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1 F I N N I S H F I L M S

2 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S

3 Contents Feature Films Blackout 4 Falling Angels 6 Forbidden Fruit 8 Ground Under Water (working title) 10 Hellsinki 12 House of Branching Love, The 14 Last Cowboy Standing 16 Letters to Father Jacob 18 Niko & The Way to the Stars 20 Novelist, The 22 One Foot Under 24 Playground 26 Rally On! 28 Sauna 30 Sisters Apart 32 Stormheart 34 Subtenant, The 36 Tears of April 38 Three Wise Men 40 Twisted Roots 42 Under the North Star 44 Visitor, The 46 Feature Length Documentaries All Boys 48 Arabian Shores 50 Earth Evocation 52 Generation 54 Helsinki, Forever 56 Ito A Diary of a City Priest 58 Living Room of the Nation, The 60 Magnetic Man, The 62 Rebels with a Cause 64 Recipes for Disaster 66 Volga, Volga 68 Within Limits 70 Top 20 Films in Finland Domestic Films Facts in Figures 74 Finnish Feature Films Film Festivals in Finland International Sales Companies 79 Useful Addresses 80 Distributors in Finland 82 Producers 84

4 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, also available in digital cinema prints 1:2,35 Dolby digital 107 Premiere: December 26, 2008 Director, script: JP Siili Cinematography: Jarkko T. Laine Editing: Jyrki Levä Sound design: Juha Hakanen Music: Lauri Ylönen Set design: Päivi Kettunen Costumes: Helena Paavilainen-Takala Cast: Petteri Summanen, Jenni Banerjee, Irina Björklund, Mikko Leppilampi, Mari Perankoski, Mikko Kouki, Lena Meriläinen, Ismo Kallio Producer: Olli Haikka Production company: Filmiteollisuus Fine Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy Blackout The new feature film by director JP Siili tells an intense story about a top cardiac surgeon who has been in a coma for a year after being shot in the head with a nail gun. He wakes up, the nail still in his head, and recovers well but has only partial memories of his past and the shooting. The police has not discovered the shooter, so the surgeon begins to look for the perpetrator himself, fearing that he might be attacked again. JP Siili Director of three successful feature films Blackout(2008), Ganes (2007), Young Gods (Hymypoika, 2003) and an impressive amount of prizewinning television drama, including Prix Italia winner Julia s Truths (Juulian totuudet, 2002). 4

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6 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, also available in digital cinema prints 1:1,85 Dolby digital 102 Premiere: December 5, 2008 Director: Heikki Kujanpää Script: Sami Parkkinen, Heikki Kujanpää, Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen Cinematography: Harri Räty Editing: Jukka Nykänen Sound design: Pietari Koskinen Music: Timo Hietala Set design: Tarja Väätänen Costumes: Riitta Röpelinen Cast: Elena Leeve, Tommi Korpela, Elina Knihtilä Producers: Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa Production company: Blind Spot Pictures Oy Co-producer: Sandrew Metronome / Maija Kuusi Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab Falling Angels [ P u t o a v i a e n k e l e i t ä ] Helena, the daughter of two famous writers, wants to maintain her deceased father s reputation; she recites his poems at a number of events and cherishes her legendary father s memory. Her relationship with her mother has become troublesome after her mother moved to Sweden. Helena accuses her mother for abandoning her father. Mother and daughter meet again when Helena s mental health deteriorates; in order to get well, she has to face the reality with the help of a memoir written by her mother. Helena is deeply affected by the story and imagines herself in the place of her mother. In this fascinating film, the colorful life of artists in the 1940s and 1950s and the incredible creativity of the main characters of this film are entwined with passionate love affairs and the destructive illness of the father. Together, eye to eye, the mother and the daughter face the greatest tragedy of their ragged past. Heikki Kujanpää Kujanpää has directed plays, radio plays, a TV series and an opera; he has also written plays and screenplays for films. He has worked as Kuopio City Theatre director and is one of the founding members of Q- Teatteri, one of the most significant theater companies in Finland. His short film A Small Pilgrimage (Pieni pyhiinvaellus, 2000) won e.g. the Grand Prix at the Laon Int. Film Festival for Young People and the main prize in the Finnish Competition at the Tampere Film Festival. 6

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8 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm Cinemascope 1:2,35 Dolby digital 104 Premiere: February 13, 2009 Director: Dome Karukoski Script: Aleksi Bardy Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri F.S.C. Editing: Harri Ylönen Sound design: Mattias Eklund, Johan Isaksson Music: Adam Nordén Set design: Antti Mattila, Antti Nikkinen Costumes: Anna Vilppunen Cast: Marjut Maristo, Amanda Pilke, Joel Mäkinen, Jarkko Niemi, Olavi Uusivirta, Timo Tikka, Malla Malmivaara, Jani Volanen Producer: Aleksi Bardy Production company: Helsinki -filmi Oy Co-producer: Martin Persson / Anagram Produktion AB Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Svenska Filminstitutet, NFTF, Kirkon mediasäätiö, Media+ Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab Forbidden Fruit [ K i e l l e t t y h e d e l m ä ] Two 18-year-old girls from a Christian fundamentalist community flee to the city for a summer job. Maria wants to see what the world is like before going back home and getting married to a boy from the same community. She wants to try out things that are forbidden at home: music, make up and kissing boys and dancing. Raakel, the other girl, is less adventurous and only wants to make sure Maria does return. The summer of temptations changes the life of one of the girls for good. Dome Karukoski Dome Karukoski (born 1976 in Cyprus) moved to Finland from Cyprus when he was 5. His mother is a Finnish journalist and his father an American actor. He is bilingual in Swedish and Finnish. His debute feature was Beauty and the Bastard (Tyttö sinä olet tähti, 2005); it was also Karukoski s graduation film from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. The Home of Dark Butterflies (Tummien perhosten koti, 2008) was chosen as Finland s entry for the Oscars. 8

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10 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:1,85 Dolby digital 85 Premiere: January 23, 2009 Director: Lenka Hellstedt Script: Lenka Hellstedt, based on a novel by Riikka Ala-Harja Cinematography: Mark Stubbs F.S.C. Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Olli Huhtanen Music: Anna-Mari Kähärä Set design: Saara Joro Costumes: Titta Kettunen Cast: Amira Khalifa, Matti Ristinen, Marja Packalén, Leena Uotila, Jarkko Niemi, Annika Ernst, Ismail Sahin Producers: Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti Production company: Silva Mysterium Oy Associate-producer: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad / Flying Moon Filmproduktion GmbH, Berlin Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab Ground Under Water (working title) [ M a a t a m e r e n a l l a ] The film tells the story of Ida who was adopted from Africa to Finland when she was a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress and living in the spare room of her activist mother Kati s house. They live in a small Finnish village which does not seem to offer much for young adults. Kati feels an urge to fix Ida s life, but Ida wants to be more independent. Encouraged by her friend Ville, Ida sets out for Berlin in order to seek a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Ida s search for life is spiced with miracles and drama, not to mention some love. Ground Under Water (working title) is a realistic drama about growing up and about the relationship between parents and children. It deals with the universal feelings that we all are familiar with, regardless of our gender, generation and place. It is a cheerful story that will touch everyone. Lenka Hellstedt Lenka Hellstedt studied directing and scriptwriting at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Her graduation short film was The Spectacular Life of Stonecutter s Charming Yolanda (Sepelimurskaamon kauniin Jolantan ihmeellinen elämä, 1996). She has directed several TV films (The Boat / Paatti, 1993; Who Will Comfort Viivi? / Kuka lohduttaisi Viiviä? 2001), and her first feature film Me and Morrison (Minä ja Morrison, 2001) was a big commercial success. She also works as a director for a number of TV series. 10

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12 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, also available in digital cinema prints 2,35:1 Dolby digital 133 Premiere: January 9, 2009 Director: Aleksi Mäkelä Script: Marko Leino Cinematography: Pini Hellstedt F.S.C. Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Jyrki Rahkonen Music: Kalle Chydenius Set design: Pirjo Rossi Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen Cast: Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzén, Kari Hietalahti, Pihla Viitala, Juha Veijonen, Jasper Pääkkönen, Pekka Valkeejärvi, Hiski Grönstrand, Tommi Rantamäki, Kristo Salminen Producers: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle Production company: Solar Films Inc. Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: MTV3 Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy International sales: TrustNordisk Hellsinki [ R ö ö p e r i ] Happiness, jail or the grave? Hellsinki is based on an interview novel describing the old days of one of the most notorious parts of Helsinki, Rööperi. The film is set between 1966 and Besides the journey of Tomppa and Krisu, the main characters of the film, Hellsinki tells the story of Gypsy Kari, Arska, Biscuit, Uki and a bunch of other bad boys and criminals; it tells of their memorable and unscrupulous journey from crime and poverty to becoming respectable citizens, going to jail or dying too young. The wrong side of the law is seen through the eyes of a local police officer. The guys, who fall into a life of crime, have one thing in common: they all start by bootlegging, being sure money is an answer to all their problems. Money is a way to happiness and their modest dreams. They can stop doing criminal business as soon as they get enough money. But when the guys start making more money with black-market booze, their hunger and their dreams grow bigger. Even though the reality Rööperi is portrayed as rather rugged and rotten, we can see both warmth and humor in the characters walking the streets of Rööperi; these qualities will make the audience love them. The audience will cry and laugh with them and for them. Aleksi Mäkelä A self-taught movie director, Mäkelä (b. 1969) is the most successful modern-era Finnish director: the total domestic audience of his movies in theatrical release is over 2 million. His previous works include V2 Dead Angel (V2 Jäätynyt enkeli, 2007), Matti Hell is for Heroes (Matti, 2006), Vares Private Eye (Vares, 2004), Bad Boys A True Story (Pahat pojat, 2003), The South (Lomalla, 2000), The Tough Ones (Häjyt, 1999), Sunset Riders (Esa ja Vesa Auringonlaskun ratsastajat, 1994) and The Romanov Stones (Romanovin kivet, 1993). 12

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14 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm / Digibeta / HDcam 1:2,35 Dolby digital ~110 Premiere: August 21, 2009 Director: Mika Kaurismäki Script: Mika Kaurismäki, Sami Keski-Vähälä based on a novel by Petri Karra Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen Editing: Jukka Nykänen Sound design: Joonas Jyrälä Music: Jarmo Saari Set design: Pete Neuvonen Costumes: Niina Pasanen Producer: Mika Kaurismäki Production company: Marianna Films Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: MTV3 Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy The House of Branching Love [ H a a r a u t u v a n r a k k a u d e n t a l o ] Family therapist Juhani Helin, 35, and business trainer Paula Helin, 34, decide to divorce in a civilized manner and move to separate addresses after selling their house. But when Paula invites Marco, a one-night stand, to the house and Juhani takes revenge on Paula by hiring Nina, a prostitute, from Wolffi, his half-brother and a pimp, to play his new girlfriend in order to force Paula to leave the house, the Pandora s box in their marriage flies open and releases the plagues of love and hate. Mika Kaurismäki Mika Kaurismäki s first film The Liar (Valehtelija, 1980) marked the beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and started a new era in Finnish cinema. Mika has since directed films all around the world with international cast and crew. His work includes, for example, the fictional films The Worthless (Arvottomat, 1982), Rosso (1985), Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987), Amazon (1990), Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja kummitusjuna, 1991), LA Without a Map (1998), Honey Baby (2004) and the documentaries Tigrero A Film That Was Never Made (1994, with Sam Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), Sound of Brazil (Moro no Brasil, 2002), Brasileirinho (2005) and Sonic Mirror (2007). In 2008, after 17 years of not filming in Finland, Mika directed two Finnish fictional films, Three Wise Men (Kolme viisasta miestä, 2008) and The House of Branching Love. 14

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16 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S :2,35 (Cinemascope) Dolby Digital Premiere: October 2, 2009 Director: Zaida Bergroth Script: Antti Raivio, Jan Forsström, Zaida Bergroth Cinematography: Anu Keränen Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen Sound design: Janne Laine Music: Alex Hacke Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Sari Suominen Cast: Ilmari Järvenpää, Onni Tommila, Martti Suosalo, Leea Klemola, Lauri Tilkanen, Iiro Panula Producer: Jarkko Hentula Production company: Juonifilmi Oy Co-producers: Nicoile Gerhards, Hanneke van der Tas / NikoFilm (Germany) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: YLE, ZDF/ARTE Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy Last Cowboy Standing [ S k a v a b ö l e n p o j a t ] In 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighbourhood girls. In the background is the warm but explosive and unstable mother and the charming but unreliable father. The family has moved to a new house, and the future looks bright. Everything starts to fall apart when Rupert finds a hidden letter. There are terrible fights and hushed whispers; then Mom is taken somewhere to rest for a while. Later on there is confusing talk about a new mom. The brothers make a blood oath: one can t lie or die, or one has to pay the other a million or more for the rest of his life. Rupert tries to hold the family together. But in the end things get too complicated, and real tragedy waits in the wings of the fantasy plays. In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present. If he doesn t find absolution, the family tragedy will be repeated, and the curse will live on. Dad is coming home, and the blood oath is about to be broken. Zaida Bergroth Zaida Bergroth (born 1977) has studied film directing at the University of Art and Design Helsinki s School of Motion Picture, TV and Production Design. Glass Jaw (Lasileuka, 2004) was her diploma work at the university. Her latest two short fiction films Heavy Metal (2007) and Town Manager (Kunnanjohtaja, 2007) have won several prizes at different festivals. Last Cowboy Standing is Bergroth s first feature film. 16

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18 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm / Digibeta / Beta SP Cinemascope 1:2,35 74 Premiere: Spring 2009 Director: Klaus Härö Script: Klaus Härö, based on original idea by Jaana Makkonen Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri Editing: Samu Heikkilä Sound design: Kirka Sainio Music: Dani Störmbäck Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Sari Suominen Cast: Kaarina Hazard, Heikki Nousiainen, Jukka Keinonen, Esko Roine Producers: Rimbo Salomaa, Lasse Saarinen Production company: Kinotar Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, NFTF, Kirkon Mediasäätiö Financing TV companies: YLE, SVT Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy Letters to Father Jacob [ P o s t i a p a p p i J a a k o b i l l e ] Letters to Father Jacob is a warm-hearted and touching story of Leila, a life sentence prisoner who has just been pardoned. When she is released from prison, she is offered a job at a secluded parsonage; she moves there against her will. Leila is used to taking care only of herself, so she experiences conflicting feelings when she starts working as the personal assistant for Jacob, the blind pastor living in the parsonage. Every day the mail man brings letters from people asking for help from pastor Jacob. Answering the letters is Jacob s life mission, while Leila thinks it s useless. Leila has already decided to leave the parsonage when the letters suddenly stop coming. Jacob s life is shaken to its foundation. Two completely different lives are intertwined unexpectedly, and the roles of the helper and the one being helped are turned upside down. Klaus Härö Klaus Härö s previous feature films are Elina (Näkymätön Elina, 2003), Mother of Mine (Äideistä parhain, 2005) and The New Man (Den nya människan, 2007). He has also made documentaries and short films. His films have won more than 60 prizes at festivals all over the world, and they are appreciated by both critics and audiences. Klaus Härö works in Finland and Sweden. In 2003 he was awarded the Ingmar Bergman prize; the winner of the award is chosen by Ingmar Bergman himself. Härö s first two features were chosen to represent Finland in the best foreign film category at the Oscars. Photo: Jolle Onnismaa 18

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20 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 16:9 Dolby Digital Premiere: October 10, 2008 Directors: Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen Script: Hannu Tuomainen, Marteinn Thorisson Editing: Per Risanger Music: Stephen Mckeon Producers: Petteri Pasanen, Hannu Tuomainen Production companies: Anima Vitae & Cinemaker Oy Co-producers: Ulysses GmbH, A. Film, Magma Films Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages, YLE, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, MEDIA Plus, Hamburg Film Fund, ZDF (TV Germany), Danish Film Institute, DR TV2 (TV Denmark), Irish Filmboard, Section 481, Telepool Financing TV companies: YLE, TV 2 Denmark, ZDF Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy International sales: Telepool Niko & The Way to the Stars [ N i k o l e n t ä j ä n p o i k a ] Niko & The Way to the Stars is an adventure tale about a young reindeer boy s quest to find and save his absent father, whom he believes to be a member of the world-famous Santa s Elite Flying Forces. One day, right outside his home valley, Niko is rehearsing flying with Julius, his best friend and mentor, an old flying squirrel, and his potential girlfriend Saga. A gang of wolves finds them, and Niko saves his friends by taking them to his home herd. However, the ruthless Black Wolf follows them, and the herd must escape from their valley. Niko blames himself for the incident and sets out to find his flying hero dad who he has never met and to find a new home at his place. Julius decides to help his friend, even though nobody knows where Santa lives. Soon Niko finds out that the Black Wolf is planning to destroy the Flying Forces and replace them with his own gang. With help from a wild weasel girl Wilma, Niko and Julius try to warn the flyers before the wolves attack. However, the final fight is not the one with the wolves but inside Niko s heart after meeting his biological dad: Niko has to find his own place between two different worlds. Michael Hegner Michael Hegner s (b in Denmark) work as feature film director includes Help! I m a Fish (2000, together with Stefan Fjeldmark) and The Ugly Duckling and Me (2006, with Karsten Kiilerich). He is now one of the directors for A. Film s 3D department. Kari Juusonen Kari Juusonen s (b. 1967) short animation films include Pizza Passionata (2001), which won the Prix du Jury in Cannes, and The Birthday (Syntymäpäivä, 2004). Niko & The Way to the Stars is his first feature-length animation. 20

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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 1:1,85 Dolby Digital 109 Premiere: September 26, 2008 Director: Hannu Kahakorpi Script: Elina Halttunen, based on novels by Kalle Päätalo and adaptation by Miisa Linden Cinematography: Jarkko T. Laine F.S.C. Editing: Benjamin Mercer Sound design: Seppo Vanhatalo Music: Pessi Levanto Set design: Pentti Valkeasuo Costumes: Johanna Heikkilä Cast: Kai Lehtinen, Susanna Anteroinen Producers: Marko Röhr, Asko Apajalahti, Mikko Tenhunen Production company: MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy International sales: TrustNordisk The Novelist [ P ä ä t a l o ] A true story of a building engineer s hard battle to leave his past behind and to become a novelist in the post-war Finland of the 50 s. Hannu Kahakorpi Hannu Kahakorpi is an actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed and produced Tuntemattomalle jumalalle (1993), a TV series, and directed TV films Viisi tytärtäni (1997), Maigret ja aave (1994), Missä on suuri pohjoinen (1991) and Lumikit eli kohtauksia naisen elämästä (1986). His screenwriter credits include Onnellinen mies (1979), a TV film based on an Arto Paasilinna novel, which he also directed. One of the most extensive projects in his career is Kotikatu, a TV series he produced and developed. The TV series has been running for 13 years on Finnish television. 22

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24 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 98 Premiere: March 20, 2009 Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa Script: Mika Ripatti, Seppo Vesiluoma Cinematography: Peter Flinckenberg Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki Sound design: Tuomas Klaavo, Mikko Mäkelä Music: Kerkko Koskinen Set design: Christer Andersson Costumes: Niina Pasanen Cast: Tobias Zilliacus, Helena Vierikko, Susanna Anteroinen, Jarkko Pajunen, Tuomas Rinta-Panttila Producer: Riina Hyytiä Production company: Dionysos Films Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab One Foot Under [ T o i n e n j a l k a h a u d a s t a ] Visa Vuorio is mortally sick. He is also in the middle of a crisis in his love life. By profession Visa is a gardener, and before he passes away, he wants to create the garden of his dreams. Hanna Manninen is a journalist who wants to do a series of stories on the last wishes of the dying man. While achieving his last wish with Hanna s help, Visa realizes that he has found the love of his life, but all too late. Visa is asked to come to the hospital. Instead of bad news, he hears that he is not sick after all. His test results had got mixed up with someone else s. Visa is overjoyed, but the people around him have difficulties in accepting the new situation. Harri, who is in love with Riia, Visa s partner, would very much like to look after the widow-to-be even before she is widowed. Is Hanna willing to love a man who is not dying but only a normal mortal? One Foot Under is a tear-infused romantic comedy of the limited nature of our temporal dimension. Focusing on mortality reminds us to rejoice in life. As Visa says: Isn t life too short anyway it s over in the snap of a finger and leaves you with the question: Did I make the right choices? Johanna Vuoksenmaa Johanna Vuoksenmaa (b. 1965) is a film and TV director whose work has attracted audiences with its humor, dramatic amplitude and keen psychological insight. Before One Foot Under, she directed two films for theatrical distribution (Upswing / Nousukausi, 2003; Onni von Sopanen, 2006) as well as numerous TV comedies and dramas. Upswing took three Jussi prizes (Finnish Oscars) in 2004, including Jussis of the best film and the best screenplay. Vuoksenmaa s 12-episode TV series Tahdon asia was a much-discussed event in Finland in She studied at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, majoring in screenwriting. 24

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26 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:1,85 Dolby digital ~90 Premiere: August 4, 2009 Director: Toni Laine Script: Petja Peltomaa, Sanna Reinumägi Cinematography: Konsta Sohlberg Editing: Aleksi Raij Sound design: Mika Niinimaa Music: Kalle Sinkkonen Set design: Päivi Kettunen Costumes: Anna Vilppunen Cast: Sibell Kekilli, Mikko Leppilampi, Teemu Palosaari, June Hyde Producer: Aleksi Bardy Production company: Helsinki -filmi Oy Co-producer: Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (Germany) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV companies: Channel Four Finland, NDR Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab Playground [ P i h a l l a ] Laura is a German wife and mother who moves to Finland because her husband gets a job there. At first everything is very difficult; her husband is always working, Laura is unable to find friends and the November city is not showing its best side. By chance, Laura is mistaken for a single mother, which allows her to make new friends and become acquainted with Tero, who gives music lessons for children at the local playground. Laura ends up having an affair with Tero, and the deeper she gets into the affair, the more she comes to like her new hometown. When spring arrives and it is time for her to move, Laura s life has changed in many ways. Toni Laine Playground is Toni Laine s first feature film. Laine has previously directed a number of popular and award-winning TV projects, commercials and music videos. Laine graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki s School of Motion Picture, TV and Production Design. 26

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28 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S Premiere: February 27, 2009 Director: Markku Pölönen Script: Arttu Käyhkö, Markku Pölönen, Heikki Silvennoinen Cinematography: Kari Sohlberg Editing: Jari Innanen Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen Music: Vesa Mäkinen, Kotiteollisuus Set design: Pete Neuvonen Costumes: Anna Sinkkonen Cast: Heikki Silvennoinen, Satu Silvo, Olavi Uusivirta, Laura Birn, Peter Franzén, Tom Petäjä, Mika Nuojua, Antti Virmavirta, Kai Hyttinen, Eeva Litmanen, Heikki Nousiainen Producers: Satu Sadinkangas, Jukka Karttunen Production company: Suomen Filmiteollisuus SF Financing TV company: MTV 3 Distributor in Finland: Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Finland Rally On! [ R a l l i r a i t a 1 ] A former top co-driver, Seppo Sladi Pesonen, is a bored driving school teacher and the driving force behind Team Susan, a rally team based at Pekkarinen s Garage. Life at the garage changes when Luumu, Sladi s nephew from Helsinki, is sent to the peaceful countryside. He is crazy about cars, and with the help of Suko, the mechanic of the team, he quickly finds his place in Team Susan. Pekkarinen s garage is located on a lot owned by Torppo, a car dealer and Pekkarinen s worst enemy, and Torppo Junior intends to hike Pekkarinen s rent and force him to move right before the Rally Triathlon, an important rally event. Sladi, however, manages to lure Torppo Junior into betting on Team Susan. The Rally Triathlon is a question of life and death for Team Susan. Everything is going well, until Stumppi, the team s top driver and a well-known asshole, drives off the road. Sladi has no other option but let Luumu drive the car. Sladi finds out that Luumu s driving skills are better than he had imagined. However, Team Susan s car breaks down, and the team finds out they have become victims of sabotage. Team Torppo is the culprit. The last stretch of the triathlon is the crucial one, and it is not looking good for Team Susan. Sladi can t think of anything else except a sweet woman named Sirkku, and Luumu is experiencing heart ache thanks to Aija, Torppo s daughter. Will the famous pair of the Pesonen family be able to keep their mind on the road and their emotions under control... Of course they will!! Markku Pölönen Pölönen (b. 1957) has directed the feature films The Last Wedding (Kivenpyörittäjän kylä, 1995), A Summer by the River (Kuningasjätkä, 1998), Badding (2000), On the Road to Emmaus (Emmauksen tiellä, 2001), Dog Nail Clipper (Koirankynnen leikkaaja, 2004) and The Matriarch (Lieksa!, 2007), and several shorts and films for TV. 28

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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 2,35:1 85 Premiere: October 24, 2008 Director: AJ Annila Script: Iiro Küttner Cinematography: Henri Blomberg Editing: Joona Louhivuori Sound design: Panu Riikonen, Vesa Meriläinen Set design: Vladimir Bedrich Dvorak, Antti Nikkinen, Ville Vauras Costumes: Anna Vilppunen Cast: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Kari Ketonen, Rain Tolk Producers: Jesse Fryckman, Tero Kaukomaa Production company: Bronson Club Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Co-productions Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab Sauna A cruel horror film bathing in the Finnish sauna culture, in the no-zone between Christianity and paganism. Year The long war is finally over. Brothers Knut and Erik, members of a commission marking the border between Finland and Russia, commit a terrible sin when they leave a young girl to die a horrible death. As the commission crosses an uncharted swamp, the girl returns to haunt them, her face pouring endless filth. The weary men find solace in a nameless village and find a sauna a sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking forgiveness, the brothers step in... Sauna is a horror film about sins and repentance. The story leads us into the core of darkness where there is no hope, no salvation. AJ Annila Sauna is AJ s second feature film. He debuted as a director with Jade Warrior (Jadesoturi, 2006, Finland- China-The Netherlands-Estonia), an international co-production that combined Finnish mythology with kung fu. In his childhood, AJ was a son of Tarzan, and when he grows up, he will become a ninja.

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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 1:2,35 (Cinemascope) Dolby digital 101 Premiere: September 5, 2008 Director: Hanna Maylett Script: Tarja Kylmä Cinematography: Jyri Hakala Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki Sound design: Janne Laine Music: Sanna Salmenkallio Set design: Markku Pätilä Costumes: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila Cast: Minna Haapkylä, Tiina Lymi, Jorma Tommila, Kaneli Johansson Producers: Lasse Saarinen, Risto Salomaa Production company: Kinotar Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy International sales: TrustNordisk Sisters Apart [ E r o t t a m a t t o m a t ] Taru (35) lives a harmonic life on a horse farm with her husband Harri (40) and stepdaughter Ninni (13). Everything changes when Ninni is injured in a horse accident. Taru asks Ninni s biological mother Eve (33), who has moved to Sweden ten years ago, to come back and see her daughter. Eve s short visit turns into a longer stay when Eve realizes that she wants those lost ten years of her life back. Longing for her daughter Ninni rises to the surface. Taru s former life has been based on safety and routines and on being a family with Ninni and Harri. Step by step, Eve starts to get foothold in the family, and Taru, who is pregnant with her first own child, loses control of her life. Guilt and memories, anger and neediness, rise from the past. Taru has to question everything that has seemed whole and in control. All the things that have been hidden during the past ten years have to be settled, and all the main characters have to search for their own place in a new situation. Hanna Maylett Hanna Maylett (b. Miettinen 1973) is one of the new very talented female directors in Finland. She has directed TV series and several short and documentary films, such as Suburban Virgin (Espoon viimeinen neitsyt, 2003), Good Girls (Kiltit tytöt, 2000), which won a prize in the Finnish competition at Tampere Film Festival, 100 Clocks (100 kelloa, 1998), which won Prix Europa Young Europe Encouragement award in Berlin and was selected for IDFA, and The Rose of the Railroad (Ratapenkan ruusu, 1996), which was selected for Cinéfondation (Festival de Cannes). 32

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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, also available in digital cinema prints 1:1,85 Dolby digital Premiere: August 15, 2008 Director: Kaisa Rastimo Script: Kaisa Rastimo, Marko Rauhala, based on the original idea by Marko Rauhala Cinematography: Tuomo Virtanen Editing: Antony Bentley Sound design: Pietari Koskinen Music: Iiro Ollila Set design: Katriina Ilmaranta Costumes: Mariella Rauhala Cast: Ronja Arvilommi, Laura Malmivaara, Janne Virtanen, Sara Tammela, Antti Väre Producers: Antti-Veikko Salo, Pekka Levola Production company: Stormheart Oy Ltd. Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland Stormheart [ M y r s k y ] The father of a Finnish family visiting the crumbling Berlin Wall rescues a cute puppy, Stormheart, and takes him back to Finland as a pet for his daughters. No one in the family knows anything about the dog, not even its breed. Little by little, the mystery of Stormheart unravels, and the dog s new owners learn more about him. They find out that Stormheart s parents had served as guard dogs at the Berlin Wall. In the film, drama, comedy and tragedy are created by the mere breed-typical behaviour of the Caucasian Shepherd. Pearl, the 7-year-old daughter of the Finnish family, takes the puppy under her wing. In the care of the tender-hearted family, trained only by little Pearl, Stormheart grows up with no rules or boundaries. In six months, the dog that has grown up to the size of a bear undertakes the task of removing all dangers, threats and obstacles from the path of Pearl, his little protégé. And Pearl, in return, loves Stormheart unconditionally. Stormheart is based on real life events. It is a film for all people who love animals. Kaisa Rastimo Kaisa Rastimo (b. 1961) has worked as a director and screenwriter. All of her films have been awarded prizes at home and abroad. In 2003 she received the prestigious Finland Prize for her career as film director. Hayflower and Quiltshoe (Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu, 2002) was a major box office success in Finland, and it has also been theatrically distributed in Japan. The film has been awarded prizes at many festivals. Her latest Film, Stormheart (2008) has also raised significant interest outside of Finland. 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, also available in digital cinema prints 1,85:1 Dolby digital 104 Premiere: September 12, 2008 Director: Matti Grönberg Script: Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Vihinen Cinematography: Jari Mutikainen F.S.C. Editing: Kimmo Taavila Sound design: Seppo Vanhatalo Music: Kummelit (Kummeli Group) Set design: Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen Costumes: Jaana Aro Cast: Mikko Kivinen, Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Hela, Tuija Ernamo, Oiva Lohtander, Ritva Jalonen Producers: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle Production company: Solar Films Inc. Co-producer: Porkkana Ryhmä Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy International sales: TrustNordisk The Subtenant [ K u m m e l i A l i v u o k r a l a i n e n ] Lauri Mustonen, kidney transplant surgeon, and Pauli Bergström, insect researcher, are housemates at a prestigious address. Their home is owned by an elderly lady, Lydia Molotova, who hasn t raised the rent for years. Complications erupt when Lydia hands the property over to her nephew as advance inheritance. Master Sergeant John Molotov, a greedy heir, instantly hikes the rent into the stratosphere and, as an added bonus, shoves his old aunt into residence with her erstwhile tenants: the kidney cutter and the insectologist. It s an edgy situation but the two bachelors decide to follow Lydia s advice and sublet a bedroom to help cover costs with hilarious results. The Subtenant is a farce about blackmailing, a kidney transplant operation performed at home, deviants and human relationships. The plot, which piles absurdity upon the absurd, hurtles the characters from one disaster to another with the speed and panache that is the trademark of the most popular ensemble of comedians in Finland; the Kummeli Group. Matti Grönberg A well-established professional in his field, Matti Tapani Grönberg (b. 1957) has over 20 years of experience in TV as producer and director. He has worked with entertainment, drama, children s programs, music and sports. Grönberg has directed and produced hundreds of hours of entertainment for YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company. His work includes both single-camera and multi-camera directing; he has directed large-scale galas, events, concerts and live broadcasts and worked as post-production producer on a number of projects. The Subtenant is the third Kummeli feature film that he has directed. 36

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38 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm Cinemascope 1:2.35 Dolby digital 116 Premiere: 29 August, 2008 Director: Aku Louhimies Script: Jari Rantala Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen Editing: Ben Mercer Sound design: Kirka Sainio Music: Pessi Levanto Set design: Markku Pätilä Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen Cast: Pihla Viitala, Samuli Vauramo, Eero Aho Producer: Aleksi Bardy Production company: Helsinki -filmi Oy Co-producers: George Charalambides, Christine Ioannou & Nicholas Moutselos / Two Thirtyfive 235, Greece; Christoph Thoke & Axel Moebius / Mogador Film, Germany; Aku Louhimies Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy Tears of April [ K ä s k y ] It is 1918, and the Civil War is raging in Finland; the Social-Democratic Reds are fighting the Senate-supported Whites. Private Aaro Harjula returns from Germany and joins the non-socialist Whites. He is shocked to see how the Whites treat the defeated, rebellious Reds. He witnesses Red female soldiers being group-raped and executed without a trial. One of the women escapes execution, and Harjula decides to take her to a nearby military tribunal. When Harjula is transporting his prisoner in a rowboat, she tries to escape, causing the rowboat to capsize. Both Harjula and the female prisoner are forced to swim to a desolate island. On the island, her anger gradually dissipates, and a strange friendship between the two develops. They are rescued by a fishing boat and transported to the mainland. Harjula believes it would be best to take her to the court where a good judge will surely make a just decision. But in the end Harjula must make a decision that will be unlawful and against the orders given to him he must follow his heart. He wants to save Miina from death by any means necessary. Aku Louhimies Aku Louhimies is one of Finland s best-known directors. His first two feature films, Restless (Levottomat, 2000) and Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamolla, 2002), were both box office hits in Finland. Louhimies was named Director of the Year in His third feature Frozen Land (Paha maa, 2005) won several important international prizes. In 2006 Louhimies directed two films: Man Exposed (Riisuttu mies) and Frozen City (Valkoinen kaupunki). 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 / Digibeta / HDcam 1:1,85 Dolby digital 98 Premiere: November 14, 2008 Director, editing: Mika Kaurismäki Script: Mika Kaurismäki, Petri Karra Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen Sound design: Joonas Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen Cast: Kari Heiskanen, Pertti Sveholm, Timo Torikka, Irina Björklund, Tommi Eronen Producer: Mika Kaurismäki Production company: Marianna Films Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy International sales: Wide Management Three Wise Men [ K o l m e v i i s a s t a m i e s t ä ] Matti (51), a police inspector, Erkki (51), photographer, and Rauno (51), actor, are childhood friends who haven t seen each other for a long time. They meet accidentally on Christmas Eve in Helsinki and spend the night together in a karaoke bar. Between drinking and singing, they tell about the joys and sorrows of their lives, revealing some painful experiences and even tearing their friendship apart. The events take a dramatic turn when a mysterious woman enters the bar. Mika Kaurismäki Mika Kaurismäki s first film The Liar (Valehtelija, 1980) marked the beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and started a new era in Finnish cinema. Mika has since directed films all around the world with international cast and crew. His work includes, for example, the fictional films The Worthless (Arvottomat, 1982), Rosso (1985), Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987), Amazon (1990), Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja kummitusjuna, 1991), LA Without a Map (1998), Honey Baby (2004) and the documentaries Tigrero A Film That Was Never Made (1994, with Sam Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), Sound of Brazil (Moro no Brasil, 2002), Brasileirinho (2005) and Sonic Mirror (2007). In 2008, after 17 years of not filming in Finland, Mika directed two Finnish fictional films, Three Wise Men and The House of Branching Love (Haarautuvan rakkauden talo, 2008). 40

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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 1:2,35 Dolby digital ~95 Premiere: September 18, 2008 Director: Saara Saarela Script: Selja Ahava, Saara Saarela Cinematography: Rauno Ronkainen F.S.C. Editing: Harri Ylönen Sound design: Janne Laine Music: Marko Nyberg Set design: Anu Maja Costumes: Tiina Kaukanen Cast: Milka Ahlroth, Pertti Sveholm, Niko Saarela, Silva Robbins, Vieno Saaristo Producer: Liisa Penttilä Production company: Edith Film Oy Co-producer: Film i Väst Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, NFTF Financing TV company: YLE Distributor in Finland: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland Twisted Roots [ V ä ä r ä t j u u r e t ] Drama about the traditions and legacy of the Kuura family. For the first time in years, the family is united under one roof by the father s hereditary illness. During an unpredictable winter, they search for balance between secrets and truths. The parents have to face themselves and their repressed fears. At the same time the children are trying to find their place in the family and understand their heritage. Saara Saarela Saara Saarela (born 1971) has studied film history in France and graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki s School of Motion Picture, TV and Production Design with a Master in Arts in Her previous works include Stripping (Hengittämättä ja nauramatta, 2002), a number of TV series, among them Jako kahteen (2004), a 10-episode TV series about a family on the verge of divorce, and Poikkeustila (2006), a 12-episode TV series about a refugee reception center. Saarela has also directed several award-winning short films and commercials. 42

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44 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm, also available in digital cinema prints 1:1,85 Dolby digital ~180 Premiere: December 18, 2009 Director: Timo Koivusalo Script: Timo Koivusalo, based on novels by Väinö Linna Cinematography: Pertti Mutanen Editing: Jyrki Luukko, Timo Koivusalo Sound design: Jyrki Luukko Set design: Markku Myllymäki Costumes: Leila Jäntti Cast: Ilkka Koivula, Vera Kiiskinen, Risto Tuorila, Ritva Jalonen, Heikki Nousiainen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Jonna Järnefelt, Sulevi Peltola, Miia Selin, Esko Roine, Sara Paavolainen, Topi Salmela, Eija Vilpas, Jukka Leisti, Mikko Nousiainen, Elena Leeve, Niko Saarela Producer: Timo Koivusalo Production company: Artista Filmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE TV2 Distributor in Finland: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland Under the North Star [ T ä ä l l ä P o h j a n t ä h d e n a l l a ] Akseli Koskela is the son of a parsonage crofter who finds it impossible to submit to the role of a faithful and humble servant required of him by the conservative upper class. Unlike previous generations who had no other alternative, Akseli begins dreaming of freedom and the right to his own lands, fuelled by the new and stirring ideologies of the time. The uncertainty of life strikes with force as the parsonage reclaims most of the fields that Akseli s father has cleared out of raw marshland. The grim and irreconcilable bitterness caused by this makes Akseli take an interest in social issues. He joins the local Workers Association, but its moderate and pacifist views don t satisfy Akseli for long, and he joins the Red Guard, whose purpose is to claim by force that which is not given to the working class by peaceful action: the right to the fruits of their own labour. In 1918, Finland s bitter and bloody Civil War divides the people in two. Focused and strongwilled, Akseli is promoted to the position of company commander and, after the Reds devastating defeat, is put in charge of a hopeless mission: leading a ragged refugee caravan, fleeing the victors revenge, across the border to safety. Timo Koivusalo Timo Koivusalo (born 1963) is the managing director and owner of Artista Filmi. Since 1994 he has directed 9 feature films. He is a producer, director, writer, editor, TV-host and composer. He has received several film and TV awards. His latest films include The Leaning Tower (Kalteva torni, 2006), Sibelius (2003), Shadow of the Eagle (Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa, 2005) and The Rose of a Rascal (Rentun ruusu, 2001). Photos: Susanna Palin 44

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46 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S mm 1:1,85 Dolby digital 139 Premiere: January 30, 2009 Director: J-P Valkeapää Script: J-P Valkeapää, Jan Forsström Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri F.S.C. Editing: Mervi Junkkonen Sound design: Micke Nyström Music: Helena Tulve Set design: Kaisa Mäkinen Costumes: Sari Suominen Cast: Pavel Liska, Vitali Bobrov, Emilia Ikäheimo, Jorma Tommila, Pauli Poranen Producer: Aleksi Bardy Production company: Helsinki -filmi Oy Co-producers: Exit Film (Estonia), Bluelight (UK), Propeller (Germany) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, Estonian Film Foundation, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Eurimages, Nordisk Film & TV Fond Financing TV companies: YLE TV1, ZDF/ARTE Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy International sales: Wild Bunch The Visitor [ M u u k a l a i n e n ] A young boy lives with his young mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest, in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father a man of great violence in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the boy s only other companion. Their simple life is disrupted when a stranger appears, with a note from the father and a bullet in his side. Reluctantly, mother and son offer the stranger refuge. J-P Valkeapää J-P Valkeapää (born 1977) is a promising first-time film director. His short film The Fall (Keinu, 2003) has been a success at many festivals. The Visitor is Valkeapää s first feature film and his graduation film at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. 46

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48 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S Digibeta 16:9 Stereo ~80 / 52 Director, script: Markku Heikkinen Cinematography: Hannu Vitikainen Editing: Joona Louhivuori Sound design: Olli Huhtanen Music: Tobias Wilner Producer: Cilla Werning Production company: Kinotar Oy Co-producer: Bullitt Film (DK) Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, DFI, NFTF Financing TV companies: YLE, DR (DK) International sales: First Hand Films All Boys All Boys looks at the social and individual impact of the boy porn industry. It shows men in Europe s boy porn business struggling with commerciality and the passing beauty of youth, poverty and the loneliness of gay consumers. Gay porn is the fastest growing segment of the entertainment business. The film consists of complementing episodes that expose the production chain of East European boy porn. Where do the porn boys come from originally, and how do they work? It is the poor, uneducated, unemployed young men without strong family ties or social networks who drift into the porn industry and its foster care. For some it offers survival and peers in the porn community, at least for a while but in many cases the quick, easy money comes at a high cost in the long run. For consumers porn is mainly entertainment, but it may often also serve to alleviate the same wounds, the same loneliness, as in the production side of the business. It is an exploitation of the lonely on all sides. Markku Heikkinen Raised in Kainuu and brought to Helsinki by the railway, Markku Heikkinen is a documentary film maker and radio reporter. He has completed an M.A. at the Department of Film at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He has made documentary films and programmes since 1993 and worked as a freelance radio reporter for the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE s different channels since

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50 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S HDV 16:9 90 Director, script: Pekka Uotila, Heikki Partanen Cinematography: Pekka Uotila Editing: Kimmo Kohtamäki Sound design: Heikki Partanen Music: Mauri Sumén Producer: Heikki Partanen Production company: Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Financing TV company: YLE TV1 Arabian Shores [ A r a b i a n r a n t a ] Arabian Shores is a film about the birth of a community in a new residential area and about people in pursuit of their dreams. Shooting for the film began in 2000 and continued until the end of This nine-year period will give birth to a film in which Arabian Shores emerges from an empty wasteland into a community with an identity of its own a spirit of us Arabians. The focus of the film will be on how the residents and the laws governing the birth of an urban community together lay a foundation for the future and for man s quest for the Good Life. Pekka Uotila Pekka Uotila (b. 1958) has graduated from the Department of Film at the University of Art and Design Helsinki in He is a film industry professional specialising in cinematography, and works as a cinematographer and film director. Uotila has worked as the chief cinematographer in over twenty documentary films, four fiction feature films that have been distributed to theatres and several TV dramas of different types. He has also directed documentary films. HT Partanen HT Partanen (b. 1949) has directed 16 documentary films and produced approximately

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52 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S Digibeta 16:9 Mono 90 Directors, script: Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio Cinematography: Markku Lehmuskallio Editing: Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui Sound design: Pekka Karjalainen Music: Tuomas Rounakari Producers: Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui Production company: Giron-filmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV company: YLE TV2 Documentaries Earth Evocation [ M a a n m u i s t i ] Man lives and leaves traces of himself. It is not true that we came to earth in order to live. We came to sleep, to have dreams. Anastasia Lapsui Born in the Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, in Has been a radio journalist in Salekhard for 26 years, working on a Nenets language program. Has directed since Markku Lehmuskallio Born in Rauma in Graduated as forest technician in Worked in films professionally since

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54 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S mm 1:1,85 Dolby digital 128 Directors, script, editing: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi, Ulla Turunen Cinematography: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi Sound design: Ulla Turunen Music: Rudolf Lehto Producer: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi Production company: RT Documentaries Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, NFTF Financing TV companies: YLE TV1, SVT Dokumentärredaktionen Generation [ S u k u p o l v i ] The film Generation is a full-length documentary about a group of children who started school on the same day and in the same place in Helsinki in The children grow up, and the film follows them all the way from the age of seven to the age of 27. The people in this age group are the narrators of their own story, a story about a new Finnish generation in the days dominated by a great national recession and the new, expanding Europe which becomes their home, too. The conflicting situations in the characters lives as well as the narrative conflicts in the story bind the viewers into a common framework representing the experience of childhood and youth: the viewers sympathy and emotions spring from their own childhood experiences, memories and friends who make up a part of every human s own story. Ilkka Ruuhijärvi and Ulla Turunen Ilkka Ruuhijärvi (b.1963), M.A., Dept. of Film and TV, UIAH Helsinki. Cinematographer, scriptwriter, director, editor, producer. Ulla Turunen (b.1961), M.A., Dept. of Film and TV, UIAH Helsinki. Sound designer, scriptwriter, director, editor. 54

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56 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S Digibeta 4:3 Stereo Director, script: Peter von Bagh Editing: Petteri Evilampi Sound design: Martti Turunen Producer: Jouko Aaltonen Production company: Illume Ltd. Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, City of Helsinki, Greater Helsinki Promotion, Saison Finlandaise en France, Finnish Cultural Foundation Financing TV company: YLE Co-productions Helsinki, Forever [ H e l s i n k i, i k u i s e s t i ] Helsinki, Forever is a montage film about the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws a portrait of Helsinki and also acts as an essay on Finnish culture in a wider sense. It shows Helsinki as captured by leading Finnish feature film and documentary makers over a period of one hundred years. Peter von Bagh Film director, researcher, all-round cultural influencer, Doctor of Political Science and film history professor, Peter von Bagh is a grand old man of Finnish culture, who has dealt extensively and boldly with Finnishness in his films and books. Von Bagh has been awarded, among other things, the lifetime achievement award of the DocPoint Documentary Film Festival in 2005 and the Tieto-Finlandia Award, given to the year s best non-fiction author, in He has written extensively about film and published dozens of titles, including a book about Aki Kaurismäki. Photo: Heini Lehväslaiho 56

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58 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S mm / HD / Digibeta 16:9 Dolby sr 117 / 85 Ito A Diary of a City Priest [ S e i t t i k i l v o i t t e l i j a n p ä i v ä k i r j a ] Director, editing: Pirjo Honkasalo Script: Pirjo Honkasalo, Miika Pölkki Cinematography: Pirjo Honkasalo F.S.C., Marita Hällforss F.S.C. Sound design: Joonas Jyrälä, Miia Nevalainen, Panu Riikonen, Kozo Hosomi Producer: Kristiina Pervilä Production companies: Millennium Film, Baabeli Financing TV companies: NHK Japan, YLE TV2 Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Ito A Diary of a City Priest is a story about Tokyo seen by a young monk, Fujioka, and a musician, Sekisawa. It follows the people who confess to them in the late night of the city and on the tatamis of the temple of a women s prison. Pirjo Honkasalo Pirjo Honkasalo (born in 1947) is an established director, screenwriter, producer and photographer who has won countless awards for her work. She directed several films in the 1970s and 80s with Pekka Lehto (including Da Capo, 1985). In the 1990s, she made the so-called Trilogy of the Sacred and the Evil, consisting of the films Mysterion (1991), Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Tanjuska ja 7 perkelettä, 1993) and Atman (1996). In 2004 she made the multiple award-winning The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (Melancholian 3 huonetta). 58

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60 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S DigiBeta 16:9 Stereo 75 Director: Jukka Kärkkäinen Script: Jukka Kärkkäinen, Sini Liimatainen Cinematography: J-P Passi, Jani Kumpulainen Editing: Timo Peltola Sound design: Tuomas Klaavo Producer: Sami Jahnukainen Production company: Mouka Filmi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV company: YLE TV2 International sales: Heino Deckert / Deckert Distribution GmbH (Germany) The Living Room of the Nation [ K a n s a k u n n a n o l o h u o n e ] The Living Room of the Nation is a documentary film that portrays a number of Finnish living rooms. The film is a story of changes, the inevitable passing of time, and the human desire to be needed, visible. The living room is the centre of the home where it s easy to relax and to feel at ease. It paints vivid pictures of its occupants. Granddad s wall clock and a 1980s style sofa and armchairs in one room and a shabby rug and a welding machine serving as a TV table in another set the stage for everyday drama. The main characters are ordinary Finnish people at various stages of their lives. The film provides the viewer with a panorama of Finnish society. The individual experiences of various people form a collage of humanity and the stages of life they are portraits of the nation s varied living rooms. Jukka Kärkkäinen Jukka Kärkkäinen (born 1972) has been writing and directing documentary films since His previous work includes Zetor Born Free (Zetor vappaana syntynyt, 2005), Farewell (Jäähyväiset, 2006) and The Smoking Room (Tupakkahuone, 2007). He is also a co-founder of the production company Mouka Filmi. Photo: Laura Vuoma 60

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62 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S Digibeta 16:9 Stereo 70 Director, script: Arto Halonen Cinematography: Hannu Vitikainen Sound design: Heikki Innanen Music: Pekka Streng Producer: Arto Halonen Production company: Art Films production AFP Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, ESEK/Luses Financing TV company: YLE TV2 Documentaries The Magnetic Man [ M a g n e e t t i m i e s ] This is the story of Pekka Streng, a Finnish singer and songwriter who died at a young age, and the far-reaching effect his music and lyrics have had on the lives of his growing audience. The film tells the tale of a person too frail for this world. Pekka Streng died of cancer at the age of 26 in He released only two records and was aware of his impending death during their production process. Streng avoided publicity, with only one photograph of him being released during his lifetime, on the back sleeve of the record Summerland, showing him together with his son Joonia. Streng s songs, which combine a search for spirituality with mystical lyrics and peculiar atmospheres, deeply affected many listeners during his lifetime and have continued to move later generations. Despite this, Streng has remained relatively unknown in popular culture. He is an invisible prophet, the magnetic man. The film also depicts people who have been inspired by Streng s music and lyrics. One of them is Arto Halonen. The film also follows the attempts of Streng s son Joonia to realise his long-term dream of producing his father s third album using the unreleased recordings he left behind. Arto Halonen Halonen has directed numerous films, e.g. the documentaries Shadow of the Holy Book (Pyhän kirjan varjo, 2007), Pavlov s Dogs (Pavlovin koirat, 2005), Conquistadors of Cuba (Kuuban valloittajat, 2005) and The Stars Caravan (Taivasta vasten, 2000). In 2005, he got the Finland Prize, the highest annual award in the arts given by the Ministry of Culture. In 1998 he received the EU Humanitarian Award, and in 2008, the Thessaloniki Documentary FF honoured him as one of the most important documentary makers of his generation. He is also the founder of DocPoint Helsinki Documentary FF. 62

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64 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S Digibeta 16:9 Stereo 75 Directors, script, cinematography: Antti Haase, Lasse Naukkarinen, Janne Niskala Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen Sound design: Heidi Puikko Music: Ertsi Ojanen Producer: Juha Iisak Koivisto Production company: Unilumi Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV company: YLE Rebels with a Cause [ J o s m u l l a o i s v a l t a ] A journey into the heart of democracy. Paper giant Stora Enso has decided to close down pulp mill in Kemijärvi, but locals, from adults to children, rise up in rebellion against an overpowering enemy. Pupils at Kallaa School next to the factory write about their fears and hopes in two speeches addressed to the members of Parliament and the President of Finland. The efforts of the tightly-knit community culminate in a grand train journey to stage a demonstration in Helsinki. Are the locals voices heard in meetings with the President, members of Parliament and the management of Stora Enso? Who holds power in today s Finland? What is the suitable role for children in the public debate which affects their future in particular? Antti Haase, Lasse Naukkarinen, Janne Niskala Haase graduated from the Australian Film, TV & Radio School in 1999 and received the Film Australia Documentary Award for his documentary Clown Doctors. He has written, directed, filmed and produced several award-winning creative documentaries in Australia and Finland. Naukkarinen (b. 1942) is a director, cinematographer and producer. The first of the more than 30 films he has directed were political. In the 1980s and 90s, he made documentaries that examined society, followed by gritty profiles and, later, artist profiles. His latest films include South Indian Thali (Etelä- Intian Thali, 2007) and An Upscale Neighbourhood (Arvostetulla alueella, 2009). Niskala (b. 1976) is a cinematographer and a producer for Vaski Filmi, an independent production company. He has worked in media since This is his debut documentary as a director. 64

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66 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S mm 16:9 Dolby digital / 63 / 58 Premiere: September 19, 2008 Director, script: John Webster Cinematography: the Websters family, Tuomo Hutri Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen Sound design: Pietari Koskinen Producer: Kristiina Pervilä Production companies: Millennium Film, J. W. Documentaries Oy Co-producer: Magic Hour Films, DK Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, DFI, AVEK, NFTF, MEDIA Financing TV companies: YLE TV2 Documentaries, Channel 4, Canal+, CBC Newsworld, DR, NRK, IBA Channel 1 Distributor in Finland: Finnkino Oy International sales: Deckert Distribution Recipes for Disaster [ K a t a s r o f i n a i n e k s e t ] Director John Webster convinces his wife and two small children that the whole family should go on an oil diet, yet without having to give up their a middle class suburban lifestyle. All the everyday things that we don t do, or that we can t help doing, make up recipes for disaster. In this comedy of errors they find themselves questioning their values and putting to test their will power and ultimately, their happiness. John Webster John Webster (born in 1967) has been making documentary films as an independent director and producer since His work includes the films Suckers (Pölynimurikauppiaat, 1993), Don t Tell Daddy (Tissit ja tango, 1995), Losing It (Sukkien euroelämää, 1999), Rooms of Shadow and Light (Valon ja varjon huoneet, 2001) and What Comes Around See Everything, Feel Everything (Sen edestään löytää, 2004). 66

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68 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S HDV 16:9 70 Director, script: Marja Pensala Cinematography: Vladimir Brulyakov, Alexander Burov, Marita Hällfors Editing: Timo Linnasalo Sound design: Tero Malmberg Producer: Heikki Partanen Production company: Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation Volga, Volga The story line of the documentary is clear: a voyage down the river from Moscow to the Caspian Sea. The documentary articulates its ideas on many levels. It combines a sharp associative perception of reality with a mythic fresco depicting the history of the river. The elements of the film are the voyage on the river and the passengers on the riverboat coming from all over Europe; the cultural contradictions, the ancient wild nations, the Soviet Union, the Russia of today and, finally, the observing Europeans. This film is about all of us, about Europe. Marja Pensala Pensala has worked in several capacities in the field of cinema since 1969 as scriptwriter, editor, producer and director. She has worked in fiction, commercials, TV programmes and industrial, educational and other commissioned films. Since 1981, she has carried out independent documentary film production as producer, scriptwriter, editor and director. Among other films, she has directed two internationally awarded documentaries in Russia. The Eclipse of the Soul (Sielun pimennys, 2001) and The Red Rocket (Punainen raketti, 2004). In both of these films Pensala concentrates on the essence of the Russian soul. 68

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70 F I N N I S H D O C U M E N T A R Y F I L M S Digibeta 16:9 Stereo ~90 Director: Annika Grof Script: Annika Grof, Janina Kokkonen Cinematography: Anssi Leino Editing: Pauliina Punkki Sound design: Martti Turunen Music: Ville Riippa Producer: Pertti Veijalainen Production company: Illume Ltd. Production support: The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK Financing TV company: YLE TV2 Documentaries Within Limits [ L i i k k u m a v a r a ] Have you ever thought what your member of parliament does with his or her time between elections? Annika Grof s film Within Limits spends a few hectic months with four MPs, following the processing of a law in a Parliament committee. The filmmaker gives the viewer a close look at the political work being done in the background, behind the committee s closed doors, and at Parliament groups and discussions held in hallways. Each person does their work in their own way. The film portrays politics as a struggle for one s own values and a game behind political decisions, but also shows it as the hard daily work that it is. We take a peek into an MP s working life at the dayto-day level, up close. What is really hidden behind the bureaucratic language? How are feelings expressed in victories and defeats? How personal are different issues to the people entrusted with them, at the end of the day? How much power do MPs even have over various decisions? Annika Grof Director Annika Grof (born 1971) has completed a Master of Arts degree in Documentary at the Department of Film of the University of Industrial Design and Arts Helsinki. Her graduation film Alone, Together (Yksin, yhdessä, 2007) was given a special mention in Nordisk Panorama Her other films are Truckdriver, My Father (Rekkamies, isäni, 2005), End of Innocence (Lapsuuden loppu, 2002) and K.A. Nieminen (2000). 70

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72 F I N N I S H F I L M S Top 20 Films in Finland 2008 Film Released Admissions Admissions 2008 total 1. Quantum of Solace Mamma Mia! Sex and The City The Dark Knight Indiana Jones and The Chrystal Skull Ricky Rapper (local) Niko and the Way to the Stars (local) Madagascar The Subtenant (local) Kung Fu Panda WALL-E Playing Solo (local) National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets The Novelist (local) Home of the Dark Butterflies (local) Stormheart (local) Hancock A Quest for a Heart (local) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Horton Hears A Who

73 Domestic Films 2008 Film Released Admissions 2008 Home of the Dark Butterflies Days to Premiere Three in Love Dark Floors Ricky Rapper Shadow of the Holy Book (doc) Punksters and Youngsters (doc) Moomins and the Midsummer Madness Stormheart Tears of April Sisters Apart The Subtenant Recipes for Disaster (doc) The Novelist Niko and the Way to the Stars Sauna Three Wise Men Falling Angels Blackout

74 F I N N I S H F I L M S Facts in Figures Releases Screens Admissions in millions 7,7 6,9 6,1 6,7 6,5 Gross box-office in millions ( ) 56,4 51,8 44,9 50,3 50,8 Ticket price average ( ) 7,3 7,3 7,4 7,5 7,8 Per capita attendances 1,5 1,3 1,2 1,3 1,2 Finnish feature films Share of Finnish films 22 % 17 % 15 % 24 % 20% 74

75 Finnish Feature Films Release Date Title of Film Production Company Director in Helsinki Pahat pojat Bad Boys A True Story Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä Raid Kinoproduction Oy Tapio Piirainen Mosku Lajinsa viimeinen Mosku The Last of His Kind Fantasiafilmi Oy Tapio Suominen Nousukausi Upswing Kinotar Oy Johanna Vuoksenmaa Näkymätön Elina* Elina Kinoproduction Oy Klaus Härö Eila Blind Spot Pictures Oy Jarmo Lampela Helmiä ja sikoja Pearls and Pigs Talent House Perttu Leppä Sibelius Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo Broidit Brothers Kinotar Oy Esa Illi Hymypoika Young Gods Helsinki -filmi Oy J-P Siili Vieraalla maalla Land of Love MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Ilkka Vanne Levottomat 3 Addiction Solar Films Inc. Minna Virtanen Koirankynnen leikkaaja Dog Nail Clipper Fennada-filmi Oy Markku Pölönen Framom främsta linjen Etulinjan edessä Beyond the Front Line Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy Åke Lindman Jumalan morsian A Bride of the Seventh Heaven Millennium Film Oy Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio Joensuun Elli Elli Helsingin Dexline Oy Anssi Mänttäri Vares Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä Ystäväni Henry My Friend Henry Do Films Oy Auli Mantila Juoksuhaudan tie Trench Road Kinotar Oy Veikko Aaltonen Uuno Turhapuron tarina This Is My Life Uuno Turhapuro This Is My Life Ere Kokkonen Oy Ere Kokkonen Lapsia ja aikuisia kuinka niitä tehdään? Producing Adults Blind Spot Pictures Oy Aleksi Salmenperä Kukkia ja sidontaa Flowers and Binding Helsinki -filmi Oy, Kinotaurus Oy Janne Kuusi * Swedish-Finnish co-production 75

76 F I N N I S H F I L M S Pelikaanimies Pelicanman Lumifilm Oy Liisa Helminen Keisarikunta Harbour Brothers Mandart Entertainment Oy Pekka Mandart Paha maa Frozen Land Solar Films Inc. Aku Louhimies Onnen varjot Shades of Happiness Kinoproduction Oy Claes Olsson Eläville ja kuolleille For the Living and the Dead Sputnik Oy Kari Paljakka Koti-ikävä Homesick Making Movies Oy Petri Kotwica Game Over KinoFinlandia Oy Pekka Lehto Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa Shadow of the Eagle Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo Äideistä parhain Mother of Mine MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Klaus Härö Valo Periferia Productions Oy Kaija Juurikkala Tyttö sinä olet tähti Beauty and the Bastard Helsinki -filmi Oy Dome Karukoski Lupaus Promise Fantasiafilmi Oy Ilkka Vanne FC Venus Talent House Joona Tena Matti Matti Hell Is for Heroes Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä Unna ja Nuuk Unna and Nuuk Mandart Entertainment Saara Cantell Laitakaupungin valot Lights in the Dusk Sputnik Oy Aki Kaurismäki Saippuaprinssi The Prince of Soap Helsinki -filmi Oy Janne Kuusi Kummelin Jackpot Jackpot Jackpot Films Oy Pekka Karjalainen Duudsonit elokuva The Dudesons Movie Oy Rabbit Films Ltd. Jarno Laasala Onni von Sopanen Production House Johanna Vuoksenmaa Keisarin salaisuus The Emperor s Secret Helsinki -filmi Oy Riina Hyytiä Riisuttu mies Man Exposed Lasihelmi Filmi Oy Aku Louhimies Jadesoturi Jade Warrior Blind Spot Pictures Oy AJ Annila Kalteva torni The Leaning Tower Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo Valkoinen kaupunki Frozen City Solar Films Inc. Aku Louhimies Suden arvoitus Mystery of the Wolf Kinoproduction Oy Raimo O Niemi Rock n Roll Never Dies Filmtotal Oy Juha Koiranen V2 jäätynyt enkeli V2 Dead Angel Solar Films Oy Aleksi Mäkelä Suden vuosi Year of the Wolf MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Olli Saarela 76

77 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 -filmi 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 Butterflies Solar Films Inc. Dome Karukoski päivää ensi-iltaan 8 Days to Premiere Juonifilmi Perttu Leppä Kolmistaan Three in Love Petfilms 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 -filmi Oy 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 Kolme viisasta miestä Three Wise Men Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki Putoavia enkeleitä Falling Angels Blind Spot Pictures Oy Heikki Kujanpää Blackout Filmiteollisuus Fine JP Siili * Swedish-Finnish co-production 77

78 F I N N I S H F I L M S Film Festivals in Finland 2009 DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Fredrikinkatu 23, FI Helsinki Tel , Fax [email protected] Tampere International Short Film Festival Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI Tampere Tel , Fax [email protected] Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat Midnight Sun Film Festival Kansanopistontie 5, FI Sodankylä Fax [email protected] Espoo Ciné International Film Festival PO Box 95, FI Espoo Tel , Fax [email protected], Animatricks Animation Festival Fleminginkatu 7, FI Helsinki [email protected] Helsinki Film Festival Love & Anarchy PO Box 889, FI Helsinki Tel , Fax [email protected], Oulu International Children s Film Festival Hallituskatu 7, FI Oulu Tel , Fax [email protected], 78

79 International Sales Companies Deckert Distribution GmbH Marienplatz 1 D Leipzig Tel Fax [email protected] First Hand Films Mehringdamm 33 D Berlin Tel Fax Telepool Sonnenstrasse 21 D Munich Tel Fax [email protected] TrustNordisk Filmbyen 12 DK-2650 Hvidovre Tel Fax [email protected] Wide Management 40, rue Sainte-Anne FR Paris Tel Fax [email protected] Wild Bunch 99 rue de la Verrerie FR Paris Tel Fax [email protected] 79

80 F I N N I S H F I L M S Useful Addresses Anorak Agency Korkeavuorenkatu 2 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Arts Council of Finland Cinema PO Box 293 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Association of Finnish Film Directors SELO ry. PL 177 FI Helsinki Mobile [email protected] Association of Independent Producers in Finland SATU ry. Fabianinkatu 4 B 14 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] AVEK The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture Hietaniemenkatu 2 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers SEK ry. Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Digital Film Finland Oy Katajanokan laituri 11 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 80

81 FAVEX Finnish Film & Audiovisual Export Fabianinkatu 4 B 14 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Finnish Board of Film Classification Jaakonkatu 5 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Finnish Chamber of Films Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Finnish Cinema Exhibitors Association SEOL ry. Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Finnish Film Contact Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Finnish Film Distributors Association SEL ry. Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Media Desk Finland c/o The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] National Audiovisual Archive Box 177 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] The Union of Finnish Film and Video Employees SET ry. Meritullinkatu 33 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] University of Art and Design Helsinki School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design Hämeentie 135 C FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company Box 90 FI Yleisradio Tel Fax [email protected] 81

82 F I N N I S H F I L M S Distributors in Finland Cinema Mondo Unioninkatu 10 A 27 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Digital Cinema Matila & Röhr Oy Bio Rex Distribution Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Finnkino Oy Koivuvaarankuja 2 FI Vantaa Tel Fax FS Film Oy Urho Kekkosenkatu 4 6 E, 5. krs. FI Helsinki Tel Fax Future Film Oy Ab Rantakatu 2 G 10 FI Vaasa Tel Fax [email protected] Oy Kinoscreen Ltd. Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 82

83 Metropol Cinema Särkiniementie 5 C 25 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy John Stenbergin ranta 2 FI Helsinki Tel Fax Rapid Eye Movie Ltd. Mannerheimintie 19 B 4 FI Helsinki Tel Fax Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab Eteläesplanadi 24 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax Oy Scanbox Finland Hiomotie 19 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax

84 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 [email protected] [email protected] AL-Filmi Oy / Mainstream Pictures Ruukintie 10 E FI Ruotsinpyhtää Tel [email protected] Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy Viipurinkatu 16 B 22 FI Helsinki Mob Fax [email protected] Anima Vitae Ltd. Vanha Talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Art Films production AFP Oy Merimiehenkatu 10 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Artista Filmi Oy PO Box 244 FI Pori Tel Fax [email protected] 84

85 Blind Spot Pictures Oy Hämeentie 11 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Border Production Urho Kekkosen katu 4 6 E FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Bronson Club Hämeentie 11 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Bufo Meritullinkatu 9 A 21 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 Kristianinkatu 2 C 46 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Crystal Eye Ltd. Tallberginkatu 1 / 44 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Dada-Filmi Oy 3. Linja 5 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Dionysos Films Oy Pengerkatu 18 A LH4 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Edith film Oy Vuorimiehenpuistikko 6 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Epidem/Zot Oy Sepänkatu 15 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Ere Kokkonen Oy Viertolantie 7 B FI Klaukkala Tel Fax [email protected] Fantasiafilmi Oy Tallberginkatu 1 A 141 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Fennada-filmi Oy Kolmas linja 5 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Filmiryhmä Oy Huvilakatu 7 B 17 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] 85

86 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] Filmitakomo Oy Merimiehenkatu 10 FI Helsinki Tel Fax Mobile [email protected] Filmiteollisuus Fine Vanha talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax Filmkompaniet Alpha Maurinkatu 2 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Filmtotal Oy Pursimiehenkatu 21 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] FS Film Oy Urho Kekkosenkatu 4 6 E FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Giron-filmi Oy Vanha viertotie 6 B 12 FI Helsinki Tel Hakalax Productions Oy Topeliuksenkatu 3b 9A FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Helsinki -filmi Oy Vanha Talvitie 11 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 86

87 Illume Ltd. Palkkatilankatu 7 FI Helsinki Tel./Fax [email protected] Ilokuva Naukkarinen & Co Palotie 23 B FI Espoo Tel Fax [email protected] Jackpot Films Oy Valumallinpolku 11 FI Tampere Tel Fax [email protected] Juonifilmi Oy Urho Kekkosenkatu 4 6 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] J.W. Documentaries Oy Kapteeninkatu 8 F 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Katharsis Films Oy Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Kinoproduction Oy Pasilan vanhat veturitallit FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Kinotar Oy Vuorikatu 16 A 9 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Kiti Luostarinen Production Ky Nastolantie 36 A FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Klaffi Productions Ltd. Nahkatehtaankatu 2 FI Oulu Tel Fax [email protected] Kroma Productions Ltd. Magnusborg studios FI Porvoo Tel Fax [email protected] Lasihelmi Filmi Oy Hankaintie 17 FI Porvoo Tel Fax [email protected] Lumifilm Oy Mariankatu 24 L FI Helsinki Tel./Fax [email protected] Making Movies Oy Linnankatu 7 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Marianna Films Oy Punavuorenkatu 5 A 2 FI Helsinki Tel./Fax [email protected] 87

88 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] Millennium Film Ltd. Koskikartanontie 12 FI Nurmes Tel Fax [email protected] Mokul Filmi Oy Porkonjärventie 49 FI Ruotsalo Tel [email protected] Mouka Filmi Oy Nilsiänkatu FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Periferia Productions Oy Santerinkuja 5 FI Oulu Tel Fax [email protected] Petfilms Oy Pitäjänmäen asema FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Pettufilmi Oy Liisankatu 27 F 16 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Production House Höyläämöntie 18 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] 88

89 RT Documentaries Oy Runeberginkatu 28 B 11 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Seppä Callahanin Filmimaailma Oy Telakkakatu 2 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] Silva Mysterium Oy Pulttitie 16 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Snapper Films Oy World Trade Center Helsinki Aleksanterinkatu 17, PL 800 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Solar Films Inc. Veneentekijäntie 20 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Sputnik Oy Museokatu 13 A FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] kaurismaki Stormheart Oy Ltd. Puhurinpolku 1 A FI Espoo Tel Fax [email protected] Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy Olli Tiaisentie 9 FI Kontioranta Tel Talent House Tallberginkatu 1 A 141 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Timeless Films Lepola & Molin Aurinkokuja 9 FI Tampere Tel Fax [email protected] Unilumi Oy Lumimetsä FI Ivalo Tel [email protected] Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy PO Box 186 FI Helsinki Tel [email protected] 89

90 F I N N I S H F E A T U R E F I L M S Front cover: Last Cowboy Standing by Zaida Bergroth Inside cover, front: Blackout by JP Siili Inside cover, back: Ground Under Water (working title) by Lenka Hellstedt Back cover: Falling Angels by Heikki Kujanpää, Hellsinki by Aleksi Mäkelä, One Foot Under by Johanna Vuoksenmaa, The House of Branching Love by Mika Kaurismäki, Under the North Star by Timo Koivusalo, Forbidden Fruit by Dome Karukoski The Finnish Film Foundation Kanavakatu 12 FI Helsinki Tel Fax [email protected] Editor: Satu Elo Translations / Editing: Aretta Vähälä(features) / Said Dakash (documentaries) Layout: Maikki Rantala, Praxis Oy Printed by: Erikoispaino Oy, Helsinki, 2009 ISSN

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