Documentaries
The Bus of Broken Hearts
- International co-production SE-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Björn Carlberg, Johan Palmgren
- Screenwriters
- Kaveh Akaber
- Producers
- Johan Palmgren, Lisa Taube, Oona Saari
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 12 000 €
- Budget
- 95 000 €
- Production companies
- Illume Ltd. Oy
In the world’s biggest ski race, Sweden’s legendary Vasaloppet, 16,000 skiers chase the dream of crossing the finish line in Mora — but many never make it. Instead, they end up on the infamous “Brytbuss”, the bus of broken dreams.
The Days I Will Forget
- International co-production SE-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Morgane Dziurla-Petit
- Screenwriters
- Morgane Dziurla-Petit
- Producers
- Merja Ritola
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 35 000 €
- Budget
- 779 000 €
- Production companies
- Greenlit Productions
A filmmaker creates a time loop to force her alcoholic father to change. But as he relives the same day, she realizes she might be the one stuck in a cycle she can’t escape.
The Game of Chaos
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ari Matikainen
- Screenwriters
- Ari Matikainen
- Producers
- Ari Matikainen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 169 000 €
- Budget
- 381 000 €
- Production companies
- Kinocompany Oy
This investigative documentary follows Finnish and Estonian experts working on the frontlines of hybrid warfare. It exposes how modern influence operations bypass systems to manipulate perception, erode trust, and reshape power. In this game, firewalls don’t stop the attacks — people do.
Picnic – In the Light Invisible to the Human Eye
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jan Ijäs
- Screenwriters
- Jan Ijäs
- Producers
- Jan Ijäs
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 40 000 €
- Budget
- 62 000 €
- Production companies
- Atalante
The film follows the Gaza War and the siege of the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel. The locations of the film are Israeli war memorials from previous battles and military operations. They are also popular so-called picnic spots for Israelis, where families come to spend time together and watch the Gaza siege war while reminiscing about previous victorious battles. In Israel, the mass extermination of Palestinians is commonplace and accepted. The locations are located about two kilometers from the Gaza Wall.
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
- Håvard Bustnes, Johannes Vang, 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