Documentaries
JVG-elokuva: Vuodet ollu tuulisii
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Taito Kawata
- Screenwriters
- Lasse Järvi, Miika Särmäkari
- Producers
- Seppo Kerkelä, Anton Molander, Lasse Järvi
- Premiere
- 25.3.2022
- Production companies
- Cocoa Play
- Distribution companies
- SF Studios Oy
Phantoms of the Sierra Madre
- International coproduction NO-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Håvard Bustnes
- Screenwriters
- Lars K. Andersen
- Producers
- Christian Aune Falch, Liisa Karpo, Marianne Mäkelä
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 53 000 €
- Budget
- 772 000 €
- Production companies
- napafilms oy
The Land of Dreams – Sweden Revisited
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Kirsi Nevanti
- Screenwriters
- Kirsi Nevanti
- Producers
- Anna J. Ljungmark, Markku Tuurna
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 35 000 €
- Budget
- 608 000 €
- Production companies
- Filmimaa Oy
We live in an era of crises – society is in crises, democracy is in crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic is yet another. Everyday we get news about the world, our country or it could even be our neighbourhood. But is this what is going on, are we the people portrayed in the news?
Hard to Break
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Anna-Maija Heinonen, Krista Moisio
- Screenwriters
- Anna-Maija Heinonen, Krista Moisio
- Producers
- Oskar Forstén
- Premiere
- 12.4.2024
- SES grant
- 165 000 €
- Budget
- 314 000 €
- Production companies
- Polygraf Oy
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
Dangerous Play
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Heli Sirviö
- Screenwriters
- Heli Sirviö, Erika Haavisto
- Producers
- Marko Talli, Eveliina Kantola, Erika Haavisto
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 100 000 €
- Budget
- 250 000 €
- Production companies
- Yellow Film & TV
When a young Kenyan star athlete is accused of gang rape alongside his teammate, the only person who stays by his side is his Finnish girlfriend. Together they face the destruction of their reputation and their futures, and the consequences of cancel culture, never giving up hope that their love will get them through this.
Fabulous Cow Ladies
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Mia Halme
- Screenwriters
- Mia Halme
- Producers
- Mia Halme, Mina Laamo
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 85 000 €
- Budget
- 151 000 €
- Production companies
- Sahadok Oy
Three cows – Joy, Crumb and Sweetie – live in the forest. Joy is the grandma and Crumb is its child. Sweetie is Joy’s granddaughter who was born as a surprise on the pasture. Three women take care of the cows, and the cows of the women as well. Fabulous Cow Ladies is an immersion in nature, a film about the cycle of life and importance of community. The matriarchal gang of the three veterinarians and their cows is called FCL – Fabulous Cow Ladies.
10 Letters to the Future
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- työryhmä
- Screenwriters
- Susanna Helke, Esa Illi, Anu Kuivalainen, Saara Helene Rawat, Markku Heikkinen
- Producers
- Saara Helene Rawat, Anu Kuivalainen
- Premiere
- 17.5.2024
- SES grant
- 175 000 €
- Budget
- 318 000 €
- Production companies
- Bonsaifilms
- Distribution companies
- Bonsaifilms
10 Letters to the Future is a mosaic-like documentary film, born out of a collective effort in times when everything stopped. The global reality of state of emergencies penetrated everything we had taken for granted, and many people took stock of their lives in a new light. What happened to us and what is the future we want to be heading to?
As the virus controls the world, schoolchildren start collecting letters to be encapsulated in a wooden chest built by the students, to be opened after 50 years. The documentary is a time capsule in itself.
Jasmin’s Two Homes
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Inka Achté, Hanna Karppinen
- Screenwriters
- Inka Achté, Hanna Karppinen
- Producers
- Liisa Karpo
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 30 000 €
- Budget
- 85 000 €
- Production companies
- napafilms oy
The 8-year-old Jasmin was never able to understand why people keep asking her where she is from. From Finland of course! When Jasmin’s parents finally decide to move the entire family back to their home country Somalia, Jasmin is faced with the biggest change in her life. She has to say goodbye to the familiar playgrounds in the Helsinki suburbs, as well as her best friend Maryam.
Praying for Armageddon
- International coproduction NO-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Tonje Hessen Scjhei
- Screenwriters
- Tonje Hessen Scjhei
- Producers
- Christian Aune Falch, Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch, Torstein Parelius, Kaarle Aho
- Release year
- 2023
- SES grant
- 28 000 €
- Budget
- 931 000 €
- Production companies
- Making Movies Oy
Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that revolves around the biblical prophecy of Armageddon. The film investigates the consequences of the US Christian Zionists’ financial and political support to Israel, and features those who anticipate Doomsday and those who suffer with the results of this.
Power of the People
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Mervi Enqvist
- Screenwriters
- Mervi Enqvist
- Producers
- Essi Haukkamaa
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 122 000 €
- Budget
- 212 000 €
- Production companies
- Greenlit Productions
The film follows Laura Eklund Nhaga’s journey to find her own voice as a racialized person in Finland. Would it be through politics or art? She travels to the USA to meet Heather Booth, from Midwest Academy, and other activists to learn about organizing, and how to bring those teachings into action.