Documentaries
Homesick
- International co-production DK-KR-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Tanja Inwol
- Screenwriters
- Tanja Inwol
- Producers
- Virpi Suutari
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 32 000 €
- Budget
- 616 000 €
- Production companies
- Euphoria Film Oy
Homesick delves into the lived experience of an adoptee from Korea, growing up in a dysfunctional Danish family. After the deaths of her adoptive parents, Tanja Inwol turns to the mediums of film, imagination and writing to reflect on memories and unveil the complexities of transnational adoption.
Eclipse
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Azar Saiyar, Juuso Paaso
- Screenwriters
- Azar Saiyar, Juuso Paaso
- Producers
- Mika Taanila
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 34 000 €
- Budget
- 61 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy
The short film Eclipse looks at the bankruptcy of a small entrepreneur during the depression of the 1990s in Finland and the personal collapse that followed. It paints a picture of the euphoria of the upswing years, the middle-class dream, the longing for success and love, and growing up in the aftermath of the recession. The documentary film focuses on a forty-something entrepreneur and family man, Pekka Paaso, the father of one of the directors.
The Silence of the Lams
- International co-production IE-FR-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ciaran Deeney
- Screenwriters
- Ciaran Deeney
- Producers
- Ciaran Deeney, Dave Clarke
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 55 000 €
- Budget
- 760 000 €
- Production companies
- Polygraf Oy
A curry-war has broken out in Ballyfermot, Ireland. A son has opened up a Chinese take-away right next door to his dad’s long standing operation. It’s big news and everyone is talking about it, but they’re not talking to each other.
About Horses Wives and Weapons
- International co-production BE-FI-FR
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Volkan Üce
- Screenwriters
- Volkan Üce
- Producers
- Jenni Jauri
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 50 000 €
- Budget
- 550 000 €
- Production companies
- Silmu Films Oy
With a dose of humour, director Volkan Üce explores a young man’s role in the modern society.
The Pitcher
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski
- Screenwriters
- Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski
- Producers
- Tiina-Mari Pitkänen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 216 873 €
- Budget
- 492 000 €
- Production companies
- Rabbit Films
Kunnes ruoste meidät erottaa
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ossi Piispanen
- Screenwriters
- Ossi Piispanen, Emilia Hernesniemi
- Producers
- Oskari Huttu
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 160 000 €
- Budget
- 314 000 €
- Production companies
- Lucy Loves Drama
Unmade in Japan
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Catarina Diehl, Tommi Seitajoki
- Screenwriters
- Catarina Diehl, Tommi Seitajoki
- Producers
- Tommi Seitajoki
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 90 000 €
- Budget
- 140 000 €
- Production companies
- Impressio Films Oy
Unmade in Japan is an autobiographical film about divorce, trauma, and lack of communication. Catarina tries to repair her family’s broken relationships by making a film about her parents’ divorce, but instead she may only deepen the family’s wounds.
Sense and Sensibility
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Hanna Nordenswan
- Screenwriters
- Hanna Nordenswan
- Producers
- Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 138 000 €
- Budget
- 308 000 €
- Production companies
- Zone2 Pictures Oy
As the seasons change in Malmi Cemetery, the story of letting go unfolds in Sense and Sensibility. In her recovery from alcoholism, daughter Christa has buried her feelings and grown into a symbiotic relationship with her mother, but as mother Carita approaches retirement, the security of shared work and leisure time is at breaking point. Will Christa dare to make room for her feelings and open up her sheltered life?
Good Girls
- International co-production SE-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ania Winiarska
- Screenwriters
- Ania Winiarska
- Producers
- Melissa Lindgren, Tobias Janson
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 45 000 €
- Budget
- 475 000 €
- Production companies
- Tekele Productions Oy
Good Girls is a coming-of-age story of young Polish girls living in a correctional center. The girls undergo a behavioural reprogramming so that they may become good girls. But what does it take? And is that even something they want? Told through the eyes of the girls, this documentary depicting the micro cosmos of the center, reflects the values and expectations on young women in today’s Poland.
Simo Was Here
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- PV Lehtinen
- Screenwriters
- PV Lehtinen
- Producers
- PV Lehtinen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 3 700 €
- Budget
- 9 000 €
- Production companies
- Cineparadiso Oy
Simo Salminen visits an outdoor swimming pool and amuses children. A short fanfare for the late great entertainer.