Documentaries
Who Made You?
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Iiris Härmä
- Screenwriters
- Iiris Härmä
- Producers
- Visa Koiso-Kanttila
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 80 000 €
- Budget
- 170 000 €
- Production companies
- Guerillafilms Ltd.
Who Made You? tackles with ethical questions arising from the development of artificial intelligence, AI. This film paints a picture of two possible future scenarios presented by two researchers who are working in the field of AI.
Michael Laakasuo investigates the moral and ethics of AI from the human sciences point of view. He has a background as an activist and has a strong urge to act upon towards the better society through his work. Timo Honkela is a well-aknowledged professor who is suffering from terminal brain-cancer. Timo feels strongly that his whole life is coming to the point, where he wants to create a testimony based on his experiences and knowledge. He started a project called Peace Machine in which he wants to show us that AI can be developed to solve conflicts and build the world peace.
The film will follow both researchers and their battles to gain their goals. In order to make sense to these conflicting visions, the film will portray new technology in a light of ordinary encounters, such as nursing robots in elderly home, sexrobots in brothel and social robots in schools.
Mystical Lumberjack
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Mikko Mattila
- Screenwriters
- Mikko Mattila
- Producers
- Liisa Akimof
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 70 000 €
- Budget
- 153 300 €
- Production companies
- Production House
Cosmic Cowboy is a documentary film about friendship between two men and a chemical that binds them, fuels them and ultimately burns them down.
Little Red Bunch
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jouko Aaltonen
- Screenwriters
- Jouko Aaltonen
- Producers
- Jouko Aaltonen
- Release year
- 2020
- SES grant
- 100 000 €
- Budget
- 198 000 €
- Production companies
- Illume Ltd. Oy
The thoughts of Mao Zedong were collected in the Small Red Book, one of the world’s most widespread publications. It was waved also in Finnish demonstrations in the 1960s and 1970s. The Maoist movement of the cold Finland was also small and red. This documentary digs into the thoughts and experiences of this enthusiastic group.
The Other Voice
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Annika Grof
- Screenwriters
- Annika Grof
- Producers
- Joon Tervakari
- Premiere
- 27.5.2022
- SES grant
- 105 000 €
- Budget
- 298 000 €
- Production companies
- Tarasow Films Oy
- Distribution companies
- Tarasow Films Oy
The Other Voice is Annika Grof’s collage film about four academics and one cinematographer. The film offers a view to Finnish democracy through a tragic story of university and a tragicomic story of governmental politics.
Calling Mother
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Marianne Mäkelä, Heli Pekkonen
- Screenwriters
- Marianne Mäkelä, Heli Pekkonen
- Producers
- Marianne Mäkelä, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 50 000 €
- Budget
- 82 000 €
- Production companies
- Zone2 Pictures Oy
Anniina became a mother a little over a year ago. First thing she wanted to do in the hospital was to call her mother and to rejoice. At the moment there are countless moments in her life, when she should call her mother and ask for an advice. That’s not possible though, as her mother died long ago.
Phone calls made by different characters create that one call to mother, that Anniina can’t make herself. It’s a phone call from situations and moments, when adults are still someone’s children. These phone calls create an image of a relationship between mother and a child. It’s a relationship that is intimate, painful and often a little bit ridiculous.
Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Suvi West
- Screenwriters
- Suvi West
- Producers
- Janne Niskala
- Premiere
- 19.5.2021
- SES grant
- 125 000 €
- Budget
- 310 000 €
- Production companies
- Vaski Filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
Since the white men came to Finland, the Sámi have only been losing their rights. And it seems to get worse year by year. The new laws of the National Board of Forestry, the definition of the Sámi people by the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland, the Parliaments failure to ratify ILO169 (international law package for improving the position of the indigenous people) and the new restrictions of the Sámi’s fishing rights show how the Finns are treating their small minority. These decisions harden the daily life of the Sámi, who mostly live out of the nature. The Sámi are ignored while making these decisions.
The Reporter
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ari Matikainen
- Screenwriters
- Ari Matikainen
- Producers
- Liisa Karpo
- Premiere
- 25.9.2020
- SES grant
- 195 000 €
- Budget
- 300 000 €
- Production companies
- napafilms oy
- Distribution companies
- Finnkino
The Reporter makes a reassuring picture of how the powerful reporters have been influenced in a democratic country, where they are not killed. What have they have been allowed to say and what happened if they gained much power.
The Pussy Diaries
- Category
- Documentaries
- Producers
- Mete Sasioglu
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 4 000 €
- Budget
- 11 000 €
- Production companies
- Sons of Lumière Oy
According to studies the young women enjoy sex the least, and we want to change that.
Vaeltajat
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Otto Heikola
- Screenwriters
- Otto Heikola, Anniina Kauttonen
- Producers
- Valtteri Munkki
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 33 000 €
- Budget
- 71 000 €
- Production companies
- Side Stories Oy
The Enemy Within
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Milja Viita
- Screenwriters
- Milja Viita
- Producers
- Veli Granö
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 4 000 €
- Budget
- 12 000 €
- Production companies
- Filemo ky
Cutting and self-harming is a globally growing phenomenon among today’s youth. The pain releases endorphins, which increase pleasure and soothe the mind, one can quickly get hooked. But it´s possible to find a way out.