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Contents
Feature Films
Beauty and the Bastard
FC Venus
Game Over
Homesick
Jackpot
Jade Warrior
Lights in the Dusk
Man Exposed (working title)
Matti – Hell Is for Heroes
Mother of Mine
Mystery of the Wolf
Palsa
Prince of Soap, The
Promise
Shadow of the Eagle
Unna and Nuuk
Valo
Feature-Length Documentaries
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Along the Road Little Child
Anni from Paanajärvi
Cosmic Play
Nesting Tree, The
Paper Promises
Pavlov’s Dogs
Revolution
Saami
Sonic Mirror
Väinö Auer (1895–1981)
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International Sales Companies
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Top Films in Finland 2005
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Facts in Figures
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Finnish Feature Films 2000–2005
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Useful Addresses
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Distributors
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Film Festivals in Finland 2006
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Producers
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Feature Films in Production
Birth of a Nation, The
Man’s Job
Vares 2
Rock’n’Roll Never Dies
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35 mm | 1:1,85 |
Optical, Dolby Digital | 102’ |
Premiere: October 21st 2005
F I L M S
Dome Karukoski
F E A T U R E
Director:
Pini Hellstedt
Script:
Pekko Pesonen
Cinematography:
Editing:
Harri Ylönen
Sound design:
Juha Hakanen
F I N N I S H
Music:
Jukka Immonen
Cast:
Pamela Tola, Samuli Vauramo, Joonas
Saartamo, Eero Milonoff, Elena Leeve,
Mikko Leppilampi, Mikko Kouki,
Anna-Leena Härkönen, Eero Saarinen
Producers:
Aleksi Bardy, Riina Hyytiä,
Olli Haikka
Production:
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Finnkino Oy
www.tsot.fi
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Beauty and the Bastard
[
Ty t t ö
s i n ä
o l e t
t ä h t i
]
Nelli, a girl who’s been subdued by praise, is on her way to medical school if her parents can help
it, even though she daydreams about a career as a singer. If only she could come up with a demo
that she could use to show her talent to the record companies.
Sune, a beaten down kid from a rough area, is a talented hip hop DJ who’s afraid of women.
To show his friends otherwise, he makes a bet that he can get Nelli to sleep with him. His friends
don’t believe a beauty like her would even spit Sune’s way. But Nelli sees an opportunity to get
herself a free demo.
As they use each other, they fall for each other. There’s a lot of road to cover to meet halfway.
The lady needs to learn to stop trying to please everyone. The tramp needs to learn to observe
others in life as well as in art. Sune’s friends have a barrel of fun with what goes on. But Nelli’s
boyfriend and Isukki aren’t at all pleased.
Taking your own path is always a step into emptiness.
Dome Karukoski
Dome Karukoski is a 28-year-old first-time director.
Beauty and the Bastard is his thesis work for the filmmaking
department at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki.
Dome has directed short films, music videos and approximately
100 TV commercials. Born and raised in Cyprus until he
reached school age, Dome’s mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn
and his father an American, and because of them he’s spent
considerable time in the United States and in Sweden.
He sees himself as being a man without a native language.
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35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 111’ |
Premiere: December 30th 2005
Director:
FC Venus
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
Joona Tena
Script:
Outi Keskevaari, Katri Manninen,
Joona Tena
Cinematography:
Jarkko T. Laine
Editing:
Jukka Nykänen
Sound design:
Tuomas Järnefelt
Music:
Sakari Salli
Cast:
Minna Haapkylä, Petteri Summanen,
Taneli Mäkelä, Laura Malmivaara,
Lotta Lehtikari, Miia Nuutila,
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
FC Venus is a modern comedy about women and men, and the differences between the two.
The main characters in the film are Anna and Pete, a couple in their late twenties who live
happily together in Helsinki. Pete plays football on a team called FC HeMan, in the lowest possible
league. The team sucks, but its players still play, watch, and live football. Anna hates the whole
sport, but doesn’t interfere with Pete’s hobby because she loves him.
Anna’s love for Pete is put to the test when she finds out to her shock that Pete has ordered tickets
with his teammates to the Football World Cup in Germany, putting his team first and her second.
In a fit of anger, Anna ends up making a bet with Pete: She puts together a team from the wives
and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players and challenges the men to a match at the end of the summer. If the women win, the men will have to give up football. If the men win, the women will never
again give the men a hard time about their hobby.
Thus is the women’s team FC Venus formed. The film follows the women during one summer
on their quest towards the football match to end all football matches.
It’s his game but her rules.
Producers:
Jarkko Hentula, Mikko Tenhunen
Production:
Talent House
Distributor in Finland:
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy
International sales:
Nordisk Film International Sales
www.fcvenus.com
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Joona Tena
FC Venus is directed by Joona Tena, and the
film marks his feature film debut. Tena has,
however, directed several acclaimed and award
winning TV dramas and short films including
The Good Ship (Onnellisten laiva , 2004) and
Kivi ja Kilpi (2003 and 2001).
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35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby Digital |
90’ | Premiere: August 26th 2005
Director:
Game Over
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
Pekka Lehto
Script:
William Aldridge,
based on original story by Pekka Lehto,
Jaakko Heinimäki, Juha Siltala
Cinematography:
Kasimir Lehto
Editing:
Joona Louhivuori
Sound design:
Jyrki Rahkonen
Music:
Mew and Mauri Sumén
Cast:
Reino Nordin, Julius Lavonen, Juuso
Pekkinen, Jarkko Niemi, Joonas
Saartamo, Lilli Aro, Karoliina Blackburn
Producer:
Pekka Lehto
Production:
KinoFinlandia Oy
Co-producers:
GötaFilm AB (Sweden),
Globe Entertainment Limited (UK)
Distributor in Finland:
FS Film Oy
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Game Over – Life begins on Friday.
18-year-old Kimi graduates from high school. He is going to show the world that he can be richer
and more successful than his extremely successful dad.
Kimi is the coach of a junior floorball team. Riku, H.P. and Valtteri are his star players. Kimi
makes a deal with the charismatic Pertti Ilola to sponsor the floorball championship finals. When
Kimi realises that Pertti is a failed fraudster and is using Kimi to get a foot inside the corporate
world of his dad, Kimi decides to take his revenge. He plans to lure Pertti to his parents’ weekend
cottage and steal the briefcase stuffed with cash that Pertti always carries with him, the perfect
crime since Pertti would never report the theft of money he has embezzled. H.P., Valtteri and
Riku happily agree to help Kimi. To them it’s just a game like many other games that Kimi has
organised before. Nothing could go wrong. But this time, everything does.
Detective Inspector Karoliina Ranta has no difficulty following the sloppy trail of clues that
leads to the four boys. The young woman uncovers the strong bond of friendship between the four
boys who have all been left to grow up “on their own.” Desperate to be accepted and praised,
Kimi turns to Ranta. Finally, in his own inimitable way, Kimi accepts that he is faced with a choice
and that he must make a decision. Even if it is for all the wrong reasons.
Pekka Lehto
Pekka Lehto’s previous films include
The Real McCoy (1999), Tango Cabaret
(Tango kabaree, 2001), The Well (Kaivo, 1992)
and V.O.I.T.K.A. Forest Brothers
(V.O.I.T.K.A. Metsän veljet).
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35 mm | 16:9 Anamorphic |
Dolby 5.1 | 85’ |
Premiere: August 12th 2005
F I L M S
Director:
F E A T U R E
Cinematography:
Petri Kotwica
Script:
Petri Kotwica, Selma Vilhunen
Harri Räty
Editing:
Anne Lakanen
Homesick
[
Ko t i - i k ä v ä
]
After an accident, Sami, 17, is taken to the youth ward of a mental hospital. The boy does not talk
or show his feelings. Sami’s mother refuses to accept that her son was involuntarily taken from
her. Sami would certainly be much better at home.
Sami’s new roommate Rudolf would prefer to stay at the hospital for ever. A strange friendship
develops between the two boys. A dedicated male nurse, Taneli makes an effort to reach Sami and
find out what caused his “accident.”
Homesick is a feature film about survival, care and hope.
Sound design:
F I N N I S H
Kyösti Väntänen
Music:
Tapani Rinne, DJ Slow
Cast:
Julius Lavonen, Tarja Heinula,
Janne Virtanen
Producers:
Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
Production:
Making Movies Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Finnkino Oy
International sales:
Oy Future Film Ab
www.homesickthemovie.com
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Petri Kotwica
Director Petri Kotwica (born in 1964) has completed
a degree in directing, graduating from the University of
Art and Design, Helsinki. He has also studied theoretical
philosophy at the University of Helsinki and personal
directing at the Theatre Academy of Finland.
Kotwica has made many award winning short films,
including The Tunnel (Tunneli , 1996), Helmet (Kypärä, 1998),
Force Majeure (1999) and Las Nueve Vidas (2000). Currently
he is working on his next feature film Black Ice (Musta jää).
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35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby digital | 93’ |
Premiere: February 17th 2006
Director:
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
Pekka Karjalainen
[
K u m m e l i n
J a c k p o t
]
Script:
Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Vihinen
Cinematography:
Jarkko T. Laine
Editing:
Kauko Lindfors
The new film by the Finnish comedy group Kummeli is a story about greed, friendship and compulsive gambling. Pertti Järvelä is a con man whose honour depends on his ability to finance
his daughter’s trip to Canada. The man has to get a job! He finds work in a company owned by
Jehovah’s Witnesses. This enables Pertti and his friends to plan a large-scale swindle – expecting
a jackpot...
Sound design:
Olli Pärnänen
Music:
Timo Kahilainen,
Heikki Silvennoinen, Heikki Hela
Cast:
Heikki Silvennoinen, Heikki Hela,
Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Vihinen,
Aake Kalliala, Riitta Havukainen,
Andre Wikström, Oiva Lohtander,
Mervi Takatalo, Satu Säävälä,
Mari Turunen, Risto Salmi
Producer:
Timo Kahilainen
Production:
Jackpot Films Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Buena Vista International Finland Oy
www.kummelinjackpot.fi
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Jackpot
Pekka Karjalainen
Pekka Karjalainen (born in 1961) studied at the
Film Department of the University of Art and Design
Helsinki UIAH from which he graduated as a Master
of Arts. Karjalainen has worked as a sound designer
in 30 feature-length films. The films he has directed
include the documentary film The Rhythm (Rytmi, 1991),
the feature-length road movie Hysteria (1993) and
the television films A Pastoral (Pastoraali, 1995) and
Beatlehem (2003).
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35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby digital |
110’ | Premiere: October 2006
Director:
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
AJ Annila
[
J a d e s o t u r i
]
Script:
AJ Annila & Petri Jokiranta,
based on a story by Iiro Küttner
Cinematography:
Henri Blomberg
Sound design:
Timo Anttila, Erno Kumpulainen
Cast:
Tommi Eronen, Zhang Jingchu,
Markku Peltola, Krista Kosonen,
Elle Kull, Cheng Taishen, Dang Hao
Producers:
Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa
Before the ultimate fight between good and evil, he should not fall in love.
Jade Warrior, the first Finnish Kung Fu film, combines Finnish and Chinese mythologies in
one film. Jade Warrior is an homage to the Kung Fu genre strongly spiced with a truly original
approach to the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Like Kalevala, Jade Warrior is a pure melodrama,
a story about Kalevala’s greatest hero.
Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love-struck master swordsman fights against his
destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one, and he gets that chance, in a
faraway place and a faraway time, in the cold north, in modern Finland.
Jade Warrior is set in ancient China during the early iron age and present day Finland. The
past is feeding the story in the present day, slowly revealing our warrior, his true origins, his
superior skills and his destiny.
Production:
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
In coproduction with:
San Fu Maltha / Fu Works
(The Netherlands), Peter Loehr /
Ming Productions (China), Margus
Õunapuu / Film Tower Kuubis (Estonia)
Distributor in Finland:
Sandrew Metronome
Distribution Finland Oy
International sales:
Rezo Films
www.jadewarrior.net
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Jade Warrior
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.
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F I L M S
F E A T U R E
35 mm | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | 78’ |
Premiere: February 3rd 2006
F I N N I S H
[
L a i t a k a u p u n g i n
v a l o t
]
Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi,
Ilkka Koivula, Maria Heiskanen
concludes the trilogy that started with Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat ,
1996) and continued with The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä , 2002). Where the
trilogy’s first film was about unemployment and the second about homelessness, the theme of
Lights in the Dusk is loneliness.
Like Chaplin’s little tramp, the protagonist, a man named Koistinen, searches the hard world
for a small crack through which he could crawl in, but both his fellow beings and the faceless
apparatus of the society see it their business to crush his modest hopes, one after another.
Criminal elements exploit his longing for love and his position as a night watchman in a robbery they pull off, leaving Koistinen to face the consequences. This is done with the help of the
most callous woman in the history of cinema since Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve (1950).
As a result Koistinen loses his job, his freedom and his dreams.
Luckily for our protagonist, the author of the film has a reputation of being a soft-hearted old
man, so we can assume there is a spark of hope illuminating the final scene.
Aki Kaurismäki
Producer:
Aki Kaurismäki
Lights in the Dusk
Director, script:
Aki Kaurismäki
Cinematography:
Timo Salminen
Sound design:
Jouko Lumme, Tero Malmberg
Set design:
Markku Pätilä
Costumes:
Outi Harjupatana
Cast:
Aki Kaurismäki
Production:
Sputnik Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Sandrew Metronome Distribution
Finland Oy
International sales:
The Match Factory GmbH
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Lights in the Dusk
Aki Kaurismäki (b. 1957)
has been directing films
since early ’80s.
His filmography includes
over fifteen features and
several short films.
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F I L M S
F E A T U R E
35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby | 100’ |
Premiere: September 15th 2006
F I N N I S H
[
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
Script:
Veli-Pekka Hänninen
Cinematography:
Harri Räty
Editing:
PV Lehtinen
Sound design:
Janne Laine, Kirka Sainio
Cast:
Samuli Edelmann,
Matleena Kuusniemi,
Mikko Kouki,
Laura Malmivaara,
Jussi Parviainen
Producer:
Harri Räty
Production:
Lasihelmi Filmi Oy
Distributor in Finland:
FS Film Oy
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Man Exposed (working title)
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) 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 I L M S
F E A T U R E
35 mm colour | 2,35:1 | Dolby digital |
130’ | Premiere: January 13th 2006
Director:
Aleksi Mäkelä
Script:
Marko Leino
Cinematography:
Pini Hellstedt
Editing:
Kimmo Taavila
Sound design:
Jyrki Rahkonen
Music:
F I N N I S H
Tuomas Kantelinen
Cast:
Jasper Pääkkönen, Peter Franzén,
Elina Hietala, Elina Knihtilä,
Juha Veijonen
Producer:
Markus Selin,
executive producer Jukka Helle
[
M a t t i
]
Motto: Life is the best time for a man. A tragicomedy based on the unreal life of a real person.
The famous ski-jumper Matti Nykänen won everything possible during his career – and more:
4 Olympic gold medals, 7 World Championship titles, 4 World Cup tour championships and 46
World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended, however, the other
side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. Wherever he roams, drama
and catastrophe dog his footsteps. And everything is exposed in the headlines the next day…
Matti – Hell Is for Heroes is a drama feature based on a true story about a man who loves skijumping so much that he rises to the top of his game and becomes the best in the world. But although he can fly like an eagle, his life is littered with crash-landings. He stumbles, falls, and miraculously gets back to his feet – ready to tackle yet another doomed and foolhardy stunt jump.
His road from worshipped athlete and national hero to tabloid laughing stock is basically a
tragic story. But not even Matti Nykänen himself can – or will – deny the comic aspects of his
unfortunate mishaps. “I have often wished that I was an average joe – and people would treat me
as one. But I guess that I set my goals above average in my athletic life. And I guess I will have to
see that role to the end.” (Matti Nykänen)
Production:
Aleksi Mäkelä
Solar Films Inc.
Aleksi Mäkelä (born 1969) has directed several hugely
popular films, many of them produced by Markus Selin.
Matti – Hell Is for Heroes is Mäkelä’s seventh feature film.
His previous works include Vares (2004), Bad Boys –
A True Story (Pahat pojat , 2003), The South (Lomalla , 2000)
and The Tough Ones (Häjyt , 1999).
Distributor in Finland:
Buena Vista International Finland Oy
International sales:
Birch Tree Entertainment
www.solarfilms.com
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Matti – Hell Is for Heroes
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Super 35 mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital |
111’ | Premiere: September 30th 2005
Director:
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
Klaus Härö
[
Ä i d e i s t ä
p a r h a i n
]
Script:
Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Wikman,
based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies
and original script by Veikko Aaltonen
Cinematography:
Jarkko T. Laine
Editing:
Darek Hodor
Sound design:
Kirka Sainio
Music:
Tuomas Kantelinen
Cast:
Topi Majaniemi, Maria Lundqvist,
Marjaana Maijala, Michael Nyqvist,
Esko Salminen, Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Producer:
Ilkka Matila
Production:
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy
International sales:
Nordisk Film International Sales
www.motherofmine.com
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Mother of Mine
This is a story about a small boy who had two mothers and yet had none. In 1943, in a war-torn
Finland, 9-year-old Eero’s father is killed on the front. Eero’s mother makes the painful decision
to send her only child to safety in neutral Sweden.
In Sweden, Eero’s foster mother, Signe, welcomes him to her home but not to her heart. Eero
doesn’t speak any Swedish and feels unwelcome in his foster family while missing his mother
terribly. All the long-awaited letters from his mother are addressed to Signe, not to him. One day
Eero accidentally discovers a letter which he never was supposed to read.
During the Second World War over 70,000 war children were sent from Finland to Sweden,
Denmark and Norway in the biggest evacuation of children ever undertaken in the world. Mother
of Mine, by award-winning director Klaus Härö is the first feature-length film ever made about the
fate of an individual war child.
Klaus Härö
Director Klaus Härö made his claim to fame
after his debut film Elina (Näkymätön Elina , 2002).
The film won over 30 Finnish and international film
awards, and was Finland’s Oscar nominee for 2003.
Mother of Mine is Härö’s second feature film. Born in
1971, Härö has also directed documentary and short
films, including the acclaimed documentary
Three Wishes (Kolme toivetta , 2001), which told the
story of three children suffering from cancer.
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F I L M S
F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
35 mm | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 90’ |
Planned premiere: December 15th 2006
Director:
Raimo O Niemi
Script:
Heikki Vuento
Cinematography:
Kari Sohlberg
Editing:
Jukka Nykänen
Sound design:
Paul Jyrälä
Cast:
Tiia Talvisara, Janne Saksela,
Vuokko Hovatta, Peter Franzén,
Miia Nuutila, Kari-Pekka Toivonen
Producers:
Leila Lyytikäinen, Claes Olsson
[
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. The hiding and rescuing
of the cubs from the 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.
Production:
Kinoproduction Oy
Raimo O Niemi
Co-production:
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 ,
1993). Niemi’s biggest box office success so far is the
feature Tommy and the Wildcat (Poika ja ilves, 1998).
Niemi has received several international awards for his work.
Filmlance International AB /
Börje Hansson, Killerpic Ltd. /
Mike Downey, POEM / Markku Flink
Distributor in Finland:
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy
International sales:
Nordisk Film International Sales
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Mystery of the Wolf
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F E A T U R E
F I L M S
35 mm | Cinemascope |
Dolby Digital | ~90’ |
Premiere: Autumn 2006
Palsa
A fictitious film about a well-known Finnish artist, Kalervo Palsa, a man who painted his dreams
and nightmares.
Director:
Pekka Lehto
Script:
Iiro Küttner and Pekka Lehto
Cinematography:
F I N N I S H
Kasimir Lehto
Editing:
Joona Louhivuori
Music:
Alamaailman Vasarat
Cast:
Pekka Lehto
Janne Reinikainen,
Maria Järvenhelmi,
Markku Peltola,
Antti Raivio,
Tiina Weckström
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)
and V.O.I.T.K.A. Forest Brothers (V.O.I.T.K.A. Metsän veljet),
which premiered in autumn 2004 and tells the story of
two draft-dodging brothers who hid in the vast forests of
a small country for 14 years. Game Over (2005) is
presented in this catalogue.
Producer:
Pekka Lehto
Production:
KinoFinlandia Oy
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F I L M S
Director:
F E A T U R E
35 mm | 1:1,85 |
Optical, Dolby digital | ~100’ |
Premiere: February 10th 2006
Janne Kuusi
Script:
Aleksi Bardy
Cinematography:
Pentti Keskimäki
Editing:
Kimmo Kohtamäki
F I N N I S H
Sound design:
Tuomas Klaavo
Music:
Ilkka Talasranta
Cast:
Pamela Tola, Mikko Leppilampi,
Outi Mäenpää, Juha Veijonen,
Jani Volanen, Tommi Korpela
Producers:
Aleksi Bardy, Riina Hyytiä, Olli Haikka
Production:
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Distributor in Finland:
FS Film Oy
www.saippuaprinssi.fi
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The Prince of Soap
[
S a i p p u a p r i n s s i
]
Ilene is a broke amateur actor who, through a series of misunderstandings, ends up working on
the story team of a soap opera. At the cast and crew party, Ilene gets to know and falls for the star
of the show, Kevin, who plays a fire fighter named Andy. But Kevin isn’t single, so nothing happens
between them. Ilene begins writing scenes for Andy and uses the script as a tool for seduction.
But the show’s producer, Rachel, intervenes. It turns out that she is the one who has a relationship with Kevin (even though Rachel is married). The women lock horns in a manic fight for the
soul of Kevin/Andy using the show’s scripts. As a by-product of the fight, some of the best scripts
ever produced for the show are being written and Rachel is forced to admit that Ilene is a very
talented storyteller.
Kevin is caught in the middle of such a vicious game that he begins to lose his grip on reality
and begins to think that he is Andy. He starts living on the set as if it were his home, and is no longer able to differentiate the show from real life. Rachel and Ilene’s struggle climaxes in the season’s
final episode, which is aired live. Both Rachel and Ilene are dressed for roles and placed in front
of the cameras. It’s clear that one of the characters will die in this episode, but who will it be?
Janne Kuusi
Janne Kuusi graduated in 1984 from the Motion Picture, Television
and Production Design Department of the University of Art and Design
Helsinki. He has worked as a director, producer, editor and writer on
documentaries, TV series, feature films and short films as well as a
lecturer of film directing. Kuusi’s recent works include the feature film
Flowers and Binding (Kukkia ja sidontaa , 2004), and the TV serie Free Fall
(Vapaa pudotus, 2002), which consists of independent television films.
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S-35 mm | Cinemascope |
Dolby Digital | 112’ |
Premiere: December 2nd 2005
F I L M S
Ilkka Vanne
F E A T U R E
Director:
Cinematography:
Script:
Inkeri Kilpinen,
adaptation Elina Halttunen
Jani Kumpulainen
Editing:
Tuomo Leino
Sound design:
F I N N I S H
Pekka Karjalainen
Music:
[
L u p a u s
]
is a story about three young women whose lives are afflicted by the Second World War.
Mona has just finished school and dreams of veterinary studies in Oslo. Anna is thinking of getting married and starting her own family. Ruth has her mind set on studying theology. But how to
believe in a future when the whole world around you is being shaken? The film follows five years
in the lives of Mona, Anna and Ruth, from 1939 to 1944.
Promise portrays the young women’s longing, dreams and process of growing up at a time
when Finland was thrust into war against the Soviet Union. It’s a story of women who set their
dreams aside for their country and joined up in the voluntary Lotta Svärd defence service. The
work of the “Lottas” had a significant impact both at home and on the front in a small country’s
struggle to preserve its independence.
Promise
Tuomas Kantelinen
Cast:
Laura Birn, Karoliina Vanne,
Hanna Lekander
Ilkka Vanne
Producer:
Promise is Ilkka Vanne’s third feature film.
Asko Apajalahti
Previously, he has directed Return to Plainlands
(Lakeuden kutsu, 2000), a drama set in the Finnish
countryside, and Land of Love (Vieraalla maalla , 2003),
a satire about Finns. In addition to these films, Vanne
has directed many well-loved TV series that have gained
large audiences in Finland. He is remembered for such
series as Seitsemän (2001), Puhtaat valkeat lakanat
(1993) and Ruusun aika (1990).
Production:
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy
International sales:
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
www.lupaus.fi
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Promise
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F E A T U R E
35 mm | 1:2,35 Cinemascope |
Dolby Digital | 113’ |
Premiere: September 9th 2005
F I N N I S H
[
K a k s i p ä i s e n
k o t k a n
Shadow of the Eagle,
Director, script:
Timo Koivusalo
Cinematography:
Pertti Mutanen
Editing:
Jyrki Luukko, Timo Koivusalo
Sound design:
Jyrki Luukko
Timo Koivusalo, Susanna Palin,
Conductor Markku Johansson
Cast:
Timo Koivusalo
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Mikko Leppilampi,
Helena Vierikko, Anneli Saaristo,
Tapio Liinoja, Seela Sella, Esko
Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Timo Koivusalo’s latest films
include Sibelius (2003),
The Rose of a Rascal (Rentun ruusu , 2001)
and The Swan and the Wanderer
(Kulkuri ja joutsen , 1999).
Artista Filmi Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Buena Vista International Finland
www.artistafilmi.fi/kkv
v a r j o s s a
]
directed by Timo Koivusalo, is set in the early 20th century at a time when
Finland was a grand duchy under the oppressive rule of Russia, and Tsar Nicholas II began to
heavy-handedly Russianise Finland’s government and people. Freedom of speech was restricted
and newspapers were censored. Government officials who were opposed to the ruler were exiled
and replaced with persons loyal to the Tsar. The film tells the story of a young poet who becomes
a symbol for the Finnish nation’s dreams of independence. The poet is forced to go underground
because of his writings that strongly oppose Russianisation. Shadow of the Eagle is a story about
a small nation’s determination, and whose silent strength can make possible the impossible. It is
a period drama with its spoken lines, but music also plays an important role in dramaturgy and
advancing the plot.
Music:
Production:
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Shadow of the Eagle
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35 mm | Cinemascope |
Dolby digital | 83’ |
Premiere: January 20th 2006
F I L M S
Director:
F E A T U R E
Cinematography:
Saara Cantell
Script:
Joona Tena, Sami Keski-Vähälä
Heikki Färm
Editing:
Anne Lakanen
Sound design:
F I N N I S H
Pietari Koskinen
Music:
Herman Rechberger,
Tempo Music Design
[
U n n a
j a
N u u k
]
One day 11-year-old Unna feels a stab of pain in her chest – she senses that her beloved Granddad
is in danger. Unna calls her grandfather, who has had a case of illness, and saves his life. At the
hospital Unna’s grandfather reveals that Unna has shaman blood in her veins and that the gift to
heal has been passed on to her. Unna is the only person Granddad can turn to for help.
Granddad tells Unna where to find the shaman’s book and magic drum. When beaten three
times, the drum will move its owner to another time and place, and so begins Unna’s adventure in
the Finnish Stone Age. Here the recently immigrated hammer axe people kidnap Unna and Nuuk,
the son of the original tribe’s shaman. Unna has met Nuuk in the woods while looking for a cure
for her grandfather. Unna and Nuuk escape from their captors, and trek through the wilderness
towards Nuuk’s home village. During their adventure Unna must get to know Nuuk, but finding a
common language proves quite a challenge. Unna learns to survive in the Stone Age, but has yet to
find a cure for her Granddad so that she can return home from the age of her ancestors.
Cast:
Rosa Salomaa, Toni Leppe,
Esko Salminen, Meri Nenonen,
Jenni Banerjee, Tommi Korpela
Producer:
Pamela Mandart
Production:
Mandart Entertainment Ltd.
Distributor in Finland:
FS Film Oy
www.unnajanuuk.com
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Unna and Nuuk
Saara Cantell
Saara Cantell (b. 1968) is a film director from Helsinki and the
mother of three children. She graduated as a film director from
the Motion Picture, Television and Production Design Department
of the University of Industrial Arts and Design in Helsinki in 1996,
and has since directed several short films, including A Clear
Winter’s Day (Peilikirkas päivä , 1997), What If (Mahdollisuus, 2005)
and The Great Journey (Den stora resan , 2005), dance films, such
as A Tale of Shatters (Sirpalesatu, 1995) and Portrait (Potretti,
2003), radio plays and two children’s TV series.
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35mm | Cinemascope | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
84’ | Premiere: October 7th 2005
Director:
Valo
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
Kaija Juurikkala
Script:
Markku Flink
Cinematography:
Harri Räty
Editing:
Jukka Nykänen
Sound design:
Pekka Karjalainen
Cast:
Vili Järvinen, Joni Kehusmaa, SaraMaria Juntunen, Alina Sakko, Eveliina
Uusitalo, Teijo Eloranta, Hannu Kivioja,
Rea Mauranen, Pentti Korhonen, Olka
Horila, Antti Litja, Morten M. Faldaas
Producer:
Outi Rousu
Co-producers:
Thomas Robsahm, Margreth Olin
(Norway), John O. Olsson, Per-Erik
Svensson, Peter Possne (Sweden)
Production:
Periferia Productions Oy
Distributor in Finland:
FS Film Oy
www.valofilm.fi
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is a story about smart and brave children. Nine-year-old boy Valo and his friend Ville establish their own school for children in a small village in the early 1900s. The children teach each
other, but some adults in the village disapprove of the school and decide to close it down. The
children, however, refuse to give up. The adventure begins.
Valo is a story about children for children. It is a true and unique story which was inspired
by the authentic diaries of a child written over a hundred years ago. The script freely interprets
the childhood diaries of artist and philosopher Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, a Finn from the Russian
region of Ingria who lived a colourful life in Russia, Finland and Sweden from 1900–1997.
Valo is a family film suitable for children aged 7–12 years.
“Valo comments on an issue of singular importance: children’s right to attend school.”
(UNICEF, the official collaborator of Valo)
Valo
Kaija Juurikkala
Director Kaija Juurikkala specialises in films for
children and the youth. She was awarded with the
State Film Prize in 2003. Kaija graduated in 1997 as
a film director from the University of Industrial Arts
and Design in Helsinki. Her debut film Rosa Was Here
(1993) won the Risto Jarva Prize at the Tampere Film
Festival in 1994. Her first feature film Takin’ Moses for
a Ride (Kyytiä Moosekselle, 2001) won a State Quality
Prize for Film in 2002.
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?’ | 35 mm | 1:1,85 |
2005
Dolby Digital | 79’
F I L M S
Directors, script:
D O C U M E N T A R Y
Editing:
F I N N I S H
Lasse Saarinen
Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari
Cinematography:
Heikki Färm
Kimmo Taavila
Sound design:
[
P i t k i n
t i e t ä
p i e n i
l a p s i
Music:
Iiro Ollila
Producers:
Ulla Simonen, Cilla Werning
Executive producer:
Production:
Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari
Kinotar Oy
Directors Susanna Helke and Virpi Suutari have
worked together since 1993. Their film making
career together includes, for example, the following
films: The Idle Ones (Joutilaat, 2001) – a documentary about boys getting a grip on their lives; A Soap
Dealer’s Sunday (Saippuakauppiaan sunnuntai, 1998)
– a documentary about getting lost in time; and
White Sky (Valkoinen taivas, 1998) – a documentary
essay about adapting to destruction.
Co-producer:
asterisk film
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Danish Film Institute,
Nordic Film & TV Fund
Financing TV companies:
YLE, ARTE, SVT
]
Abdi (15), Nasteho (11), and Bisharo (9) are refugees of the civil war in Somalia. In the wood
outside their suburban block of flats, they meet a Finnish girl Julia (13) and her younger siblings.
They all are ordinary children but outcasts in their own way. The games they play reflect the
clashes of Western and Islamic cultures, but the question of God or Allah is far less important
than keeping the gang together. The film is a story of the security and grace that people receive
from each other.
Olli Huhtanen
Production support:
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Along the Road Little Child
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D O C U M E N T A R Y
Director, cinematography:
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
2006 | Digital Beta, Beta SP, DVD |
4:3 | Stereo | 122’
Music:
Lasse Naukkarinen
Script:
Lasse Naukkarinen,
Markku Nieminen
Editing:
Tuuli Kuittinen
Sound design:
Heikki Innanen
[
P a a n a j ä r v e n
A n n i
]
For six years, the Kemijoki-river of Viena has led Lasse Naukkarinen to follow the fate of a unique
Karelian village in northwest Russia. The film follows the restoration and revival of the traditional
village of Paanajärvi through the eyes of Anni Popova, the soul of the village.
The threat of the village submerging in the reservoir of the Valkeakoski power plant has
haunted Anni and the villagers for over forty years. Ten years ago in response to the threat, the
Finnish Juminkeko Foundation began implementing measures to save the village. The Paanajärvi
village was accepted on the list of the hundred most endangered cultural sites in the world which,
for example, includes the ruins of Pompeii and the temple of Taj Mahal.
The continued existence of the village was hindered, but also protected by a building prohibition. Due to the plans for the power plant, the beautiful and architecturally valued houses had
deteriorated considerably. With the help of Juminkeko, the villagers have been educated, houses
restored and new plans drawn up for the future.
Carl-Johan Häggman
Lasse Naukkarinen
Producer:
Lasse Naukkarinen (b. 1942) is a veteran documentary filmmaker
who has made more than thirty films. After his political films of the
1970s, e.g. Solidarity (Solidaarisuus, 1970), he observed the society
of the 1980s and 90s through e.g. his films No Comments (1984) and
Dog Trails (Koiranpolkuja , 1995). After the fascinating portraits e.g.
Artist’s Life (Taiteilijaelämää , 1999), Miina! (Miinavaara! , 2001) and
Schoolboy’s Life (Koululaisen elämää , 2002) the director made, based
on his own experiences, Once Upon a Time There Was a Utopia
(Olipa kerran Utopia, 2004), a trip to the soul of the 60s and 70s.
Lasse Naukkarinen
Production:
Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, Juminkeko Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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Anni from Paanajärvi
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F I N N I S H
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I L M S
2005 | Digital Betacam | 16:9 |
Stereo | 72’20’’
[
Ko s m i n e n
n ä y t e l m ä
]
Cosmic Play is a documentary film about Kati Sinenmaa’s pursuit of a life outside society. In spring
Director, script, cinematography:
Jouni Hiltunen
Editing:
Anne Lakanen, Jouni Hiltunen
Sound design:
Janne Jankeri
Music:
2001, she gave up her rented Helsinki city apartment and moved to a small piece of woodland
right in the middle of the busiest intersections of railroads and bridges in Pasila, Helsinki.
Kati builds a massive wall against society from stones. The stronghold becomes the very image
of her soul: the inner being of an artist has been taken out, yet society wants to put it in again.
Kati Sinenmaa does not adapt to the lifestyle expected by society. She does not hold a job, she
neither rents an apartment or receives any support from society. All her clothes and meals are
donations or picked from trash cans. She tries to be free and boundless. However, a free Internet
service is the link that binds her back to society.
In the film we follow Kati’s life for four years. Living in the woods is full of challenges. The society Kati attempts to leave behind, does not leave her in peace. Kati’s life gets very particular. She
pours out everything on her web-pages and also in an abundance of dozens of pages of replies to
the demands of the society. At the same time, she starts to live in the Internet, in the reality of the
mind, in the physical reality and in the spirit world in between.
Markku Kopisto
Producer:
Jouni Hiltunen
Jouni Hiltunen
Jouni Hiltunen (b. in 1964) is a documentary film director
from Helsinki. He has worked in various fields of the film
industry since 1990 and has directed 17 documentary films.
His documentary film about three Russian prisoners for life,
Blatnoi Mir (2001), has been awarded at both Finnish and
international festivals. At the moment, Hiltunen works as a
producer-director for his own company, Katharsis Films Oy.
Production:
Katharsis Films Oy
Production support:
AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1
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Cosmic Play
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F I N N I S H
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I L M S
2005 | 35 mm, Beta | 1:1,85 |
Stereo | 90’
Director, script:
[
P e s ä p u u
]
The children of the Kallio district have grown up. Everyone must find their place in society or
others will draw attention to it.
The battle for fame, money and knowledge is as hard as the battle against illness and displacement.
The Nesting Tree tells of the world of these young adults and their yearning for freedom and
their own space.
This film by Ilkka Ruuhijärvi and Ulla Turunen continues the story of the lives of the children
in this eastern part of central Helsinki which began in 1985.
Ilkka Ruuhijärvi & Ulla Turunen
Cinematography:
Ilkka Ruuhijärvi
Editing:
Ilkka Ruuhijärvi
Sound design:
Ilkka Riihijärvi & Ulla Turunen
Ulla Turunen
Ilkka Riihijärvi (b. 1963) and Ulla Turunen
(b. 1961), both MA / The University of Art and
Design Helsinki, have been making documentaries together since 1985. Among them are 12
full-length documentaries for television – for
example, As it Happens (Kun se tapahtuu, 1986).
Prizes and awards: 17. Tampere Film Festival:
Special prize / the national competition, State
award from the Ministry of Education 1987.
Producer:
Ilkka Ruuhijärvi
Production:
RT Documentaries Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1 Co-productions
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The Nesting Tree
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Director & script team:
Issu Huovinen, Leo Märkälä,
Heta Partanen, Ilona Reiniharju,
Eija Romppanen, Mika Suikkanen,
Pentti Taipale
Team leader:
D O C U M E N T A R Y
Heikki Ahola
Cinematography:
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
2005 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 97’
Music:
Markku Anttila, Kimmo Jaatinen,
Sami Kuokkanen, Antti Lempiäinen,
Markku Parikka, Pasi Riiali,
Petri Salmi, Janne Vainiomäki
Editing:
Jukka Nykänen
Sound design:
Heikki Kossi
Timo Peltola
Producer:
Hannu Niikko
Production:
Paper Promises
[
Ko n e
17
]
The Voikkaa paper mill has formed slowly along a dark flowing river. There are residences on
both sides of the river. Everyone seems to have a view on the factory. The symbiosis of people
and factory is strong. We are at the heart of the world’s largest paper industry centre. However,
the factory lives in the early 21st century when the paths of national industries and international
capital have inevitable clashes. That also affects the people of this factory. In April of 2004 paper
machine 17 is shut down – for good.
That machine had produced paper non-stop for almost seventy years. When it stops, the lives
of a hundred and sixty people change. Some find new employment at nearby Kuusankoski factories, and some retire but there are those who fear they will become unemployed. The shutting
down of machine 17 reflects on the whole community. The drama unfolds in homes, restaurants,
streets and people’s minds. Self-respect, self-worth and their loss, adapting to new situations or
giving in to the feeling of loss are the basic themes of this film.
The community formed around the machine disintegrates, the tone of friendships changes,
the inner rhythm of families is altered, the whole basic structure of life has to find a new form.
This is a story of inevitable change where substantial economic events clash with individuals
and the small. All this time, the Kymijoki river flows by indifferent to these events. People cross
the river by bridge every day. People change but the river remains the same.
Videomakers Oy
Production support:
The directors
AVEK, European Social Fund,
Lahti Institute of Design
A group of seven directors made this film: Issu Huovinen, Leo Märkälä, Heta Partanen, Ilona Reiniharju, Eija Romppanen, Mika Suikkanen, Pentti Taipale. This is the first big documentary for all
of them. Some of them are students, some already have more experience in the field. The group
and the topic of the film were borne out of The Other Finland (Toinen Suomi) training project.
Financing TV company:
YLE
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k o i r a t
]
F I L M S
P a v l o v i n
Arto Halonen
D O C U M E N T A R Y
[
Editing:
F I N N I S H
Director, script:
Pavlov’s Dogs
Art Films production AFP Oy
Arto Halonen
Co-producer:
Arto Halonen has directed numerous films, including e.g. A Dreamer and
the Dreamtribe (Unelmoija ja unikansa, 1998), Karmapa: A Voyage on the Roof
of the World (Karmapa – Matka mailman katolla, 1998), The Stars’ Caravan
(Taivasta vasten, 2000), The Tank Man (Tynnyrimies, 2004), Conquistadors
of Cuba (Kuuban valloittajat, 2005) and The Legend (Legenda, 2005).
He is the owner of film production company, Art Films production Ltd,
and also produces films. He has acted in 2000–2003 as the chairman and
a member of the executive committee of the Documentary Guild, a parent
organisation of documentary makers. He is also the founder and festival
director (2001–2004) of DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival.
Cinematography:
Vladimir Bashta, Dmitri Avrorin,
Arto Halonen, Igor Tsernysov
Sanna Liinamaa
Sound design:
Martti Turunen
Music:
Tapani Rinne
Producer:
Arto Halonen
Production:
Studio East-West
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
The Nordic Film & TV Fund
Financing TV companies:
YLE TV2 Documentaries,
Radiotelevision Svizzera di lingua
italiana (TSI), Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), Sveriges Television AB
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These days, even poverty can be bought. A Russian psychologist, Sergei Knyatzev, provides the
experience of being a beggar to wealthy people who have tried everything and are looking for
something new.
But this is only one of the games that this psychologist has developed. He specializes in roleplaying and mental manipulation, starting with animals and small groups of people, and climaxing with his mass control of 7000 individuals.
The film speaks in an interesting mannerism of our time: where nothing is enough, and people
try to acquire both basic and extreme experiences by buying them. Everything’s for sale. Richness
often alienates people at the expense of a balance in life. That in turn opens out a market for any
entrepreneur with even the slightest understanding of the human psyche, just as it does for Sergei
Knyatzev. Through these games he is also evoking people’s attitudes and society’s structure.
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D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
[
Ke n e n
j o u k o i s s a
s e i s o t
–
m u s i i k k i e l o k u v a
]
Revolution is a documentary musical about the 70’s generation’s fight for a better world. Socialism
Director, script:
Jouko Aaltonen
Cinematography:
Jussi Eerola, Timo Peltonen
seemed like a real alternative. The movement offered a whole unified world where it would be
easy to be on the right side – against anything old and reactionary. Songs played a central role in
this revolution. Hundreds of song groups sprung up. The songs told stories of battles, solidarity,
socialism, Vietnam, Chile. Now middle-aged former revolutionaries return to their combat songs,
singing in the environments revealing their present status and work places. Music creates some
distance and in many ways, depicts the experiences and spirit of the era. The music also symbolizes the pomposity and rhetoric often so blatantly and comically at odds with reality and everyday
life. What has happened to the idealism of youth?
Editing:
Samu Heikkilä
Sound design:
Paul Jyrälä
Jouko Aaltonen
Producer:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, ESEK
Jouko Aaltonen (b. 1956) has directed a wide range
of documentaries on various topics and environments
ranging from Siberian Taiga to the diplomatic society
of New Delhi. His latest work includes the films:
Life Saver (Hengenpelastaja, 2005), Ambassadors
(Lähettiläät, 2004), Road of Hunger (Nälän tie, 1999),
Constructing and Destroying (Rakenna ja tuhoa, 1998),
Financing TV company:
In the Arm of Buddha and the Drum
YLE TV2 Documentaries
(Rummun ja Buddhan välissä, 1997).
Pertti Veijalainen
Production:
Illume Oy
Production support:
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Revolution
v a l l a n k u m o u k s e l l i n e n
F I L M S
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Dolby Digital | ~75’
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F I N N I S H
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I L M S
2006 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | ~75’
Directors:
Anastasia Lapsui &
Markku Lehmuskallio
[
S a a m e l a i n e n
]
The Saami are a people spread over 4 different countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
They have no state of their own. The Saami 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 Saami way of looking at the world? In the film people try to answer the questions: Who am I?
Cinematography:
Johannes Lehmuskallio
Editing:
Anastasia Lapsui,
Johannes Lehmuskallio,
Markku Lehmuskallio
Sound design:
Antero Honkanen
Anastasia Lapsui
Producer:
Giron Filmi Oy
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.
Production support:
Markku Lehmuskallio
The Finnish Film Foundation
Born in Rauma in 1938.
Graduated as forest technician in 1963.
Worked in films professionally since 1969.
Liisa Holmberg
Production:
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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Saami
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Sonic Mirror
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:
D O C U M E N T A R Y
Mika Kaurismäki
Script:
Music:
Mika Kaurismäki
F I N N I S H
F I L M S
2006 | 35mm, Digibeta | 1:1,66 |
Dolby SR and 5.1 | ~ 90’
Billy Cobham etc.
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).
Mika Kaurismäki, Marco Forster
Cinematography:
Jacques Cheuiche
Editing:
Oli Weiss
Sound design:
Uwe Dresch
Producers:
Mika Kaurismäki, Marco Forster
Production:
Marianna Films
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, ESEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
International sales:
Wide Management
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F I N N I S H
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I L M S
2005 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Stereo | 74’50’’
is a documentary film about the life and work of the Finnish scientist
Väinö Auer in Finland and in Latin America. Auer was geographer, explorer and above all swamp
geologist. His swamp auger reached the central, post ice age layers of earth’s climate history in
Canada, Finland, Tierra del Fuego and Patagony. The film travels in time to the different stages
of Auer’s life: in the swamps and wilderness of Finland, the peculiar shallow swamps of Tierra
del Fuego and the Patagonyan pampas that are whipped by dusty winds. The documentary film is
based on Auer’s diary entries and articles. Through them, it also takes a tour of dramatic human
history in the 20th century. The journey of a pioneering climatologist from nationalism to global
awareness and concern about the development of the relationship between man and nature.
Väinö Auer (1895–1981)
Director, script:
Mikko Piela
Cinematography:
Tahvo Hirvonen
Editing:
Timo Linnasalo
Sound design:
Juha Hakanen
Mikko Piela
Music:
Mikko Piela (b. 1956) has studied law, aesthetics,
ethnology, theatre and philosophy at the University
of Helsinki. In the 1980s, he wrote film criticism for
several newspapers in Finland and also for the film
magazine Filmihullu. From the beginning of the 1990s,
he has made documentary films, e.g.
Women At The University (Naisia yliopistolla, 1990),
Milkpayday (Maitotilipäivä, 1991), The Last Livonians?
(Viimeiset liiviläiset?, 1995) and Stones (Kivet, 2000).
Miika Snåre, Mikko Helenius
Producer:
Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti
Production:
Silva Mysterium Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK
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Väinö Auer (1895–1981)
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P R O D U C T I O N
Director:
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
I N
35 mm | 1:1,85 |
Dolby Digital | ~75’ |
Premiere: September 2006
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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
The Birth of a Nation
[
K a n s a k u n n a n
s y n t y
]
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.
Music:
Riina Hyytiä
Tauri Oksala
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 produced 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) which will
premiere in February 2006. Hyytiä is the Vice President of
the TV production company Filmiteollisuus Oy.
Cast:
Mika Ala-Panula,
Heikki Hilander, Erja Manto
Producers:
Aleksi Bardy, Riina Hyytiä,
Olli Haikka
Production:
Helsinki -filmi Oy
]
2 0 0 6
t y ö
P R O D U C T I O N
M i e h e n
Man’s Job is a story about Juha who becomes a male gigolo but doesn’t tell his family.
F I L M S
I N
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 two 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
Director, script:
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.
Aleksi Salmenperä
Producers:
Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa
Production:
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Distributor in Finland:
Sandrew Metronome
Distribution Finland Oy
www.blindspot.fi
F E A T U R E
[
35 mm | Cinemascope |
Dolby digital | 110’ |
Premiere: Spring 2007
F I N N I S H
Man’s Job
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P R O D U C T I O N
I N
F I L M S
F E A T U R E
F I N N I S H
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35 mm colour | 2,35:1 |
Dolby digital |
Premiere: January 2007
Director:
Aleksi Mäkelä
Vares – Private Eye 2
[
Va r e s
2
]
A hard boiled crime thriller comedy.
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.
Vares 2 returns Reijo Mäki’s down-to-earth hero to the screen even tougher than before.
Script:
Marko Leino
Cinematography:
Pini Hellstedt
Cast:
Juha Veijonen
Producer:
Aleksi Mäkelä
Markus Selin
Aleksi Mäkelä (born 1969) is one of the most
successful young directors in Finland. He has
directed several hugely popular films, many of
them produced by Markus Selin.
Mäkelä’s previous works include Matti –
Hell Is for Heroes (Matti , 2006), Vares (2004),
Bad Boys – A True Story (Pahat pojat , 2003),
The South (Lomalla , 2000) and The Tough Ones
(Häjyt , 1999).
Executive producer:
Jukka Helle
Production:
Solar Films Inc.
Distributor in Finland:
Buena Vista International Finland Oy
International sales:
Birch Tree Entertainment
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P R O D U C T I O N
35 mm | Premiere: autumn 2006
Rock’n’Roll Never Dies
is a story about 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.
F I N N I S H
F E A T U R E
F I L M S
I N
Rock’n’Roll Never Dies
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Director, script, music:
Juha Koiranen
Juha Koiranen
Cinematography:
Juha Koiranen, born 1968, graduated as a
Master of Arts from the Department of Film
and TV at the University of Art and Design
UIAH. His films include the short films
Albatross (Albatrossi , 1993), Heavy Metal
(1995) and The Sweep (Pakkaus, 2000),
and the TV film Partanen (2004).
Jyri Hakala
Editing:
Oskar Franzen
Producers:
Sinikka Usvamaa,
Marko Rauhala
Production:
Filmtotal Oy
International Sales Companies
Bavaria Film GmbH
Bavariafilmplatz 7
DE-82031 Geiselgasteig
Tel. +49 89 649 90
Fax +49 89 649 2507
www.bavariafilm.de
Birch Tree Entertainment
9200 Sunset Blvd.
Suite 330
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Tel. +1 310 383 2782
Fax +1 323 843 9650
info@birchtreefilms.com
www.birchtreeentertainment.com
Future Film Oy Ab
Rantakatu 2 G 10
FI-65100 Vaasa
Tel. +358 6 3199 500
Fax +358 6 3199 555
info@futurefilm.fi
The Match Factory GmbH
Michael Weber
[email protected]
www.the-match-factory.com
Nordisk Film International Sales
Mosedalvej 14
DK-2500 Valby
Tel. +45 3618 8200
Fax +45 3618 9550
contact@nordiskfilm.com.
www.sales.nordiskfilm.com
Rezo Films
29 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière
FR-75009 Paris
Tel. +33 1 4246 4630
Fax +33 1 4246 4082
infosrezo@rezofilms.com
Sandrew Metronome International
PO Box 5612
SE-11486 Stockholm
Tel. +46 8 762 1700
Fax +46 8 103 850
bertil.sandgren@
se.sandrewmetronome.com
Wide Management
42 bis, rue de Lourmel
FR-75015 Paris
France
Tel. +33 1 5395 0464
Fax +33 1 5395 0465
[email protected]
www.widemanagement.com
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Top Films in Finland 2005
All films 2005
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
Madagascar
Frozen Land (Finnish)
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Mother of Mine (Finnish)
Wallace & Gromit in
The Curse of the Were Rabbit
Batman Begins
Mr & Mrs Smith
War of the Worlds
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
National Treasure
Sin City
Beauty and the Bastard (Finnish)
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Kingdom of Heaven
Meet the Fockers
Million Dollar Baby
Robots
King Kong
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Premiere
Admissions
18.11.2005
19.5.2005
2.9.2005
14.1.2005
18.2.2005
30.9.2005
363 000
286 000
228 000
171 000
159 000
154 000
14.10.2005
15.7.2005
10.6.2005
29.6.2005
16.9.2005
31.12.2004
22.7.2005
21.10.2005
150 000
137 000
125 000
121 000
115 000
107 000
101 000
96 000
23.12.2005
4.5.2005
18.2.2005
11.3.2005
18.3.2005
14.12.2005
95 000
90 000
88 000
85 000
82 000
78 000
Finnish films 2005
Premiere
Admissions 2005
Frozen Land
Conquistadors of Cuba (doc)
Shades of Happiness
For the Living and the Dead
What Comes Around –
See Everything, Feel Everything (doc)
Shepherds (doc)
Homesick
Game Over
Shadow of the Eagle
Mother of Mine
Valo
Beauty and the Bastard
Along the Road Little Child (doc)
Promise
FC Venus
14.1.2005
28.1.2005
11.2.2005
18.2.2005
170 357
1 790
79 602
4 830
11.2.2005
15.4.2005
12.8.2005
26.8.2005
9.9.2005
30.9.2005
7.10.2005
21.10.2005
18.11.2005
2.12.2005
30.12.2005
3 534
2 903
23 943
16 070
62 892
154 779
38 748
96 029
324
72 994
20 514
My Friend Henry
Trench Road
Producing Adults
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (doc)
Flowers and Binding
Riot On! (doc)
Pelicanman
Harbour Brothers
20.8.2004
27.8.2004
27.9.2004
8.10.2004
15.10.2004
12.11.2004
17.12.2004
25.12.2004
2 173
2 500
1 956
6 267
635
633
93 183
91 710
Total
Cumulative 2004–2005
10 287
103 002
56 107
10 225
23 499
2 032
117 356
118 841
942 423
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Facts in Figures
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Releases
176
172
192
177
189
189
Screens
343
339
342
338
336
340
7,1
6,5
7,7
7,7
6,9
6,1
Gross box-office in millions 276,9*
274,2*
55,0
56,4
51,8
45
Admissions in millions
Ticket price average
39*
42,2*
7,1
7,3
7,3
7,4
Per capita attendances
1,4
1,3
1,5
1,5
1,3
1,2
9
12
10
14
13
11
15 %
10 %
18 %
22 %
17 %
15 %
Finnish feature films
Share of Finnish films
*2000–2001 in FIM | 1 euro=5,94573 FIM
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Finnish Feature Films 1.1.1999–3.12.2005
Release Date Title of Film
in Helsinki
14.1.2000
21.1.2000
28.1.2000
11.2.2000
18.2.2000
3.3.2000
24.3.2000
Lakeuden kutsu
Pelon maantiede
Levottomat
Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat
Seitsemän laulua tundralta
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
Highway Society
18.8.2000
29.9.2000
1.12.2000
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
Badding
Bad Luck Love
Lomalla
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
Production Company
Return to Plainlands
Geography of Fear
Restless
Abandoned Houses
Seven Songs from the Tundra
The South
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
Director
MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy
Ilkka Vanne
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Auli Mantila
Solar Films Inc.
Aku Louhimies
Jörn Donner Productions Oy
Lauri Törhönen
Jörn Donner Productions Oy Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio
Ere Kokkonen Oy
Ere Kokkonen
Mariette Rissenbeek Filmproduktion /
Marianna Films Oy
Mika Kaurismäki
Fennada Filmi Oy
Markku Pölönen
GNUfilms Oy
Olli Saarela
Solar Films Inc.
Aleksi Mäkelä
Artista Filmi Oy
Timo Koivusalo
MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy
Pekka Lehto
Kinotar Oy
Sakari Kirjavainen
Sputnik Oy
Kari Väänänen
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
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
MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy
Olli Saarela
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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
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
Minä ja Morrison
Aleksis Kiven elämä
Kuutamolla
Moro no Brasil
Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Hengittämättä ja nauramatta
Kymmenen riivinrautaa
Menolippu Mombasaan
Umur
Kahlekuningas
Haaveiden kehä
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
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
Hayflower and Quiltshoe
Mothers of Life
Without My Daughter
Bad Boys – A True Story
Mosku – The Last of His Kind
Upswing
Elina
Pearls and Pigs
Brothers
Young Gods
Land of Love
Solar Films Inc.
Lenka Hellstedt
Seppä Callahanin Filmimaailma Oy
Jari Halonen
MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy
Aku Louhimies
Magnatel TV GmbH / Marianna Films Oy
Mika Kaurismäki
Sputnik Oy
Aki Kaurismäki
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Saara Saarela
Ere Kokkonen Oy
Ere Kokkonen
Cinemaker Oy
Hannu Tuomainen
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Kai Lehtinen
Kinoproduction Ltd.
Arto Koskinen
Dada-filmi Oy
Matti Ijäs
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
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Tapio Suominen
Kinotar Oy
Johanna Vuoksenmaa
Kinoproduction Oy
Klaus Härö
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Jarmo Lampela
Talent House
Perttu Leppä
Artista Filmi Oy
Timo Koivusalo
Kinotar Oy
Esa Illi
Helsinki -filmi Oy
J-P Siili
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Ilkka Vanne
* Swedish-Finnish co-production
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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
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
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
Paha maa
Onnen varjot
Eläville ja kuolleille
Koti-ikävä
Game Over
Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa
Äideistä parhain
Valo
Tyttö sinä olet tähti
Lupaus
FC Venus
Addiction
Dog Nail Clipper
Solar Films Inc.
Fennada-filmi Oy
Beyond the Front Line
A Bride of the Seventh Heaven
Elli
Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy
Åke Lindman
Millennium Film Oy
Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio
Helsingin Dexline Oy
Anssi Mänttäri
Solar Films Inc.
Aleksi Mäkelä
Do Films Oy
Auli Mantila
Kinotar Oy
Veikko Aaltonen
My Friend Henry
Trench Road
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life Ere Kokkonen Oy
Producing Adults
Flowers and Binding
Pelicanman
Harbour Brothers
Frozen Land
Shades of Happiness
For the Living and the Dead
Homesick
Shadow of the Eagle
Mother of Mine
Beauty and the Bastard
Promise
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Helsinki -filmi Oy & Kinotaurus Oy
Lumifilm Oy
Mandart Entertainment Oy
Solar Films Inc.
Kinoproduction Oy
Sputnik Oy
Making Movies Oy
KinoFinlandia Oy
Artista Filmi Oy
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Periferia Productions Oy
Helsinki -filmi Oy
Fantasiafilmi Oy
Talent House
Minna Virtanen
Markku Pölönen
Ere Kokkonen
Aleksi Salmenperä
Janne Kuusi
Liisa Helminen
Pekka Mandart
Aku Louhimies
Claes Olsson
Kari Paljakka
Petri Kotwica
Pekka Lehto
Timo Koivusalo
Klaus Härö
Kaija Juurikkala
Dome Karukoski
Ilkka Vanne
Joona Tena
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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
lauram@actors.fi
www.actors.fi
Animaatioklinikka –
Finnish Animation Association
c/o Suomen Elokuvakontakti
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
animaat@kaapeli.fi
www.animaatioklinikka.fi
The Association of
Finnish Film Directors – SELO ry.
PL 177, FI-00531 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 539 0951
tommi.saarikivi@elisanet.fi
www.selo.fi
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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
marit.hohtokari@satu.fi, www.satu.fi
AVEK – The Promotion Centre for
Audiovisual 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 Finland – 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 Organization 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
Digital Film Finland Oy
Katajanokan laituri 11 B
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 000
Fax +358 9 6877 0033
info@df.fi
www.digitalfilmfinland.fi
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 Broadcasting Company (YLE) /
TV2
PO Box 196, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 345 6111
Fax +358 3 344 2280
www.yle.fi
The Finnish Chamber of Films
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2311
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.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
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
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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
Media Desk Finland
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
The Finnish Film Contact
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6129 720
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
fi[email protected].fi
www.elokuvakontakti.fi
MTV3 Finland
FI-00033 MTV3
Tel. +358 9 150 01
Fax +358 9 150 707
mtv@mtv3.fi, www.mtv3.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
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
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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 Int. 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
Finnkino Oy
Koivuvaarankuja 2, FI-01640 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 131 191
Fax +358 9 8527 206
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
Kamras Film Group Oy
Mikonkatu 19, FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 621 1100
Fax +358 9 684 7263
info@kamrasfilm.fi
Oy Kinoscreen Ltd.
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23, FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5893 8861
Fax +358 9 5893 8860
kinoscreen@jippii.fi
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141, FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 820
Fax. +358 9 5407 8210
[email protected]
www.matilarohr.com
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
Kaisaniemenkatu 1 C 106, FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8866 7709
Fax +358 9 8666 7710
Oy Scanbox Finland
Vapaalantie 2 A 3, FI-01650 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 8545 5602
Fax +358 9 8545 5611
[email protected]
www.scanbox.com
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Film Festivals in Finland 2006
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
25.–29.1.2006
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
22.–27.8.2006
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458
offi[email protected]
www.espoocine.org
Tampere International Short Film Festival
8.–12.3.2006
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
14.–24.9.2006
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
14.–18.6.2006
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
13.–19.11.2006
Torikatu 8, FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290
oek@oufilmcenter.inet.fi
www.oukafi/lef
Producers
AL-Filmi Oy /
Mainstream Pictures
Ruukintie 10 E
FI-07970 Ruotsinpyhtää
Tel. +358 500 704 316
[email protected].fi
www.mainstream.fi
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
Alppiharjun elokuva Oy
Viipurinkatu 16 B 22
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 148 1636
Fax +358 9 148 1636
alppiharjunelokuva@jippii.fi
Blind Spot Pictures Oy
Kalliolanrinne 4
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7742 8360
Fax +358 9 7742 8350
spot@blindspot.fi
www.blindspot.fi
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]
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
Dada-Filmi Oy
3. Linja 5
FI-00530 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 774 4780
Fax +358 9 730 734
kari.sara@fennada-filmi.fi
Do Films Oy
Hiihtomäentie 34
FI-00800 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6874 4980
Fax +358 9 6874 4981
info@dofilms.fi
www.dofilms.fi
Ere Kokkonen Oy
Viertolantie 7 B
FI-01800 Klaukkala
Tel. +358 400 416 730
Fax +358 9 879 2371
[email protected].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
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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
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Festival contacts:
Filmiryhmä Oy
Vyökatu 8
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 171 055
Fax +358 9 662 602
virke.lehtinen@filmiryhma.fi
www.filmiryhma.fi
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3060
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
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 9 0207 300 460
Fax +358 9 0207 300 461
matti.halonen@fs-film.fi
Giron Filmi Oy
Lapinlahdenkatu 29 A 10
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 685 4429
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
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
Päijänteentie 39–41
FI-00510 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
KinoFinlandia Oy
Pyhtääntie 5
FI-00600 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2781 783
Fax +358 9 2781 763
kinofinlandia@kinofinlandia.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
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
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
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Festival contacts:
The Finnish Film Foundation
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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Lindman Åke
Film-Production Oy
Elimäenkatu 14–16 C
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 736 300
Fax +358 9 737 700
[email protected].fi
Mandart Production
Kalevankatu 28 A 3
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 694 3142
Fax +358 9 694 3136
[email protected]
www.mandart.com
Nordisk Film
Tehtaankatu 27–29 D, 3. krs.
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6689 990
Fax +358 9 6689 9996
petri.uitto@nordiskfilm.com
www.nordiskfilmtv.fi
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
Perfecto Films Oy
Vallilantie 21
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 7269 5850
Fax +358 9 7269 5851
johannes@perfectofilms.com
www.perfectofilms.com
Making Movies Oy
Linnankatu 7
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 621 3828
Fax +358 9 6842 7870
mamo@mamo.fi
www.mamo.fi
Millennium Film Ltd.
Koskikartanontie 12
FI-75530 Nurmes
Tel. +358 13 511 0100
Fax +358 13 511 0111
millennium@millenniumfilm.fi
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 820
Fax. +358 9 5407 8210
[email protected]
www.matilarohr.com
Periferia Productions Oy
Kauppilantie 12
FI-91100 Ii
Tel. +358 40 541 2922
Fax +358 8 650 130
outi.rousu@
periferiaproductions.fi
www.periferiaproductions.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
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
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
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
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
Sputnik Oy
Museokatu 13 A,
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 100
Fax +358 9 6877 1010
sputnik@sputnik.fi
Talent House
Tallberginkatu 1 A 141
FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5407 8233
Fax +358 9 5407 8210
mikko.tenhunen@
matilarohr.com
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 Ltd.
Aurinkokuja 9
FI-33420 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 4108 8089
Fax +358 3 4108 8081
tf@timelessfilms.com
www.timelessfilms.com
Videomakers Oy
Svinhufvudinkatu 23
FI-15110 Lahti
Tel. +358 3 7512 286
Fax +358 3 7512 287
hannu.niikko@videomakers.fi
www.videomakers.fi
Wide Mind Productions Oy
Läntinen Brahenkatu 12
FI-00510 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 5622 044
Fax +358 9 6945 194
[email protected]
www.framex.info
The Finnish Film Foundation | Kanavakatu 12 | FI-00160 Helsinki | Tel. +358 9 6220 300 | Fax +358 9 6220 3060 | [email protected] | www.ses.fi
Editor: Satu Elo | Translations/editing: Said Dakash (features) / Broadcast Text (documentaries)|
Layout: Maikki Rantala, Praxis Oy | Printed by: Erikoispaino Oy, Helsinki, 2006 | ISSN 1796-0738
Front cover: Jade Warrior by AJ Annila |
Back cover: Beauty and the Bastard by Dome Karukoski, Man Exposed (working title) by Aku Louhimies, FC Venus by Joona Tena,
Unna and Nuuk by Saara Cantell, Mystery of the Wolf by Raimo O Niemi, Homesick by Petri Kotwica.
Petfilms Oy
Pitäjänmäen asema
FI-00370 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 5617 800
Fax +358 9 5617 8010
petfilms@petfilms.fi
www.petfilms.fi
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