Short films
Priest and the Ugly Christmas Tree
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Maarit Lalli
- Screenwriters
- Maarit Lalli, Lassi Vierikko
- Producers
- Maarit Lalli
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 160 000 €
- Budget
- 205 000 €
- Production companies
- Huh huh -Filmi Oy
A new pastor in the parish is worried about the local residents of the suburb, who wander around in the November cold, lonely and gloomy. He believes that a Christmas tree erected in the square of the shopping center would lift spirits and bring people together.
Placeholder
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Teemu Nikki
- Screenwriters
- Teemu Nikki
- Producers
- Aino Suvanto
- Release year
- 2026
- SES grant
- 55 000 €
- Budget
- 121 000 €
- Production companies
- It's Alive Films
Maílmmittkus – At the Shadow of the World
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Hans Pieski, Arttu Nieminen
- Screenwriters
- Hans Pieski, Niillas Holmberg, Arttu Nieminen
- Producers
- Arttu Nieminen, Hans Pieski
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 8 000 €
- Budget
- 18 000 €
- Production companies
- R2 Productions
Surreal journey into the complex relationship between indigenous peoples and the unstoppable force of technological progress. The film depicts various stages of technological development and their impact on indigenous populations.
In My Hand
- International co-production NO-SE-FI
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Liselotte Wajstedt, Marja Helander
- Screenwriters
- Liselotte Wajstedt
- Producers
- Linn Henriksen, Liselotte Wajstedt, Mete Sasioglu, Mauri Lähdesmäki
- Release year
- 2025
- SES grant
- 16 000 €
- Budget
- 208 000 €
- Production companies
- Sons of Lumière Oy
In My Hand is a documentary film, narrated through the eyes of Niillas Somby. He was one of the most prominent Sámi activists who protested against the Norwegian state during the Alta conflict.
All the Love in My Body
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Carmen Baltzar
- Screenwriters
- Carmen Baltzar
- Producers
- Danai Anagnostou, Maria Drandaki
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 81 500 €
- Budget
- 178 000 €
- Production companies
- Kenno Filmi
All the Love in My Body enters a touristic beach in Greece from the perspective of Nadia and Samara, two young Romani sisters selling toys. Sunbathers preoccupied with the beauty and struggle of their everyday lives meet the girls with varied levels of interaction and indifference until tragedy cuts a clear line through the boundaries of their humanity.
Strive
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Jussi Rautaniemi
- Screenwriters
- Jussi Rautaniemi
- Producers
- Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari
- Release year
- 2026
- 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