Documentaries
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
Days of Wonder
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Karin Pennanen
- Screenwriters
- Karin Pennanen
- Producers
- Sonja Lindén
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 99 000 €
- Budget
- 259 000 €
- Production companies
- Avanton Productions Oy
The Curse of Kane
- International co-production NO-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- August B. Hanssen, Even G. Benestad
- Screenwriters
- August B. Hanssen, Even G. Benestad
- Producers
- Carsten Aanonsen, Juha Löppönen, Sami Jahnukainen, Katrine A. Sahlstrøm
- Release year
- 2026
- SES grant
- 30 000 €
- Budget
- 750 000 €
- Production companies
- Mouka Filmi Oy
We’ve all dreamed about making it big. About doing something that sets us apart and makes an indelible claim about who we are. Gunnar Ryan Wiik is a dreamer. But what makes him stand out is that he is seemingly willing to do anything to make his dreams come through. Yet somehow his dreams never see the light of day. But that is all about to change – or is it?
Neurotypes
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Maija Hirvonen
- Screenwriters
- Maija Hirvonen
- Producers
- Juha Löppönen, Sami Jahnukainen
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 125 000 €
- Budget
- 266 000 €
- Production companies
- Mouka Filmi Oy
Aida, a child on the autism spectrum, decides to fix the society’s structures that hinder her studies with the help of her caregiver mother Johanna. The determined child challenges the existing norms to advance acceptance and equality. Political influencing takes time and energy. Can the daughter-mother-duo change the society that only offers sympathy?
The Beauty of Errors
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jukka Kärkkäinen
- Screenwriters
- Jukka Kärkkäinen
- Producers
- Juha Löppönen, Sami Jahnukainen, Ove Rishoj Jensen
- Premiere
- 2.4.2026
- SES grant
- 190 000 €
- Budget
- 475 000 €
- Production companies
- Mouka Filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
The Beauty of Errors explores the evolving bond between a father and son. As years pass, their closeness grows. But when Henri chooses a life with his girlfriend, Tero must learn to face his world alone.
Bona Fide
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Terjo Aaltonen
- Screenwriters
- Terjo Aaltonen, Marko Erola
- Producers
- Juho Harjula, Jari Lähteinen
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 88 000 €
- Budget
- 544 000 €
- Production companies
- Kameron Oy
Bona Fide, a true crime documentary series, tells the improbable story of Jouni Ranta and Veli Seppä, a card cheat turned art dealer and a welder with a God-given gift for painting. With Veli’s talent and Jouni’s knack for selling the two begin unloading forgeries to the booming art markets – a venture that lasts for three decades. Veli’s forgeries of Finnish masterpieces are so good that even the best experts of art museums and galleries are not able to call them out.
Annelin aika
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Saara Cantell
- Screenwriters
- Saara Cantell
- Producers
- Markku Tuurna
- Premiere
- 8.11.2024
- SES grant
- 150 000 €
- Budget
- 251 000 €
- Production companies
- Filmimaa Oy
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
Cantores Minores – Näin unta että lauloin
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Minna von Reiche
- Screenwriters
- Minna von Reiche, Tuuli Kuittinen
- Producers
- Minna von Reiche
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 121 000 €
- Budget
- 245 000 €
- Production companies
- Femkanten Media Oy