Short films
Spiral
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Salla Sorri, Eva-Maria Koskinen
- Screenwriters
- Eva-Maria Koskinen
- Producers
- Paria Eskandari
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 52 000 €
- Budget
- 95 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Aamu
Anna sees Jasmine, her former school bully, after years when Jasmine brings her daughter to Anna’s dance class. Anna and Jasmine try to behave in a civilized manner, but there’s something bubbling beneath the surface. Spiral is about a ballet class that gets out of hand.
Grasshopper
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Jussi Eerola
- Screenwriters
- Jussi Eerola
- Producers
- Jussi Eerola, Mika Taanila
- Release year
- 2023
- SES grant
- 20 000 €
- Budget
- 45 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy
What lights up the darkest hours of night?
Distant Planet
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Juho Kuosmanen
- Screenwriters
- Juho Kuosmanen
- Producers
- Jussi Rantamäki, Otto Kylmälä
- Release year
- 2023
- SES grant
- 92 000 €
- Budget
- 155 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Aamu
The Blanket
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Teppo Airaksinen
- Screenwriters
- Leo Viirret
- Producers
- John Lundsten, Melli Maikkula
- Release year
- 2021
- SES grant
- 140 000 €
- Budget
- 240 000 €
- Production companies
- TACK Films Oy
10-year old Marja is sent to fetch milk for her baby brother. On the way, there are things even more dangerous than the thin ice.
Human Flesh
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Jani Ruscica
- Screenwriters
- Jani Ruscica
- Producers
- Jani Ruscica
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 17 000 €
- Budget
- 49 000 €
- Production companies
- Askel tuotannot
A film about the power of expression and the fragility of its nature.
Force of Habit (anthology)
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Reetta Aalto, Tine Alavi, Alli Haapasalo, Ulla Heikkilä, Sonya Lindfors, Inari Niemi, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Miia Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi
- Screenwriters
- Reetta Aalto, Maryan Abdulkarim, Alli Haapasalo, Sonya Lindfors, Inari Niemi, Raisa Omaheimo, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Saara Särmä, Miia Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi
- Producers
- Elli Toivoniemi
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 195 000 €
- Budget
- 663 000 €
- Production companies
- Tuffi Films Oy
Force of Habit is an anthology of 11 episodes and a feature film made by fifteen filmmakers, artists, scientists and social influencers. The episodes bring forth the invisible exercise of power towards women in their private lives as well as in society.
The Stick
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Teppo Airaksinen
- Screenwriters
- Melli Maikkula
- Producers
- John Lundsten
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 70 000 €
- Budget
- 97 000 €
- Production companies
- TACK Films Oy
Verna has dreamed of having a dog for a long time, but her parents refuse to get her one. Finally her father caves in and promises to get the dog if Verna is able for a month to take care of a wooden stick like a pet.
A Wish Upon a Satellite
- International co-production: EE-FI
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Leeni Linna
- Screenwriters
- Leeni Linna, Leana Jalukse
- Producers
- Merja Ritola
- Release year
- 2021
- SES grant
- 14 000 €
- Budget
- 87 000 €
- Production companies
- Greenlit Productions
- Distribution companies
- Koulukino
10-year-old Otto, who has lost his parents, receives an unexpected gift at the night of his birthday, when a little dog Laika lands on earth in Sputnik 2.
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Tommi Seitajoki
- Screenwriters
- Tommi Seitajoki
- Producers
- John Lundsten
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 40 000 €
- Budget
- 90 000 €
- Production companies
- TACK Films Oy
A family of three is spending the day at a water park. Tensions arise, and in 10 minutes everything falls apart.
Homebound
- Category
- Short films
- Directors
- Marika Harjusaari
- Screenwriters
- Ilona Ahti
- Producers
- Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 75 000 €
- Budget
- 190 000 €
- Production companies
- Making Movies Oy
Asylum seekers are being sent back to Somalia from the world’s biggest refugee camp in Tanzania. Two Somali brothers get separated. The younger one is put into a bus crossing Al-Shabaab territory. The older one goes after him.