Finnish Films 2007

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Finnish Films 2007

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Contents
Feature Films
Black Ice
Border, The
Christmas Story
Colorado Avenue
Emperor’s Secret, The
Frozen City
Ganes
Jade Warrior
Leaning Tower, The
Man Exposed
Man’s Job, A
Mystery of the Wolf
Onni von Sopanen
Palsa
Quest for a Heart
Rock’n’Roll Never Dies
Tali – Ihantala 1944
V2 Dead Angel
Year of the Wolf
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Feature Length Documentaries
Asylum
BAM – Railroad to Nowhere
Catch, The
Eden Pastora – Commandant “Zero”
Four Journeys on the River
Lone Star Hotel
Raattama (working title)
Sami, The
Sonic Mirror
Winterreise
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Top Films in Finland 2006
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Facts in Figures
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Finnish Feature Films 2001–2006
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Film Festivals in Finland 2007
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International Sales Companies
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Useful Addresses
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Distributors
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Producers
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F E A T U R E
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35mm | 1:2,35 (Cinemascope) |
Dolby digital | 110’ |
Premiere: October 19th, 2007
Director, script: Petri Kotwica
Cinematography: Harri Räty
Editing: Jukka Nykänen
Music: Eicca Toppinen
Set design: Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen
Costumes: Kristiina Saha
Cast: Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosalo,
Ria Kataja
Producers: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
Production company:
Making Movies Oy
German producers: Leander Carell,
Steffen Reuter, Patrick Knippel /
Schmidt Katze Filmkollektiv
Production support: The Finnish Film
Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund,
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg
Financing TV company: YLE
Distributor in Finland: Sandrew
Metronome Distribution Finland Oy
International sales: Bavaria Film
International
www.mustajaa.fi
Black Ice
[
M u s t a
j ä ä
]
is a suspenseful drama about an unlikely relationship between two women. The main
characters, Saara and Tuuli, are irresistible and unpredictable women of equal strength.
Saara is a gynaecologist on the verge of her 40th birthday. She is married to Leo, an architect
and a lecturer at the University of Technology. They have postponed having a child of their own.
Saara suspects her husband of having an affair. Tuuli is a 25-year-old architecture student, who
also instructs a taekwondo class. Her boyfriend is the lecturer, Leo. Everything would be fine, if
only Leo could be man enough to sort things out with the “almost ex-wife”.
Saara finds out about Tuuli and starts to follow and investigate her. Saara attends Tuuli’s taekwondo class under a false identity. Taking advantage of knowing Tuuli’s interests, Saara gradually
wins Tuuli’s trust. Saara becomes addicted to find out more and more details. Tuuli, unaware
of Saara’s identity, opens her heart about her relationship with Saara’s husband. Surprisingly
enough, Saara seems to enjoy Tuuli’s company until Tuuli tells her she might be pregnant with
Leo’s baby. A journey towards an inevitable disclosure of lies begins. It is finally Tuuli who has to
choose a false identity in order to get close to Saara for one more time…
Black Ice
Petri Kotwica
Petri Kotwica (born 1964) has a degree in film directing and has
graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He has
also studied philosophy and literature and theatre directing.
Kotwica has made award-winning short films like Tunnel Vision
(Tunneli, 1995), Helmet (Kypärä, 1997), Force Majeure (1999) and
Las Nueve Vidas (1999). His feature debut Homesick (Koti-ikävä ,
2005) has won several prizes at international film festivals.
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Director: Lauri Törhönen
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35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 120’ |
Premiere: November 30th, 2007
[
R a j a
1918
]
Script: Aleksi Bardy
The Border is a historical love drama set at the seething dawn of Finland’s independence. Captain
Cinematography: Esa Vuorinen
von Munck is sent in the spring of 1918, after the end of the Finnish Civil War, to the small town of
Border River to set up the border between Finland and the Soviet Union. A bridge leads over the
river, uniting and separating two new countries. Von Munck falls in love with Maria Lintu, a local
teacher who is secretly engaged to a fugitive Finnish Red Army revolutionary.
The border is driven to chaos when the village is flooded with hundreds of people fleeing from
Soviet purges. Von Munck has to decide who are allowed to cross the border, while the people
have no identification papers. A quarantine is issued and executions begin. In the course of the
summer von Munck finds himself struggling between love and duty as his perception of right and
wrong starts to dim.
Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki
Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen
Music: Sergey N. Yevtushenko
Set design: Pentti Valkeasuo
Costumes: Marjatta Nissinen
Cast: Martin Bahne, Minna Haapkylä,
Tommi Korpela, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Lauri Nurkse, Leonid Mozgovoy
Producers: Jörn Donner,
Jarkko Hentula
Production company: Border
Productions Oy
Co-producers: Studio 217 and
Hermitage Bridge Studio (Russia),
Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden)
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: MTV3
Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy
International sales:
SF International Sales
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The Border
Lauri Törhönen
Director Lauri Törhönen (b. 1947) has directed seven
feature films and numerous TV films during the last
two decades. His latest film, Abandoned Houses
(Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat) from 2000, was a local hit.
Törhönen worked as the Dean of the School of
Motion Picture, Television and Production Design of
the University of Art and Design Helsinki from 1995
to 2006. He is also a member of the European
Film Academy EFA.
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Director: Juha Wuolijoki
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35mm | 2,35:1 | Dolby digital | ~90’ |
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Script: Marko Leino
Story by: Marko Leino,
Aku Louhimies, Juha Wuolijoki
Cinematography: Mika Orasmaa
Editing: Harri Ylönen
Sound design: Paul Jyrälä
Music: Leri Leskinen
Set design: Okku Rahikainen
Costumes: Anu Pirilä
Cast: Hannu-Pekka Björkman,
Kari Väänänen, Otto Gustavsson,
Mikko Leppilampi, Minna Haapkylä,
Mikko Kouki, Laura Birn, Antti Tuisku
Producer: Juha Wuolijoki
Production company: Snapper Films Oy
(Journalist Productions acted as
the development company)
Foundation, MEDIA Plus
Financing TV companies: MTV3, Canal+
www.joulutarina.fi
Christmas Story
[
J o u l u t a r i n a
]
Hundreds of years ago, in a small village in the Finnish Lapland, a young boy named Nicholas
lost his parents and sister in an accident. The villagers came up with an unusual arrangement:
Families would allow Nicholas to live with them for one year. Every year around Christmas time
Nicholas joined a new family and brought happiness to the children of these families by making
them toys as a token of his gratitude.
After hard times befell the village, Nicholas was sent to live with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter. Gradually, Iisakki and Nicholas, who both had long been without someone to love and hold on
to, developed a strong bond.
Nicholas grew up but continued giving gifts, bringing Christmas joy to the children of many
villages. When the aged Iisakki went to live in the south, preparing for the upcoming Christmas
became more important to Nicholas than ever. But he knew that if the children loved him personally rather than as the giver of gifts they, too, would one day be forced to grieve, and the joy of
Christmas would turn sour. He had to come up with a solution.
Juha Wuolijoki
Juha Wuolijoki’s (b. 1969) previous film, the television
movie Gourmet Club (Snapper Films, 2004) won the
Venla Award for Best Television Film of 2004.
It also received international acclaim at several festivals
including the award for Best Screenplay at the Monte
Carlo Television Festival and Best Foreign Film at the
Long Island International Film Expo in New York.
Christmas Story will be Juha’s first family film.
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35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby digital | 130’ |
Premiere: September 7th, 2007
Colorado Avenue tells the story of Dollar-Hanna, dealing with humiliation, shame and respect.
Director: Claes Olsson
Script: Erik Nordberg,
based on the novels of Lars Sund
Cinematography: Pertti Mutanen f.s.c.
Editing: Oskar Franzén
Set design: Markus R. Packalén
Costumes: Mona Theresa Forsén,
Susanne Manns
Cast: Birthe Wingren, Nicke Lignell,
Peter Kanerva, Ylva Ekblad,
Irina Björklund, André Wikström
Producers: Claes Olsson,
Leila Lyytikäinen
When Hanna is little, she and her mother are forced to leave their home island in the Bothnia
archipelago after Hanna’s father drowns at sea.
Hanna becomes a hired girl at the Smeds’ house. She starts to save money to go to America. In
1893, at the age of 18, she travels to the Unites States and Colorado, determined to make money
in the Great West. Ten years later in 1905, Hanna returns to her home village Siklax with her son
Otto and daughter Ida, but without a husband. With her American dollars she buys a parcel of
rocky land and opens a country store. The store becomes the village centre and the local people
begin to respect the industrious Hanna – or Dollar-Hanna as they choose to call her.
When prohibition takes effect in 1919, Otto starts his career as a smuggler. Soon he becomes
the King of Containers, with detective Hoxell fervently trying to catch him. Dollar-Hanna feels
ashamed again. She cannot forgive Otto for choosing the criminal path. Otto is also accused of
killing his helper Dåhli-Johan.
Production company:
Claes Olsson
Kinoproduction Oy
Co-producers: Filmlance Int. Ab /
Börje Hansson
Claes Olsson (b.1948) has directed six feature films and more
than 30 short films, music videos, animations and documentaries. Olsson’s successful and award-winning feature films
include Amazing Women by the Sea (Underbara kvinnor vid vatten,
1998) and Shades of Happiness (Onnen varjot, 2005). In 1977
Olsson founded Kinoproduction Oy, which is one of the leading
production companies in Finland today as well as an active international co-producer.
Production support:
Financing TV companies: YLE FST, SVT
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Colorado Avenue
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35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 72’ |
Director: Riina Hyytiä
Script: Aleksi Bardy, Mika Ripatti,
Seppo Vesiluoma
Cinematography: Pini Hellstedt
Animation: Anima Vitae Oy
Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki
Sound design: Janne Jankkeri,
Heikki Kossi, Salla Hämäläinen
Music: Tauri Oksala
Set design: Tarja Väätänen
Costumes: Jouni Mervas
Cast: Mika Ala-Panula,
Heikki Hilander, Erja Manto
Producers: Aleksi Bardy,
Riina Hyytiä, Olli Haikka
Production company:
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Production support:
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
Distributor in Finland: Finnkino Oy
International sales: NonStop Sales
www.keisarinsalaisuus.fi
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The Emperor’s Secret
[
Ke i s a r i n
s a l a i s u u s
]
A small village on the fringes of a large empire leads a simple and happy life. Farming, singing and a small amusement park with a Ferris wheel provide for and entertain the villagers. In
charge of the village is its headman Paavo, while the empire is controlled by the emperor. All the
villagers follow their orders – after all, what would become of things if they didn’t? The village
smith, Sauli, pays for his insubordination, as he is banished by Paavo.
The emperor demands the Ferris wheel for himself. One of the villagers, a man called Erkki,
opposes the requisition of the contraption and is jailed. Paavo sets off to save Erkki, going against
authority for the first time in his life.
The emperor doesn’t take a kind eye to the rescue operation. Paavo becomes wanted by the
authorities, and when the villagers refuse to turn him in, the whole population is exiled. In order
to make the journey back to the village from their exile and to stop the emperor’s oppression, the
villagers must find a new way of co-operating and sticking together.
Riina Hyytiä
Riina Hyytiä (b. 1969), Doctor of Arts, is the director and
producer of the TV series The Autocrats (Itse valtiaat) and she
has produced several other series and films for television.
For the big screen, she has been a producer in the films
Young Gods (Hymypoika , 2003), Flowers and Binding (Kukkia ja
sidontaa , 2004) and Beauty and the Bastard (Tyttö sinä olet tähti ,
2005) as well as The Prince of Soap (Saippuaprinssi). Hyytiä is
the Vice President of the TV production company
Filmiteollisuus Oy.
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35mm | 1:1.85 | Dolby digital | 90’ |
Director: Aku Louhimies
Script: Paavo Westerberg,
Frozen City
[
Va l k o i n e n
k a u p u n k i
]
The film is based on the fate of one of the principal characters in Fragments (Irtiottoja, 2003),
taxi driver Veli-Matti. Abandoned by his wife, the man who has lost his family is convicted of
manslaughter – an act of violence which, hopelessly drunk at the time, he cannot remember
committing. The role of Veli-Matti is brilliantly played by Janne Virtanen. The storyline explores
Veli-Matti’s tragedy in great and moving depth and makes the rawest and most painful themes of
human life feel very real.
Mikko Kouki
Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen
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Editing, sound design: Samu Heikkilä
Costumes: Nina Lindholm
Cast: Janne Virtanen,
Susanna Anteroinen,
Santtu Nuutinen, Aada Hämes,
Hannele Lauri, Juha Veijonen,
Jari Pehkonen
Producer: Markus Selin
Production company: Solar Films Inc.
Production support:
Distributor in Finland: Buena Vista
International Finland Oy
www.solarfilms.com
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Aku Louhimies
Aku Louhimies (born 1968) is one of Finland’s celebrated young
directors. His first two feature films, Restless (Levottomat, 2000)
and Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamolla, 2002), were both box-office hits
in Finland. In 2003, he directed the TV series Fragments (Irtiottoja,
2003) which received Venla prizes and was praised by critics. His
third feature Frozen Land (Paha maa, 2005) continued the dark themes
and experimentation started with Fragments. Frozen Land won the
main prize at the Gothenburg Film Festival 2005 and the Jury Prize at
the Moscow Film Festival and received an award from the Church of
Sweden. Louhimies was named Director of the Year in 2004.
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35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | ~100’ |
Director: JP Siili
Script: Antero Arjatsalo
Cinematography: Jarkko T. Laine
Editing: Joona Louhivuori
Sound design: Juha Hakanen
Music: Hurriganes
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Set design: Jukka A. Uusitalo
Costumes: Helena Paavilainen
Cast: Eero Milonoff, Jussi Nikkilä,
Olavi Uusivirta, Timo Tikka,
Tommi Korpela, Minttu Mustakallio,
Kari Hietalahti, Reino Nordin
Producer: Aleksi Bardy
Ganes
Committing petty theft in his teenage years, Remu meets rock and decides to become like Chuck
Berry. He steals money in order to buy a drum kit, gets caught and is sentenced to prison.
Once free, Remu joins a band called Kalevala. He ends up having a row with Kalevala’s guitarist, Järvinen, who eventually quits the band. As a result, Remu is kicked out of the band as well.
Remu starts his own band, Hurriganes. He gets Cisse to play bass and the young Ile on guitar.
He keeps pushing the band and manages to get some gigs. Then Ile leaves the band, forcing Remu
to swallow his pride and ask Järvinen to be the band’s guitarist.
The band becomes more and more popular. Intoxicated by his success, Remu bad-mouths a
police officer named Hurme who, despising Remu, puts him in prison on the eve of the signing of
a record deal. Remu arranges a break-out but realises at the last minute what a mistake it would
be. Instead he deals with the humiliations of prison and is freed just in time for recording.
The Roadrunner album is recorded in Stockholm. Remu agrees to transport a drug package
to Finland on behalf of a friend. When he reaches customs, a thorough search reveals only the
master tape for the new record.
Hurriganes has its breakthrough and becomes a huge phenomenon.
Production company:
Helsinki -filmi Oy
JP Siili
Production support:
Ganes is the second feature film by JP Siili (born 1964) whose
strong TV works have received wide acclaimed and various
awards (including Prix Italia). His first feature film, the controversial Young Gods (Hymypoika, 2003), telling the story of youths
filming their sex lives on video, was sold to 28 countries. JP’s
next film is a psychological thriller about a euthanasia doctor.
Financing TV company:
Channel Four Finland
www.ganes.fi
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Script: AJ Annila & Petri Jokiranta,
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35mm | Cinemascope | Dolby digital |
104’ | Premiere: October 13th, 2006
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Director: AJ Annila
based on the story by Iiro Küttner
Cinematography: Henri Blomberg
Sound design: Timo Anttila,
Erno Kumpulainen
Production design: Jukka Uusitalo
Costumes : Anna Vilppunen
Cast : Tommi Eronen, Zhang Jingchu,
Markku Peltola, Krista Kosonen,
Elle Kull, Cheng Taishen, Dang Hao
Producers : Petri Jokiranta,
Tero Kaukomaa
Jade Warrior
[
J a d e s o t u r i
]
Before the ultimate fight between good and evil, he should not fall in love.
Jade Warrior, inspired by the myth and majesty of the Kalevala, tells the tale of a love-struck
hero fighting against the restrictions of modern life and searching for love beyond time and place.
In the course of his journey to be reunited with his love, he re-discovers his true origin, his skill
as a warrior and his unique destiny.
Jade Warrior, the first-ever Sino-Finnish co-production, is the most exciting cross-cultural film
adventure of 2006. Based on the Finnish national epic Kalevala, the film traverses modernday Finland and ancient China, where the battle against evil is underway.
Production company:
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Co-producers: San Fu Maltha /
Fu Works (The Netherlands),
Peter Loehr / Ming Productions
(China), Margus Õunapuu /
Film Tower Kuubis (Estonia)
International sales: Rezo Films
www.jadewarrior.net
AJ Annila
AJ Annila (born 1977) is a young and
promising film director. Educated at the
Tampere Polytechnic School of Art and
Media, Annila graduated as a film director in 2002. His graduation work dealt
with Hong Kong action films. Annila has
directed several short films, commercials
and music videos. Jade Warrior is Annila’s
first feature film.
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35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby digital 5.1 | 94’ |
Premiere: October 20th, 2006
Director, script: Timo Koivusalo
Cinematography: Pertti Mutanen
Editing: Jyrki Luukko, Timo Koivusalo
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Sound design: Jyrki Luukko
Music: Timo Koivusalo, Susanna Palin
Set design: Markku Myllymäki
Costumes: Erja Mikkola
Cast: Martti Suosalo, Seela Sella,
Liisa Kuoppamäki, Siiri Suosalo,
Risto Salmi, Mats Långbacka
Producer: Timo Koivusalo
Production company: Artista Filmi Oy
Production support:
www.artistafilmi.fi/kaltevatorni
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The Leaning Tower
[
K a l t e v a
t o r n i
]
What happens when two people live inside one man? A warm tragicomedy about difference.
The Leaning Tower is a film about how it feels to live from day to day without knowing what is
true and what is not.
Johannes suffers from a life-curtailing personality disorder. His biggest dream is to see the
Leaning Tower but he fears that he won’t see it before it collapses.
Johannes is building a tower from wooden discs in a park in a mental hospital when a little
girl who is playing there becomes acquainted with him. She also starts to dream of seeing the
Leaning Tower.
The girl’s grandmother, a former ballerina who once toured Europe’s opera stages, promises
to take her granddaughter to see the Leaning Tower.
The little girl’s mother, who is also Johannes’s mental nurse, goes after the threesome, starting
an incredible story in the heart of Europe.
What do our times have to offer to different people? Is there a place for them?
Timo Koivusalo
Timo Koivusalo (b. 1963) is the managing director of
Artista Filmi. Since 1994 he has directed nine feature
films. He is a producer, director, writer, editor and
composer. He has composed music to seven full-length
feature films. His latest films include Sibelius (2003),
The Rose of a Rascal (Rentun ruusu , 2001) The Swan and
the Wanderer (Kulkuri ja joutsen , 1999) and Shadow of
the Eagle (Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa , 2005).
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F E A T U R E
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35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby | 120’ |
[
R i i s u t t u
m i e s
]
is a comedy of a forty-year-old priest, Pitkänen, who considers himself a rebel. In
fact, the only signs of his rebellion are his ponytail and the boots he wears under his priest
vestments. He is stuck on the intermediate level in the church hierarchy, a rank which is too
low for his wife’s family, but too high for his best friends. One Sunday, after an overdone rebellious sermon, the bishop wants to meet Pitkänen. He thinks he’s in deep shit, but the bishop
wants him to take on the bishop’s office. “Modern times need a modern bishop. A Rock Bishop!”
Pitkänen grabs the oppurtunity, but first he has to sell all his ideals in order to realise them. And
the worst thing is that he has no idea that his wife is plotting with the bishop behind his back for
his promotion.
Man Exposed
Director: Aku Louhimies
An adaptation of a script by
Veli-Pekka Hänninen
Cinematography: Harri Räty
Editing: PV Lehtinen
Sound design: Janne Laine,
Kirka Sainio
Music: Arttu Takalo
Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen
Cast: Samuli Edelmann, Matleena
Kuusniemi, Laura Malmivaara,
Mikko Kouki, Jussi Parviainen
Producer: Harri Räty
Production company:
Lasihelmi Filmi Oy
Production support:
Financing TV company: MTV3 Oy
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Man Exposed
Aku Louhimies
Aku Louhimies (born 1968) is one of Finland’s celebrated young
directors. His first two feature films, Restless (Levottomat, 2000)
and Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamolla, 2002), were both box office hits
in Finland. In 2003, he directed the TV series Leavings (Irtiottoja)
which received Venla prizes and was praised by critics. His third
feature Frozen Land (Paha maa, 2005) continued the dark themes and
experimentation started with Leavings. Frozen Land won the main
prize at the Gothenburg Film Festival 2005 and the Jury Prize at the
Moscow Film Festival and received an award from the Church of
Sweden. Louhimies was named Director of the Year in 2004.
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F E A T U R E
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100’ | Premiere: February 23rd, 2007
Director, script: Aleksi Salmenperä
Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri
Editing: Samu Heikkilä
Sound design: Tuomas Klaavo,
Mikko Mäkelä
Music: Ville A. Tanttu
Production design: Markku Pätilä
Costumes: Ella Brigatti
Cast: Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen,
Maria Heiskanen
Producers: Petri Jokiranta,
Tero Kaukomaa
Production company:
Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund
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A Man’s Job
[
M i e h e n
t y ö
]
A family man becomes a prostitute to support his family.
Feeling ashamed about his failure and worried about his wife’s mental health, Juha decides to
keep the fact that he got fired a secret. He spends his days on a remote service station thinking
about a way out and the growing web of lies that he is slowly weaving.
Soon the desperate Juha finds himself, completely naked, brushing the hair of a woman he has
never met before. He also finds himself earning in two hours what he used to earn in two days at
his old job. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha, the father of three small children, begins to sell
his body in earnest.
Juha’s shame and lies grow, but the money helps him cope with the downside of his new profession. And as long as wife Katja doesn’t touch her antidepressants, everything is fine.
Aleksi Salmenperä
Aleksi Salmenperä (born 1973) graduated as Master of Arts in
directing and screenwriting at the University of Art and Design
Helsinki UIAH in 2003. He has directed several short films, including
the award-winning Ferry-Go-Round (Onnenpeli 2001), made in 2001.
He has also directed several films and series for television, such as
Vapaa pudotus (“Free Fall”) in 2001 and Tie Eedeniin (“The Road to
Eden”) in 2003. His first feature film, Producing Adults (Lapsia ja
aikuisia), was selected as Finland’s Oscar nominee in 2004.
Producing Adults has been sold to fifteen countries.
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F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
35 mm | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 95’ |
Premiere: December 15th, 2006
Director: Raimo O Niemi
Script: Heikki Vuento
Cinematography: Kari Sohlberg F.S.C.
Editing: Jukka Nykänen
Sound design: Paul Jyrälä M.P.S.E., C.A.S.
Music: Sarah Class
Set design: Risto Karhula
Costumes: Merja Väisänen
Cast: Tiia Talvisara, Janne Saksela,
Vuokko Hovatta, Peter Franzén,
Miia Nuutila, Kari-Pekka Toivonen
Producer: Leila Lyytikäinen
Production company:
Kinoproduction Oy / Claes Olsson
Co-producers: Filmlance International
AB / Börje Hansson, Killerpic Ltd. /
Mike Downey & Sam Taylor
Foundation, EURIMAGES, Nordic Film
& TV Fund, POEM
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film
Theatrical Distribution Oy
Nordisk Film International Sales
www.sudenarvoitus.fi
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Mystery of the Wolf
[
S u d e n
a r v o i t u s
]
12-year-old Salla loves nature and enjoys the wilderness where she feels at home. She lives with
her adopted parents in a small village where her father works as a policeman. One day Salla’s
biological mother Laila returns to the village after a ten-year absence, upsetting the inhabitants
and even scaring many of them.
The adventure starts when Salla rescues two wolf cubs from poachers. Though an endangered
species, wolves are a threat to the local livelihood, reindeer husbandry. Hiding and rescuing the
cubs from poacher Venesmaa becomes a mission during which Salla has to trust her instincts,
her best friend and even her long lost mother.
Mystery of the Wolf is also a story about how Salla faces her own past. Besides blood ties, Salla
and Laila are united by their mysterious connection with nature and animals. In spite of her
youth, Salla has to brave difficulties and make decisions that challenge the community and that
simultaneously force her to define her own relationship with her two mothers. Mystery of the Wolf
is a family film, an exciting adventure in the wilderness of the Finnish Lapland.
Raimo O Niemi
Raimo O Niemi (b. 1948) is best known for his films for children and
young adults. After his studies at a film school in Moscow in the 1970s,
Niemi directed several Finnish TV series and short films in the 70s
and 80s. His first feature was The Killing of the Cat (Kissan kuolema)
produced by Kinoproduction Oy in 1993. Niemi’s biggest box-office
success so far is the feature Tommy and the Wildcat (Poika ja ilves,
1998) which tells the story of a boy who has lost his mother.
Niemi has received several international awards for his work.
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Script: Johanna Hartikainen
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
35mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby digital | 90’ |
Premiere: August 8th, 2006
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Cinematography: Jan Nyman
Editing: Harri Ylönen
Sound design: Mikko Mäkelä,
Tuomas Klaavo
Music: Kerkko Koskinen,
Tohtori Orff ja Herra Dalcroze
Set design: Christer Andersson
Costumes: Niina Pasanen,
Riitta-Maria Pirtilä
Cast: Kaarlo Somerto, Oona Linnasalmi, Julius Vakkuri, Alex Anton,
Minna Suuronen, Robin Svartström,
Jarkko Pajunen, Kari Väänänen,
Meri Nenonen, Tobias Zilliacus
Producer: Liisa Akimof
Production company:
Production House
Production support:
International sales: YLE Export
www.onnivonsopanen.fi
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Onni von Sopanen
Onni Sopanen is an 11-year-old boy who starts to believe he is living with the wrong family. His
older sister Ida is stupid, his father owns an embarrassing car and Onni has blue eyes, while his
parents and Ida’s eyes are brown. Maybe somewhere a rich Bill Gates is looking for him, his long
lost son?
Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Johanna Vuoksenmaa, b. 1965, studied as a film director
at the University of Art and Design Helsinki from 1995 to
2002. Onni von Sopanen is her second feature film. Her debut movie Upswing (Nousukausi) received the Jussi Award
for Best Film in 2003. Johanna Vuoksenmaa has also directed Matters of Will (Tahdon asia, 2005), one of the most
successful Finnish TV drama series of all time, and written
screenplays for and directed several other
TV comedies and series.
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35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby digital |
~85’ | Premiere: 2007
Palsa
A fictional film about a well-known Finnish artist, Kalervo Palsa, a man who painted his dreams
and nightmares.
Director: Pekka Lehto
Script: Iiro Küttner
F I N N I S H
Cinematography: Kasimir Lehto
Editing: Joona Louhivuori
Sound design: Jykä Rahkonen
Set design: Markku Pätiälä
Costumes: Riitta Röpelinen
Cast: Janne Reinikainen,
Pekka Lehto
Maria Järvenhelmi, Markku Peltola,
Antti Raivio, Tiina Weckström
Producer: Pekka Lehto
Production company :
KinoFinlandia Oy
Pekka Lehto’s previous films include
The Real McCoy (1999), which has topped the
list of most-viewed Nordic documentaries, the
original Tango Cabaret (Tango kabaree, 2001),
The Well (Kaivo, 1992), V.O.I.T.K.A. Forest Brothers
(V.O.I.T.K.A. Metsän veljet, 2004) and
Game Over (2005).
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, POEM
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35 mm, also available in digital
cinema prints | 1:1,85 |
Dolby digital, DTS digital | ~80’ |
Director, script: Pekka Lehtosaari
Animation: Solnetchny-DOM (Moscow),
Kikeono Film & Sound (Helsinki),
Cinepro Finland (Helsinki),
Digital Film Finland (Helsinki)
Editing: Sergej Minakin, Aleksi Raij
Sound design: Seppo Vanhatalo,
Ilkka Kiukas
Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
Art Design: Janne Kopu
Cast: Allu Tuppurainen, Saija Lentonen
Producer: Marko Röhr
Production company:
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Co-producers: Greenlight Media AG,
Producer Center Kontakt
Production support:
Financing TV companies: YLE TV1
Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film
Theatrical Distribution Oy
www.questforaheart.com
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Quest for a Heart
[
R ö l l i n
s y d ä n
]
Rolli is just another Rolli in the Rollivillage – full of tricks, mischief and mayhem. He hates bathing, kissing and doing the right thing. When he comes across Millie, a beautiful little elf girl, he
finds a new kind of friend that likes flowers and peace. Something is destroying the elf forest and
the only way to stop it is to find a magic heart from the land of winter. Elves are good, Rollies are
bad. Now they are forced to help each other to save the world. There is no telling what will happen – on a Quest for a Heart.
Pekka Lehtosaari
Pekka Lehtosaari is a veteran of the animation business, having
translated and directed the Finnish audio versions of 53 animation
feature films, including The Jungle Book (1992), Aladdin (1993),
The Lion King (1994), 101 Dalmatians (1994), Pocahontas (1995),
Toy Story (1996), Babe (1996), The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1996), Pippi Longstocking (1997), Mulan (1998), A Bug’s Life
(1998), Tarzan (1999), The Tigger Movie (2000), The Cat Returns
(2004), Raining Cats and Frogs (2005), Howl’s Moving Castle (2005)
and My Neighbor Totoro (orig. 1988, Finnish audio version 2006).
Pekka Lehtosaari has also written screenplays for such films as
Vares (2004) and Bad Boys – A True Story (Pahat pojat , 2003).
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127’ | Premiere: December 22nd, 2006
F I N N I S H
tells the story of Tiger, a young man going on forty with a damned good
father and a damned good mother and a damned good guitar and a damned sincere nature.
Tiger takes part in an evening course in creative writing in order to gain new inspiration for
writing songs. He writes about the main phases in his life: about Jack Nevada and Pumppu and
the band they had 20 years ago as well as his family and his brother Oku who died of old age as
a young boy.
Dark clouds loom over Tiger’s home town when its only industrial facility, a sawmill, is under
threat of being closed down. At the same time, Tiger receives a letter from America, from the heir
to the sawmill, Jack Nevada. Jack invites Tiger, after several years’ break, to play a gig in Helsinki
where he is arriving to recruit direct marketers for his miracle cure, Eternal Youth.
Rock’n’Roll Never Dies is a comfortingly beautiful film that will reach anybody who dares to
open their eyes and see the harsh everything-is-for-sale reality that we live in. In Tiger’s world,
the family sticks together and friends are not abandoned. Tiger’s values are not for sale.
Director, script, music:
Juha Koiranen
Cinematography: Jyri Hakala
Editing: Oskar Franzén
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen
Set design: Katariina Lume
Costumes: Jaska Halttunen
Cast: Samuli Edelmann,
Juha Koiranen
Risto Tuorila, Marjukka Halttunen,
Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Paavo Liski
Producer: Sinikka Usvamaa
Production company: Filmtotal Oy
Juha Koiranen (born 1968) is a Master of Fine Arts.
His earlier films are Albatross (Albatrossi, 1992),
Ice-Fisher (Pilkkijä , 1995), Come Back, Tiina (Tiina,
tule takaisin , 1997), Heavy Metal (Mullisaukonpoika ,
1996), The Sweep (Pakkaus, 2000) and Partanen
(2003). Koiranen’s hobbies include playing music
and football. He is married and has one child.
He lives in Kotka, Finland.
Production support:
Financing TV companies: YLE TV1
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35mm | Dolby digital | 120’ |
Directors: Åke Lindman,
Sakari Kirjavainen
Script: Stefan Forss,
Benedict Zilliacus, Esko Salervo
Cinematography: Pauli Sipiläinen
Editing: Sakari Kirjavainen
Sound design: Johan Hake
Music: Timo Hietala
Set design: Risto Karhula
Costumes: Marjatta Nissinen
Cast: Marc Gassot, Viggo Idman,
Tapani Kalliomäki, Janne Kallioniemi, Kari Ketonen, Taisto Oksanen,
Matti Raita, Tarmo Ruubel,
Aleksi Sariola, Onni Thulesius
Producer: Alf Hemming
”It is where Finland’s fate will be decided.” General A. F. Airo
Finland’s defences on the Karelian Isthmus break and Soviet troops advance with an overwhelming advantage in manpower and military equipment. The Finns have been beaten. Guerilla tactics
in the forests are no longer enough, and some other solution must be found to contain the unprecedented offensive.
Tali – Ihantala 1944 recounts the events of the largest battle in the history of Scandinavia
through five short stories. The defensive victory was a miracle. How was it ever achieved?
The film tells about the failed attempts of the summer of 1944 to achieve the impossible, stopping a greatly superior enemy and the final efforts to avert a defeat that seemed certain. This epic
film deals with the miracle of Ihantala through the perspectives of ordinary people. Soldiers had
to exhibit an unbelievable capacity to endure the inhumane harshness and brutality of war. But a
soldier had a job to do. That is what this film deals with: men at work.
Production company:
Professor Åke Lindman has played an important role in
the Finnish film industry for decades. He has directed
and acted in hundreds of films over the past 60 years.
Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy
Production support:
www.tali-ihantala.fi
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Tali – Ihantala 1944
Åke Lindman
Sakari Kirjavainen
Director Sakari Kirjavainen is a versatile filmmaker
and professional in the film industry. He has directed
dozens of short films, documentaries and radio plays.
He has also worked as an editor and screenwriter.
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35mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby digital | 92’ |
Premiere: January 12th, 2007
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä
Script: Marko Leino
Cinematography: Pini Hellstedt
Editing: Dan Peled
Sound design: Jyrki Rahkonen
V2 Dead Angel
[
V 2
–
J ä ä t y n y t
e n k e l i
]
Reijo Mäki is Finland’s most popular writer of detective novels, and Jussi Vares – the private
eye hero of these widely-read stories – is a man with a liking for liquor and an eye for beautiful
women and for whom life is never simple.
Vares – Private Eye (Vares, 2004), the biggest Finnish box office hit of 2004, was the toughest
movie thriller ever made in Finland.
V2 Dead Angel returns Reijo Mäki’s down-to-earth hero to the screen even tougher than before.
Music: Lauri Porra
Set design: Pirjo Rossi
F I N N I S H
Costumes: Meiju Väisänen
Cast: Juha Veijonen,
Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Kari
Väänänen, Kari-Pekka Toivonen,
Lotta Lindroos, Johanna Kokko,
Jasper Pääkkönen, Jussi Lampi,
Vesa Vierikko, Elina Knihtilä
Producer: Markus Selin
Production company: Solar Films Inc.
Production support:
Financing TV company: MTV3 Finland
www.solarfilms.com
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Aleksi Mäkelä
Aleksi Mäkelä (born 1969) is one of the most
successful young directors in Finland. He has
directed several hugely popular films, with seven
out of his eight films produced by Markus Selin.
Mäkelä’s previous works include Matti – Hell
Is for Heroes (Matti , 2006), Vares – Private Eye
(Vares, 2004), Bad Boys – A True Story (Pahat pojat,
2003), The South (Lomalla, 2000) and The Tough Ones
(Häjyt, 1999).
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Director: Olli Saarela
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
35mm | (1:2,35) Cinemascope |
Dolby digital | 95’ |
Premiere: February 2nd, 2007
Producer: Ilkka Matila
Script: Mika Ripatti
Cinematography:
Robert Nordström F.S.C.
Editing: Benjamin Mercer
Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen
Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
Set design: Päivi Kettunen
Costumes: Anne-Maria Ylitapio
Cast: Krista Kosonen, Kari Heiskanen,
Kai Vaine, Johanna af Schulten,
Ville Virtanen
[
S u d e n
v u o s i
]
Sari is a young talented student of literature who appears composed and confident on the outside.
Her life is however characterised by a sense of remoteness: women envy her for her intelligence
and beauty, men admire her from a distance for the same reasons. But looming inside her is a
beast that isolates her from the rest of the world. Sari has epilepsy, a dreaded and mystical disease,
and a fear of new attacks makes her live cautiously, keeping a safe distance from other people.
When Sari meets Mikko Groman, a middle-aged lecturer at her department, she recognises in
him a similar element of remoteness. Mikko, who drifts around in his private world of complex
thoughts, only feels at home in the company of 19th century poetry. In the performance-oriented
modern world of computers and camera phones, Mikko is an oddity.
In Mikko Sari finds an equal, but outsiders only see them as two totally incompatible people.
Year of the Wolf is a film by award-winning director Olli Saarela about forbidden love and conquering personal fears.
Production company:
Olli Saarela
Production support:
Olli Saarela is one of the most awarded current
Finnish film directors whose films are marked by a
powerful and individual style. Saarela has previously
directed the films Rolli (Rölli ja metsänhenki, 2001),
Bad Luck Love (2000), Ambush (Rukajärven tie, 1999)
and The Redemption (Lunastus, 1997). In addition, he
has directed the award-winning short film Koverhar
(1996). Saarela’s films have won several Jussi Awards
(the main national film award in Finland).
Distributor in Finland:
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution
www.sudenvuosi.com
www.matilarohr.com
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F I N N I S H
Tu r v a p a i k k a
]
220 minors arrived in Finland seeking asylum in 2005 unaccompanied by a parent. Asylum follows three youngsters as they begin their new life in Finland in a home for people at the biggest
reception centre in the Finnish countryside.
Director, script: Jenni Linko
Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri,
Jani Kumpulainen
Editing: Anne Lakanen
Sound design: Pertti Venetjoki
Music: David Schweitzer
Producer: Liisa Akimof
Production company:
Production House
Production support: The Finnish
Film Foundation, AVEK
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Asylum
[
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Jenni Linko
Jenni Linko was born in 1975 in Helsinki.
She is a graduate of the National Film and
Television School in the UK. She has made
numerous short documentaries, many of
which are about youth issues. Her films
include North Beats South (awarded 1st
prize at the Nordisk barne-tv festival in
Ebeltoft, 2005), You Are the Only One
Who Knows and Smell .
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2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo |
80’ and 52’ versions
[
B A M
]
BAM or Baikal – Amur Magistral was Leonid Brezhnev’s plan to build more than 3500 km of
railroad and 200 stations and communities in five years in Southern Siberia. The work was to
be done mainly by Komsomol elite youths. BAM – Railroad to Nowhere is a documentary about the
pioneering spirit, about people who built the future with their own hands and how today they are
trying to hold on to it even if the rest of the world would like to forget them.
Director, script: Jouni Hiltunen
Cinematography: Tahvo Hirvonen
Sound design: Ivo Felt
Music: Pessi Levanto
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Jouni Hiltunen
Production company: Making Movies
Jouni Hiltunen (b. 1964) is a documentary
film director from Helsinki. He has worked
in various sectors of the film industry since
1990 and has directed over 15 documentary
films. His documentary film about three
Russian prisoners for life, Blatnoi Mir (2001),
has been awarded at both Finnish and
international festivals.
Co-producer: Allfilms (Estonia)
Film Foundation, NFTF, Estonian
Film Foundation, MEDIA+
Financing TV companies:
YLE2, SVT, TSR, DR, ETV
International sales: First Hand Films
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2006 | Digibeta, Beta SP | 16:9 |
Stereo | 100’
[
S a a l i s
]
is a documentary film that chronicles the history of an entrepreneurial Finnish family.
It is a story about people with a dream and the cost of reaching that dream. The Catch is also a
unique glimpse of a family that has been in involved in creating the Finnish film industry and film
culture. The Catch is fact and fable about the Mäkeläs, written and directed by Taru Mäkelä.
The Catch
Director, script: Taru Mäkelä
Cinematography: Jouko Seppälä
Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen
Taru Mäkelä
Sound design: Olli Huhtanen
Taru Mäkelä (born 1959) is a film director who graduated
from the University of Art and Design Helsinki as a Master
of Arts. She has directed historical documentaries, such as
David – Stories of Honour and Shame (Daavid – tarinoita
kunniasta ja häpeästä , 1997), Lotat (1995) and Viipurin poika
(1993). She was awarded a Finland Prize for her fictional
film Little Sister (Pikkusisar, 1999). She has also directed
musicals, television series and movies, theatrical
performances and radio plays.
Music: Jukka Siikavire
Producer: Misha Jaari, Ulla Simonen
Executive producer: Lasse Saarinen
Production company: Kinotar
Documentaries
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Eden Pastora –
Commandant “Zero”
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Stereo | 75’
E d e n
P a s t o r a
–
K o m e n t a j a
“ N o l l a ”
]
The legendary Nicaraguan guerilla commandant Edén Pastora, hero to some, traitor to others,
makes a comeback to the political arena after 15 years of silence by being nominated as a candidate for the mayor of Managua as his first step in running for the presidency of Nicaragua.
Director, script: Alvaro Pardo
Cinematography: Frank Pineda,
Jan Van Bilsen
Sound design: Evelio Gay,
Janne Jankeri
Music: Alain Michel
Producer: Alvaro Pardo
Production company: Filmitakomo Oy
Financing TV companies: YLE TV2,
Télevision Suisse Romande TSR
Alvaro Pardo
Alvaro Pardo (born 1952 in Spain)
is a documentary director and
producer, who has his own production
company, Filmitakomo Oy, in Helsinki.
His latest directions include the
documentary films Kings of Recycling
(Kierrätyksen kuninkaat, 2001) and
The Chinese Peanut Man
(Kiinalainen pähkinämies, 2002).
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2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Mono / Stereo | ~70’
Director: Kari Soveri, Ville Suhonen
Script: Ville Suhonen
[
N e l j ä
m a t k a a
Va n t a a n j o e l l a
Niko Soveri
Kari Soveri
Editing, sound design: Kari Soveri
Kari Soveri has made 54 documentaries since 1980,
and his films have been sold to almost 70 countries.
The awards he has received include the Prix Italia,
Wildscreen and Albers.
Producer: Kari Soveri
Production company:
]
This documentary film tells of the journey of the 99 kilometre long river Vantaa from its source
down to the Gulf of Finland, of the river’s nature in different seasons and the relationship of man
to the river and its environment. The river is full of baffling contrasts. It flows through Finland’s
most urban area inhabited by 20% of the population. The everyday life of man and the wonders of
the nature encounter each other continuously. The river is a challenge for peaceful co-existence.
For most people, it is invisible and insignificant, until it invades their territory. And yet man influences the life of the river all the time. The battle against pollution seems endless.
It is also an aesthetic experience; the sounds, the light, the colours, the flora and the fauna
change over the seasons. The cultural landscape changes into cultivated forest, thicket into primeval forest, countryside into village, village into town, at times it swells and floods beyond its
boundaries, at times the river dries up into a meagre brook.
Something small grows into something large, tiny brooks unite to create a huge entity.
Cinematography: Kari Soveri,
Soveri Wildlife Films Oy
Film Foundation, Foundation of
Raija and Ossi Tuuliainen
Financing TV companies: TV1, ARTE
International sales: YLE Export, ARTE
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Ville Suhonen
Ville Suhonen (b. 1964) is a film and culture critic
as well as a freelance film director. He has directed
over 30 films and written and co-directed the box
office hit Tommy and the Wildcat (Poika ja ilves, 1998).
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2007 | 35mm / Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | 52’
[
Y h d e n
t ä h d e n
h o t e l l i
]
is a touching journey into the mental landscape of a Finnish man who ponders
his future, his life and the realisation of his dreams. The lead vocalist of the band Agents, Jorma
Kääriäinen, is starring in this documentary film about him and his life.
Jorma Kääriäinen and Agents are one of the biggest crowd-pullers in Finnish dance halls.
Wherever the band plays, the place is always packed. Agents have established their position in
Finnish music and their albums, with Jorma singing the lead vocals, sell gold without exception.
Like many musicians, Jorma lives on the road, on a constant journey toward his dream. Going
from one hotel to another is lonely, giving this father of three plenty of time to muse over his life
and his stardom.
Even with its deep themes and the ruggedness of both the Finnish landscape and the man living in it, the film is still warm, benevolent, humorous and entertaining, just like Jorma. And of
course it is full of great, catchy music.
Lone Star Hotel
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Lone Star Hotel
Director, script: Ari Matikainen
Cinematography:
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Editing: Aleksi Raij
Music: Jorma Kääriäinen, Agents
Producers: Arto Halonen, Jari Alén
Production company: Art Films
production AFP Oy
Film Foundation
Ari Matikainen
Ari Matikainen was born in
1970 in Eno, North Karelia.
After having made music, he
began to study documentary
direction at the University of
Art and Design Helsinki in 1999.
His previous works include
Zavtra (Zavtra – huomenna), 2005.
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Raattama (working title)
is a story about a village far in the North, the meeting of old and new cultures and people’s everyday lives in a rapidly changing Finland in the EU. It is a film about the village struggling
in the face of a big change.
Raattama is an exceptionally challenging long documentary film by a group of eight directors.
Their co-operation has meant countless meetings, brainstorms and web discussions. A confidential relationship with the villagers and the fruitful year-long collaboration produced a touching
story about a village far in the North. The directors were young people working in the film industry or studying film, and Raattama was the first fruit of their shared labour. It has also encouraged the whole team to take on new challenges.
Raattama
Directors, script: Timo Haanpää,
Antti Haase, Anna Häkkinen,
Max Juntunen, Tiina Laasonen,
Mikko Manninen, Sari Saarinen,
Ulla Vilponen
Cinematography: Janne Niskala,
Timo Ylifrantti
Editing: Jukka Nykänen, Timo Peltola
Sound design: Pekka Karjalainen
Music: Timo Peltola
Producers: Juha Iisak Koivisto,
Outi Rousu
Production company: Unilumi Oy
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE TV 2
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Dolby SR | 82’
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The Sami
[
S a a m e l a i n e n
]
The Sami are a people spread over 4 different countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
They have no state of their own. The Sami are Europe’s last aboriginal people and they speak 9
different languages. They have lived off the land and nature has provided for them.
But yesterday is not today. People have left their homes and followed work into the big cities.
This film takes a look at the identity of these people. Has the change of life-style and surroundings changed the Sami way of looking at the world? In the film people try to answer the questions:
Who am I?
Directors: Anastasia Lapsui &
Markku Lehmuskallio
Cinematography: Johannes
Lehmuskallio
Editing: Anastasia Lapsui,
Markku Lehmuskallio
Producer: Liisa Holmberg
Production company: Giron Filmi Oy
Documentaries
Anastasia Lapsui
Born in the Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, in 1944.
Has been a radio journalist in Salekhard for 26 years,
working on a Nenets language program.
Has directed since 1990.
Markku Lehmuskallio
Born in Rauma in 1938.
Graduated as forest technician in 1963.
Worked in films professionally since 1969.
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is a musical documentary film presenting the journey of the legendary drummer
Billy Cobham into several different musical cultures.
Sonic Mirror shows the sometimes contradictory and sometimes surprising expectations and
reactions from audiences. The film is shot in Finland, Switzerland, USA, Brazil etc.
Sonic Mirror
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Script: Mika Kaurismäki,
Marco Forster, Uwe Dresch
Cinematography: Jacques Cheuiche
Editing: Oli Weiss
Sound design: Uwe Dresch
Music: Billy Cobham etc.
Producers: Mika Kaurismäki,
Marco Forster, Uwe Dresch
Production companies: Marianna Films,
Marco Forster Productions,
Uwe Dresch Film, Doc Productions
Foundation, ESEK, NRW, BAK
Financing TV companies:
YLE Co-productions,
Swiss TV – DRS International
International sales: Wide Management
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Sonic Mirror
Mika Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki’s first film The Liar (Valehtelija, 1980) marked
the beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and started
a new era in Finnish cinema. Mika has since directed films all
around the world with an international crew and cast. His work includes, for example, the fictional films The Worthless (Arvottomat,
1982), Rosso (1985), Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987), Amazon
(1990), Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja kummitusjuna, 1991),
LA Without a Map (1998), Honey Baby (2004) and three documentaries shot in Brazil: Tigrero – A Film That Was Never Made (1994,
with Sam Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), Sound of Brazil (Moro no Brasil,
2002) and Brasileirinho (2005).
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2007 | 35mm / Digibeta |
1:1,85 / 16:9 | Dolby Surround 5.1 |
58’ and 75’ versions
[
Ta l v i n e n
m a t k a
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Winterreise is a film about singing and a young man searching for himself and his own voice.
A student meets a master – Winterreise is a portrayal of dialogue between generations and
how life experiences, knowledge and skills are passed on from one generation to another. It is a
film about conquering one’s fears and finding one’s own resources – about growing up.
The main character in the film, Kalle Koiso-Kanttila, graduates as a tenor from a German
school of music, hoping to become an opera soloist. In fierce competition, only hard work and
good self-esteem can help him reach his goal.
But self-confidence is lost; the main character is plagued by a constant feeling of inadequacy
and worthlessness that hinders his career and his life. Kalle’s big challenge is to overcome his
mental obstacles and become free – to find his own voice.
Director, script: Visa Koiso-Kanttila
Cinematography: Marita Hällfors
Editing: Tuula Mehtonen
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen
Visa Koiso-Kanttila
Music: Outi Parkkila
Visa Koiso-Kanttila was born in 1970. He graduated
from The Turku School of Art and Media in 1996 and
studied documentary film at The New School University
and Film / Video Art in New York. He founded his own
production company, Guerilla Films Ltd., in 1999.
He is also a co-member of Elephant Films – The Finnish
directors’ group. Visa Koiso-Kanttila’s latest film was
Father to Son (Isältä pojalle, 2004) – The Best Nordisk
Documentary Film in 2004, Nordisk Panorama.
Producer: Iiris Härmä
Production company:
Guerilla Films Ltd.
Film Foundation, AVEK, ESEK,
The Nordic Film & TV Fund
Financing TV companies: YLE TV1,
ARTE, SVT
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Winterreise
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F I N N I S H
62
Top Films in Finland 2006
All films
Premiere
2006
Matti – Hell Is for Heroes (local)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Da Vinci Code
Casino Royale
Ice Age 2
Cars
Jackpot (local)
FC Venus (local)
Chronicles of Narnia
Chicken Little
Garfield 2
The Devil Wears Prada
Borat
Brokeback Mountain
Miami Vice
Memoirs of a Geisha
Over the Hedge
Promise (local)
Jade Warrior (local)
Man Exposed (local)
13.1.2006
11.7.2006
19.5.2006
24.11.2006
31.3.2006
25.8.2006
17.2.2006
30.12.2005
23.12.2005
27.1.2006
21.7.2006
6.10.2006
3.11.2006
27.1.2006
11.8.2006
3.3.2006
22.9.2006
2.12.2005
13.10.2006
15.9.2006
Admissions
Cumulative
2006
2005–2006
462 314
456 278
364 070
344 262
276 900
230 992
230 654
221 534
167 785
126 636
121 152
114 450
106 489
94 980
92 538
90 024
88 287
79 405
79 050
78 386
235 652
249 590
149 756
Finnish films 2006
Premiere
Admissions 2006
Matti – Hell Is for Heroes
Unna and Nuuk
Lights in the Dusk
The Prince of Soap
Jackpot
Pavlov’s Dogs (doc)
Revolution (doc)
The Dudesons Movie
Onni von Sopanen
Man Exposed
Jade Warrior
The Leaning Tower
Frozen City
Mystery of the Wolf
13.1.2006
20.1.2006
3.2.2006
10.2.2006
17.2.2006
24.2.2006
17.3.2006
31.3.2006
11.8.2006
8.9.3006
15.9.2006
13.10.2006
20.10.2006
17.11.2006
15.12.2006
22.12.2006
462 314
53 413
37 709
45 502
230 654
657
12 812
33 556
14 786
12 638
78 386
79 050
64 513
4 732
37 995
2 894
Mother of Mine
Valo
Beauty and the Bastard
Promise
FC Venus
30.9.2005
7.10.2005
21.10.2005
2.12.2005
30.12.2005
53 872
13 731
33 842
79 405
221 534
Cumulative 2005–2006
207 874
51 303
132 912
149 756
235 652
Total 1 573 995
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F I N N I S H
Facts and Figures
Year
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Releases
172
192
177
189
184
180
Screens
339
342
338
336
332
334
Admissions in millions
6,5
7,7
7,7
6,9
6,1
6,8
Gross box-office in millions 274,2*
55,0
56,4
51,8
44,9
50
42,2*
7,1
7,3
7,3
7,4
7,4
Per capita attendances
1,3
1,5
1,5
1,3
1,2
1,3
Finnish feature films
12
10
14
18
15
16
10 %
18 %
22 %
17 %
15 %
23 %
Ticket price average
Share of Finnish films
*2001 in FIM | 1 euro=5,94573 FIM
64
Finnish Feature Films 1.1.2001–31.12.2006
Release Date
in Helsinki
Title of Film
12.1.2001
26.1.2001
9.2.2001
23.2.2001
2.3.2001
9.3.2001
31.8.2001
7.9.2001
14.9.2001
21.9.2001
5.10.2001
2.11.2001
21.12.2001
28.12.2001
18.1.2002
1.2.2002
28.2.2002
1.3.2002
16.8.2002
30.8.2002
6.9.2002
20.9.2002
4.10.2002
11.10.2002
Rentun ruusu
Tango kabaree
Ken tulta pyytää
Klassikko
Cyclomania
Maa
Young Love
Drakarna över Helsingfors
Joki
Kyytiä Moosekselle
Emmauksen tiellä
Joutilaat
Rölli ja metsän henki
Minä ja Morrison
Aleksis Kiven elämä
Kuutamolla
Moro no Brasil
Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Hengittämättä ja nauramatta
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
Menolippu Mombasaan
Umur
Kahlekuningas
Haaveiden kehä
Production Company
The Rose of a Rascal
Tango Cabaret
A Suburban Tale
Classic
Earth
Kites Over Helsinki
The River
Takin’ Moses for a Ride
On the Road to Emmaus
The Idle Ones
Rolli
Me and Morrison
The Life of Aleksis Kivi
Lovers & Leavers
Sound of Brazil
The Man Without a Past
Stripping
One-way Ticket to Mombasa
The Handcuff King
Blue Corner
Director
Artista Filmi Oy
Timo Koivusalo
MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy
Pekka Lehto
Kinotar Oy
Sakari Kirjavainen
Sputnik Oy
Kari Väänänen
Simo Halinen
Alppiharjun elokuva Oy
Veikko Aaltonen
Mainstream Pictures
Arto Lehkamo
Kinoproduction Oy
Peter Lindholm
Lasihelmi Filmi Oy
Jarmo Lampela
Illume Ltd.
Kaija Juurikkala
Fennada Filmi Oy
Markku Pölönen
Kinotar Oy
Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari
Olli Saarela
Solar Films Inc.
Lenka Hellstedt
Seppä Callahanin Filmimaailma Oy
Jari Halonen
Aku Louhimies
Magnatel TV GmbH / Marianna Films Oy
Mika Kaurismäki
Sputnik Oy
Aki Kaurismäki
Saara Saarela
Ere Kokkonen Oy
Ere Kokkonen
Cinemaker Oy
Hannu Tuomainen
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Kai Lehtinen
Kinoproduction Ltd.
Arto Koskinen
Dada-filmi Oy
Matti Ijäs
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F I N N I S H
66
18.10.2002
8.11.2002
29.11.2002
17.1.2003
31.1.2003
14.2.2003
28.2.2003
7.3.2003
14.3.2003
29.8.2003
12.9.2003
10.10.2003
24.10.2003
19.12.2003
16.1.2004
13.2.2004
5.3.2004
5.3.2004
9.4.2004
23.7.2004
20.8.2004
27.8.2004
10.9.2004
17.9.2004
15.10.2004
17.12.2004
25.12.2004
Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu
Elämän äidit
Ilman tytärtäni
Pahat pojat
Raid
Mosku – Lajinsa viimeinen
Nousukausi
Näkymätön Elina*
Eila
Helmiä ja sikoja
Sibelius
Broidit
Hymypoika
Vieraalla maalla
Levottomat 3
Koirankynnen leikkaaja
Framom främsta linjen – Etulinjan edessä
Jumalan morsian
Joensuun Elli
Vares
Ystäväni Henry
Juoksuhaudan tie
Uuno Turhapuron tarina – This Is My Life
Lapsia ja aikuisia – kuinka niitä tehdään?
Kukkia ja sidontaa
Pelikaanimies
Keisarikunta
Hayflower and Quiltshoe
Mothers of Life
Without My Daughter
Bad Boys – A True Story
Kinotaurus Oy
Kaisa Rastimo
Giron Filmi Oy
Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio
Tarinatalo, Dream Catcher
Aleksis Kouros & Kari Tervo
Solar Films Inc.
Aleksi Mäkelä
Kinoproduction Oy
Tapio Piirainen
Mosku – The Last of His Kind
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Tapio Suominen
Upswing
Kinotar Oy
Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Elina
Kinoproduction Oy
Klaus Härö
Jarmo Lampela
Pearls and Pigs
Talent House
Perttu Leppä
Artista Filmi Oy
Timo Koivusalo
Brothers
Kinotar Oy
Esa Illi
Young Gods
Helsinki -filmi Oy
J-P Siili
Land of Love
Ilkka Vanne
Addiction
Solar Films Inc.
Minna Virtanen
Dog Nail Clipper
Fennada-filmi Oy
Markku Pölönen
Beyond the Front Line
Åke Lindman
A Bride of the Seventh Heaven
Millennium Film Oy Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio
Elli
Helsingin Dexline Oy
Anssi Mänttäri
Solar Films Inc.
Aleksi Mäkelä
My Friend Henry
Do Films Oy
Auli Mantila
Trench Road
Kinotar Oy
Veikko Aaltonen
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life Ere Kokkonen Oy
Ere Kokkonen
Producing Adults
Aleksi Salmenperä
Flowers and Binding
Helsinki -filmi Oy, Kinotaurus Oy
Janne Kuusi
Pelicanman
Lumifilm Oy
Liisa Helminen
Harbour Brothers
Mandart Entertainment Oy
Pekka Mandart
14.1.2005
11.2.2005
18.2.2005
12.8.2005
26.8.2005
9.9.2005
30.9.2005
7.10.2005
21.10.2005
2.12.2005
30.12.2005
13.1.2006
20.1.2006
3.2.2006
10.2.2006
17.2.2006
31.3.2006
11.8.2006
8.9.2006
15.9.2006
13.10.2006
20.10.2006
17.11.2006
15.12.2006
22.12.2006
Paha maa
Onnen varjot
Eläville ja kuolleille
Koti-ikävä
Game Over
Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa
Äideistä parhain
Valo
Tyttö sinä olet tähti
Lupaus
FC Venus
Matti
Unna ja Nuuk
Laitakaupungin valot
Saippuaprinssi
Kummelin Jackpot
Duudsonit elokuva
Onni von Sopanen
Keisarin salaisuus
Riisuttu mies
Jadesoturi
Kalteva torni
Valkoinen kaupunki
Suden arvoitus
Frozen Land
Shades of Happiness
For the Living and the Dead
Homesick
Shadow of the Eagle
Mother of Mine
Beauty and the Bastard
Promise
Matti – Hell Is for Heroes
Unna and Nuuk
Lights in the Dusk
The Prince of Soap
Jackpot
The Dudesons Movie
Man Exposed
Jade Warrior
The Leaning Tower
Frozen City
Mystery of the Wolf
Solar Films Inc.
Kinoproduction Oy
Sputnik Oy
Making Movies Oy
KinoFinlandia Oy
Artista Filmi Oy
Periferia Productions Oy
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Talent House
Solar Films Inc.
Mandart Entertainment
Sputnik Oy
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Jackpot Films Oy
Oy Rabbit Films Ltd.
Production House
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Lasihelmi Filmi Oy
Artista Filmi Oy
Solar Films Inc.
Kinoproduction Oy
Filmtotal Oy
Aku Louhimies
Claes Olsson
Kari Paljakka
Petri Kotwica
Pekka Lehto
Timo Koivusalo
Klaus Härö
Kaija Juurikkala
Dome Karukoski
Ilkka Vanne
Joona Tena
Aleksi Mäkelä
Saara Cantell
Aki Kaurismäki
Janne Kuusi
Pekka Karjalainen
Jarno Laasala
Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Riina Hyytiä
Aku Louhimies
AJ Annila
Timo Koivusalo
Aku Louhimies
Raimo O Niemi
Juha Koiranen
* Swedish-Finnish co-production
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F I N N I S H
Film Festivals in Finland 2007
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
24.–28.1.2007
Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998
[email protected]
www.docpoint.info
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
21.–26.8.2007
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458
office@espoocine.fi
www.espoocine.fi
Tampere International Short Film Festival
7.–11.3.2007
Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 213 0034, Fax +358 3 223 0121
office@tamperefilmfestival.fi
www.tamperefilmfestival.fi
Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
20.–30.9.2007
Mannerheimintie 21–24, Box 889
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232
office@hiff.fi
www.hiff.fi
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat – Midnight Sun Film
Festival
13.–17.6.2007
Jäämerentie 9, FI-99600 Sodankylä
Tel. +358 16 614 524, Fax +358 16 618 646
office@msfilmfestival.fi
www.msfilmfestival.fi
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Oulu International Children’s Film Festival
19.–25.11.2007
Torikatu 8, FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290
oek@oufilmcenter.inet.fi
www.oukafi/lef
International Sales Companies
ARTE Deutscland TV GmbH /
ARTE France
www.arte-tv.com
First Hand Films
Mehringdamm 33
DE-10961 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 2852 9088
Fax +49 30 2852 9099
info@firsthandfilms.com
www.firsthandfilms.com
NonStop Sales
Döbelnsgatan 24
SE-113 52 Stockholm
Tel.+46 8 673 9980
Fax +46 8 673 9988
[email protected]
www.nonstopsales.net
Mosedalvej 14
DK-2500 Valby
Tel. +45 3618 8200
Fax +45 3618 9550
contact@nordiskfilm.com.
www.sales.nordiskfilm.com
SF International Sales
AB Svensk Filmindustri
SE-169 86 Stockholm
Tel. +46 8 680 3500
Fax +46 8 680 3783
[email protected]
www.sfinternational.se
Rezo Films
29 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière
FR-75009 Paris
Tel. +33 1 4246 4630
Fax +33 1 4246 4082
infosrezo@rezofilms.com
www.rezofilms.com
Wide Management
42 bis, rue de Lourmel
FR-75015 Paris
Tel. +33 1 5395 0464
Fax +33 1 5395 0465
[email protected]
www.widemanagement.com
YLE Export
www.yle.fi/export
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Useful Addresses
Actors in Scandinavia
Vuorimiehenkatu 20 D, FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6840 440
Fax +358 9 6840 4422
laura@actors.fi
www.actors.fi
Animation Clinic –
Finnish Animation Association
c/o Suomen Elokuvakontakti
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23, FI-00170 Helsinki
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
info@animaatioklinikka.fi
www.animaatioklinikka.fi
Anorak Agency
Korkeavuorenkatu 2b, FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6120 8514
Mobile +358 50 4090 070
Fax +358 9 6120 8519
sivi.uitto@anorak.fi
www.anorak.fi
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The Association of Finnish
Film Directors – SELO ry.
Mobile +358 50 539 0951
[email protected]
www.selo.fi
The Association of Finnish Film Workers –
SET ry.
Meritullinkatu 33 A, FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2511 2143
Fax +358 9 2511 2191
set@teme.fi
www.teme.fi/set
The Association of Independent
Producers in Finland – SATU ry.
Fabianinkatu 4 B 14, FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 684 0610
Fax +358 9 622 1860
satu.harkke@satu.fi
www.satu.fi
AVEK – The Promotion Centre for
Audio-Visual Culture in Finland
Hietaniemenkatu 2
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4315 2350
Fax +358 9 4315 2377
[email protected].fi
www.kopiosto.fi/avek
Broadcast Text Helsinki –
The all-round text & language service
in film, TV & video
Sörnäisten rantatie 27 C 11
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4133 7700
Fax +358 9 4133 7730
office@broadcasttext.fi
www.broadcasttext.fi
The Central Organisation of
Finnish Film Producers – SEK ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
Channel Four Finland – Ruutunelonen
PO Box 350, FI-00151 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 45 451
Fax +358 9 4545 400
www.nelonen.fi
The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) / TV2
PO Box 196, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 345 6111
Fax +358 3 344 2280
www.yle.fi
Digital Film Finland Oy
Katajanokan laituri 11 B
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 000
Fax +358 9 6877 0033
info@digitalfilmfinland.fi
www.digitalfilmfinland.fi
The Finnish Chamber of Films
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29, FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
The Finnish Board of Film Classification
Jaakonkatu 5 B
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2285 41
Fax +358 9 2285 4470
tuula.roos@vet.fi
www.vet.fi
The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) / TV1
FI-00024 Yleisradio
Tel. +358 9 14 801
Fax +358 9 1480 3215
www.yle.fi
The Finnish Cinema Exhibitors’
Association – SEOL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29, FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
The Finnish Film Archive
PO Box 177, FI-00151 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 615 400
Fax +358 9 6154 0242
sea@sea.fi
www.sea.fi
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The Finnish Film Contact
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6129 720
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
filmcont@elokuvakontakti.fi
www.elokuvakontakti.fi
The Finnish Film Distributors’
Association – SEL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
Media Desk Finland
c/o The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 3013
Fax +358 9 6220 3070
kerstin.degerman@ses.fi
www.mediadesk.fi
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MTV3 Finland
FI-00033 MTV3
Tel. +358 9 150 01
Fax +358 9 150 707
mtv@mtv3.fi
www.mtv3.fi
State Committee for Cinema
Maneesikatu 7, PL 293
FI-00171 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1607 7921
Fax +358 9 1607 7069
mari.karikoski@minedu.fi
University of Art and Design Helsinki –
School of Motion Picture,
Television and Production Design
Hämeentie 135 C
FI-00560 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 756 301
Fax +358 9 7563 0223
info@uiah.fi
www.uiah.fi/eto
Distributors
Buena Vista International Finland Oy
Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B, FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8562 9500
Fax +358 9 8562 9550
Cinema Mondo
Unioninkatu 10 A 27, FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 201 555 804
Fax +358 201 555 805
mikas@cinemamondo.fi
FS Film Oy
Urho Kekkosenkatu 4–6 E, 5. krs.
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 207 300 460
Fax +358 207 300 461
Future Film Oy Ab
Rantakatu 2 G 10, FI-65100 Vaasa
Tel. +358 6 3199 500
Fax +358 6 3199 555
info@futurefilm.fi
Digital Cinema Matila & Röhr Oy –
Bio Rex Distribution
Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141, FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 8243
Fax +358 9 5407 8210
tuukka.konttinen@biorex.fi
Oy Kinoscreen Ltd.
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23, FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5893 8861
Fax +358 9 5893 8860
kinoscreen@jippii.fi
Finnkino Oy
Koivuvaarankuja 2, FI-01640 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 131 191
Fax +358 9 8527 206
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy
John Stenbergin ranta 2, FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4764 460
Fax +358 9 4764 4640
Oy Rapid Eye Movie Ltd.
Mannerheimintie 19 B 4, FI-00250 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 7542 949
Fax +358 4544 626
Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy
Eteläesplanadi 24 A, FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8866 7705
Fax +358 9 8666 7710
Oy Scanbox Finland
Vapaalantie 2 A 3, FI-01650 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 8545 560
Fax +358 9 8545 5611
[email protected]
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Producers
F I N N I S H
AL-Filmi Oy /
Mainstream Pictures
Ruukintie 10 E
FI-07970 Ruotsinpyhtää
Tel. +358 500 704 316
arto.lehkamo@
mainstream.inet.fi
www.mainstream.fi
Alppiharjun elokuva Oy
Viipurinkatu 16 B 22
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 148 1636
Fax +358 9 148 1636
alppiharjunelokuva@jippii.fi
Festival contacts:
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3060
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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Animaker Oy
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 207 749 810
Fax +358 207 749 819
petteri.pasanen@animafi
Art Films production AFP Oy
Merimiehenkatu 10
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4159 3640
Fax +358 9 4159 3690
info@artfilms.inet.fi
www.artfilmsproduction.com
Bonsaifilms Ltd. /
Elephant Films Ltd.
Päijänteentie 39–41 E 15
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 41 522 6531
Fax +358 9 668 009
[email protected]
Artista Filmi Oy
PL 69
FI-28401 Ulvila
Tel. +358 2 647 7441
Fax. +358 2 647 7551
timo.koivusalo@artistafilmi.fi
www.artistafilmi.fi
Border Productions Oy
Urho Kekkosen katu 4–6 E
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 20 7300 451
Fax +358 20 7300 452
jarkko.hentula@juonifilmi.fi
www.juonifilmi.fi
Kalliolanrinne 4
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7742 8360
Fax +358 9 7742 8350
spot@blindspot.fi
www.blindspot.fi
Cinemaker Oy
Hirveläntie 13 B 7
FI-31400 Somero
Tel./Fax +358 2 748 2360
cinemaker@cinemaker.fi
www.cinemaker.fi
Crystal Eye Ltd.
Tallberginkatu 1 / 44
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 694 2308
Fax +358 9 694 7224
mail@crystaleye.fi
www.crystaleye.fi
Ere Kokkonen Oy
Viertolantie 7 B
FI-01800 Klaukkala
Tel. +358 400 416 730
Fax +358 9 879 2371
annamaija@
erekokkonen.inet.fi
Dada-Filmi Oy
3. Linja 5
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 774 4780
Fax +358 9 730 734
kari.sara@fennada-filmi.fi
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Tallberginkatu 1 A 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 540 7850
Fax. +358 9 540 78530
fanfilm@fantasiafilm.com
www.fantasiafilm.com
Do Films Oy
Hiihtomäentie 34
FI-00800 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6874 4980
Fax +358 9 6874 4981
info@dofilms.fi
www.dofilms.fi
Fennada-filmi Oy
Kolmas linja 5
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 774 4780
Fax +358 9 730 734
kari.sara@fennada-filmi.fi
Filmi-Molle Oy
Jalasjoentie 245
FI-31960 Orisuo
Tel. +358 2 767 6850
Filmiryhmä Oy
Vyökatu 8
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 171 055
Fax +358 9 662 602
virke.lehtinen@filmiryhma.fi
www.filmiryhma.fi
Filmitakomo Oy
Merimiehenkatu 10
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. + 358 9 4159 3620
Fax + 358 9 4159 3690
Mobile + 358 50 563 7980
fi[email protected]
Filmtotal Oy
Pursimiehenkatu 21
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2486 1880
Fax +358 9 2486 1881
tiger@film-total.fi
FS Film Oy
Urho Kekkosenkatu
4–6 E, 5. krs.
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 207 300 460
Fax +358 207 300 461
matti.halonen@fs-film.fi
Giron Filmi Oy
Lapinlahdenkatu 29 A 10
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 685 4429
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Guerillafilms Ltd.
Kiuastie 7 B
FI-02770 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 8813 224
guerillafi[email protected]
Hakalax Productions Oy
Topeliuksenkatu 3b 9A
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel. +358 400 423 364
hakalax@
hakalaxproductions.com
Festival contacts:
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3060
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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Helsingin Dexline Oy
Töölönkatu 32 A b 37
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5876 062
[email protected]
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Vanha Talvitie 11 A
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7740 300
Fax +358 9 7740 3060
helsinkifilmi@helsinkifilmi.fi
aleksi.bardy@helsinkifilmi.fi
www.helsinkifilmi.fi
Illume Ltd.
Palkkatilankatu 7
FI-00240 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 148 1489
illume@illume.fi
www.illume.fi
Ilokuva Naukkarinen & Co
Palotie 23 B
FI-02760 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 855 4860
Fax +358 9 881 3592
ilokuva@ilokuva.fi
www.ilokuva.fi
Jackpot Films Oy
Valumallinpolku 11
FI-33100 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 223 4210
Fax +358 3 223 4256
timo.kahilainen@saunalahti.fi
Juonifilmi Oy
Urho Kekkosenkatu 4–6 A
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 20 7300 466
Fax +358 20 7300 461
jarkko.hentula@juonifilmi.fi
www.juonifilmi.fi
J.W. Documentaries Oy
Kapteeninkatu 8 F 12
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 500 615 345
Fax +358 9 6873 1910
websters@dlc.fi
Katharsis Films Oy
Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B 31
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel. & Fax +358 9 3422 121
Mobile +358 40 7257 707
hiltunen@kaapeli.fi
www.kafi.fi
Kinotar Oy
Vuorikatu 16 A 9
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 135 1864
Fax +358 9 135 7864
[email protected]
www.kinotar.com
Kroma Productions Ltd.
Magnusborg
FI-06100 Porvoo
Tel. +358 19 5348 015
Fax +358 19 5348 016
kroma@magnusborg.fi
www.kromaproductions.net
Making Movies Oy
Linnankatu 7
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 621 3828
Fax +358 9 6842 7870
mamo@mamo.fi
www.mamo.fi
KinoFinlandia Oy
Pyhtääntie 5
FI-00600 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2781 783
Fax +358 9 2781 763
kinofinlandia@kinofinlandia.fi
Kiti Luostarinen Production Ky
Nastolantie 36 A
FI-00600 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 792 648
kiti.luostarinen@kolumbus.fi
Lasihelmi Filmi Oy
Kalliolanrinne 4
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel.+358 9 7742 830
Fax + 358 9 7742 8350
toimisto@lasihelmi.fi
www.lasihelmi.fi
Mandart Entertainment Ltd.
Kalevankatu 28 A 3
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 694 3142
Fax +358 9 694 3136
[email protected]
www.mandart.com
Lumifilm Oy
Sörnäisten rantatie 27 C 5
FI-00500 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 622 5882
Fax +358 9 622 5886
lumifilm@lumifilm.fi
www.lumifilm.fi
Marianna Films Oy
Punavuorenkatu 5 A 2
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 622 1614
office@marfilm.pp.fi
Kinoproduction Oy
Pasilan vanhat veturitallit
FI-00520 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6850 460
Fax. +358 9 6850 4610
kino@kinoproduction.fi
www.kinoproduction.fi
Klaffi Productions Ltd.
Nahkatehtaankatu 2
FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 8811 623
Fax +358 8 8811 624
klaffi@klaffi.com
www.klaffi.com
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Millennium Film Ltd.
Koskikartanontie 12
FI-75530 Nurmes
Tel. +358 13 511 0100
Fax +358 13 511 0111
millennium@millenniumfilm.fi
Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 820
Fax. +358 9 5407 8210
[email protected]
www.matilarohr.com
Festival contacts:
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3060
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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Nordisk Film & TV Oy
Tehtaankatu 27–29 D, 3. krs.
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6689 990
Fax +358 9 6689 9996
antti.vaisanen@nordiskfilm.com
www.nordiskfilmtv.fi
Periferia Productions Oy
Santerinkuja 5
FI-90420 Oulu
Tel. +358 40 541 2922
Fax +358 8 650 130
outi.rousu@
periferiaproductions.fi
www.periferiaproductions.fi
Petfilms Oy
Pitäjänmäen asema
FI-00370 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5617 800
Fax +358 9 5617 8010
petfilms@petfilms.fi
www.petfilms.fi
Production House Finland Oy
Höyläämöntie 18 A
FI-00380 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2293 260
Fax +358 9 2293 2665
info@productionhouse.fi
www.productionhouse.fi
RT Documentaries Oy
Runeberginkatu 28 B 11
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 445 049
Fax +358 9 490 692
rtd@saunalahti.fi
Seppä Callahanin
Filmimaailma Oy
Telakkakatu 2
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 278 4078
jari.halonen@nic.fi
Silva Mysterium Oy
Pulttitie 16 (3. kerros)
FI-00880 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7594 720
Fax +358 9 7594 7240
mika.ritalahti@silvamysterium.fi
www.silvamysterium.fi
Snapper Films Oy
World Trade Center Helsinki
Aleksanterinkatu 17, PL 800
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6969 3560
Fax +358 9 6969 2038
laura.salonen@snapperfilms.
com www.snapperfilms.com
Sputnik Oy
Museokatu 13 A,
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 100
Fax +358 9 6877 1010
sputnik@sputnik.fi
www.orimattila.fi/kirjasto/
kaurismaki
Solar Films Inc.
Veneentekijäntie 20
FI-00210 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4174 4700
Fax +358 9 4174 4744
markus.selin@solarfilms.com
www.solarfilms.com
Talent House
Tallberginkatu 1 A 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 8233
Fax +358 9 5407 8210
[email protected]
Soveri Wildlife Films Oy
Långörintie 42
01100 Östersundom
Tel. +358 9 278 9484
Fax +358 9 278 9484
[email protected]
Tarinatalo
PL 111
FI-00151 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 612 2200
Fax +358 9 612 2220
ktervo@tarinatalo.fi
tarinatalo@tarinatalo.fi
www.tarinatalo.fi
Timeless Films Lepola & Molin
Aurinkokuja 9
FI-33420 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 4108 8089
Fax +358 3 4108 8081
tf@timelessfilms.com
www.timelessfilms.com
Wide Mind Productions Oy
Punavuorenkatu 5 A 2
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 5622 044
Fax +358 9 6945 194
info@widemind.fi
www.widemind.fi
Unilumi Oy
Lumimetsä
Tolosentie 100
FI-99800 Ivalo Avvil
[email protected]
www.unilumi.com
PL 186
00211 Helsinki
Tel.+358 45 112 0880
info@lindmanfilm.fi
www.lindmanfilm.fi
Videomakers Oy
Svinhufvudinkatu 23
FI-15110 Lahti
Tel. +358 3 7512 286
Fax +358 3 7512 287
hannu.niikko@videomakers.fi
www.videomakers.fi
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Editor: Satu Elo | Translations / Editing: Said Dakash (features) / Broadcast Text (documentaries) |
Layout: Maikki Rantala, Praxis Oy | Printed by: Erikoispaino Oy, Helsinki, 2007 | ISSN 1796-0738
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Front cover: A Man’s Job by Aleksi Salmenperä |
Inside cover, front: Ganes by JP Siili |
Inside cover, back: Year of the Wolf by Olli Saarela |
Back cover: Rock’n’Roll Never Dies by Juha Koiranen, The Leaning Tower by Timo Koivusalo, Jade Warrior by AJ Annila,
A Man’s Job by Aleksi Salmenperä, Frozen City by Aku Louhimies, Christmas Story by Juha Wuolijoki, Quest for a Heart by Pekka Lehtosaari |
Page 1: Year of the Wolf by Olli Saarela
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