Feature films
The Summer Book
- International co-production UK-FI
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Charles McDowell
- Screenwriters
- Robert Jones
- Producers
- Aleksi Bardy, Helen Vinogradov
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 200 000 €
- Budget
- 4 700 000 €
- Production companies
- Helsinki-filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Cinemanse
The Summer Book is an adaptation of Tove Jansson’s much loved novel to the big screens. In The Summer Book, Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into crystalline vignettes.
The Summer Book tells the story of the relationship between Sophia, an eight-year-old girl who is growing up fast, and her grandmother, who is nearing the end of her life. They are spending time together with Sophia’s father, at the family summer house on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. All three are coming to terms with the recent death of Sophia’s mother in very different ways.
Anders is largely consumed by grief for his wife and his thwarted plans to plant a polar tree in her honour. Grandmother meanwhile makes it her mission to keep a watchful eye on Sophia. She is unsentimental and wise, if a little cranky in her approach; whilst Sophia is impetuous and volatile, but tends to her grandmother with the care of a new parent when she sees the vulnerabilities that old age bring.
Together they amble over coastline and forest in easy companionship, build boats from bark, explore the surrounding islands and the new fanciful neighbours and write a study of their findings. They discuss things that matter to young and old alike: life, death, the nature of God and of love. By the end of the summer, Grandmother is able to step back as the bond between Sophia and her father deepens and she can take her leave of this life happy that this task is complete.
Sebastian
- International co-production UK-FI-BE
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Mikko Mäkelä
- Screenwriters
- Mikko Mäkelä
- Producers
- Aleksi Bardy, James Watson, Dries Phylpo, Erik Gijlins, Rosie Crear, Ciara Barry
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 300 000 €
- Budget
- 2 675 000 €
- Production companies
- Helsinki-filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Aurora Studios
Max, a twenty-something writer living in London, begins a double-life as a professional male escort, under the name of Sebastian, in order to research his new novel and find the authentic voice within his work as well as himself. Sebastian is a character-driven drama about auto-fiction, identity, and the search for authenticity and value.
Missile
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Miia Tervo
- Screenwriters
- Miia Tervo
- Producers
- Kaisla Viitala, Daniel Kuitunen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 900 000 €
- Budget
- 2 084 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta Oy
- Distribution companies
- Aurora Studios
Christmas is a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina (28), a single mother, is fired from her job in a bakery and drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border. A drama-comedy of personal and national borders and boundaries.
Parvet
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Hannaleena Hauru
- Screenwriters
- Hannaleena Hauru, Heta Nuutinen, Krista Yrjölä
- Producers
- Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 500 000 €
- Budget
- 730 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Aamu
Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas -elokuva
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Aleksi Mäkelä
- Screenwriters
- Heikki Vihinen, Heikki Silvennoinen
- Producers
- Samuli Norhomaa, Jukka Helle, Markus Selin
- Premiere
- 4.11.2022
- Production companies
- Solar Republic Oy
- Distribution companies
- Nelonen Media
Itty Bitty Princess – Adults can go to Hilldiggle!
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Lauri Maijala
- Screenwriters
- Hannele Lampela, Tuuli Kanervankallio
- Producers
- Tia Ståhlberg
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 800 000 €
- Budget
- 1 825 000 €
- Production companies
- Helsinki-filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Aurora Studios
The Swedish Torpedo
- International co-production SE-DK-EE-FI
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Frida Kempff
- Screenwriters
- Frida Kempff, Marietta von Hausswolff
- Producers
- Klaus Heydemann
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 187 500 €
- Budget
- 4 000 000 €
- Production companies
- Inland Film Company Oy
- Distribution companies
- Aurora Studios
Finders 2 – Pharaohs Ring
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Taavi Vartia
- Screenwriters
- Taavi Vartia, Nina Linnovaara
- Producers
- Taavi Vartia
- Premiere
- 20.1.2023
- SES grant
- 150 000 €
- Budget
- 1 170 000 €
- Production companies
- Taavi Vartia Tuotannot Oy
- Distribution companies
- Nelonen Media
Stormskerry Maja
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Tiina Lymi
- Screenwriters
- Tiina Lymi
- Producers
- Jukka Helle, Markus Selin, Hanna Virolainen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 1 000 000 €
- Budget
- 3 829 000 €
- Production companies
- Solar Films Oy
- Distribution companies
- Nordisk Film
Orenda
- Category
- Feature films
- Directors
- Pirjo Honkasalo
- Screenwriters
- Pirkko Saisio
- Producers
- Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 850 000 €
- Budget
- 1 820 000 €
- Production companies
- Bufo Oy
- Distribution companies
- B-Plan Distribution