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Contents
Feature Length Documentaries
BAM – Railroad to Nowhere
Daughters of Palna
Facing Changes
Family Meeting
Four Journeys on the River
Hongaku
In the Depths of the Mind
Looking for the Lost Tango
Pony Girls
Punksters & Youngsters
Reaching Father
Recipes for Disaster
Room of Riddles
Sergei the Healer
Shadow of the Holy Book
Sonic Mirror
Textures
Travelling
Well Made Life
You Live and Burn
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Documentaries
(length between 36–60 minutes)
Big Boy
End of the World Was Here, The
Family Fortune
God’s Theater, The
Journey to Sokolow, A
Pests, The
Playing Adults
Refugees of Technology (working title)
Street Level Enterprising
This Land Was Not My Land
Victims of 1918, The
Voikkaa
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Documentaries
(length 35 minutes or less)
Hietsu (working title)
Keidas
Lapua
Little Traveller
Mongolian Afternoon
Muybridge
World of Light
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Festivals
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Useful Addresses
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Contacts
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FINNISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2008
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Stereo | 73’ / 52’
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BAM or Baikal – Amur Magistral was Leonid Brezhnev’s plan to build more than 3500 km of
railroad and 200 stations and communities in five years in Southern Siberia. The work was to
be done mainly by Komsomol elite youths. BAM – Railroad to Nowhere is a documentary about the
pioneering spirit, about people who built the future with their own hands and how today they are
trying to hold on to it even if the rest of the world would like to forget them.
Director, script: Jouni Hiltunen
Cinematography: Tahvo Hirvonen
Editing: Anne Lakanen
Sound design: Ivo Felt
Music: Pessi Levanto
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Jouni Hiltunen
Production company: Making Movies
Jouni Hiltunen (b. 1964) is a documentary
film director from Helsinki. He has worked
in various sectors of the film industry since
1990 and has directed over 15 documentary
films. His documentary film about three
Russian prisoners for life, Blatnoi Mir (2001),
has been awarded at both Finnish and
international festivals.
Co-producer: Allfilms (Estonia)
Production support: The Finnish
Film Foundation, NFTF, Estonian
Film Foundation, MEDIA+
Financing TV companies:
YLE 2, SVT, TSR, DR, ETV
International sales: First Hand Films
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Director, script: Kiti Luostarinen
Cinematography: Pekka Uotila
(Magi Viljanen, Kiti Luostarinen)
Editing: Tuula Mehtonen
Sound design: Janne Laine
Music: Toni Edelmann,
Ilari Edelmann
Producion assistant: Jaana Puhakka
Producer: Kiti Luostarinen
Production company:
Kiti Luostarinen Production
Production support:
AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV companies:
YLE TV1, ARTE/ ZDF
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Daughters of Palna
[
P a l n a n
t y t t ä r e t
]
A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love.
“Mommy, you have to eat a lot of chocolate so you’ll become the same color as me, a pretty
brown.”
One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to
Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. “Then two people with white faces came to play
with me, and after three days I understood that they would be my mommy and daddy.” When Devi
learned to talk she often wanted to talk about Amma, her first mother. “Amma mommy was sick
and couldn’t take care of me. But she did hold me.”
In the film, the 6-year-old Devi journeys to her own past, as her family adopts another daughter from Palna, a baby sister for Devi. “I used to live in Palna, too. I wasn’t bought from a store.”
Kiti Luostarinen
Kiti Luostarinen (born in 1951) worked in the
1980s as photographer and graphic designer,
became interested in film-making through
photography, and made first several short TV films
based on slides. Her documentary films include
Tell Me What You Saw (Sanokaa mitä näitte, 1993),
Gracious Curves (Naisenkaari , 1997), The One and
Only – Tales of Love (Se oikea , 1999) and
The Face of Death (Kuoleman kasvot , 2003).
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[
K a s v o t
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A creative documentary about the concept of face in Chinese culture. Bao Huai, 30, is a marketing
man of a successful aesthetics surgery clinic in Beijing and an ex-actor in the Beijing Opera. He
leads us to the Chinese obsession with faces and facial masks. Through the concept of face, we
approach the changing values of the rising Beijing middle class. Is it possible to keep your face, if
you keep on changing it?
Director, script: Mika Koskinen
Cinematography:
Mika Koskinen & Mika Mattila
Editing: Per K. Kirkegaard
Sound design: Janne Laine
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Production company:
Mika Koskinen
Making Movies Oy
Mika Koskinen was born in 1970. He studied video
and film arts in various colleges and universities –
for example, in Helsinki, Lapland and Beijing.
Graduated in 1994 from the video department at
the Institute of Arts and Crafts in Oulu, Finland.
Postgraduate courses on scriptwriting, Asian culture
& business etc.
He lives and works in Beijing. Previous documentary
films include Zhang’s Diner (2004) and White Panda (1999).
Co-producer:
Tju-Bang Film (Denmark)
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Danish Film Institute,
Nordisk Film & Tv Fond
Financing TV companies:
YLE 2, TV2 Denmark, CBC
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Facing Changes
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tells a unique story about people behind music. The film was shot during the fall
2006, during and around the time of the 20th anniversary concert of the Wentus Blues Band,
which was also on their home turf in Ostrobotnia, Finland. It’s a delicious mash-up of backstage
life and passionate stage performances. The film features an impressive line-up of rock and blues
legends, such as Eddie Kirkland and Louisiana Red, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Kim Wilson
from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Omar Dykes from Omar & The Howlers, Barrence Whitfield
– lead singer of The Savages, Sven Zetterberg and Clas Yngström from Sweden, Eric Bibb, plus
Lazy Lester from the deep south in the States. All of the abovementioned guests have a long history
with the Wentus Blues Band. The film is about the family meeting of these musicians. The audience will feel like standing on the stage at the same time as these great musicians. Play what you
feel, feel what you play!
Family Meeting
Director, script, sound design:
Heikki Kossi
Cinematography: Heikki Färm
Additional cinematography:
Marita Hällfors, Tahvo Hirvonen,
Timo Heinänen, Olli Varja,
Peter Flinkenberg, Tuomo Hutri
Editing: Tuuli Kuittinen
Set design: Kalle Nurminen
Music: Wentues Blues Band with
guests, Hannu Pikkarainen
Producers: Heikki Kossi &
Robban Hagnäs
Production company: Mokul Filmi Oy
Co-producer: DP Agency
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, City of Kokkola,
Svenska Kulturfonden
Financing TV companies:
YLE / FST 5, SVT kultur
Distributor in Finland: FS Film Oy
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Family Meeting
Heikki Kossi
Family Meeting is Heikki Kossi’s first
feature film in theater distribution. He has previously released the
internationally awarded documentary
Mississippi-Nedervetil (2001) and
Weisaaja (2004). Kossi is also an
esteemed foley artist in Finnish films
and an ex-musician, who has toured
the Nordic Countries and Canada.
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Director: Kari Soveri, Ville Suhonen
Script: Ville Suhonen
[
N e l j ä
m a t k a a
Va n t a a n j o e l l a
Kari Soveri, Niko Soveri
Editing, sound design: Kari Soveri
Producer: Kari Soveri
Production company:
]
This documentary film tells of the journey of the 99 kilometre long river Vantaa from its source
down to the Gulf of Finland, of the river’s nature in different seasons and the relationship of man
to the river and its environment. The river is full of baffling contrasts. It flows through Finland’s
most urban area inhabited by 20% of the population. The everyday life of man and the wonders of
the nature encounter each other continuously. The river is a challenge for peaceful co-existence.
For most people, it is invisible and insignificant, until it invades their territory. And yet man influences the life of the river all the time. The battle against pollution seems endless.
It is also an aesthetic experience; the sounds, the light, the colours, the flora and the fauna
change over the seasons. The cultural landscape changes into cultivated forest, thicket into primeval forest, countryside into village, village into town, at times it swells and floods beyond its
boundaries, at times the river dries up into a meagre brook.
Something small grows into something large, tiny brooks unite to create a huge entity.
Cinematography:
Soveri Wildlife Films Oy
Production support: The Finnish Film
Foundation, Foundation of Raija and
Ossi Tuuliainen
Financing TV companies: TV1, ARTE
International sales: YLE Export, ARTE
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Four Journeys on the River
Kari Soveri
Kari Soveri has made 54 documentaries since 1980,
and his films have been sold to almost 70 countries.
The awards he has received include the Prix Italia,
Wildscreen and Albers.
Ville Suhonen
Ville Suhonen (b. 1964) is a film and culture critic
as well as a freelance film director. He has directed
over 30 films and written and co-directed the box
office hit Tommy and the Wildcat (Poika ja ilves, 1998).
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(“enlightenment”) is a story about Tokyo seen by a young monk, Fujioka, and a musician, Sekisawa. It follows the people who confess to them in the late night of the city and on the
tatamis of the temple of a women’s prison.
Hongaku
Director, script: Pirjo Honkasalo
Cinematography: Pirjo Honkasalo,
Marita Hällfors
Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen / tbc
Producer: Kristiina Pervilä
Production company: Millennium Film
Co-producer: Cosmo Films, DK
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
DFI, AVEK
Financing TV companies: YLE, NHK
International sales:
Deckert Distribution
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Hongaku
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirjo Honkasalo (born in 1947) is an established director,
screenwriter, producer and photographer who has won countless awards for her work. She directed several films in the 1970s
and 80s with Pekka Lehto (including Da Capo, 1985). In the
1990s, she made the so-called Trilogy of the Sacred and the Evil,
consisting of the films Mysterion (1991), Tanjuska and the 7 Devils
(Tanjuska ja 7 perkelettä, 1993) and Atman (1996). In 2004 she
made the multiple award-winning The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
(Melancholian 3 huonetta).
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Director script: Tuija Halttunen
Cinematography: Marita Hällfors
M i e l e n
t i l a
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The film follows three different forensic psychiatric evaluations that take place in the Old Vaasa
state’s mental hospital in Finland.
Three people are examined – one female, two males – who each have committed a crime and
are required to have an evaluation by court. The crimes under investigation are those one could
read from an everyday newspaper in the small print, not in the big headlines.
The person under examination repeats his/her crime over and over again by sharing it with
the institution’s staff. The deed is thoroughly analysed as it occurred, minute by minute, in order
to find out what the persons in question thought at that time. The reason for the crime is also
investigated through various tests.
The crime itself is of secondary importance – the main attention is in trying to understand human
consciousness, the workings of the mind and human responsibility. From different perspectives, the
film tries to unveil and understand the problem of an evil act. In the film, one of the pillars of the
western justice system is depicted, i.e. the procedure to evaluate the role of human responsibility.
Editing: Seppo Vakkuri
Sound design: Janne Tiikkainen
Tuija Halttunen
Music: Jean Sibelius
“Life is a problematic thing. That is why I have decided to spend
my life pondering it.” Perhaps the philosopher Schopenhauer’s
aphorism explains best why the daughter of a pulp mill worker
became a filmmaker. The pondering of life’s problematic nature
by telling stories is not merely a job for a filmmaker, it is a way
of life. It has been Tuija Halttunen’s way of life for over ten
years. The bulk of her work consists of documentaries, but she
has also directed and written fiction for television.
Producer: Jaakko Ilkka Virtanen
Production company:
Jaakko Ilkka Productions
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, MEDIA
Financing TV company: YLE TV2
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In the Depths of the Mind
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Director: Tahvo Hirvonen
[
S t a d i l a i s t a
t a n g o a
e t s i m ä s s ä
Anne Lakanen, Hannu Nurmio
Cinematography: Tahvo Hirvonen
Editing: Anne Lakanen
Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen
Music: Tuomari Nurmio
Producer: Tahvo Hirvonen
Production company: Pettufilmi Oy
The Finnish Film Foundation
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Tuomari Nurmio becomes interested in Finnish tango. Modern Finnish tango puzzles him; it has
no kick, no vigor. He begins his research on how tango came to Finland and what affected the
development of Finnish tango.
Tuomari forms an orchestra, and together they start arranging his old songs into tangos and
rearranging some evergreen tangos.
The orchestra adopts the name ‘Kongontien orkesteri’, records the album ‘Tangomanifesti’
and performs to a live audience.
Archive material, and footage of Tuomari’s research and the arranging and recording of the
music are intercut using the association technique.
The film follows Tuomari Nurmio and Kongontien orkesteri during the making of the album,
as well as Tuomari’s research of the arrival of tango and its history in Finland. The film is both a
unique documentary about making an album in today’s Finland and a profound look by old-timers of the rock generation at a musical genre that was previously unfamiliar to them.
Script: Tahvo Hirvonen,
Production support:
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Looking for the Lost Tango
Tahvo Hirvonen
Tahvo Hirvonen (born in 1955) is a cinematographer and documentarist, well known for his
work in many Finnish documentaries shot around
the world and at home. He has also directed some
award-winning documentaries, which include
Kuivis (1989), The Brothers (Veljet , 1991),
Tino (1994) and Wanderer of a Lone Star
(Yksinäisen tähden harhailija, 2003).
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P o n i t y t ö t
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is a follow-up documentary about young girls who share a passion for pony riding at
the same stable. Older girls are group leaders who introduce the younger girls to the world of
ponies and the stable. In addition to the relationship between human beings and animals, the
film offers an insight into the dynamics between the girls. It looks at how social hierarchies
among people develop and how they are passed down from one generation to another, along with
different skills.
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Pony Girls
Director, script: Selma Vilhunen
Cinematography: Sari Aaltonen
Selma Vilhunen
Editing: Hanna Asunta
Selma Vilhunen (born 1976)
studied film at the Arts Academy
of the Turku University of Applied
Sciences. She has written and
directed both fictional films and
documentaries. Her previous
films as a director include
Pietà (2007) and The Loggers
(Jätkät, 2007).
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen
Music: Laura Murtovaara
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Production company:
Making Movies Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE 1
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Pony Girls
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[
P u n k
–
t a u t i
j o k a
e i
t a p a
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conveys the amazing vitality of punk music and punkers. The “do it yourself” ethic draws young people to punk the same way it did when this new music style arrived
in Finland. Pelle Miljoona, the great dinosaur of Finnish punk, is still going strong, and band
members celebrate their 50th birthdays on the tour bus. They have released a new album and are
adored by old and new fans alike. Akupunktio is punk. Just like the generation of thirty years ago,
the kids today are drawn to shout their message to the world. But the makers of punk music also
have other goals in their lives. Punk’s power is wide-reaching.
Punksters & Youngsters
Director, script: Jouko Aaltonen
Jouko Aaltonen
Cinematography: Marita Hällfors
Jouko Aaltonen (b. 1956) has directed numerous documentaries
with subjects ranging from the Siberian taiga to the diplomatic circles
of New Delhi. In 2006 he released the feature length documentary
Revolution (Kenen joukoissa seisot) that garnered record-breaking
audiences and the Finnish Jussi award for best documentary. Aaltonen
is also a popular lecturer and an author of study books on cinema.
In 2007 he achieved his Doctor of Arts degree, successfully
defending his doctoral thesis on Finnish documentaries.
His latest films include: Four Lives on Seven Seas (Neljä elämää
seitsemällä merellä , 2007), Revolution (Kenen joukoissa seisot , 2006),
Life Saver (Hengenpelastaja , 2005), Ambassadors (Lähettiläät , 2004).
Editing: Samu Heikkilä
Sound design: Joonas Jyrälä
Music: Pelle Miljoona,
Akupunktio etc.
Producer: Pertti Veijalainen
Production company: Illume Ltd.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, ESEK
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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Reaching Father
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I s i e n
m e r k i t
is a story about a village far in the North, the meeting of old and new cultures
and people’s everyday lives in a rapidly changing Finland in the EU. It is a film about the village
struggling in the face of a big change.
Reaching Father is an exceptionally challenging long documentary film by a group of eight
directors. Their co-operation has meant countless meetings, brainstorms and web discussions.
A confidential relationship with the villagers and the fruitful year-long collaboration produced a
touching story about a village far in the North. The directors were young people working in the
film industry or studying film, and Raattama was the first fruit of their shared labour. It has also
encouraged the whole team to take on new challenges.
Reaching Father
Directors, script: Timo Haanpää,
Antti Haase, Anna Häkkinen,
Max Juntunen, Tiina Laasonen,
Mikko Manninen, Sari Saarinen,
Ulla Vilponen
Cinematography: Janne Niskala,
Timo Ylifrantti
Editing: Jukka Nykänen, Timo Peltola
Sound design: Pekka Karjalainen
Music: Timo Peltola
Producers: Juha Iisak Koivisto,
Outi Rousu
Production company: Unilumi Oy
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE TV2
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Recipes for Disaster
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K a t a s r o f i n
a i n e k s e t
]
This is a film about climate change. About catastrophe. And it’s funny, painfully funny. We love
to blame the corporations and industries for what’s going wrong with the planet, but we are mistaken. It’s us, baby. You and me. We’re the real bad guys.
Director, script: John Webster
Cinematography:
Tuomo Hutri, John Webster
Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen
Sound design: Pietari Koskinen
Producer: Kristiina Pervilä
Production company:
John Webster
Millennium Film
Co-producer: Magic Hour Films, DK
The Finnish Film Foundation, DFI,
AVEK, NFTF, MEDIA
Financing TV companies: YLE, DR,
IBA, Channel4, Canal+, CBC, LTR
John Webster (born in 1967) has been making
documentary films as an independent director
and producer since 1990. His work includes the
films Suckers (Pölynimurikauppiaat,1993),
Don’t Tell Daddy (Tissit ja tango, 1995), Losing It
(Sukkien euroelämää, 1999), Rooms of Shadow
and Light (Valon ja varjon huoneet , 2001) and
International sales:
What Comes Around – See Everything, Feel Every-
Deckert Distribution
thing (Sen edestään löytää , 2004).
Production support:
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A r v o i t u s t e n
h u o n e
]
The film follows a school year in the lives of autistic children. It depicts the children’s world,
showing what abilities they must learn to get along with other people and to live in this world. The
documentary shows them learning interaction and other social skills. It also shows the difficulties and joys of learning ordinary skills. The film reveals how alike we are in our differences: we
all mourn and take delight in similar things.
Director, script, cinematography:
Erja Dammert
Editing: Jukka Nykänen
Sound design: Heikki Innanen
Music: Jovanka Trbojevic´
Producer: Cilla Werning
Production company: Kinotar Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
Church Media Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Room of Riddles
Erja Dammert
Erja Dammert has studied psychology,
photography, communications, movie
history and film making. She has worked
as a special needs teacher, photographer,
mental hospital worker, among other jobs.
Her previous documentary film was
War Children (Sotalapset , 2003), which
was in theatrical distribution and was
awarded the Finnish Jussi prize.
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[
S e r g e i
v e r e n s e i s a u t t a j a
]
is a touching and warm depiction of the life in a small Russian Karelian village,
where young Sergei grows up in the middle of the most fabulous primeval forests in North Europe. He learns the skills needed for survival from his father Santeri and from the village’s grand
old man: boat builder, Sulo.
The documentary follows Sergei as he grows up and the struggle of Venehjärvi’s existence over
a five year period. Sergei will learn how to build a suitable rowing boat, how to hunt a capercaillie and how to carry on the other ancient traditions of the village. He will grow up to be a man,
and the future will determine whether he stays to help build up his home village. The coming half
decade is a critical time for the whole of Viena Karelia and for Sergei’s family’s effort to rescue the
threatened culture and the villages in decline. The documentary, therefore, doesn’t only describe
the everyday life of a young man: summery fishing trips, moments of silence in the graveyard, skiing trips tens of kilometres long in the wintertime... but also the critical years for the whole of traditional poetry in Karelia, which is home to one of Europe’s only surviving indigenous cultures.
Sergei the Healer
Directors:
Petteri Saario, Juha Taskinen
Script: Juha Taskinen, Petteri Saario
Cinematography: Juha Taskinen,
Petteri Saario, Jan Henriksson
Editing: Petteri Saario
Sound design: Petteri Saario,
Juha Taskinen, Joonatan Hietanen
Music: Perttu Hietanen
Producer: Petteri Saario
Production company: Taiga Films Oy
Co-producer: NDR
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Sergei the Healer
Petteri Saario & Juha Taskinen
Petteri Saario is an award-winning documentary maker,
who has specialised in depicting the endangered relationship between man and nature.
Juha Taskinen, a well-known author and filmmaker, has
received many prizes both for his books and documentaries.
Their last film together (Village of the Sleeping Beauty,
2001) was an international success. Among the others, it
won the grand award at the Japan Wildlife festival.
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Script: Arto Halonen, Kevin Frazier
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2007 | 35mm / Digibeta |
1:1,85 / 16:9 | 90’
Director: Arto Halonen
Cinematography:
Hannu Vitikainen, Arto Halonen
Editing: Samu Heikkilä
Sound design:
Martti Turunen, Samu Heikkilä
Music: Timo Peltola
Producer: Arto Halonen
Production company:
Art Films production AFP Oy
Co-producers: Werner Schweizer /
Dschoint Ventschr filmproduktion (CH),
Helle Ulsteen / Kamoli Films (DK)
Production support: The Finnish Film
Foundation, AVEK, NFTF, MEDIA,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Financing TV companies: ITVS International USA, YLE TV2 Documentaries,
TV 2 Danmark, Schweizer Fernsehen,
Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR), Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua italiana
(TSI), Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
International sales:
Films Transit International Inc.
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Shadow of the Holy Book
[
P y h ä n
k i r j a n
v a r j o
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Why are some of the world’s biggest international companies translating an absurd foreign propaganda book into their own languages? Why are they trying to evade any serious discussion
about their motives, and about the grim human rights problems and free speech violations in the
Central Asian country of Turkmenistan?
Shadow of the Holy Book investigates the morality of international companies and the dictatorship of oil-and-gas-rich Turkmenistan. These companies help give the dictatorship the propaganda support that it needs to survive. Turkmenistan’s dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov, has written
a ludicrous book: the Ruhnama, the Book of Soul, a key tool in the government’s subjugation of
human rights and free speech. Yet many international companies give their clandestine support
to the Ruhnama and help suppress the country’s voices of opposition and dissidence – in return
for multimillion-dollar business deals.
www.freedomforsale.org
www.shadowoftheholybook.com
Arto Halonen
Arto Halonen has directed numerous films, including e.g. Pavlov’s Dogs
(Pavlovin koirat, 2005), Conquistadors of Cuba (Kuuban valloittajat, 2005),
The Tank Man (Tynnyrimies, 2004), The Star’s Caravan (Taivasta vasten ,
2000), A Dreamer and the Dreamtribe (Unelmoija ja unikansa, 1998) and
Karmapa – Two Ways of Divinity (Karmapa – jumaluuden kaksi tietä , 1998).
In 2005he got the Finland Prize, the highest annual prize in the arts given
by the Ministry of Culture and the state. Among other important prizes,
he received the Humanitarian Award of the EU in 1998. Halonen is also
the founder of DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival.
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is a surprising and emotional dive into the world of rhythm – an extraordinary trip
to discover the magic relationship between Life and Rhythm. Drum legend Billy Cobham takes
us from the bandstands of the Western world to the primal music of African origin with kids in a
Brazilian community and on to the completely secluded world of musical experiences of autists.
These different worlds are yet connected through music in a mystical and secret way. The relation
between the collective and the individual consciousness becomes obvious when, in a fantastic final
moment, symbiosis is achieved. Music is emotion. Music is communication. Music is identity. Music
becomes a true universal language to express hope, love, ambition and joy. Sonic Mirror is a film
full of vibrancy and compassion, authentic and hypnotic from the first to the very last moment.
Sonic Mirror
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Script: Mika Kaurismäki,
Marco Forster, Uwe Dresch
Cinematography: Jacques Cheuiche
Editing: Oli Weiss
Sound design: Uwe Dresch
Music: Billy Cobham, Malê Debalê,
Okuta Percussion etc.
Producers: Mika Kaurismäki,
Marco Forster, Uwe Dresch,
Rose-Marie Schneider
Production:
Marianna Films Oy (Finland)
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
NRW, BAK
Financing TV companies:
YLE Co-productions, SF/SRG SSR
International sales:
Wide Management (Paris)
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Mika Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki’s first film The Liar (Valehtelija, 1980) marked
the beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and started
a new era in Finnish cinema. Mika has since directed films all
around the world with an international crew and cast. His work
includes, for example, the fictional films The Worthless (Arvottomat,
1982), Rosso (1985), Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987), Amazon
(1990), Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja kummitusjuna, 1991),
LA Without a Map (1998), Honey Baby (2004) and three documentaries shot in Brazil: Tigrero – A Film That Was Never Made (1994,
with Sam Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), Sound of Brazil (Moro no Brasil,
2002) and Brasileirinho (2005).
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Stereo | 75’ / 42’
Textures tells the story of a nomadic family living on the Himalayan plateau of Chantang, Ladakh.
Director, script: Donagh Coleman
Cinematography: Timo Peltonen,
Johannes Lehmuskallio
Producer: Jouko Aaltonen
Production company: Illume Ltd.
Co-producers: Wildfire Films,
Orchid Pictures
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, Irish Film Board, BritDoc,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Financing TV companies:
YLE Co-productions,
ARTE, Estonian TV
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In this high altitude cold desert, the most inhospitable of environments, father Sonam, mother
Phuntsok, old uncle Tsewang, and the boys, Padma and Kunsang, struggle rearing pashmina
goats. This struggle contains a paradox: Ladakh’s gritty, rocky conditions give rise to the finest of
materials, pashmina wool. Produced by the nomads’ goats as a warm undercoat, this is the raw
material for luxurious Kashmiri shawls, and the family’s only source of income. The film follows
the family through the seasons in the context of their livelihood. Aspiring towards a more comfortable, settled life, we find Ladakh’s nomads in a state of transition, between traditional life and
modern ways. In Textures, this transition is seen mainly through the eyes of the family’s youngest
son, Kunsang, as he moves away from the life of his ancestors, travelling between the high plateau
and boarding school in Leh, Ladakh’s capital.
Donagh Coleman
Donagh Coleman (b. 1975) is a citizen of
Finland, Ireland and the United States.
He has studied philosophy, psychology,
music and media technology at Trinity
College in Dublin. In addition to many
experimental audiovisual works, he has
made documentary films, such as Echoes of
(2002). He has also published articles, as
well as held photography exhibits.
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Mono | 78’11’’
[
N e d a r m a
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M a t k a
]
The film portrays the arc of human life from infancy to old age and all the way to the grave. Life is
like moon’s reflection on water. You hold it in your hand and wonder, does it exist?
Directors, editing:
Anastasia Lapsui,
Markku Lehmuskallio
Cinematography:
Markku Lehmuskallio,
Johannes Lehmuskallio
Sound design: Peter Nordström
Music: Anna-Kaisa Liedes,
Kristiina Ilmonen
Animation: Sanna Mari Pirkola
Producer: Markku Lehmuskallio
Production company: Giron-filmi Oy
Anastasia Lapsui
Born in the Yamal Peninsula, Western
Siberia, in 1944. Has been a radio journalist
in Salekhard for 26 years, working on
a Nenets language program. Has directed
since 1990.
Production support:
Markku Lehmuskallio
AVEK, The Finnish Film Foundation
Born in Rauma in 1938. Graduated as
forest technician in 1963. Worked in films
professionally since 1969.
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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F I N N I S H
H y v i n
t e h t y
e l ä m ä
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This documentary film explores a person’s relationship with his work and his environment during the birth, prosperity and collapse of the blue-collar industry in the town of Pori, in the residential areas traditionally inhabited by the working-class. The individuals representing each of
the three phases all live in the present time, but every one of them also carries with them their
childhood backgrounds, values and attitudes.
Childhood experiences remain with us, strong and firm. They influence our values, choices
and actions throughout our lives. We are not always so conscious of them, but as time flies by, the
memories give birth to overwhelming emotions and atmospheres.
Director, script: Noora Männistö
Cinematography: Mika Haavisto,
Noora Männistö
Editing: Terttu Ranta
Sound design: Aki Peltonen
Music: various artists
Producer: Noora Männistö
Production company: Musafilmi Ky
Production support: AVEK,
Ministry of Environment
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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Noora Männistö
Noora Männistö (born in 1946) is a theatre
and film director. She wrote and directed
fictional children’s films for television
from 1974 to1995. Since then, she has
concentrated on documentary films. The
latest long documentary films by Männistö
include Good as Wood (Halonvoimaa, 2004,
together with Mika Haavisto) and The House
of Ultimate Time (Rajattoman ajan talo, 2001).
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2007 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Dolby Digital Stereo | 69’
[
E l ä ä
j a
p a l a a
]
You Live and Burn is a gritty and powerful documentary film about two Roma siblings on the verge
Director, script: Iiris Härmä
Cinematography: Visa Koiso-Kanttila
Editing: Tuula Mehtonen
of adulthood. It is a story about the search for one’s identity and about finding one’s path in life.
For the main characters of the film, Mirella and Benja, Romani culture symbolises the shackles that prevent them from getting on with their lives. These two young people question the rules
and regulations that the mother of the family still swears by.
You Live and Burn begins at Christmas and ends at Christmas. At the beginning of the film,
Mirella’s life has no direction; she lives by night and sleeps by day. Benja receives death threats
because he will not accept the traditional role of a male Roma. A lot happens during the year, and
our protagonists meet different kinds of people who try to help them start an independent life.
However, making their own decisions is hard; grim childhood memories surface and even their
own mother gives them a hard time. Still, joy and hope can be found in neighbourly love and caring for one another. You Live and Burn fights for the right to listen to one’s heart and for the right
of expression.
Sound design: Janne Laine
Music: Outi Parkkila
Iiris Härmä
Producer: Visa Koiso-Kanttila
M.A. Iiris Härmä was born in 1970 in Finland. She studied
ethnology and cultural studies at the University of Turku.
She has also studied documentary film in The New School
University and Film / Video Art in New York. Since 1996, she
has worked as producer and assistant director in several
documentary films. Tomorrow’s Memories (Huomisen muistoja,
2004) was her directing debut. You Live and Burn is her first
feature length film.
Production company:
Guerillafilms Ltd.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
The Church Media Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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F I N N I S H
I s o
p o i k a
]
“Is a schoolboy still allowed to come to your lap?” the boy asks when the last day of the summer
turns to night.
This 7-year-old boy feels tiny and very big at the same time. He becomes a big brother, learns
to read and lie. His heart beats for a girl for the first time, and he promises to swear less if his
friends promise it, too!
How great it is to survive on your own! But how does it feel when you don’t know if you are big
or small?
Director, script: Mia Halme
Cinematography: Mia Halme,
Aleksi Salmenperä, Tuomo Hutri,
Anna Maria Jóakimsdóttir Hutri
Editing: Saara Saarela
Sound design: Helsingin Elokuvaäänitys Oy / Mikko Mäkelä,
Tuomas Klaavo
Music: Ville A. Tanttu
Producer: Sonja Lindén
Production company:
Avanton Productions Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Mia Halme
Mia Halme (born in 1968) is a documentary director. Her previous films
are Family of One (Yhden hengen perhe,
2005), Mother Brave (Omalla vastuulla,
2002), Carnival Spirit – Helsinki in the
Year 2000 (Halki kaupungin – Helsinki
vuonna 2000, 2002), Relatively Speaking
(Sukulaisia, 2001) and Erotic Vivica
(1999).
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M a a i l m a n l o p p u
a l k a a
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
]
A documentary film about the collision of two worlds, old and new. A story about the ideas of an
awakening youth culture and the stern god of a sect in Oulu, both of which demand change by any
means necessary.
Director, script: Annika Nykänen
Cinematography: Vesa Taipaleenmäki
Editing: Mika Ronkainen
Annika Nykänen
Sound design: Esa Nissi
Director Annika Nykänen (born 1976
in Oulu) graduated as a Bachelor of
Media in the spring of 2002, with film
directing and scriptwriting as her
majors. She has written and directed,
among others, the documentary
film Karte on Irwin – Irwin on Karte
(2000/2001).
Producer: Kimmo Paananen
Production company:
Klaffi Productions
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
Church Media Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
Family Fortune,
Director, script: Tonislav Hristov
Production company:
Cinematography: Pekka Aine,
Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Editing: Helena Öst
Sound design: Juha Hakanen
Music: Toni Edelmann
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Making Movies Oy
Co-producer: Martichka Bozhilova /
Agitprop Ltd. (Bulgaria)
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
Church Media Foundation,
National Film Centre of Bulgaria
Financing TV company: YLE 1
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directed by Tonislav Hristov, is an intimate portrait of a Bulgarian family – the
filmmaker’s own – trying to make a living in the midst of unemployment and difficult circumstances. The country is joining the European Union at the beginning of 2007 and many young
people have moved abroad to find better jobs and opportunities. Hristov himself has lived in Finland for eight years but the main focus of the film is on his family and their life in their homeland.
The father has just lost his job after 36 years and is trying to find a new one, which proves to be
hard – and there is the car equipment business his other son is trying to keep up.
In a way, the family forms a metaphor for the whole country and a life that is both stable and
in active motion. As tradition, history and roots are constantly colliding with the future that is
uncertain for everyone, the true fortune of the family is in their shared unity and love.
Tonislav Hristov
Tonislav Hristov was born in
1978 in Vratsa, Bulgaria.
He moved to Finland in 2001 to
marry a Finnish girl. He has an
MSC in computer engineering and
he has directed short documentary programmes for YLE.
Family Fortune is his first
documentary film.
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2008 | Digibeta | 16:9 |
Dolby sr | 50’
[
J u m a l a n
t e a t t e r i
]
The events in January 1987 at The Northern Glow – Theater Meeting in Oulu shocked all of Finland. A group of four theater students called The God’s Theater was one of the last to perform and
caused panic among the audience. After stripping naked, the performers emptied a powder extinguisher inside the theater and started to drive out the audience, which consisted mainly of theater
professionals. Smeared in feces, the naked performers jumped into the audience and threw eggs
at them while cracking whips and setting off firecrackers.
The violent performance received a violent reaction: The God’s Theater was taken to court.
Was the performance in Oulu the last cultural act in Finland? Why was the whole existence of
theater schools questioned in the aftermath?
Director, script: Jarmo Lampela
Cinematography: Harri Räty
Editing: Jussi Lehto
Jarmo Lampela
Sound design, music:
Jarmo Lampela (b. 1964) graduated from the School of Motion
Picture, Television and Production Design at the University of
Art and Design Helsinki in 1992.
He has worked as a director and
scriptwriter in films, on television and in theater, as well as
produced short films.
Pekka Karjalainen
Producer: Jarmo Lampela
Production company:
Lasihelmi Filmi Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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F I N N I S H
M a t k a
S o k o l o w i i n
]
Documentary director, Mikko Piela, discovered some years ago that people named Piela are living in the small town of Sokolow in South-East Poland. A Journey to Sokolow is a sweetly humorous
“genealogical road movie.” The director’s journey to find his roots begins in Pielavesi in Middle
Finland, continues to the Koivistonsaari Island belonging to Russia, and finally ends in Poland.
Are the Pielas in Finland Polish or the Pielas in Poland Finnish? The answer is hidden in the
shadows of history, but A Journey to Sokolow also raises the question, ‘Does our national identity
carry any significance in the end?’ After all, we are all first and foremost citizens of the world,
and life must go on.
Director & script: Mikko Piela
Cinematography: Timo Peltonen
Editing: Timo Linnasalo
Mikko Piela
Sound design: Juha Hakanen
Mikko Piela (b. 1956) has studied law, aesthetics, ethnology,
theatre and philosophy at the University of Helsinki. In the
1980s, he wrote film criticism for several newspapers in
Finland and also for the film magazine Filmihullu. From the
beginning of the 1990s, he has made documentary films,
e.g. Women At The University (Naisia yliopistolla, 1990),
Milkpayday (Maitotilipäivä , 1991), The Last Livonians?
(Viimeiset liiviläiset?, 1995), Stones (Kivet, 2000) and
Väinö Auer (1895–1981) (2005).
Sound recording: Jouni Hiltunen
Music: Markku Kopisto
Producer: Jouni Hiltunen
Production company:
Katharsis Films Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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is a documentary film about us, the pests and our need for order. A human being is a
creature that organizes. Creating order is our way of insuring the continuity of life. A pest however – be it a silverfish, a cockroach or a pharaoh ant – does not follow this human order. They
do not respect the human domicile; they invade our homes whether we like it or not. The Pests
draws a portrait of the human being, our tolerance and the order of things.
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
Tu h o l a i s i a
The Pests
Directors, script:
Katja Lautamatti, Mina Laamo
Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri
Editing: Mika Taanila
Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen
Producer: Auli Mantila
Production company: DO Films Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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Katja Lautamatti & Mina Laamo
The directors Katja Lautamatti and
Mina Laamo are MA-students at the
Film Department of the University of
Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
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[
L e i k k i
]
is a creative documentary about adults and their relationship to play and playfulness in Finland. It draws a picture of the around-forty-generation in the rush hour of their lives
– and it ain’t relaxed!
The film uses heavily 8mm film, family footage, as well as contemporary 8mm material shot in
the present time to compare lives, now and then. It is constructed in the form of a scientific study,
a questionnaire to be precise, and so also plays with the concept of ‘maybe we have gone too far
in taking things seriously’...
Playing Adults
Director, script: Pia Andell
Cinematography:
Anssi Leino, Pia Andell
Editing: Mikko Sippola
Sound design: Janne Laine
Music: Kerkko Koskinen
Producer: Pia Andell
Production company:
Of Course My Films
Production support: AVEK,
MEDIA Development support
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Playing Adults
Pia Andell
Pia Andell, born in 1964, has been making
documentary films since 1992. Many of the films
of Pia Andell have been shown and given prizes
at many internationally renowned festivals, like
IDFA, Prix Europa, BANFF and Nordisk Panorama. Her previous films include international
successes like Y in Vyborg (Hetket jotka jäivät,
2006), and Sibling Relations (Pieni elokuva
sisaruussuhteista , 2001).
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is a film about people suffering from electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) in a society intoxicated by technology. The film follows the lives of four Finns
affected by EHS, as they try to cope in an increasingly electric environment of wireless networks
and accumulating electronics.
A person with EHS cannot use computers, mobile phones, public transportation or home appliances, do the grocery shopping or go to the movies or any public place without severe symptoms. EHS is not officially recognized as a medical condition. Those suffering from it are labeled
as having mental problems. Refugees of Technocracy (working title) depicts the fast development
of technology and the dominance of market values. It also poses the question, ‘Do we already
understand technology better than ourselves?’
D O C U M E N T A R Y
F I N N I S H
Te k n o k r a t i a p a k o l a i s e t
Refugees of Technocracy (working title)
Jussi Eerola
Director, script, cinematography:
Jussi Eerola
Producer: Auli Mantila
Production company: DO Films Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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Jussi Eerola (b. 1969) has worked as a cinematographer in many internationally awarded documentaries and short films, as well as in television
movies and series, commercials and music videos. Eerola has worked
with Mika Taanila (Futuro, Optical Sound), Kari Juusonen (Pizza Passionata,
Birthday), Auli Mantila (Gray Power, Yksinen) and Jouko Aaltonen (Revolution) among others. Eerola has also collaborated with several artists.
At the moment, Eerola is writing and filming a feature length
documentary about the building of Finland’s fifth nuclear power plant.
Refugees of Technocracy (working title) is his directorial debut.
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F I N N I S H
Director, script: HT Partanen
Cinematography: Marita Hällfors
Editing:
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The documentary is set on an ugly and ascetic street on the outskirts of Helsinki. It features a group
of street level entrepreneurs like barbers, cleaners, dog groomers, shoemakers, pub owners, masseuses, photographers etc. People who work with their hands and are realizing their dreams.
Through their toiling we show how people strive to gain control of their own lives. How they
pursue the illusion of freedom, even though the “freedom” of a small business often results in
long days and a constant fight over survival against new proletarianisation. Customers are few
and far between, so renting the old ground floor shops is cheap. This has enabled the area to
become highly multicultural, a new phenomenon to many Finns. The entrepreneurs include three
Russian barbers, a gobelin merchant from St. Petersburg, a former miner from Canada, a Kurdish
refugee from Iraq, a Ukrainian and a Chinese pub owner, a masseuse from Thailand…
The documentary’s ambitious goal is to also depict success and failure in life, people’s dreams
and their struggle to realize them, and the price of independence, seclusion. And when misfortune strikes, how to settle for the life you have.
HT Partanen, Timo Linnasalo
Sound design: Tero Malmberg
Music: Pekka Sarmanto,
Mauri Sumén
Producer: HT Partanen
Production company:
HT Partanen
Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy
HT Partanen (b. 1949)
has directed 16 documentary
films and produced
approximately 40.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE TV1
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F I N N I S H
[
E i h ä n
t ä m ä
m a a
m i n u n
o m a n i
o l l u t
]
The 500-year history of the Finnish Romanies is hidden in songs. The ballads were secretly
hummed in the spinning schools and reformatories of 19th century Finland. They wafted out
from behind the walls of Kakola prison and the gates of Hämeenlinna women’s prison, out into
market squares and boiler rooms, where they continued to reach new generations of listeners.
One of the last traditional old-style singers is Hilja Grönfors, a self-taught artist who has gathered the all-but-forgotten verses of her people. Hilja is fullfilling her singing career bravely: even
the most small-scale performance calls a delicate balancing act in a world where a ten-metre
velvet skirt is both a stigma and a protective barrier. The traditional costume tells its own story.
In the documentary, Hilja’s memories, songs and everyday life are entwined with black and
white photographs by Ismo Hölttö and Mikko Savolainen, and archive footage of Finland in the
1960’s, when racism was the norm and the Romanies lived on the road, in rusty train carriages or
temporary shacks made of cardboard boxes and corrugated iron.
Director, script, editing:
Katariina Lillqvist
Cinematography: Tahvo Hirvonen
Sound design: Jouko Lumme
Music: Hilja Grönforss
Producer: Jyrki Kaipainen
Production company: Elokuvaosuuskunta Camera Cagliostro
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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Katariina Lillqvist
Katariina Lillqvist, one of the most well-known
Finnish animation film makers, has also made several
documentaries. Her recent works include Thunderdrum
(Ukkosrumpu, 2000) about archaic architecture in
Finland and Romanytheater (Romaniteatteri, 2004) about
Czech Romani refugees.
Her animation series Mire Bala Kale Hin – Tales from
the Endless Roads (Mire Bala Kale Hin – Tarinoita matkan
takaa , 2003) is based on Gypsy fairytales and myths.
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F I N N I S H
Uhrit
]
The most traumatic event in Finnish history is the Civil War of 1918 between the Reds and the
Whites. Finland had become independent a year earlier. The young nation was not spared the effects of the First World War or the Russian Revolution. Thousands of Finns were executed during
and especially after the Civil War. Most of the executions were carried out by the victors. In this
film this era of horror and terror is shown through the lives of two men – one an executioner, the
other one of those executed. Both were victims of war. The Victims of 1918 continues Seppo Rustanius’ lauded series of Civil War documentaries. Using photographs and other documents, the
director brings the tragedy from the past to modern times. The themes of the film are comparable
to those of the Spanish Civil War and the events in the Balkans and in Rwanda.
Director, script: Seppo Rustanius
Cinematography: Pekka Aine
Seppo Rustanius
Editing: Timo Linnasalo
Seppo Rustanius specializes in historical
documentaries. In particular, he has concentrated on the tragic events of the Finnish Civil
War, and Karelia in the 1920s and 1930s. His
latest directorial works include Mind Embodied
(Liikkeen mieli, 2007), Over the Ice (Jään yli,
2005), Karelian Terror (Karjalainen kiirastuli,
2002) and Accusations Against the Utopian
(Syytteitä utopistille, 2001).
Sound design: Martti Turunen
Music: Perttu Kivilaakso
Producer: Jouko Aaltonen
Production company: Illume Ltd.
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE TV2 Documentaries
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Voikkaa
In December 2006 the workers at the Voikkaa paper mill brought cemetery candles to the gate
of the mill to commemorate their last payday. In March of the same year, the forest product company UPM had announced the closing down of the mill. The film Voikkaa shows what happened
after the workers and their families heard that 1,100 people would be dismissed. The film can be
seen as a sequel to the documentary Paper Promises (Kone 17, 2005).
Director, script: Heikki Ahola
Cinematography: Petri Salmi,
Markku Anttila, Janne Vainiomäki,
Pentti Taipale, Hannu Niikko,
Heikki Ahola
Editing, music: Timo Peltola
Sound design: Pekka Karjalainen
Producer: Hannu Niikko
Production company: Videomakers Oy
Production support: YLE, UPM 100
Foundation, AVEK, Kouvola Region
Federation of Municipalities
Financing TV company: YLE
Heikki Ahola
Since 1983, Heikki Ahola has directed
several short films and documentary
films. He has also worked as an editor
and has taught at various media schools.
His previous work includes Finnish Short
Film (Suomalainen lyhytelokuva , 1991),
City Symphony (Kaupunkisinfonia , 1995),
Case of the Unemployed (Työttömän salkku ,
1996) and Paper Promises (Kone 17, 2005).
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A different view of life on the beach. The film is set on the popular beach that is situated under big
power lines. On hot summer days, the beach is filled with hundreds of people who have come to
enjoy the heat and the blazing sun.
PV Lehtinen
Director, script, editing: PV Lehtinen
Cinematography: Matti Helariutta
Sound design: Sakari Salli
Music: Tapani Rinne, Verneri Lumi
Producer: PV Lehtinen
Production company: CineParadiso
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Hietsu (working title)
PV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated as a director from the School of
Motion Picture, Television and Production Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
His previous water-themed films include The Diver (Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004),
which have been awarded at several international festivals.
Lehtinen is equally at home directing fiction, documentaries and
experimental films. In his works he examines the language of films.
Lehtinen feels that the final form of a film is dictated by its subject
matter and filming process. He leaves the categorizing of his films to
others. A recurrent theme in his films, water is an element that
Lehtinen finds extremely interesting visually. “Nothing compares to
the peaceful feeling when in or under water. Water is like another
world, and films allow me to bring parts of the feeling it arouses on
to the screen,” says PV Lehtinen.
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A meditative journey to an oasis that a bunch of people consider their second home, where they
return each summer. These people include a retired policeman, a musician, a professor and
a worker. They and many others share the powerful experience of the swimming stadium as a
source of vitality. Many have been going there since they were little children.
Keidas continues the director’s visually impressive series of water films. It brings the beautiful,
functionalistic swimming stadium, previously seen in many of his films, into the foreground. This
film is like a layered portrait of Finland’s first outdoor swimming pool and its regular customers.
Director, script, editing: PV Lehtinen
Cinematography:
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Sound design: Sakari Salli
Music: Biosphere
Producer: PV Lehtinen
Production company: CineParadiso Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE TV1 Co-productions
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Keidas
About the swimming stadium: It took a long time for the Helsinki swimming stadium to be completed as a site for the Olympics and a popular bathing establishment. The designing work started
in the early 1930’s and the building started in 1938 according to the plans by architect Jorma
Järvi. The stadium was supposed to be finished for the 1940 Olympics, which had been awarded
to Helsinki, but the work was suspended because of the Winter War. The swimming stadium was
finally completed for the 1952 Olympics.
PV Lehtinen
PV Lehtinen was born and lives in Helsinki. He graduated
as a director from the School of Motion Picture, Television
and Production Design at the University of Art and Design
Helsinki. His previous water-themed films include The Diver
(Hyppääjä, 2000) and The Crawl (Krooli, 2004), which have
been awarded at several international festivals.
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A documentary about the actions of the media and society seen through the tragedy of Lapua,
where a cartridge factory exploded and killed 40 people in 1976. How far does the freedom of
speech warrant the right to invade individuals’ private sorrow, and why does the state take such a
big role afterwards, ritualizing everything and leaving little room for private grieving for the families involved? The documentary Lapua raises questions. It is an essay 30 years after a catastrophe.
Director, script: Katariina Järvi
Cinematography: Arttu Peltomaa
Editing: Katja Pällijeff
Katariina Järvi
Sound design, music: Antti Sipilä
Katariina Järvi (born in 1962, Finland) graduated in
2006 from The School of Motion Picture, Television and
Production Design in Helsinki. She majored in Documentary Directing. She has also worked as a props-master for
both the Finnish Broadcasting Company and a number of
Finnish independent production companies since 1994.
Her two most recent documentary directions before
Lapua are My Momma and Father (Äitini ja isä , 2005) and
Stitches of Love (Rakkauslaulu , 2004).
Producer: Markku Niska
Production company:
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation,
AVEK, Arts Council of Finland
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Photo: Kalle Kultala / The Finnish Museum of Photography
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is a partially animated children’s documentary film about nine-year-old Oona
whose parents are divorced. Since her father’s move to another town, Oona has travelled alone to
see him every other weekend.
During the train ride Oona ponders what it is like to be raised in two homes and why grownups don’t want to be together. The hundreds of kilometers long, sometimes boring and exhausting
train ride is necessary so Oona can see both of her parents.
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Little Traveller
Director, script: Marika Väisänen
Marika Väisänen
Cinematography: Daniel Lindholm
Marika Väisänen studied culture at the Kemi-Tornio University of
Applied Sciences and graduated in 2004. Her previous documentary
film, Whole Woman (Koko nainen), was released in 2005. It has been
shown at the following festivals: Wij Zijn 17, a documentary festival
for young people in Holland; DocPoint 2007; NUFF Nordic Youth
Film Festival (Best Film in the 21–25 Age Category); up-and-coming
Festival 2005 in Germany; Kettupäivät – Finnish Short and Documentary Film Festival 2005 (Best Documentary in Student Category);
Tampere Film Festival 2005.
Editing: Joona Louhivuori
Sound design: Olli Huhtanen
Music: Otto Eskelinen
Producer: Liisa Juntunen
Production company: Kinotar Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company: YLE
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They are going to slaughter a sheep before dark. Nomads do the slaughtering themselves. But
before its death, the sheep was able to live and graze in the wild.
The film is tranquil in rhythm and very powerful esthetically as the setting sun paints the
Mongolian steppe red. The film climaxes as a young girl washes the sheep’s blood off her hands.
Rostislav Aalto
Director, script, cinematography,
editing, sound design: Rostislav Aalto
Sound mixing: Eero Koivunen
Music: Mongolian khuumi
Producer: Rostislav Aalto
Production company:
Zen Media / Zen and Trading Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Mongolian Afternoon
Rostislav Aalto was born in Moscow, 1971, and moved to Finland eight years later. After studying at the University of the Industrial Art and Design in Helsinki in the Film department, he has
worked as a photographer, editor and director in numerous productions. Since 1997, he has led
a private enterprise, Zen Media, which produces documentaries and
offers services for other film companies.
Aalto has, for example, directed the films Gunshots in Orimattila
(Orimattilan laukaukset, 2000), Cleaning Up! (2002), Rush (Kiire, 2004),
Take Me in Your Arms (Ota minut syliin , 2006), Just Little Respect
(Vähän kunnioitusta, 2006), and a serial of seven films: Mongo – Moments
from the Far East (Mongo – hetkiä kaukoidästä , 2007)
Aalto is a member of the Guild of Documentarists and member of
the board of The Association of Finnish Film Directors.
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A “light” but factual documentary, with scenes from Muybridge’s life re-enacted in a way reminiscent of old, turn-of the century movies.
Other sequences will feature Muybridge’s work, his nature photography in the Americas, such
as Yosemite, San Francisco, and the North and South American Indians.
A sequence about his photographing horses in motion, naturally including the first proof of
all four hoofs in the air, and later the sequences of moving images of other animals, as well as
humans.
The dramatic aspects of Muybridge’s life, such as his murder case, will also be re-enacted in
short scenes.
The method Muybridge used for his motion photography will be presented in an animation,
explaining the sequential tripping of the camera shutters.
D O C U M E N T A R Y
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Muybridge – mies, joka teki liikkuvia kuvia
20 vuotta ennen elokuvan keksimistä
Director, editing: Juho Gartz
Juho Gartz
Script: Juho Gartz & Jan-Eric Nyström
Filmmaker Juho Gartz (b. 1934) has worked as an editor on
over thirty feature films, and as a scriptwriter on two of them.
In addition, he has edited a hundred or so short films.
He has produced, written, directed and edited several documentaries for his own company (Muutama Metri Ky). Mostly seen on
television, the documentaries were often about visual arts or sports.
Gartz has written articles on cinema and other subjects to
various magazines and compilations, and published four books
on cinema.
Cinematography: Jan-Eric Nyström
Sound design: Antero Honkanen &
Pekka Karjalainen
Producer: Juho Gartz
Production company: Muutama Metri Ky
Co-producer: Sari Volanen / YLE TV1
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company: YLE
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A video montage by Jari Haanperä, where the lights of different metropoles intertwine into a network of lights that covers the whole planet. On the northern fringe of this network, in the light of
an electric bulb, a group of Finns contemplate the concept of “world of light” and their individual
relationships to it.
”If you have the power, the might and the money, the simplest way of showing it all is to use
enormous amounts of light.”
“Lights make up a system which is similar to a neural network in the way they interconnect. It
will probably grow a lot denser and then starts to seek its optimum form. We are possibly still in
a state of growth.”
“The amount of light in the world is equal to the ability of a man to generate it. There will be
more light tomorrow than there is today, whether I want it or not. Then the only possibility that is
left will be to get out of the light.”
“Fear is one of the central issues associated with darkness. Man needs a lot of artificial light
to keep the fear at bay.”
editing, music: Jari Haanperä
Sound design: Jari Haanperä,
Jari Haanperä
Epa Tamminen
Producer: Mirka Flander
Jari Haanperä makes short films, videos and
light and sound installations. He uses the whole
range of the moving image, from precinematic
methods to videos and 35mm fiction films.
His works have been shown in art museums and
galleries as well as at film and art festivals all
over the world.
Production company:
Lumenia Productions
Production support: AVEK
Financing TV company:
YLE Co-productions
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Photo: Sakari Viika
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Film Festivals in Finland 2008
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
23.–27.1.2008
Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998
info@docpoint.info
www.docpoint.info
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival
19.–24.8.2008
PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo
Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458
office@espoocine.fi
www.espoocine.fi
Tampere International Short Film Festival
5.–9.3.2008
Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 213 0034, Fax +358 3 223 0121
office@tamperefilmfestival.fi
www.tamperefilmfestival
Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
18.–28.9.2008
Mannerheimintie 21–24, Box 889
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232
office@hiff.fi
www.hiff.fi
Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat –
Midnight Sun Film Festival
11.–15.6.2008
Jäämerentie 9, FI-99600 Sodankylä
Tel. +358 16 614 524, Fax +358 16 618 646
office@msfilmfestival.fi
www.msfilmfestival.fi
Oulu International Children’s Film Festival
17.–23.11.2008
Torikatu 8, FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290
oek@oufilmcenter.inet.fi
www.oukafi/lef
Useful Addresses
Anorak Agency
Korkeavuorenkatu 2b
FI-00140 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6120 8514
Mobile +358 50 4090 070
Fax +358 9 6120 8519
sivi.uitto@anorak.fi
www.anorak.fi
The Association of Independent
Producers in Finland – SATU ry.
Fabianinkatu 4 B 14
FI-00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 684 0610
Fax +358 9 622 1860
satu.harkke@satu.fi
www.satu.fi
The Central Organisation of
Finnish Film Producers – SEK ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2312
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
The Association of Finnish
Film Directors – SELO ry.
Mobile +358 50 539 0951
sanna.saarikivi@arabianranta.com
www.selo.fi
AVEK – The Promotion Centre for
Audio-Visual Culture in Finland
Hietaniemenkatu 2
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4315 2350
Fax +358 9 4315 2377
avek@avek.kopiosto.fi
www.kopiosto.fi/avek
Digital Film Finland Oy
Katajanokan laituri 11 B
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 000
Fax +358 9 6877 0033
info@digitalfilmfinland.fi
www.digitalfilmfinland.fi
The Association of Finnish
Film Workers – SET ry.
Meritullinkatu 33 A
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2511 2143
Fax +358 9 2511 2191
set@teme.fi
www.teme.fi/set
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The Finnish Board of Film Classification
Jaakonkatu 5 B
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2285 41
Fax +358 9 2285 4470
tuula.roos@vet.fi
www.vet.fi
The Finnish Chamber of Films
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2312
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
The Finnish Broadcasting
Company (YLE) / TV1
FI-00024 Yleisradio
Tel. +358 9 14 801
Fax +358 9 1480 3215
www.yle.fi
The Finnish Cinema Exhibitors’
Association – SEOL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2312
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
The Finnish Broadcasting
Company (YLE) / TV2
PO Box 196
FI-33101 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 345 6111
Fax +358 3 344 2280
www.yle.fi
The Finnish Film Archive
PO Box 177
FI-00151 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 615 400
Fax +358 9 6154 0242
sea@sea.fi
www.sea.fi
The Finnish Film Contact
Pohjoisranta 20 B 23
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6129 720
Fax +358 9 6129 7210
filmcont@elokuvakontakti.fi
www.elokuvakontakti.fi
The Finnish Film Distributors’
Association – SEL ry.
Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6877 2312
Fax +358 9 6877 2320
filmikamari@filmikamari.fi
www.filmikamari.fi
Media Desk Finland
c/o The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 3013
Fax +358 9 6220 3070
kerstin.degerman@ses.fi
www.mediadesk.fi
State Committee for Cinema
Maneesikatu 7, PL 293
FI-00171 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1607 7921
Fax +358 9 1607 7069
mari.karikoski@minedu.fi
University of Art and Design Helsinki
– School of Motion Picture,
Television and Production Design
Hämeentie 135 C
FI-00560 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 756 301
Fax +358 9 7563 0223
info@uiah.fi
www.uiah.fi/eto
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D O C U M E N T A R Y
Alppiharjun Elokuva Oy
Viipurinkatu 16 B 22
FI-00510 Helsinki
Mob. +358 50 563 4085
Fax +358 9 148 1636
alppiharjunelokuva@jippii.fi
www.alppiharjunelokuva.com
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Festival contacts
for all titles:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
Art Films production AFP Oy
Merimiehenkatu 10
FI-00150 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 4159 3640
Fax +358 9 4159 3690
info@artfilms.inet.fi
www.artfilmsproduction.com
Avanton Productions Oy
Harjuviita 16 A 21
FI-02110 Espoo
Tel. +358 50 567 1895
sonjalinden@yahoo.com
CineParadiso
Hermannin rantatie 20
FI-00580 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 582 8634
pvlehtinen@kolumbus.fi
www.kolumbus.fi/cineparadiso
Deckert Distribution GmbH
www.deckert-distribution.com
DO Films Oy
Hiihtomäentie 34
FI-00800 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6874 4980
Fax +358 9 6874 4981
info@dofilms.fi
www.dofilms.fi
Elokuvaosuuskunta Camera Cagliostro
Vellamonkatu 1
FI-33100 Tampere
Tel. +358 3 2226 790
Mobile +358 41 4344 399
jyrki@cameracagliostro.fi
www.cameracagliostro.fi
Films Transit International Inc.
www.filmstransit.com
First Hand Films
www.firsthandfilms.com
Giron-filmi Oy
Vanha viertotie 6 B 12
FI-00350 Helsinki
Tel. +358 50 529 2317
Guerilla Films Ltd.
Kiuastie 7 B
FI-02770 Espoo
Tel. +358 40 506 2675 & +358 9 881 3224
gerillafilmi@hotmail.com
www.guerillafilms.fi
Katharsis Films Oy
Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B 31
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 725 7707
Fax +358 9 342 2121
hiltunen@kaapeli.fi
Illume Ltd.
Palkkatilankatu 7
FI-00240 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 1481 489
illume@illume.fi
www.illume.fi
Kinotar Oy
Vuorikatu 16 A 9
FI-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 1351 864
Fax +358 9 1357 863
kinotar@kinotar.com
www.kinotar.com
Jaakko Ilkka Productions
Oinonrinteentie 48
FI-34130 Ylinen
Tel. +358 50 505 7802
jaakko.ilkka@saunalahti.fi
Kiti Luostarinen Production
Härkiöntie 10
FI-19950 Luhanka
Tel. +358 40 7710 133.
kiti.luostarinen@kolumbus.fi
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Festival contacts
for all titles:
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 6220 300
Fax +358 9 6220 3050
ses@ses.fi
www.ses.fi
Klaffi Productions
Nahkatehtaankatu 2
FI-90100 Oulu
Tel. +358 8 8811 623
Fax +358 8 8811 624
klaffi@klaffi.com
www.klaffi.com
Making Movies Oy
Linnankatu 7
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 682 95 40
Fax +358 9 6842 7870
mamo@mamo.fi
www.mamo.fi
Lasihelmi Filmi
Hankaintie 17
FI-Porvoo
Tel.+358 9 7742 830
Fax + 358 9 7742 8350
konttori@lasihelmi.fi
www.lasihelmi.fi
Marianna Films Oy
Punavuorenkatu 5 A 2
FI-00120 Helsinki
Tel./Fax +358 9 6221 614
office@marfilm.pp.fi
www.mikakaurismaki.com
Lumenia Productions
PL 719
FI-00101 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 552 3410
flander@mbnet.fi
Millennium Film
Koskikartanontie 12
FI-75530 Nurmes
Tel. +358 13 511 0100
Fax +358 13 511 0111
millennium@millenniumfilm.fi
www.millenniumfilm .fi
Mokul Filmi Oy
Porkonjärventie 49
FI-68320 Ruotsalo
Tel. +358 50 559 3864
heikki@mokulfilmi.com
www.mokulfilmi.com
Musafilmi Ky
Rauhanpuisto 14
FI-28120 Pori
Tel. +358 40 7177528
noora.mannisto@nic.fi
Muutama Metri Ky
Pudasrinne 4 H 102
FI-01600 Vantaa
Tel. +358 9 532 744
NBB Navy Blue Bird Oy
Hämeentie 153 B, FI-00560 Helsinki
Tel. +358 40 566 0374
info@navybluebird.com
http://www.navybluebird.com
Skype: navybluebird
Of Course My Films
Nordenskiöldinkatu 3b A 11
FI-00250 Helsinki
Tel. / Fax +358 9 241 72 33
ofcoursemyfilms@luukku.com
Pettufilmi Oy
Liisankatu 27 F 16
FI-00170 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 135 5533
tahvo.hirvonen@kolumbus.fi
Soveri Wildlife Films Oy
Långörintie 42
FI-01100 Östersundom
Tel. +358 9 278 9484
Fax +358 9 278 9484
karisoveri@hotmail.com
Taiga Films Oy
Vanha Hämeenlinnantie 11
FI-06100 Porvoo
Tel. +358 19 523 2908
Fax +358 19 523 2910
petteri.saario@wildfin.com
www.wildfin.com
Unilumi Oy
Lumimetsä
Tolosentie 100
FI-99800 Ivalo Avvil
info@unilumi.com
www.unilumi.com
Videomakers Oy
Svinhufvudinkatu 23
FI-15110 Lahti
Tel. +358 3 751 2286
Fax +358 3 751 2287
hannu.niikko@videomakers.fi
www.videomakers.fi
Zen Media / Zen and Trading Oy
Liusketie 6 D 19
FI-00710, Helsinki
Mob. +358 41 530 5252
raalto@zenmedia.fi
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