Short films
Strive
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Jussi Rautaniemi
- Screenwriters
- Jussi Rautaniemi
- Producers
- Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 123 000 €
- Budget
- 255 000 €
- Production companies
- Oy Bufo Ab
In a world where everyone escapes reality, a teenager fights for a chance to feel something real, even if it means risking his own life.
Fiddler’s Green
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Juha Koiranen
- Screenwriters
- Juha Koiranen
- Producers
- Kimmo Yläkäs
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 10 000 €
- Budget
- 27 000 €
- Production companies
- Kimey Oy
Couples journey to visit relatives – like we all – sooner or later.
Amidst
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Pia Andell
- Screenwriters
- Suna Vuori
- Producers
- Pia Andell
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 20 000 €
- Budget
- 100 000 €
- Production companies
- Of Course My Films
In this dip into the deep end of middle age, everything is unfinished: people and their comprehension, their relationships and processes, even their jokes.
The Locker Room
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Sebastian Granskog
- Screenwriters
- Sebastian Granskog
- Producers
- Mia Palmgren
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 30 000 €
- Budget
- 90 000 €
- Production companies
- Character House Oy
The Locker Room is a youth horror short film about two middle school best friends who are yet to hit puberty and do everything in their power to avoid facing their greatest fear: the school’s locker room.
Feet Up
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Olli Ilpo Salonen
- Screenwriters
- Saana Räntilä, Annalisa Schmuckli
- Producers
- Saana Räntilä, Annalisa Schmuckli
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 30 000 €
- Budget
- 92 000 €
- Production companies
- Empire Pictures Oy
Luola
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Krista Hannula
- Screenwriters
- Krista Hannula
- Producers
- Hanna Kauppi
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 30 000 €
- Budget
- 90 000 €
- Production companies
- MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Overtime
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Siiri Halko
- Screenwriters
- Avi Heikkinen, Piia Leino
- Producers
- John Lundsten, Pauliina Piipponen
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 110 000 €
- Budget
- 175 000 €
- Production companies
- TACK Films Oy
Peppermint Diesel 20%
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Mariangela Pluchino
- Screenwriters
- Mariangela Pluchino
- Producers
- Danai Anagnostou
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 71 000 €
- Budget
- 120 000 €
- Production companies
- Kenno Filmi
After wrapping up their day on a film set, Liboria and Claudia stop at a deserted gas station and accidentally fill their van with the wrong fuel. When another car arrives, Liboria notices that the driver resembles an aggressor involved in a past incident with her friend. Liboria wants to leave, but Claudia decides to take the driver hostage. Can revenge become consensual?
White Trash
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Teppo Airaksinen
- Screenwriters
- Melli Maikkula
- Producers
- John Lundsten, Melli Maikkula
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 100 000 €
- Budget
- 160 000 €
- Production companies
- TACK Films Oy
Pilvi, a single mother, is invited to a “white trash” costume party hosted by her affluent friends. She feels out of place in their world, and as the evening unfolds, her past choices and societal judgments come to the forefront. A phone call later in the night forces Pilvi to confront her role as a mother.
IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- PV Lehtinen
- Screenwriters
- PV Lehtinen
- Producers
- PV Lehtinen, Toni Panula
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 90 000 €
- Budget
- 179 000 €
- Production companies
- CineParadiso
Three starving fishermen fight for survival on a remote island in a harsh world similar to the end of the 19th century, where some kind of cataclysm has occurred. There is no food left and the cellar is empty. They desperately try to fish, even though all the fish have disappeared from the sea. Eventually something emerges from beneath the surface, but not what they had expected. A visual mystery story with horror elements.