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LET US CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION AND YOUR HEART! IRINA KROHN, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Dear Friends. You now have in your hands our newly revamped film catalogue with our latest feature and documentary films. In recent years we have brought you a fatherless reindeer boy as well as the Nazis from the dark side of the moon. We wish to continue bringing excitement your way with our latest offerings which are as vivacious and colorful as the ever-changing seasons of Finnish nature.
FACTS
ADMISSIONS 8,5 million
BOX OFFICE 79 million euros
DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
Lauri Maijala shows the fans of the Hangover films how it’s really done – the Finnish way with his Gloriously Wasted. Matti Ijäs makes a fantastic comeback with Things We Do for Love and brings you the wickedly delicious Ansa, who makes men chase her through our impressive Arctic landscapes. Aki Kaurismäki’s muse and Cannes winner Kati Outinen fights for her right to happiness in Cold-War era Europe in Taru Mäkelä’s wonderfully warm August Fools. Actress extraordinaire Leea Klemola convincingly refuses to be a victim in Simo Halinen’s Open Up to Me portraying an ordinary woman who just happened to be a man before, in search of her Mr. Right. Our masterful documentary filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo returns to the fiction genre with Concrete Night, taking the art film to a whole new level. Documentary, which has long been the flagship of Finnish cinema, is staying its course as well. Susanna Helke’s American Vagabond shows a harsh reality of gay teenagers in America while Aleksi Salmenperä follows a man in search of his dream along the Alcan Highway. I invite you to explore the rest of this catalogue yourself.
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CINEMA SCREENS 280 (95 % digitized)
FEATURE FILMS PRODUCED 45 (of which 14 co-productions)
TOTAL SUPPORT GRANTED 2012 26,8 million EUR (by the Finnish Film Foundation)
PHOTO: PAAVO LEHTONEN
Last year the Finnish filmmakers broke domestic box office records while making films that changed the way we look at ourselves and one another. Great stories are universal and we hope that you will give ours a chance to capture your imagination and your heart!
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Cultural Export of Finnish Films The Finnish Film Foundation is responsible for the cultural export and international promotion of Finnish films. Our aim is to increase the visibility of Finnish films and aid their international distribution. Major international film festivals offer Finnish films an important channel to foreign markets. The Finnish Film Foundation participates in film markets at the Berlin, Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals together with other Nordic film institutes under the ‘Scandinavian Films’ banner. To promote short and documentary films, The Nordic film institutes and the Finnish Film Foundation cooperate at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam, and at the Nordisk Panorama event.
We aim to find the appropriate international venue for each film in order to reach its target audience. Festival distribution is complemented by Finnish film weeks organized around the world in partnership with Finnish embassies and cultural institutes.
The Finnish Film Foundation cooperates with AVEK - The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in the cultural export of short and documentary films. The Foundation also grants support for the international promotion of Finnish films.
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CONTENTS 02 05 06
Foreword Contents Festival Contacts for Feature Films
FEATURE FILMS
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Ella and Friends Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble Rolli and the Golden Key 21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage 8-Ball Above Dark Waters August Fools Body Fat Index of Love Concrete Night Conversations between men The Disciple Gloriously Wasted The Hijack That Went South Kekkonen Lion Heart The Only Ones Open Up to Me A Patriotic Man Princess of Egypt Purge Things We Do for Love The Year of ´85 - Rock your memories
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Festival Contacts for Documentary Films
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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
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Tale of a Forest 11 Images of Human Alcan Highway American Vagabond Body of God Chimeras Finnish Blood Swedish Heart Hilton! - here for life Hotel Viru - oratorio to a building The King - Jari Litmanen My Stuff Neighbours When Heroes Lie Wolfman
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Finnish Production Companies
32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Children, Youth and Family Films
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FESTIVAL CONTACTS FOR FEATURE FILMS
JAANA PUSKALA HEAD OF FEATURE FILM PROMOTION jaana.puskala@ses.fi +358 9 62203026
MARJO PIPINEN (Until July 31, 2013) ASSISTANT OF FEATURE FILM PROMOTION marjo.pipinen@ses.fi +358 9 62203032
JENNI DOMINGO (From August 1, 2013) ASSISTANT OF FEATURE FILM PROMOTION jenni.domingo@ses.fi +358 9 62203032
KATI NUORA INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION kati.nuora@ses.fi +358 9 62203020
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FEATURE FILMS
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FEATURE FILMS: CHILDREN & YOUTH
SNAPPER FILMS DCP | 2.35:1 | 81’
DEBUT
PREMIERE: DECEMBER 28, 2012
ELLA AND FRIENDS ELLA JA KAVERIT
Ella and her friends find out that their much-loved neighborhood school will be shut down and all the kids will be relocated to a brand new central school… well, not simply a school but something much fancier: a Centralized Learning and Schooling Facility located in the city center. Ella and the gang decide to team up with their teacher to fight for their old school. Ella and Friends is based on Timo Parvela’s popular Ella book series.
DIRECTOR: TANELI MUSTONEN SCRIPT: ALEKSI HYVÄRINEN, TIMO PARVELA CINEMATOGRAPHY: DANIEL LINDHOLM EDITING: ALEKSI RAIJ SOUND DESIGN: KIMMO PERKKIÖ SET DESIGN: SARAH BOWEN-WALSH COSTUMES: HENNA SAARIVUORI CAST: EERO MILONOFF, KARI KETONEN, FREJA TEIJONSALO, ARTTURI AUVINEN, EETU JULIN, AKI LAIHO, JYRY KORTELAINEN, AURA MIKKONEN, EMILIA PAASONEN, EERIKA PATRAKKA, OLIVER KIVI, ARMI TOIVANEN, VILLE MYLLYRINNE, PAMELA TOLA, VILLE VIRTANEN, TIINA WECKSTRÖM PRODUCER: JUHA WUOLIJOKI PRODUCTION COMPANY: SNAPPER FILMS OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: MTV3 DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: SNAPPER FILMS OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
TANELI MUSTONEN (b.1978) is a Finnish director and screenwriter. He has a Master of Arts degree of the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Ella and Friends is Taneli’s first feature. He has directed music videos, awarded short films and television series.
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FEATURE FILMS: CHILDREN & YOUTH
ANIMAKER DCP, 35 MM | 1.85:1 | 75’
PREMIERE: OCTOBER 12, 2012
NIKO 2 - LITTLE BROTHER, BIG TROUBLE NIKO 2 - LENTÄJÄVELJEKSET 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, when called upon to look after this darn cute little stepbrother, Jonni goes missing and Niko must embark on a dangerous journey to save him.
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 PRODUCERS: 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: FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, EURIMAGES, GERMAN FEDERAL FILM FUND, FILMFUND, HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, THE IRISH FILMBOARD, FFA, THE DANISH FILM INSTITUTE, NORDISK FILM & TV FOND, NORDMEDIA, TELEPOOL, NORDISK FILM, UNIVERSUM, ROVANIEMI TURISM & MARKETING, MEDIA PROGRAM OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, TV2 DENMARK DISTRIBUTOR IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: GLOBAL SCREEN
KARI JUUSONEN is Finland’s most successful director of animation. 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 animated shorts, among them the Cannes Festival winner Pizza Passionata.
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FEATURE FILMS: CHILDREN & YOUTH
MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS DCP | 2.35:1 | 86’
PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 1, 2013
ROLLI AND THE GOLDEN KEY RÖLLI JA KULTAINEN AVAIN A flock of storks fly in the misty sky, all carrying white bundles. One of the bundles falls and a little girl called Juniper ends up in a strange world. This is the beginning of a wonderful, magical adventure as the girl tries to find out who she really is and where she came from. She finally meets an old troll called Rolli who tells the girl his own, eventful story. The girl and the troll become friends and together they encounter a dangerous threat against the fairytale woods. This is a universal tale of bravery and friendship that takes its audience through exciting plot twists, circus spotlights and the splendor of the fantastic forest.
DIRECTOR: TAAVI VARTIA SCRIPT: TAAVI VARTIA CINEMATOGRAPHY: JYRI HAKALA EDITING: BENJAMIN MERCER MUSIC: PESSI LEVANTO, SONGS ALLU TUPPURAINEN SOUND DESIGN: PEKKA KARJALAINEN SET DESIGN: PÄIVI KETTUNEN COSTUMES: ANNA VILPPUNEN CAST: ALLU TUPPURAINEN, MIKKO LEPPILAMPI, KRISTA KOSONEN, JARKKO NIEMI, IINA KUUSTONEN, VILLE HAAPASALO PRODUCER: MARKO RÖHR PRODUCTION COMPANY: MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES: CONTACT MEDIA GROUP, RUSSIA PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, NORDIC FILM AND TV FUND FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
TAAVI VARTIA (b. 1965) is a Finnish director, scriptwriter and author. Since 1990 Taavi Vartia has planned, directed and produced programs for all of Finland’s national television channels spanning a range of genres including drama, entertainment, music, profiles and documentaries. He has been involved in the production of over 1,100 episodes. In recent years he has received recognition as a writer of young adult dramas, as a documentarian as well as in the field of theater. Vartia has published three novels.
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FEATURE FILMS
DIONYSOS FILMS DCP | 2.35:1 | 92’
PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 8, 2013
21 WAYS TO RUIN A MARRIAGE 21 TAPAA PILATA AVIOLIITTO We have someone who doesn’t want to fall in love. We have another who wants just that. The third is married to the wrong woman, and the fourth is single. Soon everyone will be, if the 21 ways to ruin a marriage are put to use.
DIRECTOR: JOHANNA VUOKSENMAA SCRIPT: JOHANNA VUOKSENMAA CINEMATOGRAPHY: JAN NYMAN EDITING: ANTTI REIKKO MUSIC: KERKKO KOSKINEN SOUND DESIGN: TUOMAS KLAAVO & MIKKO MÄKELÄ SET DESIGN: CHRISTER ANDERSSON COSTUMES: TIINA KAUKANEN CAST: ARMI TOIVANEN, RIKU NIEMINEN, ESSI HELLÉN, AKU HIRVINIEMI, HANNELE LAURI, VESA VIERIKKO, PAMELA TOLA PRODUCER: RIINA HYYTIÄ PRODUCTION COMPANY: DIONYSOS FILMS OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: MTV3 DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
JOHANNA VUOKSENMAA (b. 1965) is a film and TV director whose work has attracted audiences with its humor, dramatic amplitude and keen psychological insight. Before the feature “21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage” she has directed three films for theatrical distribution (“One Foot Under” 2009, “Upswing”, 2003, “Onni von Sopanen”, 2006) as well as numerous TV comedies and dramas. Her hugely popular “Click me” (2011), 12 episodes drama series, won 4 Golden Venla awards. Johanna Vuoksenmaa studied at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, majoring in screenwriting.
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FEATURE FILMS
BLIND SPOT PICTURES DCP | 2.39:1 | 107’
PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 2, 2013
8-BALL 8-PALLO Pirkko has served her sentence in prison and now embraces freedom with her eight-month-old girl. She is determined to start over and avoid making the mistakes of her past when her ex-boyfriend shows up, re-igniting their passion but also casting shadows over the future. But Pirkko will not give up, not this time. She will hold on to her new life at any cost.
DIRECTOR: AKU LOUHIMIES SCRIPT: JARI OLAVI RANTALA CINEMATOGRAPHY: MIKA ORASMAA EDITING: SAMU HEIKKILÄ SOUND DESIGN: KIRKA SAINIO SET DESIGN: PETE NEUVONEN COSTUMES: ANNE-MARIA YLITAPIO CAST: JESSICA GRABOWSKY, EERO AHO, PIRKKA-PEKKA PETELIUS, MIKKO LEPPILAMPI PRODUCER: TERO KAUKOMAA PRODUCTION COMPANY: BLIND SPOT PICTURES CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: MJÖLK PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: CHANNEL FOUR FINLAND DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
AKU LOUHIMIES is an accomplished Finnish film director and screenwriter. Louhimies started his career by directing documentaries, music videos and commercials. He has now directed 8 feature films and has won several prizes around the world.
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FEATURE FILMS
SOLAR FILMS INC DCP | 2.35:1 | 120’
PREMIERE: SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
ABOVE DARK WATERS
DEBUT
TUMMAN VEDEN PÄÄLLÄ Based on the novel of the same name by actor Peter Franzén, Above Dark Waters is a touching story of growth in northern Finland. A small boy enjoys family life as usual; meals together, playing with siblings and friends. Everything seems familiar, almost idyllic. But the boy starts to hear noises at night; arguments, crying. The father disappears and the mother takes the kids to the grandparents´ house. The child trusts his parents unconditionally, admiring their wisdom and experience, full of hope and faith for the future. But what happens to the child when this image is shattered? When threats and fear become a daily routine?
DIRECTOR: PETER FRANZÉN SCRIPT: PETER FRANZÉN CINEMATOGRAPHY: PINI HELLSTEDT F.S.C. EDITING: KIMMO TAAVILA SOUND DESIGN: JOONAS JYRÄLÄ SET DESIGN: PIRJO ROSSI COSTUMES: TIINA KAUKANEN CAST: OLAVI ANGERVO, SAMULI EDELMANN, MATLEENA KUUSKOSKI, ISMO KALLIO, MARIA PACKALÉN, MARI PERANKOSKI, PETER FRANZÉN PRODUCERS: MARKUS SELIN, JUKKA HELLE PRODUCTION COMPANY: SOLAR FILMS OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: CHANNEL FOUR FINLAND DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY
PETER FRANZÉN (b. 1971) is one of the most respected Finnish actors. Franzén is a graduate of the Helsinki University of Arts. After a long career in theater he turned to cinema on both sides of the camera: as an actor he has appeared in more than 40 films and 15 TV series. He has been awarded the Jussi Award three times; for best supporting actor in King of the Lumberjacks (1998) and for best actor in Dog Nail Clipper (2004) and Hellsinki (2009).
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FEATURE FILMS
KINOSTO DCP | 2.35:1 | 103’
PREMIERE: OCTOBER, 2013
AUGUST FOOLS MIELETÖN ELOKUU Elsa, a middle-aged milliner and part-time clairvoyant, runs the smartest little hat-shop in the heart of Helsinki, 1962. She has total control of her life until the man she once loved and lost suddenly reappears. Jan is in town to perform at the Festival with his Czech jazz band. For more than two decades Elsa has believed the man to be dead. Initially, Elsa wants to stay away from Jan but he is persistent, persuasive and charming.
DIRECTOR: TARU MÄKELÄ SCRIPT: RAIJA TALVIO CINEMATOGRAPHY: JOUKO SEPPÄLÄ EDITING: INGE-LISE LANGFELDT MUSIC: STEIN BERGE SVENDSEN SOUND DESIGN: PIETARI KOSKINEN SET DESIGN: JAN KADLÉC COSTUMES: KATARINA ŠTRBOVÁBIELIKOVÁ CAST: KATI OUTINEN, MIROSLAV ETZLER, ELENA LEEVE, KRYSTOF HADEK, LAURA BIRN AND ESKO SALMINEN PRODUCER: MARKKU FLINK PRODUCTION COMPANY: KINOSTO CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES: POMOR FILM (NOR), FOG´N´DESIRE FILMS (CZ) PRODUCTION SUPPORT: FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE, MINISTRY OF CULTURE CZECH REPUBLIC, NORDIC FILM AND TV FUND, EURIMAGES FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE CO-PRODUCTIONS, CZECH TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
TARU MÄKELÄ August Fools, the latest film from director Taru Mäkelä, continues her successful career in directing comedies and feel good films with social satire and sharp humor. Previous film Storage, an (un) romantic comedy about people in a paint store, was a box office hit in Finland in 2012. Little Sister, her first feature film, was nominated as the Finnish competitor to the contest of the best Nordic film 2000.
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FEATURE FILMS
MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS DCP | 2.39:1 | 98’
PREMIERE: DECEMBER 12, 2012
BODY FAT INDEX OF LOVE
DEBUT
RAKKAUDEN RASVAPROSENTTI Timo “Stigu” Mertala is a celebrated, award-winning adman, and sworn to singlehood. Ella Sadeoja is a salesperson at a department store whose longtime dream is to start her own clothing store. When they meet Stigu falls head over heels for her. But, to Stigu’s surprise, all Ella wants from a relationship is good and regular sex. No commitment, not even Facebook friendship. Stigu is startled but he decides to play along. They end up working together on a project, designing an advertisement on sustainable relationships. Ella doesn’t believe in the whole concept, while Stigu knows nothing about it. Deep in the Finnish heartlands at the world renowned Wife Carrying Contest Stigu sets out to have Ella all for himself at any cost.
DIRECTOR: MIKKO KUPARINEN SCRIPT: LAURA IMMONEN, HANNAMAIJA MATILA CINEMATOGRAPHY: JANI KUMPULAINEN EDITING: JUKKA NYKÄNEN MUSIC: PESSI LEVANTO SOUND DESIGN: PEKKA KARJALAINEN SET DESIGN: ANTTI NIKKINEN COSTUMES: JOHANNA LEHTINEN CAST: MIKKO NOUSIAINEN, MIINA MAASOLA PRODUCER: ILKKA MATILA PRODUCTION COMPANY: MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: CHANNEL FOUR FINLAND, DANISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
MIKKO KUPARINEN (b.1979) is an award winning debutant director from Finland. He has graduated from Helsinki Film School and his latest short films have won awards both in Finland and abroad. Mikko´s graduation film Truth or Dare (2009) won 2nd prize at New York University´s Next Reel Film Festival and his latest short Sirocco (2012) opened its festival circuit in competition at the Palm Springs International ShortFest. Mikko has also directed a feature length TV film Mobile Horror (2010), which was nominated for a Golden Venla Award in Finland. Body Fat Index of Love is Mikko´s first feature film.
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FEATURE FILMS
BUFO DCP | 2.39:1 | 90’
PREMIERE: 2013
CONCRETE NIGHT BETONIYÖ
VILLE TANTTU
Concrete Night opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. Ilkka, the elder of the two brothers, is getting ready to go and serve his prison sentence. During Ilkka’s last 24 hours of freedom, his little brother Simo follows the brother he admires through the fateful sights of that night.
DIRECTOR: PIRJO HONKASALO SCRIPT: PIRJO HONKASALO, PIRKKO SAISIO CINEMATOGRAPHY: PETER FLINCKENBERG EDITING: NIELS PAGH ANDERSEN MUSIC: KARL FRID, PÄR FRID SOUND DESIGN: JAN ALVEMARK SET DESIGN: PENTTI VALKEASUO COSTUMES: SAIJA SIEKKINEN CAST: JOHANNES BROTHERUS, JARI VIRMAN, ANNELI KARPPINEN, JUHAN ULFSAK, ALEX ANTON PRODUCERS: MISHA JAARI, MARK LWOFF PRODUCTION COMPANY: BUFO CO-PRODUCTION COMPANIES: PLATTFORM PRODUKTION, MAGIC HOUR FILMS PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, NORDIC FILM AND TV FUND, SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE, DANISH FILM INSTITUTE FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, DR DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: CINEMA MONDO
PIRJO HONKASALO is a highly established director, cinematographer and screenwriter who has won countless awards for her work. She directed several feature films in the 1970’s and 80’s together with Pekka Lehto, e.g. Flame Top in Cannes competition 1980. In the 1990’s she continued alone and turned to feature documentaries, directing the prize winning The Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic (Mysterion, Tanjuska and the 7 Devils and Atman). She has also directed the stunningly beautiful The 3 Rooms of Melancholia, which is still one of the highest award winning feature documentaries ever. She has had well over twenty retrospectives of her work world wide, acted as a member of several international juries and is actively giving international master classes. Concrete Night marks her return to feature fiction.
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FEATURE FILMS
VEGETARIAN FILMS DCP | 116’
PREMIERE: JANUARY 4, 2013
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN MEN MIESTEN VÄLISIÄ KESKUSTELUJA After eight successful satiric novels about Finnish politicians and cultural life, Kari Mairisaari quit working on his ninth novel about the True Finns party members. Instead he started writing a book about a bus mechanic. Not your average handyman, Vlatko is a 36-year-old Croat employed as an Espoo city traffic worker who one day is picked up to answer to war crimes charges. Writing a novel is a serious challenge to Mairisaari. Can he risk everything he has achieved so far to relearn and navigate the path of the novel writer?
DIRECTOR: JARMO LAMPELA SCRIPT: JARMO LAMPELA CINEMATOGRAPHY: AARNE TAPOLA EDITING: KAUKO LINDFORS MUSIC: JUHA POTKA SOUND DESIGN: PATRICK BOULANGER SET DESIGN: TERO VILLER COSTUMES: TERO VILLER CAST: JUHA KUKKONEN, REA MAURANEN, PIHLA PENTTINEN, AARNI KIVINEN PRODUCER: ILKKA MERTSOLA PRODUCTION COMPANY: VEGETARIAN FILMS PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: PEK
JARMO LAMPELA (b.1964) has directed several film and TV productions since 1991. He has also worked as a screenwriter and theater director. Since 2007 Lampela has been a professor of directing at ELO film school, Aalto University, Helsinki.
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FEATURE FILMS
LÅNGFILM PRODUCTIONS FINLAND DCP | 2.35:1 | 90’
SECOND FEATURE
PREMIERE: MAY, 2013
THE DISCIPLE LÄRJUNGEN
An isolated island in the Baltic Sea in the summer of 1939: Thirteen-year-old Karl comes to the island to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Master Hasselbond turns Karl down because of his young age. Karl struggles desperately to stay on. Karl and Hasselbond’s oppressed son, Gustaf, make friends but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.
DIRECTOR: ULRIKA BENGTS SCRIPT: JIMMY KARLSSON, ROLAND FAUSER CINEMATOGRAPHY: ROBERT NORDSTRÖM EDITING: TUOMO LEINO MUSIC: PETER HÄGERSTRAND SOUND DESIGN: RISTO IISSALO SET DESIGN: KATARINA LUME COSTUMES: RIITTA PETERI CAST: ERIK LÖNNGREN, PATRIK KUMPULAINEN, PING MON WALLÉN, NIKLAS GROUNDSTROEM, AMANDA OOMS PRODUCER: MATS LÅNGBACKA PRODUCTION COMPANY: LÅNGFILM PRODUCTIONS FINLAND OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, SVT DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: KINOSCREEN ILLUSION LTD INTERNATIONAL SALES: AB INTERPROD OY
ULRIKA BENGTS (b. 1962) is a Finnish film and theater director. She is a graduate of the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and has directed over 20 short films, television-series and documentaries. The Disciple is her second feature film.
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FEATURE FILMS
DICTATOR FILMS DCP | 2.39:1 | 85’
PREMIERE: DECEMBER 28, 2012
GLORIOUSLY WASTED
DEBUT
JUOPPOHULLUN PÄIVÄKIRJA Juha Berg is a hopeless 30-year-old drunk in the Kallio neighborhood of Helsinki who has no intention of changing his ways. He really enjoys miscellaneous sexual relationships, adrenalin-inducing violence and, of course, alcohol for which he gets money even if by collecting bottles. But the joy of living in a drunken haze is threatened when passionate Juha falls in love with his AA group leader. Juha struggles balancing an intimate relationship and his old lifestyle. Juha’s best friend Kristian also does his best to sabotage the relationship, and Juha’s shaky decision to stay sober is further hindered by Mikael, an expert on German erotica. Gloriously Wasted is based on the first part of Juha Vuorinen’s immensely popular Gloriously Wasted book series.
DIRECTOR: LAURI MAIJALA SCRIPT: LAURI MAIJALA CINEMATOGRAPHY: RIKE JOKELA EDITING: HARRI YLÖNEN MUSIC: KERKKO KOSKINEN SOUND DESIGN: MIKA NIINIMAA, JANNE JANKERI SET DESIGN: MARKKU PÄTILÄ COSTUMES: TIINA WILÉN CAST: JOONAS SAARTAMO, KRISTA KOSONEN, SANTTU KARVONEN, JOHANNES HOLOPAINEN PRODUCER: ALEKSI BARDY, JUHA VUORINEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: DICTATOR FILMS OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: SCANBOX ENTERTAINMENT FINLAND OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR
LAURI MAIJALA (b.1986) has a bachelor’s degree in theatre (TeaK). He has directed 17 plays, written 3 screenplays and has composed music for several plays. His plays “Kunnalliskertomus” 2009, and ”Mannerheim” 2010 , both directed and written by Maijala have been part of Helsinki Festival. Also Mahagony-ooppera directed by Maijala (UMO, Avanti!, Kapsäkki 2011) has been part of Helsinki Festival. Gloriously Wasted is Maijala’s first feature film.
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SOLAR FILMS INC DCP | 2.35:1 | 93’
PREMIERE: JANUARY 18, 2013
THE HIJACK THAT WENT SOUTH KAAPPARI The year is 1978. Aaro Lamminparras is a down-on-his-luck businessman. He is always patriotic and full of good intentions but is often cheated by his partners. One drunken evening in Oulu he ends up spending a night with his friend, sergeant Lönnroth, an avid hunter and gun collector. In the morning Lamminparras decides to fly to Helsinki after arguing with his wife on telephone. Onboard he is surprised to find a handgun in his briefcase and, on a whim, he hijacks the plane. This starts a hilarious chain of events – both inside the plane and outside. With the country shut down for the Easter holiday, politicians are partying, the media is shocked, the police caught off-guard, the rumors are outrageous…
DIRECTOR: ALEKSI MÄKELÄ SCRIPT: ELIAS KOSKIMIES, MIKA KARTTUNEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: PINI HELLSTEDT F.S.C. EDITING: KIMMO TAAVILA MUSIC: LAURI PORRA SOUND DESIGN: JYRKI RAHKONEN SET DESIGN: PIRJO ROSSI COSTUMES: TIINA KAUKANEN CAST: KARI HIETALAHTI, AAKE KALLIALA, JUSSI VATANEN, HANNU-PEKKA BJÖRKMAN, MIITTA SORVALI, ARMI TOIVANEN, VILLE MYLLYRINNE, KIMMO LISKI, PEKKA VALKEEJÄRVI, ELINA KEINONEN, PIRJO LONKA, JUHO MILONOFF PRODUCERS: JUKKA HELLE, MARKUS SELIN PRODUCTION COMPANY: SOLAR FILMS OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: MTV3 DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
ALEKSI MÄKELÄ (b. 1969) is the most successful Finnish film director of the modern era: his films have been seen by as many as 2.5 million Finnish moviegoers. The Hijack that Went South is Mäkelä’s 11th feature film. Of his earlier films, The Tough Ones (1999) heralded the recent rise of Finnish cinema with 330 000 domestic admission. It was also the Finnish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1999 Academy Awards. Mäkelä has also directed two of the biggest domestic box office hits: Bad Boys (2003, 615 000 admissions) and Matti - Hell is for Heroes (2006, 462 000 admissions). Mäkelä’s Vares - Private Eye (2004) and Hellsinki (2009) were also the top domestic films of the year. Mäkelä’s films have won a total of 11 Jussi Film Awards, three of which were for the most popular movie of the year. In 2009 Mäkelä was awarded The State Prize for Cinema. Besides feature films Aleksi Mäkelä has directed hundreds of hours worth of TV series, commercials and music videos.
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FEATURE FILMS
SOLAR FILMS INC DCP | 2.35:1 | 95’
PREMIERE: AUGUST 16, 2013
KEKKONEN
SECOND FEATURE
KEKKONEN - HÄN TULEE “Berries grow faster, animals bow, the sick are healed, the poor get wealthy and women conceive. All dreams come true where Kekkonen treads.” Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, the long-time president of the Republic of Finland, is scheduled to visit Alli’s Bar on his way to northern Finland. He is blindly worshiped and the nearer the visit draws, the more envy, competition and dirty tricks come to bear in this small town setting. No one is spared the brutality!
DIRECTOR: MARJA PYYKKÖ SCRIPT: ELIAS KOSKIMIES (BASED ON A NOVEL URHO KEKKONEN STRASSE BY PIA PESONEN) CINEMATOGRAPHY: KONSTA SOHLBERG EDITING: MIKKO SIPPOLA MUSIC: ANTTI LEHTINEN SOUND DESIGN: PANU RIIKONEN SET DESIGN: SATTVA-HANNA TOIVIAINEN COSTUMES: TIINA KAUKANEN CAST: WILMA ROSENQVIST, MERJA LARIVAARA, MARJAANA MAIJALA, KONSTA MÄKELÄ, MIINA TURUNEN, AAKE KALLIALA, JUKKA PUOTILA, VILLE VIRTANEN, ILMARI JÄRVENPÄÄ, TEIJO ELORANTA, IINA KUUSTONEN, MARJA MYLLYLÄ, TOMI SALMELA, KRISTIINA ELSTELÄ, JAANA SAARINEN PRODUCERS: MARKUS SELIN, JUKKA HELLE PRODUCTION COMPANY: SOLAR FILMS INC. PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: MTV3 DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
MARJA PYYKKÖ (b.1975) is one of Finland’s most promising young directors. She earned her Master of Arts in film directing at University of Art and Design Helsinki. Kekkonen is Marja Pyykkö’s second feature film. Her feature film debut was Run Sister Run, released in August 2010. MPyykkö has directed several short films and TV commercials and has worked as an assistant director and casting director for feature films and TV series since 1995. Her graduation film from UIAH was the 60-minute television film Here Lies Aino Koski.
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FEATURE FILMS
HELSINKI-FILMI DCP
PREMIERE: OCTOBER 18, 2013
LION HEART LEIJONASYDÄN Teppo, the central figure in a neo-Nazi group, meets, immediately falls in love and moves in with Sari whose son, Rhamadhani, is half-black. Teppo starts to overcome his own prejudices, but the situation becomes more complex when Sari is bound to bed rest and Teppo must take sole responsibility for Rhamadhani. Teppo’s neo-Nazi younger brother Harri is kicked out of the army and moves in uninvited. Harri implements an Apartheid-like system in the home, in which each race has their own area. Teppo finally sticks up for Rhamadhani and becomes a good stepfather, but not without paying a dear price for it.
DIRECTOR: DOME KARUKOSKI SCRIPT: ALEKSI BARDY CINEMATOGRAPHY: HENA BLOMBERG EDITING: HARRI YLÖNEN SET DESIGN: ANTTI NIKKINEN COSTUMES: ANNA VILPPUNEN CAST: PETER FRANZEN, YUSUFA SIDIBEH, LAURA BIRN, JASPER PÄÄKKÖNEN, PAMELA TOLA, JUSSI VATANEN, TIMO LAVIKAINEN, NIKO VAKKURI, MIKKO NEUVONEN PRODUCER: ALEKSI BARDY PRODUCTION COMPANY: HELSINKI -FILMI OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: SCANBOX ENTERTAINMENT FINLAND OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR
DOME KARUKOSKI (b. 1976, Cyprus) is one of Finland’s most successful young film directors with over 30 festival awards and having directed four feature films that have sold more than 100,000 tickets – the rule-of-thumb measure for a blockbuster in the territory. His previous film Lapland Odyssey was the number one film in the Finnish box office of 2010. It was also selected as the best Finnish film of the year in the Jussi film awards.
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FEATURE FILMS
YELLOW FILM AND TV DCP | 1.85:1 | 90’
PREMIERE: DECEMBER 27, 2013
THE ONLY ONES AINOAT OIKEAT The Only Ones is a romantic comedy about a woman who finally finds her Only One, who then mysteriously disappears. But then she finds the second Only One, who happens to be the Prime Minister of Finland.
DIRECTOR: SAARA CANTELL SCRIPT: OUTI KESKEVAARI CINEMATOGRAPHY: HEIKKI FÄRM EDITING: JUKKA NYKÄNEN MUSIC: SID HILLE SOUND DESIGN: PIETARI KOSKINEN SET DESIGN: PIRJO ROSSI COSTUMES: NINNI LAHTINEN CAST: MINNA SORVOJA PRODUCER: JARKKO HENTULA PRODUCTION COMPANY: YELLOW FILM & TV PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM OY
SAARA CANTELL has written and directed numerous short films, TV series and four feature films: Unna & Nuuk (2006), Heartbeats (2010), Stars Above (2012) and The Only Ones (2013). Her films have won several prizes at the international film festivals since her graduation film A Tale of Shatters (1996). In her 2011 doctoral thesis Cantell discussed the storytelling strategies in short fiction film.
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FEATURE FILMS
EDITH FILM DCP | 95’
PREMIERE: MARCH 8, 2013
OPEN UP TO ME KERRON SINULLE KAIKEN
HENA BLOMBERG
Open Up to Me is an intense psychological drama about sexual identities. In modern relationships nothing can be taken for granted anymore. There is no ready-made model for love. We have to create our own morals. We have to draw the lines and, sometimes, when our hearts tell us to, cross them.
DIRECTOR: SIMO HALINEN SCRIPT: SIMO HALINEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: HENA BLOMBERG EDITING: JUSSI RAUTANIEMI MUSIC: JARMO SAARI SOUND DESIGN: JANNE LAINE SET DESIGN: SANNA-MARI PIRKOLA COSTUMES: RIITTA-MARIA VEHMAN CAST: LEEA KLEMOLA, PETER FRANZÉN, RIA KATAJA, EMMI NIVALA, ALEX ANTON PRODUCER: LIISA PENTTILÄ PRODUCTION COMPANY: EDITH FILM CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: ZENTROPA INTERNATIONAL SWEDEN PRODUCTION SUPPORT: FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, NFTF (NORDISK FILM & TV FOND) FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, SVT DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: FUTURE FILM INTERNATIONAL SALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR
SIMO HALINEN (b. 1963) is a screenwriter, director and author. He has written and directed two feature films Open Up to Me (2013) and Cyclomania (2001) and a TV film Minerva (1997). His TV work also includes Golden Retriever (2007) and The Girl with a Pig Tale (2004). He has written two novels, Lemmenomenia (2008) and Idänsydänsimpukka (2004).
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FEATURE FILMS
ART FILMS PRODUCTION AFP DCP
PREMIERE: DECEMBER 4, 2013
A PATRIOTIC MAN ISÄNMAALLINEN MIES Toivo has a rare blood type. His hemoglobin levels are high and his Type O Negative blood is compatible with everyone. As a result Toivo becomes the Finnish national ski team’s secret weapon and their biggest hope for success; his blood is used to fuel Aino before championship-level races. Toivo begins wrestling with his conscience on the ethics of doping while becoming increasingly involved with the hypocritical success culture sustained by the skiing community and society at large.
DIRECTOR: ARTO HALONEN SCRIPT: ARTO HALONEN, JOUNI K. KEMPPAINEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: HANNU-PEKKA VITIKAINEN EDITING: TUULI KUITTINEN SOUND DESIGN: KIRKA SAINIO SET DESIGN: KAISA MÄKINEN COSTUME DESIGN: JOHANNA HEIKKILÄ MAKE-UP ARTIST: RIIKKA VIRTANEN PRODUCER: ARTO HALONEN CO-PRODUCER: IGOR A. NOLA PRODUCTION COMPANY: ART FILMS PRODUCTION AFP OY CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: MP FILM PRODUCTION PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, CANAL PLUS DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: FUTURE FILM INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
ARTO HALONEN has directed numerous films, including the fiction feature film Princess and the documentary films Shadow of the Holy Book, Pavlov’s Dogs, Karmapa and the Tank Man. Halonen’s latest documentary film When Heroes Lie (2012) received exceptionally strong praise from the critics. In 2005, Halonen was awarded the Finland Prize, the highest annual prize in the arts given by the Ministry of Culture and the Finnish State. Among other important prizes, he has received the Humanitarian Award of the European Union (1998), the Finnish National Mental Health Prize (2010) and the City of Helsinki Culture prize (2010) officially recognizing him for a remarkable artistic career. Halonen has also been awarded the Civil Action Prize of the Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health.
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MAKING MOVIES DCP | 1.85:1 | 89’
DEBUT
PREMIERE: SEPTEMBER, 2012
PRINCESS OF EGYPT
25 year-old Marja’s main focus in life is her 7-year-old daughter Julia. Marja works nights so she can spend the days with Julia, staging elaborate games and telling an ongoing fairytale about the adventures of the princess of Egypt and her mother. The harmony is broken when a chance meeting brings Kamaran, an Iranian immigrant, back into Marja’s life. Kamaran’s relationship with Marja had been brief and he never knew of the pregnancy. But he soon realizes that Julia is his daughter. Marja’s protective instincts are awakened as Kamaran starts following them. Marja is ready to defend Julia by any means possible. But in the end the real danger resides closer to home.
DIRECTOR: JAN FORSSTRÖM SCRIPT: JAN FORSSTRÖM CINEMATOGRAPHY: PÄIVI KETTUNEN EDITING: JAN FORSSTRÖM MUSIC: LAU NAU SOUND DESIGN: MICKE NYSTRÖM SET DESIGN: OKKU RAHIKAINEN & VILJA KATRAMO COSTUMES: KIRSI GUM CAST: EMMI PARVIAINEN, LUNA LEINONEN BOTERO, YLVA EKBLAD, MAZDAK NASSIR PRODUCER: KAARLE AHO & KAI NORDBERG PRODUCTION COMPANY: MAKING MOVIES OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: CHANNEL FOUR FINLAND DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: ATLANTIC FILM INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
JAN FORSSTRÖM (b.1975) is a Finnish screenwriter, director and editor. His work as a screenwriter include The Visitor by J-P Valkeapää (Dragon award for Best Nordic Film in Gothenburg IFF 2009), Last Cowboy Standing by Zaida Bergroth (Flash Forward –award in Busan IFF 2009) and The Good Son by Zaida Bergroth (Premiered in Toronto IFF 2011, Gold Hugo –award at Chicago IFF), as well as numerous short films. The Princess of Egypt is Forsström’s directorial feature film debut.
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SOLAR FILMS INC DCP | 2.35:1 | 125’
PREMIERE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
PURGE PUHDISTUS Aliide has experienced the horrors of the Stalin era and the deportation of Estonians to Siberia but she, herself, must 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 the clutches of the Russian mafia who had been holding 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 one another’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.
DIRECTOR: ANTTI JOKINEN SCRIPT: MARKO LEINO, ANTTI JOKINEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: RAUNO RONKAINEN F.S.C. EDITING: KIMMO TAAVILA SOUND DESIGN: KIRKA SAINIO MUSIC: TUOMAS KANTELINEN SET DESIGN: TIINA PAAVILAINEN, KATRIN SIPELGAS COSTUMES: ANNA VILPPUNEN CAST: LAURA BIRN, LIISI TANDEFELT, KRISTA KOSONEN, PETER FRANZÉN, TOMMI KORPELA, KRISTJAN SARV, TOMI SALMELA PRODUCERS: MARKUS SELIN, JUKKA HELLE, KRISTIAN TASKA, MARIA AVDJUSHKO PRODUCTION COMPANY: SOLAR FILMS INC. OY CO-PRODUCER: 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
ANTTI J JOKINEN (b. 1968) is a writer and director of film 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 film is The Resident (2010), starring Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
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FEATURE FILMS
AAMU FILMCOMPANY LTD DCP | 1.77:1 | 96’
PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 1, 2013
THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE KAIKELLA RAKKAUDELLA A shy man falls in love with a beautiful woman and the timing just couldn’t be worse: her jealous, ex-con ex-husband has come to town looking to settle an old score. What follows is a genuine mess that comes from all the things we do for love.
DIRECTOR: MATTI IJÄS SCRIPT: HEIKKI VUENTO, AULI MANTILA, JP PASSI CINEMATOGRAPHY: RANE RONKAINEN EDITING: JORMA HÖRI MUSIC: TIMO HIETALA SOUND DESIGN: KÖSSI VÄNTÄNEN SET DESIGN: KAISA MÄKINEN COSTUMES: SARI SUOMINEN CAST: SAMPO SARKOLA, KRISTA KOSONEN, TOMMI KORPELA, HANNU-PEKKA BJÖRKMAN PRODUCER: AULI MANTILA, JUSSI RANTAMÄKI, JOACHIM LYNG, MAGNUS RAMSDALEN, SVEIN ANDERSEN, KJETIL JENSBERG PRODUCTION COMPANY: AAMU FILM COMPANY CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: SWEER FILMS (NO), FILMCAMP (NO) PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, NORDISK FILM OG TV FOND FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, SVT DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY NORDIC INTERNATIONAL SALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR
MATTI IJÄS (b. 1950) is an acknowledged Finnish filmmaker with seven feature films and some 30 TV-films to his name. Matti is a pioneer of Finnish cinema and his recognisable style has reached huge audiences in a small country like Finland. Ijäs has also received recognition in numerous festivals with his films The Blue Corner (2002) and Blindfolded (1999).
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ARTISTA FILMI DCP | 1.85:1 | 100’
PREMIERE: JANUARY 25, 2013
THE YEAR OF ‘85 ROCK YOUR MEMORIES VUONNA ‘85 The Year of ’85 – Rock Your Memories is a story about a colorful group of guys working at a machine shop who lost their youth but never found their adulthood. This is a film 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 search of his great love. The music of the ´80s rocks us back to a decade when the only thing longer than the long, hot summer was the mullet.
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
TIMO KOIVUSALO is a Finnish producer, director, writer and editor and the owner of the production company Artista Filmi. He has directed 11 feature films, both drama comedies such as The Leaning Tower and historic epochs such as Sibelius. He has received several film awards in Finland. Koivusalo has been a famous TV host and succeeded also in the music business. He has composed music for 7 feature films. RIKU SUOKAS has extensive entertainment and drama experience from TV, theater 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 Finland’s biggest theaters, The Theatre of Tampere.
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FESTIVAL CONTACTS FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMS MARJA PALLASSALO HEAD OF SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM PROMOTION marja.pallassalo@ses.fi +358 9 6220 3021
OTTO SUURONEN ASSISTANT OF SHORT AND DOCUMENTARY FILM PROMOTION otto.suuronen@ses.fi +358 9 6220 3019
KATI NUORA INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION kati.nuora@ses.fi +358 9 6220 3020
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DOCUMENTARY FILMS, FAMILY FILMS
MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS DCP | 1.85:1 | 75’
PREMIERE: DECEMBER 28, 2012
TALE OF A FOREST METSÄN TARINA Tale of a Forest is a film for the whole family about the unique Finnish forest with its colouful and diverse life. The main characters of the film are the various inhabitants of the forest: the bears and the elk, the snakes and the owls, the ants, the frogs and the flying squirrels, the ancient soul birds such as the Siberian Jay, the Lapland Owl and many, many others.
DIRECTOR: VILLE SUHONEN, KIM SAARNILUOTO SCRIPT: VILLE SUHONEN, KIM SAARNILUOTO CINEMATOGRAPHY: HANNU SIITONEN, MIKKO PÖLLÄNEN, TEEMU LIAKKA EDITING: KIM SAARNILUOTO MUSIC: PANU AALTIO SOUND DESIGN: JUHA HAKANEN PRODUCER: MARKO RÖHR PRODUCTION COMPANY: MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM INTERNATIONAL SALES: TBA
VILLE SUHONEN has worked as a film and culture critic as well as freelance film director since 1986. He has directed over 20 films including documentaries, nature films, art films, dance and music videos as well as children’s films. Suhonen’s films have been sold to over 60 countries and entered intor more than 100 festivals. Ville Suhonen has also written three novels. KIM SAARNILUOTO (b. 1975) has worked in television and feature film industry since late 1990s as a director and editor. He has been involved in dozens of TV series and documentaries. Tale of a Forest is Saarniluoto’s first feature film.
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GIRON FILMI DCP | 79’
PREMIERE: OCTOBER, 2012
11 IMAGES OF A HUMAN 11 KUVAA IHMISESTÄ This film examines man through the figures he has carved and painted on stone. Cave paintings are mirrors through which ancient people are watching us as we are actually watching them. Do we understand one another? Do we see ourselves in the Stone Age paintings? This film is a journey into the past and at the same time a portrait of a mankind, right here and right now.
DIRECTOR: ANASTASIA LAPSUI, MARKKU LEHMUSKALLIO SCRIPT: ANASTASIA LAPSUI, MARKKU LEHMUSKALLIO CINEMATOGRAPHY: JOHANNES LEHMUSKALLIO EDITING: ANASTASIA LAPSUI, MARKKU LEHMUSKALLIO MUSIC: ANNA-KAISA LIEDES, HEIKKI LAITINEN ANIMATION: LEENA JÄÄSKELÄINEN AND KAISA PENTTILÄ SOUND DESIGN: MARTTI TURUNEN PRODUCER: MARKKU LEHMUSKALLIO PRODUCTION COMPANY: GIRON-FILMI OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION AND AVEK FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE TV 1 DOCUMENTARIES
ANASTASIA LAPSUI (b. 1944, Yamal Peninsula, Russia) The collaboration of Nenets born Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio has lasted for almost two decades comprising 18 feature films. The couple’s films portraying traditional life in the subarctic areas have earned them recognition and awards worldwide. Lapsui has also worked as a radio journalist, editor and scriptwriter. MARKKU LEHMUSKALLIO (b. 1938, Rauma, Finland) The grand-old-man of the Finnish filmmaking and also one of the country’s best known directors, Markku Lehmuskallio has directed films since 1973. The majority of Lehmuskallio’s work portrays traditional life in the Arctic hemisphere, and indigenous people and cultures play a leading role in his films. Local people performing in his fictions give the films a touch of reality and verity that is seldom seen on screen.
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MADE OY DCP | 16:9 | 80’
PREMIERE: MARCH 2013
ALCAN HIGHWAY ALCAN HIGHWAY
VILLE TERVONEN
Alcan Highway is a film diary of one dream on its way to fulfillment. It is a road movie of a man’s attempt to fix a truck, build a home on top of it and drive it to Vancouver Island, a place where there isn’t yet a colony for the retired.
DIRECTOR: ALEKSI SALMENPERÄ SCRIPT: ALEKSI SALMENPERÄ CINEMATOGRAPHY: HENA BLOMBERG EDITING: SAMU HEIKKILÄ MUSIC: VILLE ANSELMI TANTTU SOUND DESIGN: PERTTI VENETJOKI PRODUCER: ULLA SIMONEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: MADE CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: MJÖLK PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE
ALEKSI SALMENPERÄ is one of the most acclaimed and distinctive Finnish filmmakers. Starting from the short film Ferry Go Round (2001), which was selected to the Cannes film festival, Salmenperä’s films have received many film industry awards. His films A Man’s Job and Producing Adults were selected as official Oscar entries for Finland. In 2008 he was invited as a member of EFA. His latest film Bad Family (2010) was selected into the Berlinale Film Festival’s Panorama section.
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FOR REAL PRODUCTIONS DCP | 16:9 | 90’
PREMIERE: FEBRUARY 2012
AMERICAN VAGABOND AMERICAN VAGABOND American Vagabond is a cinematic feature documentary film about kicked-out queer youth in the shadows of a promised city. It’s a story of a boy raised in small town America where homosexuality is so demonized that parents abandon their children over it.
DIRECTOR: SUSANNA HELKE CINEMATOGRAPHY: SUSANNA HELKE, MARKO JK LUUKONEN EDITING: NIELS PAGH ANDERSEN, SUSANNA HELKE MUSIC: SAMULI KOSMINEN SOUND DESIGN: OLLI HUHTANEN CAST: JAMES TEMPLE, TYLER JOHNSON, SANDY TEMPLE, JIM TEMPLE PRODUCER: CILLA WERNING PRODUCTION COMPANY: FOR REAL PRODUCTIONS CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: RADIATOR FILM PRODUCTION SUPPORT: SES, AVEK, EURIMAGES, NFTF, DFI, MEDIA PROGRAMME FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, DR
SUSANNA HELKE is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and professor based in Helsinki. Her films have been featured in the most important international documentary film festivals, such as IDFA, Hotdocs and Visions du Réel. Her work has received several awards and nominations: including the nomination for the European Film Academy Arte award for Best Documentary; the Best Scandinavian Documentary Award; and the Best Documentary Film in the Finnish Academy Awards. Her films are poetic reflections of the transcendence found in everyday moments in the lives of ordinary people. The films play with the borders of documentary and fiction, observational and reenacted documentary.
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HAKALAX PRODUCTIONS OY DCP | 16:9 | 79’
PREMIERE: 2013
BODY OF GOD BODY OF GOD Body of God tells the story of how Fakir Musafar’s private experiments on his body as a 12 year old boy in 1940s South Dakota expanded into a worldwide phenomenon by the middle of the 1990s. Nowadays piercing, branding and tattoos are so popular (more than 50% of the 14-18 years old in Europe and America are pierced or branded) that we tend to take their existence for granted even though less than sixty years ago it was unthinkable for women in the industrialist countries to even have pierced ears. Body of God is the first documentary ever to depict the history of modern body modification from its start in the early 1940s until its worldwide breakthrough in the 90s.
DIRECTOR: JOUNI HOKKANEN SCRIPT: JOUNI HOKKANEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: JUSSI KÄKKIS ARHINMÄKI EDITING: KIM FINN MUSIC: PLANKWOOD JAMES III, SIMON BARTHOLOMEW SOUND DESIGN: JUSSI KNAAPILA CAST: FAKIR MUSAFAR, JIM WARD, CYNTHIA WRIGHT, PAUL KING, TOD ALMIGHTY PRODUCER: JOHN HAKALAX, JOUNI HOKKANEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: HAKALAX PRODUCTIONS OY CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: SOMA PROJECTS PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: HAKALAX PRODUCTIONS OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: INDIGO FILM & TELEVISION LTD
JOUNI HOKKANEN is a documentarist, critic, journalist, and “freelance everything” from Helsinki. After guerilla filmmaking around the Korean Peninsula, Hokkanen created Pyongyang Trilogy, screened in all five continents of the World.
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NAVY BLUE BIRD INC. BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BETACAM, DVD | 16:9 | 87’
CHIMERAS
PREMIERE: 2013
DEBUT
CHIMERAS Chimeras paints an image of Chinese society through the microcosm of its art scene. Through two storylines it penetrates this world that is feverishly is looking for itself as we enter an era that some have impatiently prophesied as the “Chinese century”.
DIRECTOR: MIKA MATTILA SCRIPT: MIKA MATTILA CINEMATOGRAPHY: MIKA MATTILA EDITING: MIKKO SIPPOLA SOUND DESIGN: JUHA HAKANEN PRODUCER: MARKKU NISKA PRODUCTION COMPANY: NAVY BLUE BIRD OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, SVT
MIKA MATTILA was born in Helsinki, Finland 1974. He graduated from Tampere School of Arts & Communications in 1998, majoring in cinematography. Since then he has worked as a cinematographer in projects of wide stylistic variety and content. He has gained experience in traditional puppet animation, talk shows, short films as well as in documentaries. As a director he has worked in corporate films, short film, music videos and a TVdocumentary. Chimeras is his first feature documentary. Since beginning of 2006 he has been living and working in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
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KLAFFI PRODUCTIONS DCP; DIGITAL BETACAM | 1.85:1 | 90’
PREMIERE: 22.3.2013 (SWE), 5.4.2013 (FIN)
FINNISH BLOOD SWEDISH HEART LAULU KOTI-IKÄVÄSTÄ Kai Latvalehto has always felt like an outsider. As a child in the 1970’s, his Finnish family lived in Gothenburg, southern Sweden, and he always felt like he was a second grade citizen; one of those who spoke a weird language too loudly and drank too much alcohol. He was ashamed of being a Finn. In the early 1980’s, Kai’s father, Tauno, decided it was time they moved back to Finland. Kai felt like he didn’t belong there as well. Now in his forties, after quitting his musical career and having a child of his own, Kai feels even more out of place. Kai decides to drive with his father from Oulu in Northern Finland all the way down to Gothenburg to revisit the places of his childhood. The journey of a father and son becomes a musical delving into the emotional memory and the history of Finnish immigration in Sweden, an exploration of shame, guilt, crime, alcoholism, and family secrets.
DIRECTOR: MIKA RONKAINEN SCRIPT: MIKA RONKAINEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: VESA TAIPALEENMÄKI EDITING: ÅSA MOSSBERG MUSIC: ANNA JÄRVINEN, DARYA PAKARINEN, LOVE ANTELL, MARKUS FAGERVALL, MIRELLA HAUTALA, MÅNSKENSORKESTERN, HANNU KIVIAHO, HEIKKI KIVIAHO, HARRI MÄNTY, JUKKA TAKALO SOUND DESIGN: ESA NISSI CAST: KAI LATVALEHTO, TAUNO LATVALEHTO, OIVA LATVALEHTO PRODUCER: ULLA SIMONEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: KLAFFI PRODUCTIONS CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: HYSTERIA FILM PRODUCTION SUPPORT: FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, ESEK & LUSES, SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE, NFTF FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, SVT, ARTE G.E.I.E. DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: PEK DISTRIBUTION IN SWEDEN: FOLKETS BIO INTERNATIONAL SALES: KLAFFI@KLAFFI.COM
MIKA RONKAINEN (b. 1970) has made award winning and acclaimed documentaries like Freetime Machos (Selected for IDFA, Tribeca, Hot Docs 2010), Screaming Men (Best Nordic Documentary 2003; Selected for Sundance 2004), Our Summer, Car Bonus, Before the Flood, and Father’s Day. He graduated in 1997 from the Oulu Institute of Arts and Design where he studied film and video and works also as producer, editor, and composer. Co-founder of Air Guitar World Championships, Ronkainen lives and works in Oulu, northern Finland.
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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
FILMIMAA OY DCP | 1.85:1 | 75’
PREMIERE: MARCH 15, 2013
HILTON! HERE FOR LIFE HILTON! - TÄÄLLÄ OLLAAN ELÄMÄ There’s a block of rental flats in the suburbs of Eastern Helsinki called Hilton. Its inhabitants are school dropouts and various drifters. Hilton! is a film about being left in the shadows, the kick start in life is still to come. Through the secret memories and dreams of Hilton!’s five protagonists, we witness the power of true friendship.
DIRECTOR: VIRPI SUUTARI SCRIPT: VIRPI SUUTARI CINEMATOGRAPHY: HEIKKI FÄRM EDITING: JUSSI RAUTANIEMI MUSIC: MATTI PENTIKÄINEN, ARTO TUUNELA, ATSO SOIVIO SOUND DESIGN: OLLI HUHTANEN PRODUCER: MARKKU TUURNA PRODUCTION COMPANY: FILMIMAA LTD PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK, THE CHURCH MEDIA FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: NORDISK FILM
VIRPI SUUTARI is the writer and the director of such acclaimed documentary films as Sin (1996), White Sky (1998), The Idle Ones (2001), and Along the Road Little Child (2005), (co-directed with Susanna Helke). Her work includes Auf Wiedersehen Finnland (2010) and Garden (work in progress). Her films have been screened in retrospectives as well as garnering many awards in various festivals. Suutari is a professor of art and a member of EFA.
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KINOSTO DCP | 16:9 | 77’
PREMIERE: MARCH 1, 2013
HOTEL VIRU ORATORIO TO A BUILDING VIRU – TARINOITA HOTELLISTA This documentary explores the common history of three nations through one building. The Finns built a hotel in Tallin that would become the symbol of Estonia’s and Finland’s relationship in both good times and bad. And all under the control of the KGB.
DIRECTOR: TARU MÄKELÄ, JOHANNA ONNISMAA, MARGIT KILUMETS SCRIPT: TARU MÄKELÄ, MARGIT KILUMETS CINEMATOGRAPHY: JOUKO SEPPÄLÄ EDITING: TUULI KUITTINEN MUSIC: TIMO STEINER SOUND DESIGN: OLLI HUHTANEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: KINOSTO OY CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: AMRION OÜ PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK, ESTONIAN FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, ESTONIAN TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: PEK
TARU MÄKELÄ (b.1959) directs both documentaries and features. Her previous film Storage was a box office hit in Finland in 2012. JOLLE ONNISMAA (b. 1967) is a graduate of Lahti Institute of Design, where she studied photography and The University of Art and Design Helsinki, where she studied documentary film directing. Onnismaa works as a freelancer in both documentary and feature films. MARGIT KILUMETS (b. 1964) is an Estonian film director.
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MARIANNA FILMS HD, DCP, DIGITAL BETACAM | 16:9 | 107’
PREMIERE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
THE KING JARI LITMANEN KUNINGAS LITMANEN This is the story of professional football (soccer) player Jari Litmanen, often referred as the “king” or “artist”. The film is about what it takes to make it in football as well as a personal exploration revealing who Litmanen really is – the family man, the human being. We also delve into the sacrifices he’s made in his private life and, naturally, how football has impacted his world. We follow the footprints of his past to Lahti, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Liverpool and meet his former team-mates, coaches and friends. The film also covers the major turning points in his childhood, the highlights of his career, conflicts with coaches and inevitable injuries. We are also left to ponder just when and how Litmanen will finally end his long and distinguished career.
DIRECTOR: ARTO KOSKINEN SCRIPT: MIKA KAURISMÄKI, ARTO KOSKINEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: TAHVO HIRVONEN EDITING: KAUKO LINDFORS MUSIC: JYRKI RAHKONEN SOUND DESIGN: JYRKI RAHKONEN CAST: JARI LITMANEN, STEVEN GERRARD, DENNIS BERGKAMP, EDWIN VAN DER SAR, FRANK DE BOER, MARC OVERMARS, CARLES PUYOL, XAVI, ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC, LUIS VAN GAAL AND MANY OTHER FOOTBALL LEGENDS PRODUCER: MIKA KAURISMÄKI PRODUCTION COMPANY: MARIANNA FILMS OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: FS FILM OY INTERNATIONAL SALES: THE YELLOW AFFAIR
ARTO KOSKINEN (b. 1962) studied directing in the film department at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki from 1985-93 and directed his first feature film Kesän viimeinen päivä in 1992. Since then he has made numerous short films focusing on social issues. The Handcuff King (2002) was his second full-length feature film.
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UNIFILM OY DCP | 2.35:1 | 80’
DEBUT
PREMIERE: APRIL, 2013
MY STUFF TAVARATAIVAS
Meet Petri Luukkainen, 26, a man in the midst of an existential crisis. Petri arrives at the idea that his happiness might be found by rebuilding his everyday existence. What does he really need in life? He places all of his possessions into storage, and decides to bring back only one item per day. Buck naked in his Helsinki flat is a whole other story – not a pretty one but pretty damn fun to watch.
DIRECTOR: PETRI LUUKKAINEN SCRIPT: PETRI LUUKKAINEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: JESSE JOKINEN EDITING: ALTTI SJÖGREN MUSIC: TIMO LASSY SOUND DESIGN: KYÖSTI VÄNTÄNEN PRODUCER: ANSSI PERTTALA PRODUCTION COMPANY: UNIKINO CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY: ELÄVÄKUVA PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE INTERNATIONAL SALES: RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES
PETRI LUUKKAINEN (b. 1984) lives in Helsinki. My Stuff is his first feature length documentary.
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MADE OY DCP | 16:9 | 74’
PREMIERE: MARCH, 2013
NEIGHBOURS NAAPURIT World peace is something we all hope for. But when it comes to living together even the smallest differences in behavior or culture may raise seemingly unsolvable disagreements, even more so if you are a Finn living on a block of flats.
DIRECTOR: TUIJA HALTTUNEN SCRIPT: TUIJA HALTTUNEN CINEMATOGRAPHY: TUIJA HALTTUNEN EDITING: RIITTA POIKSELKÄ MUSIC: ILKKA HEINONEN SOUND DESIGN: JANNE LAINE PRODUCER: ULLA SIMONEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: MADE PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE
TUIJA HALTTUNEN is a documentarian concentrating on exploring every day subjects in Finnish society. She has made more than 20 documentaries and short films since the mid nineties and is currently working as a provincial artist for the Arts Council of Häme.
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ART FILMS PRODUCTION AFP DCP | 1.85:1 | 119’
PREMIERE: OCTOBER 5, 2012
WHEN HEROES LIE SINIVALKOINEN VALHE When an entire group of Finnish skiers tested positive for doping in the Lahti World Championships of 2001, it revealed the systematic and long-term history of the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs in the sport. The investigative documentary portrays, through the lens of sport, the way our society creates the foundation for lies and double standards in our attempts to win. It also raises the question of whether the distortions in sport are a reflection of the distortions in society in general: is society working under the same rules as sport?
DIRECTOR: ARTO HALONEN SCRIPT: ARTO HALONEN, JOUNI K. KEMPPAINEN, KEVIN FRAZIER CINEMATOGRAPHY: HANNUPEKKA VITIKAINEN, ARTO HALONEN EDITING: ANTTI TUOMIKOSKI, SANNA LIINAMAA MUSIC: TAPANI RINNE SOUND DESIGN: MARTTI TURUNEN PRODUCER: ARTO HALONEN PRODUCTION COMPANY: ART FILMS PRODUCTION AFP OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE FINNISH BROADCASTING COMPANY, NORWEGIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (NRK) DISTRIBUTION IN FINLAND: FUTURE FILM DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL SALES: ART FILMS PRODUCTION
ARTO HALONEN has directed numerous films, including the fiction feature film Princess and the documentary films Shadow of the Holy Book, Pavlov’s Dogs, Karmapa and the Tank Man. Halonen’s latest documentary film When Heroes Lie (2012) received exceptionally strong praise from the critics. In 2005, Halonen was awarded the Finland Prize, the highest annual prize in the arts given by the Ministry of Culture and the Finnish State. Among other important prizes, he has received the Humanitarian Award of the European Union (1998), the Finnish National Mental Health Prize (2010) and the City of Helsinki Culture prize (2010) officially recognizing him for a remarkable artistic career. Halonen has also been awarded the Civil Action Prize of the Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health.
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OCTOBER OY DCP, HDCAM | 16:9 | 75’
PREMIERE: SPRING 2013
WOLFMAN HUKKAMIES Wolfman is a film about Seppo Ronkainen, a man who has taught himself the language and ways of wolves, having faced them in the wilderness and witnessing their fates. The film is based on his video diaries collected over the course of 13 years. The unique material tells the intertwining stories of a man, wolves and dogs. It is a portrait of the man and eight individual wolves. But most of all, it is a story about the contradictory relationship between people and an endangered species.
DIRECTOR: JUHA SUONPÄÄ CINEMATOGRAPHY: HEIKKI FÄRM F.S.C., SEPPO RONKAINEN, KATJA MOISIO, JUHA SUONPÄÄ EDITING: TUULI KUITTINEN MUSIC: JOEL HYPÉN SOUND DESIGN: HEIKKI INNANEN PRODUCER: TIMO VIERIMAA EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: JOONAS BERGHÄLL PRODUCTION COMPANY: OKTOBER OY PRODUCTION SUPPORT: THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION, AVEK FINANCING TV COMPANIES: YLE, ARTE
JUHA SUONPÄÄ (b. 1963) is a film director, photographic artist, researcher and teacher. He has a master’s degree in Education from the University of Tampere and Doctor of Arts from University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki. In his doctoral thesis Suonpää explored social meanings of nature photography. Besides his work on photography, Juha has directed documentary films connected to the theme of nature. In 1998 he brought a video camera to Seppo Ronkainen with the idea of collecting material on wolves. 12 years later, intent on realizing the story of man and wolves, he began work on the film Wolfman based on the material in January 2011.
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