Diversity in the film industry

2.11.2022

A Bloodline of Activism – Shameela Seedat and her documentary film African Moot

Shameela Seedat, the director of the South African-Finnish co-production African Moot, visited Helsinki during the...

23.5.2022

Production fund New Dawn aims to support diversity in the film industry

Nine European public funders have joined forces in the first stages of the fund. The...

13.9.2021

Only change is a constant fact

“Stories humanize and connect us, this is something that is generally agreed upon, and the...

19.5.2021

Nothing about us without us

In our Diversity in the Film Industry series, Mira Eskelinen writes about trans representation on...

12.5.2021

”Everyone is worth a role” – advancing diversity in casting

Jantsu Puumalainen, from Helsinki Casting, Mikko Mäkelä, director of A Moment in the Reeds, and...

5.5.2021

We see you King – moving from shame towards new kinds of stories

According to statistics, sexual and gender minorities have a minimal role in Finnish films and...

22.4.2021

Representation matters – this is how you can increase the diversity of your work community

THL’s Research Manager Shadia Rask shares some tools for promoting diversity and inclusion in the...

19.4.2021

Those who came before us – can we remember through films?

On April 26, in early morning Finnish time, the 93rd Academy Awards are handed out....

9.4.2021

Diversity in the film industry: The whiteness of Finns is not neutral, natural or even true

In our new series, different writers take a look at diversity and equality in the...