Documentaries
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
- 2026
- 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
- 2026
- 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.
About Horses Wives and Weapons
- International co-production BE-FI-FR
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Volkan Üce
- Screenwriters
- Volkan Üce
- Producers
- Jenni Jauri
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 50 000 €
- Budget
- 550 000 €
- Production companies
- Silmu Films Oy
With a dose of humour, director Volkan Üce explores a young man’s role in the modern society.
The Pitcher
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski
- Screenwriters
- Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski
- Producers
- Tiina-Mari Pitkänen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 216 873 €
- Budget
- 492 000 €
- Production companies
- Rabbit Films
Kunnes ruoste meidät erottaa
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ossi Piispanen
- Screenwriters
- Ossi Piispanen, Emilia Hernesniemi
- Producers
- Oskari Huttu
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 160 000 €
- Budget
- 314 000 €
- Production companies
- Lucy Loves Drama