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Jussi Award nominations 2009
12.1.2010

Jussi Awards are annual film awards for the best achievements within Finnish cinema. The awards are given by Filmiaura, an association of Finnish film professionals. The Jussi Awards cover altogether 14 categories: best film, direction, actress in a leading role, actor in a leading role, actress in a supporting role, actor in a supporting role, script, cinematography, music, editing, sound design, set design, costume design and documentary. The first Jussi Awards were given in 1944.

The highest amount of nominations went to Letters to Father Jacob / Postia pappi Jaakobille (9 nominations), The Interrogation / Kuulustelu (6 nominations) and The Visitor / Muukalainen (6 nominations).

The winners will be awarded in a gala in Helsinki on January 31, 2010.

THE NOMINEES ARE:

Best film
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu) / producers Misha Jaari & Mark Lwoff
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / producers Lasse Saarinen & Rimbo Salomaa
Under the North Star (Täällä Pohjantähden alla) / producer Timo Koivusalo

Best direction
Forbidden Fruit (Kielletty hedelmä) / director Dome Karukoski
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / director Klaus Härö
The Visitor (Muukalainen) / director Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää

Best actor in a leading role
The House of Branching Love (Haarautuvan rakkauden talo) / Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Heikki Nousiainen
Twisted Roots (Väärät juuret) / Pertti Sveholm

Best actress in a leading role
The House of Branching Love (Haarautuvan rakkauden talo) / Elina Knihtilä
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu) / Minna Haapkylä
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Kaarina Hazard

Best actor in a supporting role
Hellsinki (Rööperi) / Peter Franzén
Under the North Star (Täällä Pohjantähden alla) / Heikki Nousiainen
Under the North Star (Täällä Pohjantähden alla) / Esko Roine

Best actress in a supporting role
Forbidden Fruit (Kielletty hedelmä) / Amanda Pilke
Overseas and Under Your Skin (Maata meren alla) / Marja Packalén
Under the North Star (Täällä Pohjantähden alla) / Miia Selin

Best script
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu) / Olli Soinio
Last Cowboy Standing (Skavabölen pojat) / Antti Raivio, Jan Forsström, Zaida Bergroth
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Klaus Härö, Jaana Makkonen

Best cinematography
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu) / Pirjo Honkasalo
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Tuomo Hutri
The Visitor (Muukalainen) / Tuomo Hutri

Best music Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Dani Strömbäck
The Visitor (Muukalainen) / Helena Tulve
Within Limits (Liikkumavara) / Ville Riippa

Best sound design
Last Cowboy Standing (Skavabölen pojat) / Janne Laine
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Kirka Sainio
The Visitor (Muukalainen) / Micke Nyström

Best editing
The House of Branching Love (Haarautuvan rakkauden talo) / Jukka Nykänen
Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille) / Samu Heikkilä
The Visitor (Muukalainen) / Mervi Junkkonen

Best set design
Hellsinki (Rööperi) / Pirjo Rossi
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu) / Pentti Valkeasuo
The Visitor (Muukalainen) / Kaisa Mäkinen

Best costume design Hellsinki (Rööperi) / Tiina Kaukanen
The Interrogation (Kuulustelu) / Auli Turtiainen
Under the North Star (Täällä Pohjantähden alla) / Leila Jäntti

Best documentary
The Living Room of the Nation (Kansakunnan olohuone) / director Jukka Kärkkäinen
The Magnetic Man (Magneettimies) / director Arto Halonen
Within Limits (Liikkumavara) / director Annika Grof

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