Documentaries
Creaturama – Epic of the Animals
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Juha Suonpää
- Screenwriters
- Juha Suonpää
- Producers
- Juha Suonpää, Liis Nimik
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 126 000 €
- Budget
- 365 000 €
- Production companies
- Swamphead
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
Creaturama is an experimental nature film where animals are not merely subjects of the image – but its creators. For seven years, trail cameras left in the forest recorded animal life without human presence, revealing a unique perspective into the forest’s own reality. The film shifts the power of the gaze from humans to animals, offering a poetic, visually hypnotic journey into otherness, coexistence, and the language of the forest. Creaturama is a tapestry of sensations and presences, where animal and landscape merge – as if the forest itself were telling the story.
Haaveisiin vajonnut
- International co-production FR-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Marie-Eve de Grave
- Screenwriters
- Marie-Eve de Grave
- Producers
- Charlotte Uzu, Kaarle Aho
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 40 000 €
- Budget
- 2 673 000 €
- Production companies
- Making Movies Oy
A documentary film about a Finnish cinema.
Hold on, Catlyn!
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Mervi Junkkonen
- Screenwriters
- Mervi Junkkonen
- Producers
- Jouko Aaltonen, Oona Saari
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 120 000 €
- Budget
- 241 000 €
- Production companies
- Illume Ltd. Oy
Hold on, Catlyn! is a documentary film about Catlyn (13) who is living in the periphery but who gets to know her neighbour Sari Kettunen (51), the champion of a past year’s Reindeer Cup. Catlyn’s life is drastically shaken when she gets interested in reindeer racing. It is a world that she must take over in order to grow as a person – even if it’s a little scary at times. Through her new hobby and with Sari’s support, Catlyn finds confidence to be herself.
Jamila’s Children
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Arezo Ariapoor
- Screenwriters
- Arezo Ariapoor
- Producers
- Iiris Härmä
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 135 000 €
- Budget
- 203 600 €
- Production companies
- Guerillafilms Ltd.
The film depicts a year in which siblings grow into young adults, each searching for their own path and identity, while challenging each other in the crossfire of their own culture and the values of the society around them.
Let Our Mountains Live
- International co-production NO-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Håvard Bustnes
- Screenwriters
- Kati Eriksen, Håvard Bustnes, Johannes Vang
- Producers
- Kati Eriksen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 45 000 €
- Budget
- 657 000 €
- Production companies
- Home River Media
In October 2021, Terje Haugen, Sissel Stormo Holtan and other reindeer herders at Fosen win a landmark case at Norway’s Supreme Court. The court rules that the 151 giant wind turbines violate human rights, threatening the Sámi’s right to maintain their traditional reindeer husbandry. This is a massive victory for Terje and Sissel, who have fought the wind project for over 20 years. The turbines must now be removed so the mountain grazing lands — vital for winter pasture — can be restored.
The Misfit
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Miikka Poutiainen
- Screenwriters
- Miikka Poutiainen, Sami Salminen
- Producers
- Miikka Poutiainen, Sami Salminen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 40 000 €
- Budget
- 120 000 €
- Production companies
- PinkAgency
The Recovery
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jukka Metsäaho, Jyri Paajamaa
- Screenwriters
- Jukka Metsäaho, Jyri Paajamaa
- Producers
- Van Padhaal, Jyri Paajamaa
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 65 000 €
- Budget
- 650 000 €
- Production companies
- Pablo Films
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.