 Mental / It’s Alive Films 21 Cold Courage / Luminoir 22 Polar Night / Mogul Movies Ltd. 23 Blind Donna / Production House Ltd. Finland 24 Sherlock North / Snapper Films 25 Arctic Circle / Yellow Film & TV 26 The Independence Day Ball / Yle Drama 27 Invisible Heroes / Yle Drama 28
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Coming Next from Finland These are exciting times in the Finnish TV scene. With several recent remake deals and new international co-production partnerships on their way, it’s clear Finland has a lot to offer international audiences. Indeed, the Nordic story telling tradition we engage in combined with our unique take on contemporary themes, gives way to a myriad of highly compelling content. We are also thrilled to have recently launched the production incentive (25% cash rebate), with which the entire industry is looking forward to ushering in more international shoots – be it in the form of co-productions or location-based services.
Johanna Karppinen CEO, Audiovisual Finland +358 40 5717 061 johanna@audiovisualfinland.fi Dates present: April 17–21 www.audiovisualfinland.fi
This catalogue introduces a variety of new projects from Finland and the respective production companies attending Series Mania 2017. In the Coming Next From Finland showcase on Thursday April 20th, we will in further detail introduce a line up of seven projects that are looking for international partners or sales. Many are in development stage and looking for co-producers and financing. This is a great opportunity to come and see what’s cooking in our small but very creative northern country. You are warmly welcome! Audiovisual Finland’s mission is to boost the internationalization and growth of the Finnish audiovisual industry. I will be happy to connect you with Finnish industry professionals, so feel free to get in touch! We hope you enjoy!
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Attending companies Action Squad Studios Action Squad Studios is a story-driven transmedia studio focusing on film, TV and games. Konsta Klemetti CEO konsta@actionsquadstudios.com, +358 50 527 3057 Dates present: April 17–21
Bufo Founded in 2007, Helsinki-based Bufo has produced one TV series and a number of films, many of which many have received international recognition. Mark Lwoff Producer mark@bufo.fi, +358 45 131 4652 Dates present: April 17–19
Dionysos Films Dionysos Films is an independent production company founded in 2008 by two award-winning Finnish filmmakers, producer Riina Hyytiä and director-screenwriter Johanna Vuoksenmaa. Jojo Uimonen Producer jojo.uimonen@dionysosfilms.fi, +358 40 703 1213 Dates present: April 18–21
Elisa Elisa is a Finnish telecommunications, ICT and online service company serving 2.3 million consumer, corporate and public administration organization customers and providing environmentally sustainable services for communication and entertainment. Laura Kuulasmaa Business Manager, Elisa Viihde content users laura.kuulasmaa@elisa.fi, +358 50 345 0056 Dates present: April 18 (noon) –20
Filmimaa Ltd. Filmimaa production company aims to develop and produce unique but widely interesting film and television content. Juha Fiilin Director, producer Juha@fiilin.com, +358 44 087 8900
Fire Monkey Ltd. Fire Monkey is an independent drama producer serving broadcasters and studios both in the Nordics and internationally. Mikko Pöllä Co-Founder mikko@firemonkey.tv, +358 40 071 1981 Dates present: April 19–20
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Attending companies Fisher King Ltd. Fisher King Ltd creates, develops and finances TV series and feature films (IPR content) for domestic and international markets. Matti Halonen CEO, Producer matti.halonen@fisherking.fi, +358 40 069 3743 Dates present: April 18–20
Helsinki-filmi An active, award-winning feature film and TV drama series production company. Aleksi Bardy Producer aleksi.bardy@helsinkifilmi.fi Dates present: April 18–20
Mia Ylönen Screenwriter ylonen.mia@gmail.com, +358 40 724 1718 Dates present: April 17–21
It´s Alive Films It´s Alive Films – We make films. We love it. Jani Pösö Producer, Writer jani@itsalive.fi, +358 50 582 9495 Dates present: April 19–22
Luminoir Luminoir is a Helsinki-based production company developing and producing TV series and feature films for international market.
Markku Flink Producer / Co-Founder markku@luminoir.fi +358 40 516 6504 Dates present: April 17–21 (leaving early morning 21st)
Pauli Pentti Producer / Co-Founder pauli@luminoir.fi +358 50 382 2024 Dates present: April 17–21
Brendan Foley Writer Dates present: April 17–21 (leaving early morning 21st)
Mogul Movies Ltd. Independent tv- and film production company with original Scandinavian content. Markos Annala CEO, Executive Producer markos@mogulmovies.com, +358 40 581 4261 Dates present: April 18–21
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Attending companies MRP Matila Röhr Productions MRP Matila Röhr Productions is one of the most experienced feature film production companies in Finland, and has produced 50 feature films since 1990. It also has wide experience in television productions, including series, TV films and wildlife productions. Johanna Enäsuo Producer johanna.enasuo@matilarohr.com +358 40 841 5567 Dates present: April 18–21
Marko Röhr CEO, Producer, Director marko.rohr@matilarohr.com +358 40 041 6634 Dates present: April 18–21
Solar Films Inc. Solar Films is a Helsinki-based production company with a large catalogue of feature film box office hits and a strong development slate of both feature films and TV drama series. Nina Laurio Producer nina.laurio@solarfilms.com, +358 50 336 6393 Dates present: April 18–21
Vertigo Production Vertigo produces television drama series and feature films. Minna Virtanen Producer minna@vertigo.fi, +358 50 490 4119 Dates present: April 18–21
Yellow Film & TV Yellow Film & TV is one of the biggest and most successful independent TV and movie production companies in the Nordic region, with a strong focus on international financing and productions. Milla Bruneau Chief Operating Officer / Head of International Sales milla.bruneau@yellowfilm.fi, +358 40 040 8951 Dates present: April 18–21
Yle Drama Yle (Yleisradio, Finnish Broadcasting Company) is Finland’s national public service broadcasting company, with a annual share of more than 40%. Liselott Forsman Excecutive Producer / International Projects liselott.forsman@yle.fi, +358 40 754 4513 Dates present: April 17–21
Thank you to our partners:
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Dionysos Films
Deadwind Nordic crime series mixing murder investigation and personal drama Deadwind is a highly thrilling and emotional Nordic crime series mixing crime investigation and the personal drama of the main character Sofia Karppi, a female detective in her 40s who has just lost her husband and has been left alone with two children to care for. As any single parent would, she is struggling to balance both work and family while still mourning the loss of her husband. Finnish construction company Tempo is planning a borough in Helsinki, which will generate its own energy through a private wind turbine park. Things get complicated when a woman’s body is found underneath the construction site. This becomes Sofia Karppi’s first case, and it will have a major impact on her own life, as well as on the upper echelons of society. The murder investigation sees Karppi and her snobbish new partner question environmental politics, corruption and personal secrets, but most of all it will make Karppi take risks she shouldn’t. But she does because she feels increasingly more close and connected to the murdered young woman and her family.
Original title Karppi Genre Crime Length 12 x 50’ Language Finnish Setting Finland, Germany Writers Rike Jokela, Jari Olavi
Rantala, Kirsi Porkka
Starring Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen,
Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen, Riku Nieminen, Pamela Tola, Pirjo Lonka, Jonna Järnefelt Production company Dionysos Films Producers Riina Hyytiä, Jojo Uimonen Producer’s email
jojo.uimonen@dionysosfilms.fi H&V Entertainment Distributor About Premium Content Finnish broadcaster Yle International broadcasters TBA Delivery Dec 31st, 2017 Status In production Looking for Sales Co-production companies
Contact person at Series Mania
Jojo Uimonen / Dionysos Films
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Vertigo Production
The Emperor The Emperor is based on the true story of awarded hero cop Jari Aarnio, who busted dozens of prominent drug lords. Now the veteran drug squad chief is in prison himself. The Emperor follows the rise and fall of the most powerful and colorful narcotics cop in Finnish crime history. Jari Aarnio lived with constant death threats as he cracked down on some of the most dangerous drug lords while working as a drug squad chief in the Helsinki Narcotics Unit for three decades, until 2013. In November 2013 Aarnio was arrested himself, accused of smuggling drugs in co-operation with his snitch, leader of the United Brotherhood criminal organization. Aarnio spent the next two years in a primitive prison cell in total isolation, while the biggest drug trial in the country’s criminal history is tarnished by inconsistencies, incompetence and a media frenzy. In December 2016, the Finnish court sentenced Jari Aarnio to 10 years in prison for drug-smuggling and corruption.
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Keisari (working title) Drama thriller, true crime Length 10 x 52’ 10 x 50’ Language Finnish Writer Antti Pesonen Starring TBC Production company Vertigo Production Producer Minna Virtanen Producer’s email minna@vertigo.fi Co-production companies NADCON Film (Peter Nadermann), Federation Entertainment (Lionel Uzan) Distributor Federation Entertainment Finnish broadcaster TBC International broadcasters Available Estimated delivery 2019 Status In development Looking for Financing, pre-sales, international broadcasters Original title Genre
Contact person at Series Mania
Minna Virtanen / Vertigo Production
MRP Matila Röhr Productions
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The Peacemaker is a drama series about a team of peacemakers who are sent to resolve international conflicts. The main character is Finnish Foreign Secretary Ann-Mari Koistinen, who is forced to resign because of an arms trade-related information leak inside her party. Ann-Mari would finally have the chance to leave politics, but suddenly she is invited to lead the conflict resolution in Turkey, where the conflict between the Kurds and the Turks has escalated. Ann-Mari has vowed never to return to Turkey where she lived in her childhood with her missionary parents. But Ann-Mari accepts the assignment and puts together a team of peace negotiators. The negotiations between the Turks and the Kurds seem to be leading to a peace treaty, but the situation in Alhambra escalates. The reconciliation with Ann-Mari’s past stifles the whole peacemaking process; for how long will she and her team need to risk their lives before she can have mercy on herself and find inner peace?
Original title The Peacemaker Genre Drama Length 10 x 52’ Language English, Finnish, Turkish,
Spanish
Setting Finland, Germany, Spain,
Morocco Writers Original story by Johanna Enäsuo and Eriikka Etholen. Production company MRP Matila Röhr Productions Producers Johanna Enäsuo, Marko Röhr Producer’s email
johanna.enasuo@matilarohr.com
Distribution Available Finnish broadcaster Yle Estimated delivery 01/ 2019 Status In development Looking for Co-producer, financing,
sales
Contact persons at Series Mania
Johanna Enäsuo & Marko Röhr / MRP Matila Röhr Productions
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Solar Films Inc.
The Barricade Forget order. It’s being recreated. Tessa ends up in a tiny flat in a small town without money, support or a clue how to survive. Behind this is a little mistake that escalated into a divorce from her bitter ex and the threat of losing her kids. Tessa meets the women of the Sewing Circle, finding out they don’t knit socks there but instead have formed an underground Home Guard unit with the mission of keeping the hoods safe. Founder Ellu has had enough of seeing drug needles, the unemployed, and immigrants with more benefits than the born citizens. Tessa needs friends. When the city wants to close the club, Ellu needs Tessa’s connections to the city fathers. Circle’s actions get more radical. When the going gets tough, their true motives come to light. Starting as peacekeepers, the women end up posing a bigger threat to the surroundings than anything they’ve fought against. We follow the story of the SC from the POVs of its members. Each episode includes a supporting B-story, concentrating on solving the community problems where related action takes place.
Barrikadi Social Drama Length 12 x50’ Language Finnish Setting Finland Writers Nina Laurio, Tatiana Elf, Anna Brotkin Starring TBA Production company Solar Films Inc. Producer Nina Laurio Original title Genre
Producer’s email
nina.laurio@solarfilms.com Co-production companies TBA Distribution Available Finnish broadcaster TBC end of April International broadcasters TBA Estimated delivery 2019 (earliest) Status In development Looking for Co-producer, financing, sales Contact person at Series Mania
Nina Laurio / Solar Films Inc.
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Luminoir
S.O.S - The Sands of Sarasvati One team, one task – to halt a single climate change event that is about to destroy the world. A group of ordinary men and women faced with an extraordinary task – banding together to halt a single climate change event that is about to destroy the world. The story links the icy worlds of the frozen north – Finland and Greenland – with the vibrant cities and landscapes of Gujarat in India. They are linked not only by being part of one fragile world, but also by the ancient flood myths of Noah and Manu. Could the ancient stories be a warning from the past about the future of the planet? They are a diverse group of outsiders from all corners of the world led by Danish submarine captain Lars Thorssen. He must give up his usual loyalty to the side that pays best, since very soon there will be nowhere left to spend it. He abandons a contract for Big Oil and throws in his lot, and his ageing ex-Soviet sub, with the group. Each with their own skills and problems, they are forced to band together to achieve the impossible – to save the world from a series of massive climate change natural disasters.
Sarasvatin hiekkaa Adventure ecothriller Length 8 x 60’ Language English Setting Iceland, India, Finland, Norway, U.K. Writer Brendan Foley Production company Luminoir Producers Markku Flink, Pauli Pentti Producer’s email markku@luminoir.fi, pauli@luminoir.fi Co-production companies Sagafilm International sales TBA Nordic broadcaster Viaplay International broadcasters TBA Estimated delivery date 12/2019 Status In development Looking for Sales, distribution, acquisitions, co-producer, financing Original title
Genre
Contact persons at Series Mania
Markku Flink, Pauli Pentti / Luminoir
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Fire Monkey Ltd.
Hard Diplomacy Perfect crime. Horrible teamwork. A rogue U.S. ambassador Cole Lawson and shady Finnish engineering genius Kaj Lahtinen plan to make a fortune with an illegal data collection device, but their partnership is too explosive to work – literally. When a bomb goes off at the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki during the U.S. president’s visit, it seems clear that majorleague terrorism has found its way to the picturesque Nordic capital. While the CIAs, MI5s and SRVs of the world scramble to find out who is responsible for the attack, our odd couple knows for a fact that the incident was merely an incredibly ill-advised petty attack by Kaj. Targeted on Cole’s beloved Ferrari. Now, in order to save themselves, Cole and Kaj must find someone to blame. Hard Diplomacy is a thrilling and sometimes dangerous but always uplifting and warm-hearted drama about two men whose hunger for success turns into a troubled friendship and a major international crisis.
Hard Diplomacy Drama-thriller Length 10 x 45’ Language English, Finnish Writer Mikko Pöllä Production company Fire Monkey Ltd. Producer Roope Lehtinen Original title Genre
Producer’s email
roope@firemonkey.tv Distribution Available Finnish broadcaster MTV Estimated delivery Q1/2019 Status In development, pilot script available Looking for Distributor, International Broadcasters Contact person at Series Mania
Mikko Pöllä / Fire Monkey Ltd.
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More projects at Series Mania 2017
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Bufo
Northern Mishaps Northern Mishaps is a dramacomedy series about the personal lives of the cast in a Nordic crime drama series. Northern Mishaps is a drama-comedy series revolving around two Finnish actors: Tommi Korpela and Janne Reinikainen. The show’s second season sees them travel to Germany to act in a remake of a Nordic crime TV series. The men set off on their journey under the assumption that they themselves will be playing the lead characters, but are in for a rude awakening once they arrive: the duo’s roles are marginal, supporting characters, at best. Will the men somehow be able to save face in the eyes of the Finnish public? Northern Mishaps Season 2 continues with the same brand of off-beat Scandinavian humor as Season 1, which premiered in 2015.
Napamiehet Drama-comedy Length 10 x 22’ Language Finnish, German, English Setting Germany Season number 2 Writers Tommi Korpela, John Lundsten, Janne Reinikainen Starring Tommi Korpela, Janne Reinikainen Production company Bufo Producers Misha Jaari and Mark Lwoff Producers email misha@bufo.fi, mark@bufo.fi Distribution Available Finnish broadcaster TBC, the first season premiered on Ruutu+ (Nelonen) Estimated delivery date 2020 Status In development Looking for Co-producer and financing Original title
Genre
Contact person at Series Mania
Mark Lwoff / Bufo
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Filmimaa Ltd.
Divine Consultants Who gets to decide what goes on in Heaven and Hell? Who gets to decide what goes on in Heaven and Hell? Joy wants to find out the truth about her parents’ mysterious death – so much so that she breaks into a corporate business to steal evidence. While doing so, she accidentally kills Oogle, a white-collar opportunist, as well as herself. Together they end up in Heaven, crowded with agent-like archangels and too-hot-to-be-true angels. Who is behind this macabre fantasy world? Could Joy find her missing parents in Hell instead? And could she somehow save the fate of all human souls? Divine Consultants is a series targeted at teenagers and young adults (14+ years).
Divine Consultants Animated adventure comedy Length 26 x 11’ Language English Writers Juha Fiilin, Leo Viirret Production company Filmimaa Ltd. Producer Juha Fiilin, Markku Tuurna Producers’ email juha@fiilin.com, markku.tuurna@filmimaa.fi Distributor Yle Sales Finnish broadcaster Yle Estimated delivery 12/2018 Status In development Looking for Co-producer, financing, international broadcasters Original title Genre
Contact persons at Series Mania
Juha Fiilin / Filmimaa Ltd Liselott Forsman / Yle Drama
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Fire Monkey Ltd.
Life in the Box In the near future, advanced virtual reality becomes more desirable than the real world. Rami, an ambitious young engineer, gets the chance of a lifetime to achieve something big and significant when he’s chosen to lead a new virtual reality project, Monkey Box. Monkey Box creates a realistic, full-body experience like nothing else before, and quickly becomes a global sensation. Who wouldn’t want to be freed from the shackles of their own body, forget about social norms, and overrule the analogue world’s boring laws of physics? However, Rami fears that his boss Sandy, an eccentric power woman, is planning to kill him. Rami’s predecessor Thomas died under unclear circumstances after clashing hard with Sandy, and Rami knows too much about their troubled relationship. Life in the Box is a futuristic drama about gifted but often flawed and confused people who create a phenomenon that pushes the world towards a tipping point, where people begin to choose synthetic reality over our worn-out analogue world.
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Life in the Box Drama-thriller Length 10 x 50’ Writers Mikko Pöllä Production company Fire Monkey Ltd. Producer Roope Lehtinen Original title Genre
Producer’s email
roope@firemonkey.tv Distribution Available Finnish broadcaster Yle Estimated delivery 2019 Status In development Looking for Distributor, international broadcasters Contact person at Series Mania
Mikko Pöllä / Fire Monkey Ltd.
Fire Monkey Ltd.
Perfect Commando A spoiled Californian hipster is forced to join the Finnish army’s commando training. Van Hamilton’s first ever trip to his mother’s home country, Finland, takes a wrong turn as soon as he gets off the plane. Due to Van’s Finnish-American dual citizenship, he is forced into military service. The 23-year old spoiled brat from Malibu, California was supposed to have a five-star holiday with his new girlfriend, Rachel. Instead, he ends up in faraway army barracks with a bunch of Finnish oddballs – to be trained as a commando. Perfect Commando is a raunchy fish-out-of-water comedy about a guy who is far removed from his comfort zone – and brought to the swamps and forests of Finland, the home of Father Christmas. The social, skinny, Californian pacifist has to learn to cope with the cold and quiet Nordic environment – and its frosty people. Someone who has always been all about individualism and uniqueness is forced to look like everybody else and to work as part of a team.
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Perfect Commando Comedy Length 10 x 24’ Language English, Finnish Writer Mikko Pöllä Production company Fire Monkey Ltd. Producer Roope Lehtinen Original title Genre
Producer’s email
roope@firemonkey.tv Distribution Available Finnish broadcaster Elisa Estimated delivery Q3/2018 Status In development, pilot script available Looking for Distributor, international broadcasters Contact person at Series Mania
Mikko Pöllä / Fire Monkey Ltd.
Fire Monkey Ltd.
The White Wall Are all mysteries meant to be solved? A mysterious white wall is found deep underground, at the mining site of the world’s largest final depository for nuclear waste. The director of the project, Lars Rapp (48), wants to keep the find a secret, but rumors spread quickly in the small Northern boomtown that has sprung up around the site. The depository is already years behind schedule and nuclear waste is piling up by the site, stored in temporary containers that are quickly rusting away. Completion of the disposal facility is Lars’ life’s work. He has no intention of postponing the approaching opening ceremony. However, Lars and his team soon find out the wall is in fact a giant capsule. And it is not made of any material known to man; it must have come from somewhere in space. Lars has to make a decision that may well be the greatest and most important in the history of mankind. Should they leave the capsule alone? Or should they try to open it?
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The White Wall Sci-fi drama Length 10 x 45’ Writers Aleksi Salmenperä & Mikko Pöllä Production company Fire Monkey Ltd. Producer Roope Lehtinen Original title Genre
Producer’s email
roope@firemonkey.tv Distribution Available Estimated delivery Q2/2019 Status In development Looking for Distributor, international broadcasters Contact person at Series Mania
Mikko Pöllä / Fire Monkey Ltd.
It’s Alive Films
Mental Welcome to the Institute!
Sekasin Mental Genre Pitch black comedy Length WEB: 16 x approx 7’ (3 x 15’), TV: 4 x 28’ Language Finnish Setting Finland Writers Jani Pösö, Teemu Nikki Starring Elias Westerberg, Anna Böhm, Anssi Niemi, Eveliina Hotti, Antti Reini, Matti Onnismaa, Rami Rusinen, Henna Hakkarainen, Pihla Penttinen Production company It’s Alive Films Producer Jani Pösö Producer’s email jani@itsalive.fi Distributor Yle Sales Available as ready made and remake Finnish broadcaster Yle Status Completed, broadcasted in Finland during spring 2016 Looking for Sales Original title English title
Mental is a pitch-black comedy about young people with mental health problems. The series was written together with people who have lengthy mental illness backgrounds. The characters are fictitious, but the script is based on true stories. Mental takes place in a psychiatric hospital, where four young people end up for different reasons. All of them have some serious issues going on – three tried to kill themselves and one is suffering from bad drug and alcohol problems. Medication and treatments seem to be working, but after all, new friendships provide a better cure than any drug. But when you get out of the mental institution, are you normal again?
Contact person at Series Mania
Jani Pösö / It’s Alive Films
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Luminoir
Cold Courage Mari and Lia, bound together by the Studio team, tackle those who believe they are above the law – too powerful, too rich, too dangerous to care. Mari and Lia, two young Finnish women in London. Mari: a psychologist, Lia: a graphic designer. Bound together by the Studio – a clandestine group of like-minded people who operate off the grid, all hand-picked by Mari. Rico the hacker, Berg the set designer, Paddy the private detective, Maggie the actress. They hide in plain sight and fight the crimes the police can’t, or won’t, get involved in: corporate greed,unchallenged injustice, the exploitation of the dispossessed and stateless, violence against the vulnerable. And murder. We are drawn into the world of the Studio when Lia meets Mari in a bar. Not the chance encounter it appears to be, because Mari has carefully selected Lia. She needs her for a very special and hazardous assignment and has engineered this meeting. Oblivious to Mari’s agenda, Lia finds her a stimulating and exciting person to be around – especially when Mari reveals an extraordinary gift for reading people’s thoughts and motives via the tiny tics and traces of body language none of us can hide. There is also a hint of sexual ambiguity and some unresolved tension between them that heightens the excitement of this blossoming friendship.
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Studio Crime, thriller Length 8 x 45’ Language English, Finnish Setting U.K., Finland, Germany Writer David Joss Buckley Starring TBA Production company Luminoir Producers Markku Flink, Pauli Pentti Producers’ email markku@luminoir.fi, pauli@luminoir.fi Sales agent Beta Film Gmbh Nordic broadcaster Viaplay Estimated delivery 12/2018 Status In pre-production Looking for Broadcaster acquisitions, co-producer, financing Contact persons at Series Mania Markku Flink, Pauli Pentti / Luminoir Original title Genre
Mogul Movies Ltd.
Polar Night Strange crimes above the arctic circle, in the polar darkness.
Orig. title Polar Night Genre
Crime
Length 10 x 50’ Production company
Mogul Movies Ltd.
Producer Markos Annala Producer’s email
markos@mogulmovies.com Available Estimated delivery Autumn 2018 Status of production In development Looking for Co-producer, financing, broadcaster World sales
Contact persons at Series Mania
Markos Annala / Mogul Movies
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Production House Ltd. Finland
Blind Donna How does it feel when every date is a blind date? Blind Donna is about Donna (27), who is looking for love. The unconventional twist of the series is based on the fact that Donna is blind. Donna’s partner, egocentric bassoon player André, suddenly leaves her after six years, and Donna is left alone in their big house. However, Donna decides to move on and find the prince of her dreams. The concrete storylines of the first season’s episodes are based on Donna’s various dates, misunderstandings, the renovation of the house, money and sex.
Donna Dramedy Length 10 x 25´ Language Finnish, English Setting Finland Writers Mikko Reitala and Heikki Kujanpää Starring Alina Tomnikov, Essi Hellén, Eero Ritala, Miina Penttinen, Sari Siikander, Celso de la Molina Production company Production House Ltd. Finland Producer Liisa Akimof Original title Genre
Producer’s email
liisa.akimof@productionhouse.fi Distributor Yle Sales Finnish broadcaster Yle International broadcasters NRK Estimated delivery 02/2018 Status Pre-production, shooting commencing on 19/4/2017 Looking for Pre-sales Contact persons at Series Mania
Liselott Forsman / Yle Drama
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Snapper Films
Sherlock North Consulting detective Mr. Sherlock Holmes in sub-zero Northern Finland, featuring a female Dr. Watson from Finland, and the coldest Moriarty you have ever seen. Based on the unforgettable characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock North is a contemporary crime fiction television series, which will consist of 10 one-hour episodes. The series, produced by Helsinki and Los Angeles-based Snapper Films, is being developed in collaboration with the Conan Doyle Estate Limited.
Sherlock North Crime Length 10 x 60’ Language English, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian Setting Lapland Writers Juha Wuolijoki, Jenny Dahlström Starring TBA Production company Snapper Films Producer Juha Wuolijoki Original title Genre
Producer’s email
juha@snapperfilms.com Co-production companies
TBA
Available Finnish broadcaster Yle Distribution
TBA TBA Status In development Looking for Financing, sales International broadcasters Estimated delivery
Contact person at Series Mania
Johanna Karppinen / Audiovisual Finland
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Yellow Film & TV
Arctic Circle When a weaponized sexual virus threatens a remote arctic town, inspector Nina Kautsalo and virologist Thomas Lorenz must hunt down the sadistic killer spreading the virus and uncover the conspiracy behind its cure.
Arctic Circle Crime Length 10 x 50’ Language Finnish, English, German, Russian Setting Finnish Lapland Writers Joona Tena, Jón Atli Jónasson Starring Iina Kuustonen, German male lead TBC
In the unforgiving, icy landscape of the Arctic Circle, local policewoman Nina Kaultsalo (32) discovers a prostitute locked up in a remote lodge, barely alive. The NBI takes over the investigation after Nina discovers two more bodies. German virologist Thomas Lorenz (39) is sent the prostitute’s blood sample after an unidentified virus is discovered. He matches it to a rare and lethal virus from Yemen, where in the past a sexually transmitted virus caused the deformation of unborn children and killed both mother and child. The NBI sets strict conditions of secrecy to prevent mass panic. Intent on finding out the truth about a case shrouded in secrets, Nina is ordered to assist Thomas with the virus investigation. As the Northern Lights blaze across the sky, there is an undeniable spark between them. But pressure grows as the hunt for the killer and the threat of the virus intensifies. Arctic Circle is a unique and multi-layered story of exotic landscapes and exciting criminal intrigue.
Yellow Film & TV Producers Jarkko Hentula, Olli Haikka, Milla Bruneau
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Original title Genre
Production company
Producer’s email
milla.bruneau@yellowfilm.fi Co-production companies Bavaria Film (Germany) Distributor TBC Finnish broadcaster Elisa Viihde, Yle International broadcasters TBC Estimated delivery Q4 / 2018 Status In financing and preproduction Looking for International sales Contact person at Series Mania
Milla Bruneau / Yellow Film & TV
Yle Drama
The Independence Day Ball A warm and funny road movie about how a famous, young philosopher tries to make it from Lapland to the President’s Independence Day Ball in Helsinki, but ends up in “real” Finland instead, meeting those who are never invited to such grand parties. In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno (39) is curing his writers’ block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President’s Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and Bruno misses the only plane, but Laplander Jallu (60) agrees to drive him 1,200 km south. Jallu is a well-rooted and fearless soul, while Bruno lives in the world of theories. During their journey south, they meet an escaped bride, some confused racists, a lonely old woman and other personalities who are never invited to the grand ball. An unusual friendship evolves. In the end, Bruno misses the ball, but learns to understand life in our tough, modern world.
Linnan juhlat Road movie, drama Length 70’ / 2 x 30’ Language Finnish Setting Finland Writer Tapio Piirainen Production company Yle Drama Producer Liselott Forsman Original title Genre
Producer’s email
liselott.forsman@yle.fi Co-production companies Yle Drama, DR Drama, NRK Drama, SVT Drama, RUV Distributor Maria Kivinen / Yle Sales maria.kivinen@yle.fi Finnish broadcaster Yle International broadcasters DR; SVT; NRK; RUV Estimated delivery 11/ 2017 Status In production Looking for Co-producers, Sales Contact person at Series Mania
Liselott Forsman / Yle Drama
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Yle Drama
Invisible Heroes A rookie diplomat urgently needs to find new ways to save peoples’ lives and outwit his government’s Cold War politics during the Chilean military coup in 1973. In 1973, when Pinochet’s tanks fill the streets of Santiago, the life of young Finnish diplomat Tapani Brotherus changes overnight. Having focused on business meetings and golf, he starts taking risks and saving lives. Tapani works in secret, not only from the junta, but also from the media and the Finnish government, which proclaims a neutral and passive political stance. While Tapani is risking his career and the safety of his family by hiding refugees in his home, the Finnish press accuses him of doing nothing. During the Cold War, Tapani co-works with colleagues from both West and East. When his hero, the Swedish ambassador, is sent home and the East German embassy is closed, his task grows even bigger.
Invisible Heroes Drama Length 6 x 50’ Language Spanish, English, Finnish, German, Swedish Setting Chile Writers Tarja Kylmä, Juha Lehtola Production company Yle Drama Producer Pekka Ruohoranta Original title Genre
Producer’s email
pekka.ruohoranta@yle.fi Co-production companies TBC Distributor Maria Kivinen / Yle Sales maria.kivinen@yle.fi Finnish broadcaster Yle International broadcasters RUV Estimated delivery date 2019 Status In development Looking for Co-producer, sales Contact person at Series Mania
Liselott Forsman / Yle Drama
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Feature Film Minimum spend in Finland (euros) Minimum total budget of the production (euros)
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