Documentaries
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.
Second Acts
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Anu Kuivalainen
- Screenwriters
- Anu Kuivalainen
- Producers
- Markku Tuurna
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 173 000 €
- Budget
- 312 000 €
- Production companies
- Filmimaa Oy
Second Acts is a documentary film about metamorphosis, about how people use art to break out of their shells and grow new wings. A person has a new opportunity to make moral choices and have the freedom to influence the course of their life through their own decisions, even though we were each dealt with different cards in childhood.
Näkymätön vihollinen
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ann-Mari Leinonen, Einari Paakkanen
- Screenwriters
- Ann-Mari Leinonen, Einari Paakkanen
- Producers
- Kimmo Paananen, Pasi Riiali
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 155 000 €
- Budget
- 259 000 €
- Production companies
- Filmbutik Oulu Oy
Featherless
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Kaapo Kamu
- Screenwriters
- Kaapo Kamu
- Producers
- Kaapo Kamu, Siiri Siltala
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 50 000 €
- Budget
- 123 000 €
- Production companies
- Kaapo Kamu Oy
Featherless is a documentary film about letting go and the identity crisis associated with retirement. It reflects on our society’s difficulty in recognizing the value of individuals even when they are no longer at their most productive.
ORSOQ – Seasons of Solitude
- International co-production GL-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Inuk Silis Høegh
- Screenwriters
- Inuk Silis Høegh
- Producers
- Emile Hertling Péronard, Outi Rousu
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 45 000 €
- Budget
- 601 000 €
- Production companies
- Pystymetsä Oy
The very first Greenlandic-Finnish documentary film ORSOQ – Seasons of Solitude is an exploration of man’s longing for solitude. In an ambitious cinematic form, the film zooms in on people who have voluntarily chosen a life of loneliness. But who – no matter what they do – remain caught between the calmness of isolation and the need for community. The film is a philosophical inquiry, a visual poem about the spaces between belonging and solitude.
Songs Will Never Rust
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Marko Talli
- Screenwriters
- Marko Talli
- Producers
- Marko Talli
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 75 000 €
- Budget
- 200 000 €
- Production companies
- Yellow Film & TV
- Distribution companies
- Nordisk Film
The Soul of Trees
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Markku Laine
- Screenwriters
- Markku Laine, Petri Keto-Tokoi
- Producers
- Kirsi Mattila
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 32 000 €
- Budget
- 156 000 €
- Production companies
- Third Eye Films
The Soul of Trees is a mesmerizing odyssey into the secret world of trees, unveiling their interconnected lives and the breathtaking biodiversity flourishing within the woods. The documentary revolves around the main character of the story, an ancient oak, the Tree of Life. The oak serves as an ancient source of wisdom, narrating the cycle of life, the power of forests, and their biodiversity, emphasizing the interconnectedness and value of all life in nature.
Secret Reading Club
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Shakiba Adil, Elina Hirvonen
- Screenwriters
- Elina Hirvonen, Shakiba Adil
- Producers
- Marko Talli
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 123 000 €
- Budget
- 250 000 €
- Production companies
- Yellow Film & TV
Three Afghan women secretly film their lives in a documentary film that bridges the experiences between Anne Frank in the 1940s Amsterdam, filmmaker Shakiba Adil’s childhood in the 1990s Kabul and the Afghan women of today – and cherishes the triumph of humanity against oppression.
Cyclovia
- International co-production UK-DK-SE-FI-CO
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Finlay Pretsell
- Screenwriters
- Finlay Pretsell
- Producers
- Kaarle Aho
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 40 000 €
- Budget
- 1 235 000 €
- Production companies
- Making Movies Oy
Cyclovia is a universal cinematic story about freedom, life and love set in Colombia. The bicycle is embedded deep within Colombia’s culture. A vivid multi-textured picture of not only why Colombia produces the best cyclists in the world but how the bike is a vital component for living.
Kuolemattomuusprojekti
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Krista Hannula
- Screenwriters
- Krista Hannula
- Producers
- Pete Eklund
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 135 000 €
- Budget
- 280 000 €
- Production companies
- Kaiho Republic Oy
A documentary series about a young man who decided to become Finland’s most popular pop star.