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2 2F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H DCP, 35mm Crop: 1:1,85 Dolby Digital Released: September 16, 2011 Director: Juuso Syrjä Script: Katri Manninen Editing: Ilmari Hakkola, Juuso Syrjä Sound design: Magnus Axberg Music: Markus Koskinen, Sampo Haapaniemi Lead Animator: Janne Roivainen Animation Dramaturg: Lauri Konttori Illustrator: Antti Kemppainen Animation Producer: Ilmari Hakkola Cast: Antti Luusuaniemi, Malla Malmivaara, Jarkko Tamminen, Paleface, Olavi Uusivirta, Eero Ritala, Laura Malmivaara, Marek Urbanski Producer: Jesse Fryckman Production company: Bronson Club Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, ESEK The Finnish Performing Music Promotion Centre, The Church Media Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE Distribution in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy Ella & Alex A Surprise Birthday Party [ Ella & Aleksi Yllätyssynttärit] Ella and Alex are siblings who get caught up in many adventures with their dog, Inspector Dogson. Whether at home, in the city or in the country, they re always making new friends. Alex is the precocious smarty and refl ective older brother who knows much about the world. Ella is the curious and impulsive little sister, full of life and creative solutions. With the help of their imagination the two can shrink and grow, understand the language of animals and even create a train from thin air. The kids help the quick-tempered MC Beetle to fi x his DJ gear, teach little Lenni the Seagull to fl y and fi nd the lost inspiration of the fashion designer Carl the Crayfi sh. Later they re off to make magic soil with the soil dealing Mr Mole, aid the refugee Hely the Owl to fi nd a new home and fi nd the lodestar in their back yard and help it back into the night sky. The adventures are accompanied by songs sung by Ella and Alex. Juuso Syrjä Juuso Syrjä, an awarded director from Helsinki, Finland, has directed over 400 commercials and music videos around the globe. His clients include international brands such as McDonald s, Samsung, Nokia Siemens Networks, Snickers, Polar Electro, Nokia, Citibank, Peugeot, Adidas and Schweppes. Syrjä is also known for award-winning music videos for such artists as Don Johnson Big Band, Bomfunk MC s, Darude and Fintelligens. Ella & Alex A Surprise Birthday Party is his fi rst animated feature fi lm. DEBUT

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4 4F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H 35mm, Digital Copy 1:2,35 cinema scope Dolby Digital 90 Released: September 9, 2011 Director: Ulrika Bengts Script: Annina Enckell Cinematography: Robert Nordström Editing: Tuomo Leino Sound design: Risto Iissalo Music: Peter Hägerstrand Set design: Katarina Lume, Cian Bornebunch Costumes: Riitta Peteri Cast: Agnes Koskinen, Maria Salomaa, Tobias Zilliacus, Marika Parkkomäki, Magnus Krepper, Emmi Pesonen Producer: Mats Långbacka Production company: Långfi lm Productions Finland Oy Co-Producers: Jon Lindström / Street Movies Ab (Sweden) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Konstsamfundet, Swedish Film Institut Financing TV company: YLE FST5 Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy International sales: Oy Interprod Ab Iris The year is year-old Iris lives in Stockholm with her artist mother, Ester. Precocious and experienced in the ways of the world, Iris feels at home among her mother s modern artist friends. Now she is waiting for the big adventure to begin; Ester s exhibition in Paris. On the day of the departure, Iris is shocked to learn that she will not be going to Paris. When her proposed caregivers are unable to look after her as planned, she is sent by mail aboard a boat to Åland; a place she knows nothing about, but where she will learn to know her roots and fi nd the childhood she s never had. Ulrika Bengts Ulrika Bengts (b. 1962) is a Finnish fi lm and theater director. She is a graduate of the Swedish Film School (Dramatiska Institutet) in Stockholm and has directed over 20 short fi lms, television-series and documentaries. Iris is her fi rst feature fi lm and one of the fi rst Swedish spoken children s movies ever made in Finland. DEBUT

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6 6F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H DCP, 35mm 1:1,85 Dolby Released: December 16, 2011 Director, script, costumes: Rosa Karo Cinematography: Ville Tanttu & Gianni Giannelli Editing: Pauliina Punkki & Paul Martin Smith Sound design: Olli Huhtanen Music: Tuomas Kantelinen Set design: Stefano Maria Ortolani Cast: Gwendolyn Anslow, Leo Vertunni Di Albanella, Joana Cartocci, Moose Ali Khan, Elisa Cartocci, Isadora Cartocci, Gioele Franchini, Peter O. Almond, John Shea, Joeanna Sayler, Andreas Wilson, Richard Ulfsäter Producer: Seppo Toivonen, Tuomas Kantelinen, Peter O. Almond Production company: Harmaa Media Oy Co-producers: Rose Hope Pictures, Old Trace Road Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International sales: Nonstop Sales The Italian Key [ Avain Italiaan] The Italian Key is an English-language feature fi lm by writer-director Rosa Karo. A genuine feelgood movie with a heart of gold, The Italian Key was shot on location in Italy, India and the UK. 19-year-old Cabella has never known her parents and has lived with her non-related uncle Max for as long as she can remember. When Max dies Cabella only gets an old key that Max has left for her in secret. Sad, without much to look forward to and with nowhere else to go, she travels to Italy and fi nds a run-down villa in a little village where she takes up residence. Little by little Cabella starts to fi t into the life of the village and makes friends with three local sisters and a friendly ghost. With their help, the mysteries of the house and her family history slowly unfold. Cabella rediscovers her joie de vivre, as do many others into whose life she has suddenly drifted. Rosa Karo Rosa Karo is a writer, director and producer of shorts, documentaries, commercials, music videos and feature films. Rosa graduated from the film department of the University of Art and Design Helsinki in She has directed many documentaries including the award- winning Wrestling and Rovaniemi All Night Long. The Italian Key is her first fictional feature. Rosa grew up and went to school in Germany, France and Finland, and now lives in Helsinki and Santa Monica when she is not in India or Italy. DEBUT

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8 8F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H 35mm, DCP, DVD 1:1,85 Dolby Digital, Stereo 95 Premiere: August 17, 2012 Director, script:matti Kinnunen Cinematography: Peter Flinckenberg Editing: Jyrki Keränen Sound design: Mikael Brodin Music: Fredrik Viklund, Kauko Röyhkä Set design: Saara Joro Costumes: Tiina Wilén Make-up design: Marjut Samulin Cast: Mikko Neuvonen, Sanni Kurkisuo, Elias Gould, Pirkko Hämäläinen, PK Keränen, Maria Ylipää Producers: Outi Rousu & Markku Flink Production company: Periferia Productions Oy Co-production company: MIGMA Film (SE) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish fi lm Institute, Filmpool Nord Financing TV companies: MTV3 Distribution in Scandinavia: Nordisk Film Miss Blue Jeans [ Miss Farkku-Suomi] The year is Punk and new wave rock n roll has arrived in the remote country of Finland and the bleak, small town of Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear on the streets with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the fi rst time and to win the love of Pike, the most beautiful girl in his class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by the country s leading (and only) pop music magazine, Suosikki, and takes the bourgeois Henri Hakala as her boyfriend, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and begins purposefully constructing a new persona. But things don t go quite as Välde planned Matti Kinnunen Matti Kinnunen is a MA in screenwriting and fi lm directing at the Art University of Art & Design Helsinki (1996). He studied fi lmmaking also at the Deutsche Film- und Fernseheakademi, at Hochschule den Kunste in Berlin (1993) and at the SOURCES 2 screenwriting workshop in Ireland (2008). Kinnunen has written and directed successful drama series for Finnish TV channels which have been well received by audiences and critics alike. Matti is the father of three children and enjoys cooking, football and literature. DEBUT

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10 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H 10 35mm, DCP 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 90 Released: December 16, 2011 Director: Matti Grönberg, Pekka Karjalainen Script: Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Salo Cinematography: Harri Räty Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Pekka Karjalainen Music: Janne Louhivuori, Timo Kahilainen Set design: Marjatta Kuivasto Costumes: Jaana Aro Cast: Heikki Hela, Heikki Silvennoinen, Satu Säävälä, Outi Mäenpää, Jukka Rasila, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Salo, Tuija Ernamo, Mia Selin Producer: Timo Kahilainen Production company: Jackpot Films Oy Co-producers: Meguru production Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE TV2 Distributor in Finland: The Walt Disney Company Nordic Mr. Hayhill [ Herra Heinämäki ja Leijonatuuliviiri] During the Finnish war ( ) bandit, Jeppe Antinpoika, robs a treasure belonging to the King of Sweden leaving the loot, a bag of gems, hidden behind a stove and left there for two hundred years. Modern day city girl, Aurora, comes to visit her country relative, the original Mr. Hayhill. His neighbour, the baker Kakelberg, is not doing very well his house seems to be haunted and his baking business has been sabotaged. Aurora and Mr. Hayhill start solving the mystery of the baker s house. Matti Grönberg Matti Grönberg (b. 1957) has worked since 1987 in YLE TV2 as producer and director. His works include entertainment, drama, children s programs, music programs and sports spectaculars. Grönberg has been awarded several times for his work in television. He has also directed three featurelength fi lms with the comedy crew Kummeli. Pekka Karjalainen Pekka Karjalainen (b. 1961) graduated as a Master of Arts from the Film Department of the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. He has worked as a sound designer in more than 30 feature-length fi lms. His works as a director include the documentary The Rhythm (Rytmi, 1991), the featurelength road-movie Hysteria (1993), the television fi lms A Pastoral (Pastoraali, 1995) and Beatlehem (2003) as well as the feature fi lms Jackpot (Kummelin Jackpot, 2006) and Gimme Some Respect (Vähän kunnioitusta, 2010).

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12 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H 12 S3D DCP, 35mm 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 75 Premiere: October 12, 2012 Director: Kari Juusonen Co-director: Jørgen Lerdam Script: Hannu Tuomainen, Marteinn Thorisson Production design: Mikko Pitkänen Editing: Antti Haikala Animation: Anima Vitae, Studio Rakete, A.Film Production, Tidal Films Producer: Antti Haikala, Petteri Pasanen, Hannu Tuomainen, Production company: Anima Vitae & Cinemaker for Animaker Co-producers: Ulysses Films (D), A.Film Production (DK), Tidal Films (IE) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages, German Federal Film Fund, Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, The Irish Filmboard, FFA, The Danish Film Institute, NFTF, Nordmedia, Telepool, Nordisk Film, Universum, MEDIA Program of the European Community Financing TV companies: YLE, TV2 Denmark Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International sales: Global Screen Niko 2 (working title) Niko, a young reindeer boy, secretly wishes his mom and his hero dad from Santa s world famous Flying Forces would get back together so they could be a real family - something they have never been. One day mom springs the news on Niko; she s met a guy, an ordinary reindeer Lenni, and he and his little son Jonni will be moving in. Niko s world is shaken: he will no longer be the only child. Furthermore, he will have to look after this darn, cute little step-brother are the results are not so good Kari Juusonen Kari Juusonen is the most successful Finnish animation director. He directed Niko & The Way to the Stars with Michael Hegner which received over 3 million admissions in world-wide cinema distribution. Kari has also directed several short animations, among them the Cannes Festival winner Pizza Passionata.

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14 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H 14 35mm, digital print 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 72 Premiere: February 10, 2012 Director: Mari Rantasila Script: Sinikka and Tiina Nopola Story: Sinikka and Tiina Nopola, Mari Rantasila Cinematography: Timo Heinänen Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen Sound Design: Risto Iissalo Music: Iiro Rantala Music Producer: Markku Kanerva Set Design: Minna Santakari Costumes: Niina Pasanen Cast: Lauri Karo, Venni Uotila, Olivia Ainali, Ulla Tapaninen, Juha Muje, Annu Valonen, Martti Suosalo Producers: Lasse Saarinen, Rimbo Salomaa Production company: Kinotar Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: Yle co-productions Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International Sales: Kinotar Oy Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy [ Risto Räppääjä ja viileä Venla] The family musical comedy Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy is an eventful relationship comedy about friendship, loneliness and tolerance based on an original story. Ricky Rapper and Nelly Noodlehead go to an Island resort where Fanny Freezer works as a holiday camp hostess. The guests include Wendy, who is slightly older than Ricky and Nelly, and her father Herb Willow. Wendy s arrival puts a strain on Ricky and Nelly s friendship since nelly begins to spend more time with Wendy. Old friends Fanny Freezer and Herb Willow also become closer. Mari Rantasila Mari Rantasila (b. 1963) is a director, actress and musician. Over the last years she has been become more focused on directing. Rantasila has made fi lms for children and young audiences. Her Ricky Rapper fi lms have been enormous box office hits in Finland in 2008 and 2010.

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16 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S C H I L D R E N & Y O U T H 16 Stereoscopic 3D 1:1,85 Dolby 5:1 76 Released: November 18, 2011 Director: Antti Haikala Assistant directors: Mark Mertens, Igor Bertolucci Script: Thomas Wipf, Bob Swain, Dan & Nuria Wicksman, Alessandro Liggieri, Antti Haikala, Kurt Weldon Editing: Jukka Nykänen, Tommi Ojala Sound design: Quentin Collette Music: Menno Van Riet Set design: Antti Haikala & co Animation: Luca Bruno & co Producer: Mikael Wahlforss Production company: Epidem ZOT Co-producers: Skyline Entertainment, Araneo Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: Nelonen Distributor in Finland: Future Film Distribution Oy International sales: TF1 International Santa s Magic Crystal [ Maaginen kristalli] A magic crystal makes it possible for Santa to multiply his efforts and distribute presents to children, thus bringing happiness to families all over the world. But Santa s evil twin brother Basil has a diabolical plan; he will steal the crystal and gain control over the minds of children. Thanks, however, to the courage of a human boy, Yotan, the crystal is saved by the Red Caps Santa s crew of elvish helpers. They succeed, after many adventures and crises, in saving the crystal and bringing it back to Santa s headquarters in Korvatunturi. But even if this fi lm shares the ethical values of Elvish traditions, Santa s Magic Crystal is closer to science fiction than to the classic Nordic mythology. Antti Haikala Antti Haikala, (b. 1975), is one of the founders of the successful Finnish animation studio Anima Vitae. He was the supervising animator of The Rulers, a popular TV series of political satire. He has directed numerous TV commercials and several prize-winning animated short fi lms. He was animation director of the feature fi l m The Emperor s Secret and production supervisor of Niko & The Way To The Stars, a feature fi lm that has been sold to over 100 countries. DEBUT

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18 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, HDCAM 1:2,35 Dolby 90 Premiere: 2012 Director, editing: Teemu Nikki Script: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö Cinematography: Jyrki Arnikari Sound design: Tuomas Seppänen, Timo Anttila Music: Janne Huttunen Set design, costumes: Maria Ylätupa Cast: Paula Vesa, Rami Rusinen, Olli Rahkonen, Pekka Streng, Matti Onnismaa, Antti Reini, Jouko Puolanto Producer: Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö Production company: It s Alive Productions Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE International sales: It s Alive Productions Distributor in Finland: tba 3 Simos [ 3 Simoa] Lasse and Simo are two unlucky burglars operating in Helsinki. Eeva is a single mom with a bad memory and a baby named Simo. Eeva had a one-night stand with the burglar named Simo, but the night included so much heavy drinking that Eeva can t even remember his face she only remembers his name, which she gave to her son, the fruit of the encounter. Simo comes up with an evil plot in which Lasse will pretend to be him, the baby s father. One hot summer day Simo and Lasse sink deep into a swamp of explanations and then come back up to the surface. They escape tricky situations with white lies, change roles like they change clothes, posing as a veterinarian, family man, home caregiver and TV fee inspector. In the end, everything is going really well except that Lasse takes his role as the baby s father a little too seriously. Teemu Nikki Teemu Nikki (b. 1975) has directed several short fi lms (including A Mate, 2007 and A Perfect Day, 2011), music videos, commercials and a documentary fi lm Play God (2010). 3 Simos is his debut feature-length fiction. DEBUT

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20 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP 1:1,85 Dolby Premiere: March 9, 2012 Director: Maarit Lalli Script: Henrik Mäki-Tanila, Maarit Lalli Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen Editing: Jenny Tervakari, Maarit Lalli Sound Design: Pasi Peni Music: Kepa Lehtinen Set Design: Maarit Lalli Costumes: Ihan Kohta Ensemble Cast: Anton Thompson Coon, Karim Al-Rifai, Arttu Lähteenmäki, Henrik Mäki-Tanila, Ben Thompson Coon, Elina Knihtilä, Ilari Johansson, Niina Nurminen, Mats Långbacka, Mari Perankoski, H-P Björkman, Tarja Heinula Producer: Maarit Lalli Production Company: Huh Huh -Filmi Oy Production Support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Distribution in Finland: tba Almost 18 [ Ihan kohta 18] There were fi ve of us guys. We stuck together through thick and thin most of the time. I think we all had normal families. Normal problems. Normal feelings. There was nothing we couldn t overcome. And then one year, for some reason, everything started going to shit. KARRI, 17. A car, Mom and the last driving lesson. Karri hasn t even gotten out of his yard when he makes the fi rst wrong turn: Finland loses to Sweden in the ice hockey world championships yet again, and his mom can smell he s been drinking the night before. PETE, 17, and a girlfriend who took the abortion pill. The thought of killing a human being keeps haunting him. ANDRÉ, 17, and a forgotten little brother. André picks up his little brother from daycare once again because their mom is working overtime. She comes home late at night with a strange man. AKSELI, 17, and an ex-alcoholic father. Years of not talking about anything behind them and a two-square-meter hunting watchtower where you have to be totally silent ahead. JONI, 18, and demanding women. Joni dresses up in a furry wolf s costume and works as a mascot, giving hugs to kids and teenage girls. In his free time, he works as a stripper, taking clothes off for wealthy older women. Will he calm down when his mom fi nds out he s been smoking pot? Maarit Lalli Maarit Lalli (b. 1964) has directed several short fi lms, including A Stone Left Untumed (1999), The Lake (2006) and Sway With Me (2009). Almost 18 is her debut feature-length fiction. DEBUT

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22 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 100 Released: October 7, 2011 Director: Joona Tena Script: Pekka Lehtosaari, Joona Tena, Mikko Tenhunen Cinematography: Kjell Lagerroos Editing: Benjamin Mercer Sound design: Juha Hakanen Music: Panu Aaltio Set design: Päivi Kettunen Costumes: Anne-Maria Ylitapio Cast: Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén, Kai Lehtinen, Kari Hietalahti, Viljami Nojonen Producer: Mikko Tenhunen Executive producer: Marko Röhr Production company: MRP Matila Röhr Productions Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: Nelonen Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Body of Water [ Syvälle salattu] Julia is a determined lawyer in her thirties, whose job takes her to a remote rural village. While there, she fi nds herself the target of frightening and mysterious attacks. She begins to suspect that the attacks are connected to an old legend about a spirit that lives in a lake. Until she fi nds out the truth about the village, the spirit, and her family s history, Julia must defend both herself and her child against the frightening threat. Joona Tena In 2005 Joona Tena s fi rst two feature fi lms went into production; FC Venus, a romantic comedy, which he co-wrote and directed, and Unna & Nook, of which he wrote the original screenplay. FC Venus was a box office hit, and it has been distributed throughout 10 territories, worldwide. It was also remade in Germany in As a fi lm director Tena is known as an entertaining storyteller and gifted visualist. In addition to feature fi lms, he has directed over 200 episodes of various drama series for every broadcaster in Finland and he has won the Venla-Award for Best Drama Series in 2008.

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24 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP 1:1,85 Dolby digital Premiere: Spring 2012 Director, script: Jarmo Lampela Cinematography: Aarne Tapola Editing: Kauko Lindfors, Juho Karhunen Sound design: Patrick Boullenger Music: Paleface, Juha Potka Graphics: Juha Fiilin Cast: Juha Kukkonen, Pihla Penttinen, Rea Mauranen, Aarni Kivinen, Jari Virman, David Kozma, Rebekka Uotila, Calle Alm, Ville Tiihonen, Ursula Salo Producer: Ilkka Mertsola Production Company: Vegetarian Films Distribution in Finland: tba Conversations Between Men [ Miesten välisiä keskusteluja] Kari Mairisaari s literary œuvre includes eight novels, parodies and satires, about political animals and cultural societies. The ninth book turns out to be a challenge; a novel with a serious topic leads the author to new paths. Jarmo Lampela Jarmo Lampela is a director and scriptwriter. Lampela is a professor of directing in the Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design in the School of Art and Design, Aalto University.

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26 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S Dirty Bomb DCP, 35mm 1:1,85 Dolby Stereo 90 Released: October 28, 2011 DEBUT [ Likainen pommi] Director, script: Elias Koskimies Cinematography: Hena Blomberg Editing: Iikka Hesse Sound design: Pasi Peni Music: Kepa Lehtinen Set design: Vilja Katramo, Okku Rahikainen, Tytti Tiri Costumes: Ninni Lahtinen Cast: Iida Lampela, Jukka Puotila, Ilkka Villi, Niina Herala, Jussi Vatanen Producer: Jarkko Hentula Production company: Juonifi lmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE TV1 Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy International Sales: tba Mirccu, 28, works as the PR manager for a record company. Expecting a raise, Mirccu is shocked when her boss, dramatic record mogul Martin Bakka, threatens to sack her. Though he tells her, in no uncertain terms, that she is a disappointment and lacks the key to success, Martin gives her one last chance to fi gure it all out. Mirccu and her boyfriend Roba, a celebrity seeking, mediocre footballer, ponder if the good times are really over and will they do what s necessary in order to succeed. Opportunity presents itself in the form of the record company s new secret project, code named; Dirty Bomb. Behind the code name is a 15-year-old girl, ruthless teenage sensation, PD. Mirccu must work as her assistant and sacrifice everything for the project her reputation, honor, soul and, of course, her boyfriend. These are the keys to her success. But is the sweet and caring Mirccu ready to play the game? Elias Koskimies Elias Koskimies started out in television, as a writer on the famous Have I Got News For You satire show. He won notoriety for writing and directing over fi fty episodes of the highly controversial political satire The Presidents Cabin. He then went on to write and direct the acclaimed television movie Beauty Sleep (2010) about three raging drag queens, one homophobic politician and his pregnant wife and a messy kidnapping. Koskimies has also written the satirical book Korusähkeitä (2010). Dirty Bomb is Koskimies fi rst feature fi lm and is, at the moment, developing new projects both for TV and cinema.

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28 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35mm 1:2,35 cinemascope Dolby Digital Premiere: February 24, 2012 Director: Teppo Airaksinen Script: Jaakko Kaján, Teppo Airaksinen Cinematography: Teppo Högman Editing: Jussi Rautaniemi Sound design: Karri Niinivaara Music: Arto Tuunela Set design: Otso Linnalaakso Costumes: Henna-Riikka Taskinen Cast: Eero Ritala, Jussi Vatanen, Joonas Saartamo, Lotta Kaihua, Janne Ravi, Antti Väre, Ville Tiihonen Producer: Jesse Fryckman, Oskari Huttu Production company: Bronson Club Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: Nelonen Media Distribution in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy Fanatics [ Kulman pojat] Petri works in a sporting goods store in a small town in Eastern Finland. He and his friends spend their idle summer days and nights making mischief. Together the guys are the proudest and seemingly only members of the fan club for the local football team. The team s strongest opponent is another local team, the prim and proper AC United. To their horror AC United raises the stakes by hiring a professional for the upcoming season; ex national league football player Tuukka Tiensuu, the new home town hero. Friends and slacking off have always been Petri s number one priorities, but everything changes when he meets Emmi. It s love at fi rst sight and Petri s friends are naturally green with envy for losing their friend to a girl. Everything would be perfect for Petri and his dream girl if she didn t support the wrong football team and have a dangerously close relationship with their arch nemesis, the city s own football champion, Tuukka Tiensuu. Teppo Airaksinen Teppo Airaksinen (b. 1982) is fi nishing his degree as Master of Arts from the School of Art and Design in Aalto University. Fanatics is his graduation fi lm as well as his fi rst feature. DEBUT

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30 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, Digital Copy 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 94 Released: September 9, 2011 Director, script: Aki Kaurismäki Sound Design: Tero Malmberg Cinematography: Timo Salminen Editing: Timo Linnasalo Set Design: Wouter Zoon Costumes: Fred Cambier Cast: André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Blondin Miguel Producer: Aki Kaurismäki Production company: Sputnik Oy Co-Producers: Pyramide Productions, Pandora Film, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF/Arte Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Le Centre National du Cinéma et de l Image Animée, Cinécinéma, La Région Haute-Normandie Financing TV company: Canal +, ARTE France, YLE Co-Productions Distributor in Finland: Future Film Oy International sales: The Match Factory GmbH Scandinavian sales: Willmar Andersson Film AB Le Havre The story of a shoeshiner who tries to save a refugee child. Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki was born in 1957.

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32 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, Digi 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 105 Released: Autumn 2011 Director: Aleksi Mäkelä Script: Marko Leino Cinematography: Pini Hellstedt F.S.C Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Jyrki Rahkonen Music: Lauri Porra Set design: Pirjo Rossi Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen Cast: Samuli Edelmann, Katariina Kaitue, Kerli Kyllönen, Santeri Kinnunen, Kristo Salminen, Aake Kalliala, Petra Frey, Tommi Korpela, Aku Hirviniemi, Taisto Oksanen, Niina Nurminen, Pekka Huotari Producers: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle Production company: Solar Films, Inc. Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, City of Vaasa Financing TV companies: MTV3 Finland Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film International sales: TrustNordisk Home Sweet Home [ Kotirauha] Let s pretend we re doing well. Sami Luoto is a family man in his forties with a secret dream. He wants to succeed like his father and build a fancy house for himself, his wife and their teenage daughter. Home Sweet Home is a dramatic thriller of one unlucky man s descent into disaster. It examines contemporary social undertones such as; what is the measure of success? Can love be measured? Can a man fail totally and then pick himself up and try again? Despite its challenging subject, the movie based on the upcoming novel of the same title by Marko Leino - is full of humor with an ending that offers hope to all. Aleksi Mäkelä A self-taught movie director, Aleksi Mäkelä (b. 1969) is the most successful of the modern era Finnish directors. The biggest domestic box office hit since the eighties, Bad Boys, drew a phenomenal audience of 615,000 in only 5 months. Home Sweet Home is his tenth feature fi lm. His debut The Romanov Stones was released in Besides movies, Mäkelä has directed hundreds of hours of TV series, commercials and music videos. Aleksi Mäkelä was given the State Art Prize for Cinema 2009.

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34 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, DCP Cinemascope Dolby 5.1 ~90 Premiere: Autumn 2012 Director: Jyri Kähönen Script: Tuomas Parviainen Cinematography: Mark Stubbs Editing: Iikka Hesse Sound design: Mika Niinimaa, Janne Jankeri Set design: Sarah Bowen-Walsh Costumes: Marjo Federley Cast: Jarkko Niemi, Jemina Sillanpää, Martti Suosalo Producer: Aleksi Bardy Production company: Helsinki-fi lmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: MTV 3 Distributor in Finland: Scanbox Entertainment Finland Oy Hush Anything for Love [ Ja saapuu oikea yö] Jyri Kähönen Jyri Kähönen (b.1975) studied documentary fi lm at the Helsinki University of Arts and Design but he soon became interested in fictional fi lm. Kähönen s short fi lms have won several awards at various international fi lm festivals. Kähönen s recent work includes the controversial political tv-drama about Anneli Jäätteenmäki, the disputed fi rst Finnish female prime minister. Jyri Kähönen also directs commercials and dreams of farming apples one day. Enter the real night is Kähönen s fi rst feature fi lm. DEBUT Sakari and Veera are madly in love and get engaged. Veera asks Sakari to help her with a matter relating to the father and in a manner that completely shocks Sakari. He does everything in his power to stop her from pursuing her plan but, before long, Sakari is forced to make choices he thought he d never face. Hannele Majaniemi 34

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36 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, DCP 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 85 Premiere: August 10, 2012 Director: Stobe Harju Script: Stobe Harju, Mikko Rautalahti Cinematography: Benoit Beaulieu Editing: Mathieu Bélanger Music: Nightwish Set design: Elisabeth Williams Costumes: Ginette Magny Cast: Tuomas Holopainen, Anette Olsson, Jukka Nevalainen, Erno Emppu Vuorinen, Marko Hietala, Marianne Farley, Quinn Lord Producer: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle, André Rouleau Production company: Solar Films Inc. Oy Co-producers: Caramel Film Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Téléfi lm Canada Financing TV companies: Nelonen Distribution in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International sales: Solar Films Inc. Oy Imaginaerum A coma sends an old man into his childhood s sinister fantasy world where he must fight dementia and regain his memory before it s too late. Tom, an old composer and a musician, has lived a long and prosperous life which he cannot remember. He suffers from dementia and believes he s still a young boy. After suffering a stroke, Tom slips into a coma and travels back to the fantasy world of his childhood where his dementia is disguised as a cunning but sinister snowman. Simultaneously, in the real world, Tom s daughter, Gem, is trying to discover the mysteries of her father s life through his last written song. Having had a distant and bitter relationship with her father for years, she begins her search reluctantly. Eventually one single element brings them closer to each other. In his coma, Tom must fi nd a way to defeat the snowman, rebuild his memories and gain his daughter s love before it s too late. Imaginaerum is a music fantasy fi lm with an original score by Nightwish. The movie is produced alongside Nightwish s upcoming album of the same title. The band has sold over 7 million records worldwide and has been awarded over 60 gold and platinum records, which makes Nightwish the most successful Finnish band of all time. Stobe Harju Stobe Harju has directed everything from music videos to commercials, animation to short fi lms and game cut scenes (e.g. Alan Wake). He has won several awards including Cannes Lions, New York Festivals and London International Advertising Awards. Currently Stobe Harju is working on his fi rst feature fi lm Imaginaerum, a music fantasy fi lm based on the original score by Nightwish. DEBUT

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38 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35mm 1:2,35 (scope) 5.1 Dolby Digital ~97 Premiere: April 4, 2012 Director: Timo Vuorensola Script: Michael Kalesniko (Based on a story by Johanna Sinisalo) Cinematography: Mika Orasmaa Editing: Ayyar Suresh Sound design: Heiko Müller Music: Laibach Set design: Ulrika von Vegesack Costumes: Jake Collier Cast: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto Producer: Tero Kaukomaa CGI Producer: Samuli Torssonen Production company: Blind Spot Pictures Co-producers: Oliver Damian, Cathy Overett, Mark Overett Production Support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE Distribution in Finland: Buena Vista International Finland International sales: Stealth Media Group Iron Sky In 1945 the Nazis fl ed to the Moon and built a gigantic fortress in a hidden valley on the dark side of the Moon. For nearly 70 years the Nazis have used this fortress to build a massive UFO fl eet, safe from prying eyes. Now the UFO armada is fi nished and the Fourth Reich is poised to attack the unsuspecting Earth with one goal in mind: total world domination! Timo Vuorensola Timo Vuorensola bridges the gap between the fi lm industry and new forms of media. A pioneer of online fi lm making, Timo has proven crowdsourcing to be a viable and powerful method of producing and fi nancing movies. Timo has created a collaborative fi lm production platform Wreckamovie and has just fi nished his second feature fi lm, Iron Sky (2012). Timo has given over 150 seminars and key note speeches worldwide, discussing crowdsourcing, fi nancing, viral marketing, and online distribution. DEBUT Mika Orasmaa 38

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40 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, Digi cinemascope Dolby Digital 95 Released: September 23, 2011 Director, script, cinematography: Rax Rinnekangas Editing: Jari Innanen Sound Design: Heikki Innanen Music: Pascal Gaigne Cast: Nacho Angulo, Hugo Wirz, Ramon Zuriarrain, Celia de Juan Hatchard, Saana Vuorenmaa Producer: Rax Rinnekangas Production company: Bad Taste Ltd. Co-Producers: Pako Ruiz / Sonora Estudios (Spain) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Zumaquera Films (Spain) Distributor in Finland: Pirkanmaan Elokuvakeskus A Journey to Eden [ Matka Eedeniin] A Journey to Eden is the story of two male artists travelling in winter through the famous La Rioja wine-growing region of Northern Spain. One of the men, Ignacio a Basque modern music composer living in Finland is weighed down by the traumatic guilt of his daughter s car accident in Helsinki that left her in a coma. The other man, Comaz a Swiss painter living in Spain suffers from a creative block after the hand model for his drawings has announced she no longer wishes to continue. The men view religious paintings of hands displayed in churches and monasteries. Their travels ultimately bring them to the chapel of the renowned Remelluri wine estate at La Rioja Alavesa where the Basque painter Vicente Ameztoy created his own visual interpretation of Adam and Eve s last moment of happiness in Eden. While gazing at the painting, the travellers experience a spiritual epiphany about the meaning of forgiveness which paves the way for a chance of a better future. Rax Rinnekangas Rax Rinnekangas (b. 1954) is a Finnish fi lmmaker, author and photo artist. His last major work, Five Master Houses of The World is a fi ve part hour long documentary on modernist architecture throughout different continents (2010). He has been awarded at the 9th Ethnofest in Berlin and at the 25th FIFA Festival in Montreal. He has published over 25 works: novels, poems, essays, short stories and books on photography in Finland, Spain and France. Among other prizes, Rax Rinnekangas has been awarded the State Prize for Photography (1989), the State Prize for Literature (1992) and the Art Prize of the Province Varsinais-Suomi (2003). DEBUT

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42 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, DCP Cinemascope 1:2,35 Dolby Digital Premiere: January 27, 2012 Director: Samuli Valkama Script: Katri Manninen, Samuli Valkama Cinematography: Anssi Leino Editing: Antti Reikko Sound design: Panu Riikonen Music: Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Denis, Tim Stanzel Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Anna Vilppunen Cast: Emilie de Ravin, Jussi Nikkilä, Ville Virtanen Producer: Jesse Fryckman Production company: Bronson Club Co-producers: Andrew D Corkin Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, West Finland Film Commission Financing TV companies: Nelonen Media Distribution in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International sales: tba Love and Other Troubles [ Hulluna Saaraan] Ville is a former child star who has never beaten his dad in wrestling. He now leads a routine life in a small Finnish town giving guitar lessons to kids. His life, which usually runs like clockwork, is shaken when his father, a washed-up rock star and an impulsive bohemian, shows up on his doorstep and announces that he needs a place to stay for a few days or weeks. Ville does not know how to say no. But the worst shock comes when his dad comes home one night with a girl about Ville s age. Sara is a funny, quirky American student who teaches country line dancing at the local activity center. After he and Sara become friends he feels an attraction toward her and an awkward love triangle begins. Several pony rides, line dancing face-offs and wrestling matches later, Ville learns that he can be just as impulsive as his father. Samuli Valkama Samuli Valkama (b. 1974), studied at the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki from which he graduated 2005 (MA). His short fi lms Alright Love (2005) and Feelings and Stuff (2008), have garnered more than 10 international awards and been accepted to almost 100 international fi lm festivals. Alright Love won the Berlin Today Award at the Berlin International Film Festival in Love and Other Troubles is Valkama s feature fi lm debut. DEBUT

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44 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP 1:2,35 Stereo 123 Premiere: February 3, 2012 Director: Aku Louhimies Script: Nina Repo, Mikko Kouki, Aku Louhimies Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri Editing: Benjamin Mercer Sound design: Kirka Sainio Music: Markus Koskinen Set design: Sattva Hanna Toiviainen Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen Cast: Amanda Pilke, Laura Birn, Mat leena Kuusniemi, Lenna Kuurmaa, Sean Pewtree, Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Kouki Producer: Pauli Pentti ja Liisa Penttilä Production company: First Floor Productions & Edith Film Co-producers: Natalia Drodzd, Sergei Seljanov, Susan & Alexander Wieser, Christoph Thoke Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Russian Cultural Ministry Financing TV companies: Yleisradio, ZDF Arte Distributor in Finland: Buena Vista International Finland International sales: EastWest Distribution Naked Harbour [ Vuosaari] Naked Harbour is a fi lm about being seen and touched. Set in a Helsinki suburb, it tells the story of a welfare state in the era of individuality and Reality TV. Two weeks of life in modern suburbia shows people yearning for life and love. The lives of the people in the fi lm are absurd, touching and warm-hearted, at times fi lled with humour, at other times dark. Naked Harbour is a network of stories from Aku Louhimies who is one of the most important directors of last decade in Finnish Cinema. Louhimies has been widely recognized in the International Film Festival scene. His earlier works Restless (2000) and Frozen Land (2005) create an interesting background for Naked Harbour, both fi lms being stories of an arctic soul. Naked Harbour is full of energy and emotion, feeling very realistic and poetic as well as amusing and entertaining at the same time. The fi lm was shot entirely with two cameras. This method covers all the acting and non-acting which is not normally seen. It is more John Cassavetes than Dogma. Aku Louhimies Aku Louhimies (b. 1968) became known with his box office hit Restless (2000). He has worked in genres ranging from romantic comedies to historical drama fi lms. He won eight Jussi Awards for his fi lm Frozen Land (2005). In Naked Harbour (2011), he returns to the same moods, except with more merciful tones. Louhimies was elected the chairman of the Association of Finnish Film Directors in Louhimies s fi lms are known for their strong acting performances.

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46 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35mm 1:2,35 (scope) Dolby Stereo 128 Premiere: February 17, 2012 Director, script: JP Siili Cinematography: Jani Kumpulainen f.s.c. Editing: Aleksi Raij Sound design: Juha Hakanen Music: Tuomas Kantelinen Set design: Päivi Kettunen Costumes: Anu Pirilä Cast: Lauri Tilkanen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola Producer: Olli Haikka, Jarkko Hentula Production company: Yellow Film & TV Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE Distributor in Finland: Finnkino Oy International sales: tba Periferia [ Härmä] It is the 19 th century. On the plains of Ostrobothnia, Western Finland, a tradition prevails, according to which the fi rst-born son inherits everything and the remaining offspring must fend for themselves. The law has been cast aside in many areas and groups of men, knife-wielding thugs, nicknamed toughs, control the fi elds. The blade rules the land. The Välitalo household and farm are vast and affluent. There are two sons in the household. The younger son Matti is an upstanding man fi t to inherit the farm, and secretly engaged to a young woman named Aino from a neighbouring farm. The older brother Esko a bum and the leader of toughs who is said to have killed several men. The father of the brothers makes a difficult decision and chooses to will his farm against tradition, not to his fi rst-born son, but to Matti, the younger son. Esko learns the will and all hell breaks loose. JP Siili JP Siili is one of the most prolific directors in Finland. He has directed hundreds of hours for television and a vast amount of commercials. Periferia is JP Siili s fourth feature fi lms. His earlier features are Blackout (2008), Ganes (2007) and Young Gods (2003)

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48 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 110 Premiere: September 7, 2012 Director: Antti Jokinen Script: Marko Leino, Antti Jokinen Cinematography: Rane Ronkainen Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Olger Bernadt Music: Tuomas Kantelinen Set design: Tiina Paavilainen Costumes: Anna Vilppunen Cast: Liisi Tandefelt, Laura Birn, Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén, Tommi Korpela Producer: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle, Kristian Taska Production company: Solar Films Inc. Oy Co-producers: Taska Film Production support: Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Film Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV Fund, MEDIA Financing TV companies: MTV3 Finland Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International sales: TrustNordisk Purge [ Puhdistus] Purge is a breathtakingly suspenseful story of two women dogged by their own shameful pasts and the dark, unspoken history that binds them. Aliide has experienced the horrors of the Stalin era and the deportation of Estonians to Siberia but, she herself, has to cope with the guilt of opportunism and even manslaughter. One night in 1992 she fi nds a young woman in the courtyard of her house; Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafi a who held her as a sex slave. Aliide later fi nds out that the girl is related to her. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex arithmetic of suspicion and revelation to distill each other s motives; gradually their stories emerge in a culmination of a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss during the worst years of Estonia s Soviet occupation. Antti Jokinen Antti Jokinen (b. 1968) is a writer and director of fi lm and television in Finland and internationally. Throughout the past 20 years he has written and developed features and produced and directed documentaries and series for Finnish TV, as well as helmed ca. 100 commercials and music videos in the US. His fi rst US feature fi lm is The Resident (2010), starring Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. His feature fi lm Nicholas of the North is presently in pre-production in Finland.

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50 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35mm 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 93 Premiere: January 20, 2012 Director, script: Petri Kotwica Cinematography: Mika Orasmaa f.s.c. Editing: Harri Ylönen Sound design: Ivo Felt, Seppo Vanhatalo Music: Lauri Porra Set design: Jaagup Roomet Costumes: Anu Lensment Cast: Max Ovaska, Julius Lavonen, Outi Mäenpää, Niina Koponen Producer: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho Production company: Making Movies Oy Co-producers: Ivo Felt/Allfi lm Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, EURIMAGES, NFTF, Estonian Film Foundation, Estonian Ministry of Culture, The Cultural Endowment of Estonia Financing TV companies: MTV3 Distributor in Finland: Future Film Distribution Oy International Sales: The Yellow Affair Rat King A small town in Southern Finland. It s spring and the seniors at the local high school are getting ready for their fi nal exams. Juri, 18, is one of them. He s addicted to computer games and lives with his mom. She rarely sees her son because he spends all his time in his room. Juri s girlfriend leaves him because she can no longer stand his constant playing. He fi nally stops playing, and Mordred, an online friend, wants to see him. He turns out to be a young man named Niki, who bears a confusing resemblance to Juri on the outside. Juri sees a tattoo of a website address on Niki s arm. He types in the address on his computer and starts a strange new game titled Rat King. The boys become friends, and Niki helps Juri fi nish the dangerous game. This triggers a dramatic chain of events, and soon Juri fi nds out that his whole life is at stake. Petri Kotwica Petri Kotwica (b. 1964) has made several award winning short fi lms. His feature debut Home Sick (2005) won several prizes on international festivals. His second feature Black Ice (2007) premiered internationally in Berlin International Film Festival s competition 2008 and won six national fi lm awards (Jussi) including best fi lm, directing and screenplay.

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52 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35 mm 1:2,35 (Cinemascope) Dolby Digital Released: November 25, 2011 Director: Tuomas Summanen Script: Mikko Reitala Cinematography: Arno Launos Editing: Jyrki Levä Sound design: Erno Kumpulainen Music: DJ Slow Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Minni Härkönen Cast: Risto Kaskilahti, Aku Hirviniemi, Krista Kosonen, Elena Leeve, Jaakko Saariluoma, Jarkko Niemi Producer: Samuli Norhomaa, Olli Haikka Production company: Yellow Film & TV Financing TV companies: YLE Risto Risto, a beloved actor, becomes quadriplegic in a work-related accident. He receives a substantial amount of money as compensation and tons of sympathy from the people. Suddenly he has money for everything his young and beautiful wife has always wanted. Consequently, his wife quits her boring job and becomes an artist. Risto s obsessive second cousin also wants to dip into the pot. As an aspiring actor he will do anything to benefi t from Risto. Risto s twenty-something son also adds to the mess by having fallen in love with his stepmother. But this is just the beginning. A surprising twist of events takes place when Risto notices he s starting to recover. A beloved actor is recovering, but how can he tell the media? Will he have to play the role of a paralyzed man for the rest of his life in order not to lose everything? Will this be his biggest role and one he will never get rid of? Tuomas Summanen Tuomas Summanen has a long and wide-ranging career in TV entertainment. He has developed, directed and produced dozens of award-winning TV shows for various channels. Risto is his fi rst feature fi lm and a number of the actors in the fi lm are familiar from his TV shows. DEBUT

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54 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35mm, HDcam, Digibeta 1:2,35 Dolby Digital ~105 Premiere: August 2012 Director, producer: Mika Kaurismäki Script: Sami Keski-Vähälä, Mika Kaurismäki Cinematography: Jari Mutikainen Editing: Jukka Nykänen Sound design: Joonas Jyrälä Music: Kaihon Karavaani etc. Set design: Sasu Joutsi Costumes: Riitta-Maria Vehman Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzen, Mari Perankoski, Irina Björklund, Elina Knihtilä, Ada Kukkonen, Rea Mauranen Production company: Marianna Films Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: Nelonen Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy International sales: The Yellow Affair Road North [ Tie pohjoiseen] Timo is an esteemed concert pianist whose personal life is on the rocks. One day Timo fi nds an older shabby-looking man at his door. The man, Leo, turns out to be his father, who left the country when Timo was three and hasn t been in touch in thirty-fi ve years. Leo, an eternal trickster with a positive outlook on life, had to leave his homeland thanks to a series of messy entanglements. Now he s come back to hand over a rather mysterious legacy to his son and answer questions regarding the past. To do this, the two will have to embark on a trip together and hit the road north. Mika Kaurismäki Mika Kaurismäki s fi rst fi lm The Liar (1980) marked the beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and started new era in Finnish cinema. His work includes, e.g. the fictional fi lms The Worthless (1982), LA Without a Map (1998), The House of Branching Love (2009) and the documentaries Tigrero A Film That Was Never Made (1994, with Samuel Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), and Brasileirinho (2005). His latest documentary Mama Afrika premiered in Panorama series at Berlinale in 2011.

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56 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:2,35 cinemascope Dolby 90 Released: December 9, 2011 Director: Sakari Kirjavainen Script: Esko Salervo Cinematography: Petri Rossi Editing: Jukka Nykänen Sound design: Olli Huhtanen, Pietari Koskinen Music: Timo Hietala Set design: Jukka Uusitalo Costumes: Janne Karjalainen Cast: Joonas Saartamo, Lauri Tilkanen, Joanna Haartti, Terhi Suorlahti, Sinikka Mokkila ja Ilkka Heiskanen Producer: Alf Hemming and Petri Rossi Production company: Cine Works Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE Co-Productions Distributor in Finland: The Walt Disney Company Nordic Silence [ Hiljaisuus] It is the Second World War. In Finland at the Russian front is an evacuation center where dead soldiers are gathered to be sent home. Silence is the story of Eino, the dim-witted son of a man whose job is to wash the dead bodies. Eino joins the war with his simple soul full of heroic ideals. Life in the small community turns out to be more complicated than the war itself and the evacuation center is spiced up by the characters that run it; Chaplain Hiltunen, crazy about his numbers and charts; Korpikangas, a former medical student straight from a mental institution; Miina, an old cupper woman; and two young Lottas (female volunteers), Jaana with a hard shell and Siiri with an open heart. Most important to Eino, however, is his lifelong friend Antti, for whom his jäger father has arranged an innocuous job at the center. Antti is a charming rogue who who tricks Eino into doing all his work while he himself concentrates on wooing the ladies and trading illegally across the front line. Sakari Kirjavainen Sakari Kirjavainen (b. 1960) is a versatile Finnish fi lm director. Kirjavainen started his career in the beginning of the 1980s. He received the Risto Jarva award for his short feature, Whale Oil Lamp. He made his fi rst full length feature, Who Asks For Fire, in 2001 and the fi lm was later recognized as a cult classic. Sakari Kirjavainen has a degree in fi lm directing and screenwriting. He has directed features, television series, radio plays, theater pieces and written two novels. In 2009 he was awarded for his radio series, Under the Northern Star.

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58 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, digital print 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 82 Released: September 2011 Director: Ville Jankeri Script: Ville Jankeri, Mikko Rimminen Cinematography: Jarkko T. Laine Editing: Harri Ylönen Sound design: Janne Jankeri Music: Marko Nyberg Set design: Markku Pätilä Costumes: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila Cast: Eero Milonoff, Jussi Nikkilä, Ylermi Rajamaa Producer: Lasse Saarinen, Rimbo Salomaa Production company: Kinotar Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: Channel Four Finland Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy Sixpack [ Pussikaljaelokuva] Marshall can t sleep and he feels isolated from the world. His friends, Pasty and Henninen, lure him out of his dusty fl at to spend a hot summer day roaming the parks, streets and beer terraces of lively downtown Helsinki. Throughout the day they meet a variety of people from young girls to humourless cops. As night falls on a day that started with the morning sun, a heavy rain descends on the city washing away all hope. But soon the sun rises again signalling a time to take a good, hard look at friendship. Ville Jankeri Ville Jankeri (b. 1976) graduated as Film Director MA from The National Film and Television School in the UK. He has directed short fi lms in the UK, Germany and Finland. In 2008 he was chosen to prepare a short fi lm for The Berlin Today Contest at the Berlinale Film Festival. Sixpack is his fi rst feature fi lm. DEBUT

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60 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, DigiBeta, DVD 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 105 Premiere: February 2, 2012 Director, script: Saara Cantell Cinematography: Marita Hällfors Editing: Saevar Gudmundsson Sound design: Pietari Koskinen Music: Sid Hille Set design: Pirjo Rossi Costumes: Auli Turtiainen Cast: Elín Petersdóttir, Meri Nenonen, Irina Björklund Producer: Outi Rousu & Ella Piesala Production company: Pystymetsä Oy Co-producers: Snorri Thorisson, Pegasus Pictures Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre Financing TV companies: YLE Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Oy International sales: tba Stars Above [ Tähtitaivas talon yllä] Stars Above is a story about how mothers choices and hidden secrets affect their daughters lives. Three women: Salla, Tuulikki and Saima. Three time periods: the present day, 1978 and The setting is an old family farm. And the stars above them are the same. Salla has been living in Sweden for many years. When her mother dies, she moves back to the family farm where she used to spend her childhood summers. Her hermit life is interrupted by Ville, who breaks through the thick walls Salla s built around herself. Tuulikki moves to the farm with her small daughter. Her plans for the future include raising sheep and starting a family with Seppo, the man of her dreams. But when he fi nally arrives, nothing goes according to her fantasies. Saima is married and childless. Her husband is fighting in the war while she runs both the farm and the village school. War casualties are brought to the farm and she fi nds a soul mate in Toivo, a quiet but well-read man. Can individuals follow their feelings in a tight-knit village community? Saara Cantell Saara Cantell (b. 1968) is a freelance director and screenwriter from Helsinki. She has written and directed short fi lms, radio plays and TV series. Her previous feature fi lms are Unna and Nuuk (2006) and Heartbeats (2009), of which the latter has received several awards. In spring 2011 Saara Cantell got her Doctor of Arts degree with her dissertation on the narrative storytelling strategies in short fic t io nfi l m. Milla von Konow

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62 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP, 35mm 16:9, 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 85 Released: December 30, 2011 Director: Taru Mäkelä Script: Veli-Pekka Hänninen, based on Arto Salminen s novel Cinematography: Jouko Seppälä f.s.c. Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen Music: Rauol Björkenheim Set design: Tiina Paavilainen Costumes: Merja Väisänen Cast: Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio, Aku Hirviniemi, Esko Salminen, Juha Muje, Vesa Vierikko Producer: Markku Tuurna, responsible producers Taru Mäkelä and Jouko Seppälä Production company: Kinosto, Ltd. Co-producers: Filmimaa Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: MTV 3 Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film The Storage [ Varasto] Antero Rousku works as a warehouseman at a paint shop. His work is of the raw muscle variety, where he mixes paint and carries renovation materials from one place to another in order to make ends meet. Rousku, however, is not content with merely making ends meet. Instead, he sells his employer s wares under the table to Jylhäkorpi, who frequents the shop. Jylhäkorpi is a devout and outspoken communist given to unscrupulous stealing in spite of his ideology, or, perhaps, because of it. Rousku s work mate in the cellar of the warehouse is run-of-the-mill working-class guy Raninen, whose life consists of work and arguing with his wife. In playing the lottery, Raninen not only wants to win but wants to get the winning numbers in precisely the order they come spinning out of the lottery machine. Not the sharpest pencil in the box, therefore, our Raninen Rousku s freedom is threatened by a relationship with Karita, the sales girl at the paint shop. Rousku wants to keep the woman at arm s length except, of course, when in her bed. Karita, however, has decided otherwise, and the noose tightens around Rousku s neck when Karita announces that she s pregnant. Taru Mäkelä Taru Mäkelä (b. 1959) is an established Finnish fi lm director. After comedies and light entertainment she made a trilogy of very serious war-time documentaries touching on a lot of political and emotional taboos. Her fi rst feature fi lm, Little Sister, won the Finland Prize for year Aside from fi lm and television Taru Mäkelä also directs theatre and radio plays.

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64 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S Digital Cinema 16:9 Dolby Surround ~90 Premiere: December 2012 Director: Matti Ijäs Script: Heikki Vuento, Matti Ijäs, J-P Passi, Auli Mantila Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen Editing: Jorma Höri Sound design: Kössi Väntänen Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Sari Suominen Cast: Krista Kosonen, Sampo Sarkola, Tommi Korpela, Hannu-Pekka Björkman Producers: Auli Mantila, Jussi Rantamäki Production company: Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu Ab Co-production company: SweetFilms A/S Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, NFTF, FilmCamp Financing TV companies: YLE TV1, SVT Distribution in Finland: Disney Nordic Things We Do for Love [ Kaikella rakkaudella] Toivo Vaarala is a shy postcard-photographer on a shooting trip in Lapland. One day he accidentally crashes the car of a local woman, Ansa. Without her car the woman is helpless; the roof of her house is leaking and she still has to fi x it before the winter. Plus she should have already been on her way to Norway for work. Vaarala is obliged to help her. And in so doing, he falls in love with this restless, attractive woman. But the timing couldn t possibly be worse. Ansa s ex-husband, Ismo Sonka, has just returned. He has served four years in prison for killing an innocent man out of jealousy for Ansa. And during those years, Ansa has borrowed huge sums of money from Ismo s brother, Martti Raate, who is secretly in love with her. The clock is ticking and the time for pay-back has come but Ansa doesn t know it yet. And Toivo Vaarala, this well-meaning, good-hearted man is totally unaware of what is soon coming. As he fi xes the roof and plans for the future he fi nds himself caught up in the turmoil of all the things we do for love. Matti Ijäs Matti Ijäs (b. 1950) has directed a total of 31 feature and tv fi lms, including Dolly and Her Lover (1990, Göteborg IFF Grand Prix), White Marble (1998, Prix Italia Best Fiction) and Blindfolded (1999, Mar del Plata FF FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film and Special Jury Award). Matti Ijäs 64

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66 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:2,35 Dolby Digital 97 Premiere: January 6, 2012 Director, editing: Anders Engström Script: Mika Karttunen Cinematography: Jari Mutikainen Sound design: Joonas Jyrälä Music: DJ Slow, Samuli Laiho Set design: Betsy Ängerman-Engström Costumes: Janne Karjalainen Make-up: Hannele Herttua Cast: Antti Reini, Peter Franzén, Merja Larivaara, Markku Maalismaa Producer: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle Production company: Solar Films Inc. Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: MTV 3 Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film International sales: Bavaria Film International Vares The Path of the Righteous Men [ Vares Kaidan tien kulkijat] The body of a young woman is found in the region of Ostrobothnia. This launches the strangest case in Vares s career. He travels to a small, languishing village gripped by a powerful sect. The village seems to be full of stranger-than-life characters. Vares attends a local sermon and succeeds in arousing the wrath of the village s police chief. Wherever Vares goes he is met by increasingly bizarre events. The fi ling cabinets of the local psychiatric hospital hide dark secrets and the senior physician seems to have half the village as his patients. Old accomplices meet in order to settle a score at the same time, Vares comes awfully close to the end of his worldly existence.. Anders Engström Anders Engström (b. 1962) studied at the London International Film School. His breakthrough came with the drama series Stories From a Small Town produced by Jörn Donner. He became a successful director in Sweden and directed high profi le crime and thriller projects, e.g. Anna Holt Polis, Wallander, and Morden. Anders Engström was awarded the Venla as Best Director for his mini-series Isabella. Lauri Törhönen Lauri Törhönen (b. 1947) has made a long career both as a professor of fi lm narration in the University of Art and Design Helsinki and a director of several feature length fi lms for TV and theatrical release since the late 1970s. His fi lm Abandoned Houses, Empty Homes (2001) was awarded the OCIC award at Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina.

67 Previously released & coming up in the Vares-series ( ): The Kiss of Evil (Pahan suudelma) directed by Anders Engström The Girls of April (Huhtikuun tytöt) directed by Lauri Törhönen Garter Snake (Sukkanauhakäärme) directed by Lauri Törhönen Gambling Chip (Uhkapelimerkki) directed by Lauri Törhönen Tango of Darkness (Pimeyden tango) directed by Lauri Törhönen 67

68 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S TBC, 35mm, DCP Cinemascope Dolby Released: October 28, 2011 Director: Peter Lindholm Script: Jimmy Karlsson and Aleksi Bardy Cinematography: Rane Ronkainen f.s.c. Editing: Jussi Lehto Sound design: Juha Hakanen Music: Mauri Sumén Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Anna Vilppunen Cast: Jessica Grabowsky, Andreas af Enehielm, Oskar Pöysti, Jacob Öhrman, André Wickström, Lia Boysen, Alma pöysti, Martin Bahne, Niklas Groundström Producer: Aleksi Bardy and Annika Sucksdorff Production company: Helsinki-fi lmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE FST5 Distributor in Finland: Scanbox Entertainment International sales: The Yellow Affair Where Once We Walked [ Där vi en gång gått / Missä kuljimme kerran] It is the beginning of the 20th century, a time when Helsinki is actually two cities; one of the rich upper class and that of the poor workers. South of Long Bridge lives the independent and curious Lucie who is growing up and refusing to fi t the mold of the upper class women. Her soul mate and childhood friend, Eccu, has been fi ercely in love with the wild and eccentric Lucie since the age of 17. However, the only one who can set Lucie s heart on fi re is Allu, a younger working class hero, football genius and the son of a Red rebel. Spanning decades, the story shows how time, place and social class unite people and set them apart. Peter Lindholm Peter Lindholm (b. 1960) graduated as director 1990 (Director Schooling Co-Operation Project of the Finnish Film Foundation, the Finnish Broadcasting Company and the commercial Finnish tv-channel MTV3; teachers e.g. Krzystztof Kieslowski, Paul Schrader). His diploma work Rage received the Risto Jarva award Lindholm planned to become a professional soccer player until an injury ended that dream at the age of 16. He then pursued his other passion fi lmmaking. To date he has made over 300 commercials, dozens of TV-series and many feature fi lms. His best known TV work is Sincerly Yours in Cold Blood.

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70 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S DCP 1:2, Dolby digital ~90 Premiere: Autumn 2012 Director, script: Lauri Maijala Cinematography: Risto Jokela f.s.c. Cast: Joonas Saartamo, Krista Kosonen Producer: Aleksi Bardy, Juha Vuorinen Production company: Dictator Films Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE Distribution in Finland: tba International sales: tba Diary of a Drunk [ Juoppohullun päiväkirja] Juha Berg, a man in his early thirties, lives the life of a total drunk in Helsinki. It s a life fi lled with sex and violence. Juha is an invincible wino, a man who drinks, bangs and punches harder than anyone else. He is a guy who won t be fucked over, either by security guards, police or other alcoholics. Juha s life changes when he falls in love with an AA group leader named Tiina who demands that he becomes sober. Giving up alcohol turns out to be really difficult. Juha hits rock bottom before learning who is in charge; he or alcohol. Diary of a Drunk is a black comedy about alcoholism, Finland s national illness. The fi lm is based on the novel of the same name by author Juha Vuorinen. Lauri Maijala Lauri Maijala (b. 1986) has a BA in Theatre and Drama (Theatre Academy Helsinki, directing). As of 2011, he has directed seventeen shows, written three plays and composed music for several shows. He directed his plays The Annual Report (2009) and Mannerheim (2010), as well as Kurt Weill s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for the Helsinki Festival. Diary of a Drunk is Maijala s debut as a fi lm director. DEBUT

71 The Year of 85 Rock Your Memories [ Vuonna 85] A story about a colorful group of guys, machine factory workers, who lost their youth but never found their adulthood. A fi lm about dreams, an unquenchable thirst for life and a burning love in the middle of a fast-paced decade. Tommi Turmiola fi nds the love of his life, Karoliina, on a summer-heated beach in Tampere. After only one night together their paths separate. Tommi decides to abandon his old life at the factory and set out on a quest in his Datsun 100-A in order to fi nd his great love. His only guide on the summery roads of Finland is a few lines drawn with eyeliner on a road map. One November night Tommi returns to Tampere and fi nally fi nds Karoliina, whom he has longed for so, but it is too late. Karoliina is now with Tommi s best friend, Palle, and the only role left for Tommi to play is that of the best man at their wedding. Is there still hope left for Tommi? Timo Koivusalo Timo Koivusalo is a Finnish producer, director, writer, editor and musician. He is the owner of the production company Artista Filmi. Since 1994 he has directed 11 feature fi lms, both drama comedies such as The Leaning Tower and historic epochs such as Sibelius. He has received several fi lm awards in Finland. Riku Suokas Extensive entertainment and drama experience from TV, theatre and new media as a director, actor, comedian, writer and producer. He directed and co-wrote the original stage musical The Year of 85 and currently works as the artistic director of one of the biggest theatres in Finland, The TTT-Theatre of Tampere. DCP, 35mm 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 100 Premiere: December 28, 2012 Directors: Timo Koivusalo, Riku Suokas Script: Riku Suokas, Heikki Syrjä, Heikki Vihinen Editing: Jyrki Luukko, Timo Koivusalo Cinematography: Tero Molin Sound design: Jyrki Luukko Set design: Markku Myllymäki Costumes: Jaana Aro Make-up: Erja Mikkola Producer: Timo Koivusalo Production company: Artista Filmi Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Distributor in Finland: Buena Vista International Finland F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S

72 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S mm, HDCAM, DigiBeta 1:1,85 Dolby and Director: Katja Gauriloff Script: Katja Gauriloff, Joonas Berghäll and Jarkko T. Laine Cinema tography: Heikki Färm, Tuomo Hutri Editing: Jukka Nykänen Sound design: Peter Albrechtsen Music: Karsten Fundal Producer: Joonas Berghäll Production company: Oktober Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, MEDIA programme, Nordisk Film & TV Fund Financing TV company: YLE TV2 Documentaries, ARTE, RTP, NRK, TG4, Noga Communications International sales: Deckert Distribution GmbH Heino Deckert Canned Dreams [ Säilöttyjä unelmia] Canned Dreams is a fi lm about workers and their dreams on the journey of a canned food product. In our fi lm, we build a portrait of ordinary workers through their own, personal stories from multiple cultures. We hear them telling about the most important moments in their life, and the dreams that would make their own world a better place. All this happens in a frame of following the route of a tin can which starts it s journey from the other side of the world and travels all across Europe. In this fi lm the beauty of humanity is seen through working hands. Katja Gauriloff Katja Gauriloff was born in 1972 in Inari. She has studied fi lmmaking at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences, School of Art and Media ( ). She has been involved in filmmaking since Today she is a film director and part-owner of the Oktober Oy production company. Selected fi lmography: A Shout into the Wind documentary, 2007 Milla von Konow

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74 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S HD Master, DigiBeta cinemascope 5.1, stereo 58 and Director, script, producer: Sonja Lindén Cinematography: Peter Flinckenberg Editing: Samu Heikkilä Sound Design: Janne Laine, Samu Heikkilä Music: Rebekka Karijord Production Company: Avanton Productions Oy Co-production Company: Mantary Film, Sweden / Stina Gardell Production Support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, KONE Foundation, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Nordisk Film & TV Fond Financing TV Companies: YLE co-productions, SVT Kultur Five Star Existence Director Sonja Lindén sets out on a subjective journey in order to understand the challenges of the new ways of relating to and communicating with others. She explores a society which is on the verge of becoming wireless a society in which changes the laws of time, space and distance are revolutionizing the concept of liaison. Her point of departure is today s society, but she also looks at what the future may have in store for us. During her quest, Lindén observes people s experiences of freedom and presence, and questions how our post-information society and technological progress is changing our way of life. Sonja Lindén Sonja Lindén is an independent fi lmmaker, producer and director, who established Avanton Productions in As a director, she focuses on the experience of inner freedom and its reflections on our external reality. The dimensions of love and loneliness are also important themes in her fi lms No Man is an Island (2006), Gacaca Awaiting Justice (2003), Breathing (2002), Steps on the Yoga Path (2000). Sonja graduated from both the Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design (University of Arts and Design Helsinki) and the Helsinki School of Economics. Milla von Konow

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76 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S DCP, HDCAM 16:9 Stereo Director, script, producer: Mika Koskinen Cinematography: Mika Koskinen, Mika Mattila Editing: Kauko Lindfors Sound design Janne Laine Production company: Luxian Productions Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV companies: YLE TV2, SVT, NRK Red Forest Hotel [ Punaisen metsän hotelli] A Finnish news photographer, who s lived in Beijing for fi fteen years, starts making a movie about a massive tree planting campaign in China. The fi lm project experiences a surprising twist when the photographer travels to plantations in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi and is stopped by local authorities. A Finnish-owned forest products company is planting enormous eucalyptus tree plantations in Guangxi; they are supposed to provide raw material for a paper mill the company is planning to build. The atmosphere becomes Kafkaesque: the authorities are friendly but do everything to stop the photographer from interviewing local people. When he fi nally makes it to the local villages, he fi nds out why the authorities have been so secretive. The authorities smile all the time, and the forest industry giant avoids taking responsibility. Red Forest Hotel poses questions if Finnish forest industry know-how, despite being widely acclaimed, is really environmentally friendly and exported in a socially just way. Mika Koskinen Mika Koskinen has been living in Beijing since 1994 and speaks fluent Chinese. He has been working for Luxian productions as an independent documentary fi lm maker and as a news & current affairs cameraman-editor for European broadcasters in Asia. Milla von Konow

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78 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S DCP 16:9 Dolby Digital Director, script, cinematography: Kimmo Koskela Editing: Kimmo Koskela, Jani Ahlstedt, Akke Eklund Sound Design: Heikki Savolainen Music: Kimmo Pohjonen Producer: Kimmo Koskela, Klaus Heydemann Production Company: Koskela Art & Media House Co-production: Gernot Steinweg, Heikki Savolainen Production Support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, ESEK, Arts Council of Finland, Nordisk Film og TV Fond Financing TV companies: YLE TV2, SVT Soundbreaker [ Pirun palkeet] The deadpan recounting from childhood of the explosive death of a frog, and later the miraculous breech birth of a calf, shape the emotional bookends of Soundbreaker, Kimmo Koskela s rock doc feature fi lm of Finnish accordion legend and iconoclast Kimmo Pohjonen. In the opening sequence, as we drop through a wintery ice hole along with the artist, we enter a world of pure exhilaration. Fold away all thoughts you ve ever had about his instrument. A new Wikipedia entry for accordion just got submitted! Extraordinary sounds explode from his custom-made electrifi ed instrument. Using only accordion, voice, samples and effects, Pohjonen s music transcends all musical genres all the way in a composition performed with the world famous Kronos Quartet. His performances are reminiscent of the violence of Roman gladiators and the self-fl agellation of medieval monks. The fi lm is the journey of an exceptional artist, grounded in basic human truths. The cinematography and drama reveal a distinctive Northern viewpoint. Kimmo Koskela Kimmo Koskela (b. 1960) has worked in cinema, photography and media art since the early 1980s. He has collaborated with celebrated Finnish visual art pioneers, such as Eija-Liisa Ahtila and Arno Rafael Minkkinen. Koskela lives and works in Helsinki, where he runs his production company. Koskela Art & Media House is an independent production company for fi lm productions and highend audio-visual programs for the arts and the performing arts, including documentaries, portraits of artists, and adaptations of music and dance for the camera. Milla von Konow

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80 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S HD, 35 mm 16:9 Stereo 50 and Director, script: Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi Cinematography: J-P Passi Sound Design: Tormod Ringnes, Jørgen Bergsund Editing: Riitta Poikselkä Music: Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät Producer: Sami Jahnukainen Production Company: Mouka Filmi Co-Production: Indie Film (Norway), Auto Images (Sweden), Film I Skåne (Sweden) Production Support: The Finnish Film Foundation, ESEK & LUSES, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Norsk Film institut, Svensk Filminstitut Financing TV companies: YLE TV2, SVT, NRK The Punk Syndrome [ Kovasikajuttu] The Punk Syndrome is a fi lm about the Finnish punk-rock band Pertti Kurikan nimipäivät (Pertti Kurikka s Name Day), formed by four mentally disabled guys. It follows the band s journey from the rehearsal room to festival stages and into the limelight. The fi lm shows the dynamics between the band members, the arguments, the crying, and the laughter. It shows what punk used to be about: misfi ts screaming their lungs out about real problems. This is why they are the last punk band in the world and they re here to make a fuss. Jukka Kärkkäinen Jukka Kärkkainen has been making documentary fi lms since He also works as a construction worker. He is the co-founder of Mouka Filmi Production Company. His selected fi l mog r a phy i nc lude s The Living Room of the Nation (2009), Tomorrow was Yesterday (2009) and The Smoking Room (2006). J-P Passi J-P Passi has been working as a cinematographer since He also works as a screenwriter and director. His selected fi lmography includes: The Living Room of the Nation (2009), Tomorrow was Yesterday (2009) and The Painting Sellers (2010). Milla von Konow

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82 F I N N I S H F I L M S Top 10 Films in Finland 2011 Film Released Admissions Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Johnny English Reborn Cars Vares The Kiss of Evil (local) The King s Speech Twilight Breakind Dawn Part Black Swan Tangled Rio

83 Domestic Films 2011 Film Released Admissions 2011 Vares Kiss of Evil Hella W The Unknown Woman Eetu and Toad Salla - Selling the Silence Brothers The Good Son Rules of Single Life August The Girls of April Battle for the City Garbage Prince Garter Snake Iris Sixpack Film Released Admissions 2011 Le Havre Dirty Bomb A Journey to Eden Body of Water Home Sweet Home Where Once We Walked Silent Longing Forever Yours Santa s Magic Crystal Risto Silence The Italian Key Mr. Hayhill The Storage

84 F I N N I S H F I L M S Facts in Figures Releases Screens Admissions in millions 6,7 6,5 6,9 6,8 7,6 Gross box-office in millions ( ) 50,3 50,8 54,5 57,1 66,0 Ticket price average ( ) 7,5 7,8 7,9 8,3 8,70 Per capita attendances 1,3 1,2 1,3 1,3 1,4 Finnish feature fi lms Share of Finnish fi lms 24 % 20 % 23 % 15 % 27 % 84

85 Finnish Feature Films Release Date Title of Film Production Company Director in Helsinki V2 jäätynyt enkeli V2 Dead Angel Solar Films Oy Aleksi Mäkelä Suden vuosi Year of the Wolf MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Olli Saarela Miehen työ A Man s Job Blind Spot Pictures Oy Aleksi Salmenperä Uusi ihminen* The New Man Kinoproduction Oy Klaus Härö Colorado Avenue Kinoproduction Oy Claes Olsson Lieksa! The Matriarch Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy Markku Pölönen Ganes Helsinki -fi lmi Oy JP Siili Musta jää Black Ice Making Movies Oy Petri Kotwica Joulutarina Christmas Story Snapper Films Oy Juha Wuolijoki Raja 1918 The Border Border Productions Oy Lauri Törhönen Tali-Ihantala 1944 Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy Åke Lindman & Sakari Kirjavainen Röllin sydän Quest for a Heart MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Pekka Lehtosaari Sooloilua Playing Solo MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Lauri Nurkse Tummien perhosten koti The Home of Dark Butterfl ies Solar Films Inc. Dome Karukoski päivää ensi-iltaan 8 Days to Premiere Juonifi lmi Perttu Leppä Kolmistaan Three in Love Petfi lms Oy Peter Lindholm Dark Floors The Lordi Motion Picture Solar Films Inc. Pete Riski Risto Räppääjä Ricky Rapper Kinotar Oy Mari Rantasila Muumi ja vaarallinen juhannus Moomins and Midsummer Madness Filmkompaniet Alpha Maria Lindberg Myrsky Stormheart Stormheart Ltd. Kaisa Rastimo Käsky Tears of April Helsinki -fi lmi Aku Louhimies Erottamattomat Sisters Apart Kinotar Oy Hanna Maylett Kummeli alivuokralainen The Subtenant Solar Films Inc. Matti Grönberg Päätalo The Novelist MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Hannu Kahakorpi Niko lentäjän poika Niko & The Way to the Stars Anima Vitae & Cinemaker Michael Hegner & Kari Juusonen Sauna Bronson Club AJ Annila * Swedish-Finnish co-production 85

86 F I N N I S H F I L M S Kolme viisasta miestä Three Wise Men Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki Putoavia enkeleitä Falling Angels Blind Spot Pictures Heikki Kujanpää Blackout Filmiteollisuus Fine JP Siili Rööperi Hellsinki Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä Maata meren alla Overseas and Under Your Skin Silva Mysterium Oy Lenka Hellstedt Muukalainen The Visitor Helsinki -fi lmi Oy J-P Valkeapää Kielletty hedelmä Forbidden Fruit Helsinki -fi lmi Oy Dome Karukoski Ralliraita Rally On! Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy Markku Pölönen Toinen jalka haudasta One Foot Under Dionysos Films Oy Johanna Vuoksenmaa Postia pappi Jaakobille Letters to Father Jacob Kinotar Oy Klaus Härö Haarautuvan rakkauden talo The House of Branching Love Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki Skavabölen pojat Last Cowboy Standing Juonifi lmi Oy Zaida Bergroth Kuulustelu The Interrogation Jörn Donner Productions Oy Jörn Donner Väärät juuret Twisted Roots Edith fi lm Oy Saara Saarela Pihalla Playground Helsinki -fi lmi Oy Toni Laine Thomas Silva Mysterium Oy Miika Soini Täällä Pohjantähden alla Under the North Star Artista Filmi Timo Koivusalo Jos rakastat If You Love Juonifi lmi Oy Neil Hardwick Paha perhe Bad Family Sputnik Oy Aleksi Salmenperä Auf Wiedersehen Finnland For Real Productions Oy Virpi Suutari Risto Räppääjä ja polkupyörävaras Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief Kinotar Oy Mari Rantasila Sukunsa viimeinen Pudana The Last of the Line Illume Ltd. Oy Markku Lehmuskallio & Anastasia Lapsui Kohtaamisia Heartbeats Pystymetsä Oy Saara Cantell Freetime Machos Klaffi Tuotannot Oy Mika Ronkainen Stadilaista tangoa etsimässä Looking for the Last Tango Pettufi lmi Oy Tahvo Hirvonen Miesten vuoro Steam of Life Oktober Oy Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen Reindeerspotting Bronson Club Oy Joonas Neuvonen Rautaa rajan taa FilmInc Kalle Kujala Vähän kunnioitusta Gimme Some Respect Meguru Production Pekka Karjalainen Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti Moomins and the Comet Chase Filmkompaniet Alpha Maria Lindberg Sisko tahtoisin jäädä Run Sister Run Solar Films Oy Marja Pyykkö Vesku Vesku from Finland Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki Prinsessa Princess Art Films Productions AFP Oy Arto Halonen Täällä pohjantähden alla II Under the North Star II Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo Napapiirin sankarit Lapland Odyssey Helsinki-Filmi Oy Dome Karukoski 86

87 Harjunpää ja pahan pappi Priest of Evil MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Olli Saarela Seitti Kilvoittelijan päiväkirja Ito A Diary of an Urban Priest Millennium Film Oy Pirjo Honkasalo Sielunpelastajat Saving Souls Aito Media Oy Saku Pollari Rare Exports Cinet Jalmari Helander Veijarit The Hustlers Bronson Club Oy Lauri Nurkse Vares Kiss of Evil Vares Pahan suudelma Solar Films Inc. Anders Engström Hella W Snapper Films Oy Juha Wuolijoki The Unknown Woman Tuntematon emäntä Kinosto Oy Elina Kivihalme Eetu and Toad Eetu & Konna Artia Kari Häkkinen Salla Selling the Silence Filmimaa Oy Markku Tuurna Brothers Veljekset Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki The Good Son Hyvä poika Oy Bufo Ab Zaida Bergroth Rules of Single Life Sinkkuelämän säännöt Making Movies Oy Tonislav Hristov August Elokuu Bronson Club Oskari Sipola Vares The Girls of April Vares Huhtikuun tytöt Lauri Törhönen Battle for the City Taistelu Turusta Illume Ltd. Jouko Aaltonen Garbage Prince Roskisprinssi Periferia Productions Oy Raimo O Niemi Vares Garter Snake Vares Sukkanauhakäärme Solar Films Inc. Lauri Törhönen Iris Långfi lm Ulrika Bengts Sixpack Pussikaljaelokuva Kinotar Oy Ville Jankeri Le Havre Sputnik Oy Aki Kaurismäki Dirty Bomb Likainen pommi Juonifi lmi Oy Elias Koskimies A Journey to Eden Matka Edeniin Bad Taste Ltd. Rax Rinnekangas Body of Water Syvälle salattu MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Joona Tena Home Sweet Home Kotirauha Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä Where Once We Walked Där vi en gång gått Helsinki-fi lmi Oy Peter Lindholm Silent Longing Hiljaa toivotut Vaski-Filmi Timo Haanpää Forever Yours Ikuisesti sinun Avanton Productions Oy Mia Halme Santa s Magic Crystal Maaginen kristalli Epidem ZOT Antti Haikala Risto Yellow Film & TV Tuomas Summanen Si lence H i lja i suu s C i ne Work s O y Sa k a r i K i r java i nen The Italian Key Avain Italiaan Harmaa Media Rosa Karo Mr. Hayhill Herra Heinämäki ja leijonatuuliviiri Jackpot Films Oy Pekka Karjalainen & Matti Grönberg The Storage Varasto Kinosto Oy Taru Mäkelä 87

88 F I N N I S H F I L M S Film Festivals in Finland 2012 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Fredrikinkatu 23, FI Helsinki Tel , Fax [email protected] Espoo Ciné International Film Festival PO Box 95, FI Espoo Tel , Fax [email protected] Tampere International Short Film Festival PO Box 305 Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI Tampere Tel , Fax [email protected] lmfestival.fi Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat Midnight Sun Film Festival Kansanopistontie 5, FI Sodankylä Tel , Fax office@msfi lmfestival.fi lmfestival.fi Helsinki Film Festival Love & Anarchy PO Box 889, Mannerheimintie 21 24, FI Helsinki Tel , Fax [email protected] Oulu International Children s Film Festival Hallituskatu 7, FI Oulu Tel , Fax eszter.vuojala@oufi lmcenter.fi /lef 88

89 International Sales Companies Bavaria Film International Bavariafi lmplatz 7 / Building 71 D Geiselgasteig Tel klaus.rasmussen@bavaria-fi lm.de lm-international.de Deckert Distribution GmbH Marienplatz 1, D Leipzig Tel [email protected] EastWest fi lmdistribution Schottenfeldgasse Vienna, Austria Tel : [email protected] Interprod / Klas Fransberg Vislauskuja 13, FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] The Match Factory Balthasarstr , D Cologne Tel [email protected] Nonstop Sales Box , SE Stockholm Tel [email protected] TF1 International Tel [email protected] TrustNordisk Filmbyen 28, DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel , [email protected] The Yellow Affair Götgatan 9, SE-11646, Stockholm Tel [email protected] Global Screen, Global Screen GmbH Sonnenstraße 21, D München Tel [email protected] Stealth Media Group 14 Regent Hill, UK BN1 3ED Brighton Tel [email protected] 89

90 F I N N I S H F I L M S Useful Addresses Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design Hämeentie 135 C FI Helsinki / PO Box FI Aalto Tel [email protected], /elo Actors in Scandinavia Jääkärinkatu 10 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected], Agency Unreal Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Animation Clinic Finnish Animation Association c/o Suomen Elokuvakontakti Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Anorak Agency Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] The Association of Finnish Film Directors SELO ry. PO Box 177 FI Helsinki [email protected] The Association of Finnish Film Workers SET ry. Meritullinkatu 33 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] /set The Association of Independent Producers in Finland SATU ry. Fabianinkatu 4 B 14 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audio-Visual Culture in Finland Hietaniemenkatu 2 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] /avek Broadcast Text Helsinki The all-round text language service in fi lm, TV & video Sörnäisten rantatie 27 C FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers SEK ry. Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax fi l m i k a m a r fi l m i k a m a r i.fi lmikamari.fi 90

91 Channel Four Finland Nelonen PO Box 350 FI Helsinki Tel Digital Film Finland Oy / Generator Post Pursimiehenkatu A FI Helsinki Tel Fax Favex Finnish Film & Audiovisual Export Kalevankatu FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE FI Yleisradio Tel Finnish Centre for Media Education & Audiovisual Media MEKU Sörnäisten Rantatie 25 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax The Finnish Chamber of Films Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax fi l m i k a m a r fi l m i k a m a r i.fi lmikamari.fi The Finnish Cinema Exhibitor s Association SEOL ry. Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax fi l m i k a m a r fi l m i k a m a r i.fi lmikamari.fi The Finnish Film Contact Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 FI Helsinki Tel Fax fi [email protected] The Finnish Film Distributors Association SEL ry. Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax fi l m i k a m a r fi l m i k a m a r i.fi lmikamari.fi Media Desk Finland c/o The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] MTV3 Finland FI MTV3 Tel National Audiovisual Archive PO Box 16 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] State Committee for Cinema PO Box 293 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] 91

92 F I N N I S H F I L M S Distributors in Finland Oy Cinema Mondo Ltd Unioninkatu 10 A 27 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] FS Film Oy Urho Kekkosen katu 4 6 E FI Helsinki Tel Fax antti.toiviainen@fs-fi lm.fi lm.fi Bio Rex Distribution Tallberginkatu 1 A 141 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] /distribution Finnkino Oy Koivuvaarankuja 2 FI Vantaa Tel Fax markku.koistinen@fi nnkino.fi nnkino.fi Oy Future Film Distribution Ab Hovioikeudenpuistikko 9 FI Vaasa Tel harry.paivalainen@futurefi lm.fi lm.fi Oy Kinoscreen Illusion Ltd. Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 92

93 Oy Nordisk Film Ab John Stenbergin ranta 2 FI Helsinki Tel Fax katarina.nyman@nordiskfi lm.com lm.fi Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus PO Box 432 FI Tampere Tel Fax [email protected] Scanbox Entertainment Finland Oy Eerikinkatu 3 B, 5. krs FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Walt Disney Company - Nordic Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Oy Atlantic Film Finland Ab Kauppatie 4 FI Mustasaari Tel Fax jenni.ukkonen@atlanticfi lm.fi lm.fi 93

94 F I N N I S H F I L M S Festival contacts: The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Producers Aamu Filmcompany Ltd. Hiihtomäentie 34 FI Helsinki Tel Mobile Fax info@aamufi lmcompany.fi lmcompany.fi Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy Pariisinkatu 9 C 32 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Anima Vitae Ltd. Vanha Talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Animaker Oy Vanha Talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel hannu.tuomainen@ cinemaker.fi Art Films Production AFP Oy Merimiehenkatu 10 FI Helsinki Tel Fax info@artfi lms.inet.fi lmsproduction.com Artista Filmi Oy PO Box 244 FI Pori Tel Fax [email protected] lmi.fi Avanton Productions Oy Harjuviita 16 A 21 FI Espoo Tel [email protected] Bad Taste Ltd Minna Canthin katu 3 A 1 FI Helsinki [email protected] Blind Spot Pictures Oy Merimiehenkatu 36 D FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 94

95 Bronson Club Hämeentie 11 FI Helsinki Tel Oy Bufo Ab Vilhovuorenkatu 11 A FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Cine Works Oy Kansankuja 6 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Cinemaker Oy Iso Roobertinkatu 17 D FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Cinet Oy Kristianinkatu 1 A 4 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Crystal Eye Ltd. Lämmittäjänkatu 4 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Dictator Films Oy Vanha Talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki, Finland Tel aleksi.bardy@helsinki-fi lmi.fi Dionysos Films Oy Pengerkatu 18 A LH4 FI Helsinki Tel riina.hyytia@dionysosfi lms.fi lms.fi Edith Film Oy Pursimiehenkatu 8 FI Helsinki Tel Fax info@edithfi lm.fi lm.fi Epidem ZOT Pursimiehenkatu 23 FI Helsinki Tel mikael.whlforss@ epidemzot.com Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab Meritullinkatu 11 K FI Helsinki Tel Fax tom@fi lmkompaniet.fi lmkompaniet.fi First Floor Productions Oy Pursimiehenkatu 8 FI Helsinki Tel fi rstfloor@fi rstfloor.fi rstfloor.fi 95

96 F I N N I S H F I L M S Festival contacts: The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Fisher King Production Oy Rikhardinkatu 4 B 21 FI Helsinki Tel king@fi sherking.fi sherking.fi Giron-fi lmi Oy Ulvilantie 9 B 7 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Hakalax Productions Oy Topeliuksenkatu 3b A9 FI Helsinki Tel john.hakalax@ hakalaxproductions.com Handle Productions Oy Pohjoisranta 20 b B 41 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Harmaa Media Oy Apollonkatu 4 A 11 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Helsinki-fi lmi Oy Vanha Talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax aleksi.bardy@helsinkifi lmi.fi lmi.fi Huh Huh -Filmi Oy Suomenlinna C 71 B 5 FI Tel [email protected] Illume Ltd. Palkkatilankatu 7B FI Helsinki Tel./Fax [email protected] Ilokuva Naukkarinen & Co Palotie 23 B FI Espoo Tel [email protected] It s Alive Productions Heinäsintie 79 FI Lohja Tel [email protected] Jackpot Films Oy Ponsantie 1034 FI Kangasala Tel [email protected] J.W. Documentaries Oy Kapteeninkatu 8 F 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 96

97 Jörn Donner Productions Oy Pohjoisranta 12 A 2 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Katharsis Films Oy Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Kinocompany Finland Oy Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Kinoproduction Oy Pasilan vanhat veturitallit FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Kinosto Ltd Linnakoskenkatu 23 A 12 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Kinotar Oy Työpajankatu 10 A, 2. krs FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Kiti Luostarinen Production Ky Härkiöntie 10 FI Luhanka Tel [email protected] Klaffi Productions Ltd. Nahkatehtaankatu 2 FI Oulu Tel Koskela Art & Media House Ky Merimiehenkatu 23 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Kroma Productions Ltd. Linnakoskenkatu 30 FI Porvoo Tel [email protected] Liberty Production Oy Veneentekijäntie 20 FI Helsinki Tel jukka.helle@solarfi lms.com LR Film Productions Oy Caloniuksenkatu 9 D 63 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Luxian Productions Oy Kaitaankulma 5C FI Espoo Tel [email protected] Långfi lm Productions Finland Oy Vislauskuja 13 FI Helsinki Tel Fax info@langfi lm.fi lm.fi 97

98 F I N N I S H F I L M S Festival contacts: The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Made Merimiehenkatu 36D FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Making Movies Oy Ratakatu 1b A 5 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Marianna Films Oy Punavuorenkatu 5 A 2 FI Helsinki Tel./Fax marianna.fi [email protected] Matila Röhr Nordisk Oy Tallberginkatu 1 A 141 FI Helsinki Tel Fax ilkka.matila@ matilarohr.com Meguru Production Katajanokanlaituri 11 B FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Millennium Film Ltd. Koskikartanontie 12 FI Nurmes Tel Fax millennium@ millenniumfi lm.fi lm.fi Mokul Filmi Oy Ruotsalon Kylätie 49 FI Ruotsalo Tel [email protected] Mouka Filmi Oy Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Nosferatu Oy Iso-Roobertinkatu 44 B 27 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Of Course My Films Oy Nordenskiöldinkatu 3b A 11 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] 98

99 Oktober Oy Uutiskatu 3 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Periferia Productions Oy/ Pystymetsä Oy 3. Linja 5 FI Helsinki Tel outi.rousu@ periferiaproductions.fi Petfi lms Oy Mannerheimintie 49 B 34 FI Helsinki Tel petfi lms@petfi lms.fi lms.fi RT Documentaries Oy Runeberginkatu 28 B 11 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Silva Mysterium Oy Pulttitie 16 FI Helsinki Tel Fax mika.ritalahti@ silvamysterium.fi Snapper Films Oy World Trade Center Helsinki Aleksanterinkatu 17, PO Box 800 FI Helsinki Tel Fax juha.wuolijoki@ snapperfi lms.com lms.com Solar Films Inc. Veneentekijäntie 20 FI Helsinki Tel Fax markus.selin@solarfi lms.com lms.com Sputnik Oy Museokatu 13 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] / kirjasto/kaurismaki Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy Olli Tiaisen tie 9 FI Kontioranta Tel toimisto@ suomenfi lmiteollisuus.fi lmiteollisuus.fi Tuffi Films Oy Vilhonvuorenkatu 11 A FI Helsinki Tel fi lms.com fi lms.com Unilumi Oy Lumimetsä FI Ivalo Tel [email protected] Vegetarian Films lms.net Yellow Film & TV Vanha talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel jarkko.hentula@yellowfi lm.fi lm.fi 99

100 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S Front cover: Naked Harbour by Aku Louhimies Inside cover, front: Things We Do for Love by Matti Ijäs Inside cover, back: Rat King by Petri Kotwica Back cover: Canned Dreams by Katja Gauriloff, Iron Sky by Timo Vuorensola, Ricky Rapper and Cool Wendy by Mari Rantasila, Purge by Antti J. Jokinen, Stars Above by Saara Cantell, Almost 18 by Maarit Lalli Editors: Tytti Rantanen Translations / Editing: Aretta Vähälä, Rich Lyons, Matthew James Layout: Praxis Oy Printed by: Premedia Helsinki, 2012 ISSN The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected]

101 The Finnish Film Foundation w w w. s e s. f i