Documentaries
The Last Misfits by The Golden River
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
- Screenwriters
- Juho-Pekka Tanskanen
- Producers
- Isabella Karhu
- Premiere
- 4.4.2025
- SES grant
- 53 000 €
- Budget
- 195 000 €
- Production companies
- Danish Bear Productions Oy
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
The Last Misftis by The Golden River follows the human fates of a 150-year-old gold prospector community in the distant Lapland wilderness, beyond telephone networks. Their peaceful life comes to an end when a new law forces them to abandon their way of living. Depicted through painting-like visual expression, this warm, bittersweet, and universal story tells about the only permanent thing there is: change.
The Helsinki Effect
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Arthur Franck
- Screenwriters
- Arthur Franck
- Producers
- Sandra Enkvist, Arthur Franck
- Premiere
- 11.4.2025
- SES grant
- 160 000 €
- Budget
- 363 000 €
- Production companies
- Polygraf Oy
The Helsinki Effect is an all-archival essay documentary that explores the power narratives and myths of the Cold War era. Based on hundreds of hours of archival footage, the film deconstructs the anatomy of an often misunderstood diplomatic process, and reveals how it came to impact the world in a decisive way.
Alma – Life Must Be Beautiful
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Pamela Tola
- Screenwriters
- Pamela Tola
- Producers
- Oskari Huttu
- Premiere
- 15.3.2024
- Production companies
- Lucy Loves Drama
- Distribution companies
- Cinemanse
World’s Smallest Parliament
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Johan Karrento, Stefan Gustafsson
- Screenwriters
- Johan Karrento, Stefan Gustafsson
- Producers
- Stefan Gustafsson, Johan Karrento
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 62 000 €
- Budget
- 247 000 €
- Production companies
- Tartufi Creative Ab
In a turbulent world, one of the world’s smallest parliaments is trying to develop its autonomy, but relations with the mother country, Finland, hang by a fragile thread. Facing the upcoming election, the current leader, Veronica, confronts opposition within her own party and must navigate through challenging political waters to secure the future of the island nation.
It Is Not (a) Mine
- International co-production PL-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Natalia Korianz
- Screenwriters
- Natalia Korianz
- Producers
- Maciej Kubicki, Iikka Vehkalahti
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 15 000 €
- Budget
- 151 000 €
- Production companies
- IV Films Oy
The 4,800-metre-high mountain of Cerro Rico is situated next to Potosi which used to be one of the richest cities in Bolivia. Cerro has been continuously exploited by people since the 15th century. The locals say that the mountain eats men. It is estimated that around eight million people died there mining for silver. The average life span is thirty-six years.
Etna
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Sinna Virtanen
- Screenwriters
- Sinna Virtanen
- Producers
- Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 70 000 €
- Budget
- 200 000 €
- Production companies
- Oy Bufo Ab
Etna is a documentary film about transgenerational distress and traumas.
Under Construction
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Markus Toivo
- Screenwriters
- Markus Toivo
- Producers
- Markus Toivo, Kalervo Aho
- Premiere
- 15.12.2023
- Production companies
- Joki Productions Oy, Elo Film School Finland
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
Pepe
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Severi Koivusalo
- Screenwriters
- Severi Koivusalo, Aleksi Bardy
- Producers
- Aleksi Bardy
- Premiere
- 4.10.2024
- SES grant
- 110 000 €
- Budget
- 275 000 €
- Production companies
- Aurora Pictures Oy
- Distribution companies
- Cinemanse
The Last Chapter
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Mohamed El Aboudi
- Screenwriters
- Mohamed El Aboudi
- Producers
- Kirsi Mattila, Mohamed El Aboudi
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 175 000 €
- Budget
- 316 000 €
- Production companies
- Osuuskunta Icebreaker Productions
Immigrants don’t stay young forever. Two friends in Finland, Ugandan Justine and Sudanese Sisto, face a second culture shock caused by retirement: loneliness, ambivalence between longing to return to old country and wanting to stay close to children, disappointment at their children no longer following old traditions. Both try to find a balance to their lives.
In a Box
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Okku Nuutilainen, Liinu Grönlund
- Screenwriters
- Okku Nuutilainen, Liinu Grönlund
- Producers
- Juha Löppönen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 120 000 €
- Budget
- 333 000 €
- Production companies
- Mouka Filmi Oy