FINNISH FILMS 2006

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Feature Films Feature-Length Documentaries International Sales Companies 63 Beauty and the Bastard 4 Along the Road Little Child 38 FC Venus 6 Anni from Paanajärvi 40 Top Films in Finland 2005 64 Game Over 8 Cosmic Play 42 Homesick 10 Nesting Tree, The 44 Facts in Figures 66 Jackpot 12 Paper Promises 46 Jade Warrior 14 Pavlov’s Dogs 48 Finnish Feature Films 2000–2005 67 Lights in the Dusk 16 Revolution 50 Man Exposed (working title) 18 Saami 52 Useful Addresses 70 Matti – Hell Is for Heroes 20 Sonic Mirror 54 Mother of Mine 22 Väinö Auer (1895–1981) 56 Distributors 73 Mystery of the Wolf 24 Palsa 26 Film Festivals in Finland 2006 74 Prince of Soap, The 28 Feature Films in Production Promise 30 Birth of a Nation, The 58 Producers 75 Shadow of the Eagle 32 Man’s Job 59 Unna and Nuuk 34 Vares 2 60 Valo 36 Rock’n’Roll Never Dies 62 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Optical, Dolby Digital | 102’ | Beauty and the Bastard st Premiere: October 21 2005 [ Tyttö sinä olet tähti ] Director: Dome Karukoski Script: Nelli, a girl who’s been subdued by praise, is on her way to medical school if her parents can help Pekko Pesonen it, even though she daydreams about a career as a singer. If only she could come up with a demo Cinematography: that she could use to show her talent to the record companies. Pini Hellstedt Sune, a beaten down kid from a rough area, is a talented hip hop DJ who’s afraid of women. Editing: To show his friends otherwise, he makes a bet that he can get Nelli to sleep with him. His friends Harri Ylönen don’t believe a beauty like her would even spit Sune’s way. But Nelli sees an opportunity to get Sound design: herself a free demo. Juha Hakanen As they use each other, they fall for each other. There’s a lot of road to cover to meet halfway. Music: The lady needs to learn to stop trying to please everyone. The tramp needs to learn to observe Jukka Immonen others in life as well as in art. Sune’s friends have a barrel of fun with what goes on. But Nelli’s Cast: boyfriend and Isukki aren’t at all pleased. Pamela Tola, Samuli Vauramo, Joonas Taking your own path is always a step into emptiness. Saartamo, Eero Milonoff, Elena Leeve,

FINNISHMikko Leppilampi, FEATURE Mikko FILMS Kouki, 2006 Dome Karukoski Anna-Leena Härkönen, Eero Saarinen Dome Karukoski is a 28-year-old first-time director. Producers: Beauty and the Bastard is his thesis work for the filmmaking Aleksi Bardy, Riina Hyytiä, department at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Olli Haikka Dome has directed short films, music videos and approximately Production: 100 TV commercials. Born and raised in Cyprus until he Helsinki -filmi Oy reached school age, Dome’s mother is a Swedish-speaking Finn Distributor in Finland: and his father an American, and because of them he’s spent Finnkino Oy considerable time in the United States and in Sweden. www.tsot.fi He sees himself as being a man without a native language. 4 5 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 111’ | Premiere: December 30th 2005 FC Venus Director: Joona Tena Script: Outi Keskevaari, Katri Manninen, FC Venus is a modern comedy about women and men, and the differences between the two. Joona Tena The main characters in the film are Anna and Pete, a couple in their late twenties who live Cinematography: happily together in Helsinki. Pete plays football on a team called FC HeMan, in the lowest possible Jarkko T. Laine league. The team sucks, but its players still play, watch, and live football. Anna hates the whole Editing: sport, but doesn’t interfere with Pete’s hobby because she loves him. Jukka Nykänen Anna’s love for Pete is put to the test when she finds out to her shock that Pete has ordered tickets Sound design: with his teammates to the Football World Cup in Germany, putting his team first and her second. Tuomas Järnefelt In a fit of anger, Anna ends up making a bet with Pete: She puts together a team from the wives Music: and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players and challenges the men to a match at the end of the sum- Sakari Salli mer. If the women win, the men will have to give up football. If the men win, the women will never Cast: again give the men a hard time about their hobby. Minna Haapkylä, Petteri Summanen, Thus is the women’s team FC Venus formed. The film follows the women during one summer Taneli Mäkelä, Laura Malmivaara, on their quest towards the football match to end all football matches. Lotta Lehtikari, Miia Nuutila, FINNISH FEATURE FILMS 2006 It’s his game but her rules. Hannu-Pekka Björkman Producers: Jarkko Hentula, Mikko Tenhunen Production: Joona Tena Talent House FC Venus is directed by Joona Tena, and the Distributor in Finland: film marks his feature film debut. Tena has, Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy however, directed several acclaimed and award International sales: winning TV dramas and short films including Nordisk Film International Sales The Good Ship (Onnellisten laiva, 2004) and www.fcvenus.com Kivi ja Kilpi (2003 and 2001). 6 7 35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby Digital | 90’ | Premiere: August 26th 2005 Game Over Director: Pekka Lehto Script: William Aldridge, Game Over – Life begins on Friday. based on original story by Pekka Lehto, 18-year-old Kimi graduates from high school. He is going to show the world that he can be richer Jaakko Heinimäki, Juha Siltala and more successful than his extremely successful dad. Cinematography: Kimi is the coach of a junior floorball team. Riku, H.P. and Valtteri are his star players. Kimi Kasimir Lehto makes a deal with the charismatic Pertti Ilola to sponsor the floorball championship finals. When Editing: Kimi realises that Pertti is a failed fraudster and is using Kimi to get a foot inside the corporate Joona Louhivuori world of his dad, Kimi decides to take his revenge. He plans to lure Pertti to his parents’ weekend Sound design: cottage and steal the briefcase stuffed with cash that Pertti always carries with him, the perfect Jyrki Rahkonen crime since Pertti would never report the theft of money he has embezzled. H.P., Valtteri and Music: Riku happily agree to help Kimi. To them it’s just a game like many other games that Kimi has Mew and Mauri Sumén organised before. Nothing could go wrong. But this time, everything does. Cast: Detective Inspector Karoliina Ranta has no difficulty following the sloppy trail of clues that Reino Nordin, Julius Lavonen, Juuso leads to the four boys. The young woman uncovers the strong bond of friendship between the four Pekkinen, Jarkko Niemi, Joonas FINNISH FEATURE FILMS 2006 boys who have all been left to grow up “on their own.” Desperate to be accepted and praised, Saartamo, Lilli Aro, Karoliina Blackburn Kimi turns to Ranta. Finally, in his own inimitable way, Kimi accepts that he is faced with a choice Producer: Pekka Lehto and that he must make a decision. Even if it is for all the wrong reasons. Production: KinoFinlandia Oy Pekka Lehto Co-producers: Pekka Lehto’s previous films include GötaFilm AB (Sweden), The Real McCoy (1999), Tango Cabaret Globe Entertainment Limited (UK) (Tango kabaree, 2001), The Well (Kaivo, 1992) Distributor in Finland: and V.O.I.T.K.A. Forest Brothers FS Film Oy (V.O.I.T.K.A. Metsän veljet). 8 9 35 mm | 16:9 Anamorphic | Dolby 5.1 | 85’ | Homesick th Premiere: August 12 2005 [ K o t i - i k ä v ä ] Director: Petri Kotwica After an accident, Sami, 17, is taken to the youth ward of a mental hospital. The boy does not talk Script: or show his feelings. Sami’s mother refuses to accept that her son was involuntarily taken from Petri Kotwica, Selma Vilhunen her. Sami would certainly be much better at home. Cinematography: Sami’s new roommate Rudolf would prefer to stay at the hospital for ever. A strange friendship Harri Räty develops between the two boys. A dedicated male nurse, Taneli makes an effort to reach Sami and Editing: find out what caused his “accident.” Anne Lakanen Homesick is a feature film about survival, care and hope. Sound design: Kyösti Väntänen Music: Tapani Rinne, DJ Slow Cast: Julius Lavonen, Tarja Heinula,

FINNISHJanne Virtanen FEATURE FILMS 2006 Petri Kotwica Producers: Director Petri Kotwica (born in 1964) has completed Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho a degree in directing, graduating from the University of Production: Art and Design, Helsinki. He has also studied theoretical Making Movies Oy philosophy at the University of Helsinki and personal Distributor in Finland: directing at the Theatre Academy of Finland. Finnkino Oy Kotwica has made many award winning short films, International sales: including The Tunnel (Tunneli, 1996), Helmet (Kypärä, 1998), Oy Future Film Ab Force Majeure (1999) and Las Nueve Vidas (2000). Currently www.homesickthemovie.com he is working on his next feature film Black Ice (Musta jää). 10 11 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby digital | 93’ | Premiere: February 17th 2006 Jackpot Director: Kummelin Jackpot Pekka Karjalainen [ ] Script: Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Vihinen The new film by the Finnish comedy group Kummeli is a story about greed, friendship and com- Cinematography: pulsive gambling. Pertti Järvelä is a con man whose honour depends on his ability to finance Jarkko T. Laine his daughter’s trip to Canada. The man has to get a job! He finds work in a company owned by Editing: Jehovah’s Witnesses. This enables Pertti and his friends to plan a large-scale swindle – expecting Kauko Lindfors a jackpot... Sound design: Olli Pärnänen Music: Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Silvennoinen, Heikki Hela Cast: Heikki Silvennoinen, Heikki Hela, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Vihinen, Aake Kalliala, Riitta Havukainen, FINNISHAndre Wikström, FEATURE Oiva Lohtander,FILMS 2006 Pekka Karjalainen Mervi Takatalo, Satu Säävälä, Pekka Karjalainen (born in 1961) studied at the Mari Turunen, Risto Salmi Film Department of the University of Art and Design Producer: Helsinki UIAH from which he graduated as a Master Timo Kahilainen of Arts. Karjalainen has worked as a sound designer Production: in 30 feature-length films. The films he has directed Jackpot Films Oy include the documentary film The Rhythm (Rytmi, 1991), Distributor in Finland: the feature-length road movie Hysteria (1993) and Buena Vista International Finland Oy the television films A Pastoral (Pastoraali, 1995) and www.kummelinjackpot.fi Beatlehem (2003). 12 13 35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby digital | 110’ | Premiere: October 2006 Jade Warrior Director: J a d e s o t u r i AJ Annila [ ] Script: AJ Annila & Petri Jokiranta, Before the ultimate fight between good and evil, he should not fall in love. based on a story by Iiro Küttner Jade Warrior, the first Finnish Kung Fu film, combines Finnish and Chinese mythologies in Cinematography: one film. Jade Warrior is an homage to the Kung Fu genre strongly spiced with a truly original Henri Blomberg approach to the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Like Kalevala, Jade Warrior is a pure melodrama, Sound design: a story about Kalevala’s greatest hero. Timo Anttila, Erno Kumpulainen Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love-struck master swordsman fights against his Cast: destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one, and he gets that chance, in a Tommi Eronen, Zhang Jingchu, Markku Peltola, Krista Kosonen, faraway place and a faraway time, in the cold north, in modern Finland. Elle Kull, Cheng Taishen, Dang Hao Jade Warrior is set in ancient China during the early iron age and present day Finland. The Producers: past is feeding the story in the present day, slowly revealing our warrior, his true origins, his Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa superior skills and his destiny. Production: Blind Spot Pictures Oy

FINNISHIn coproduction FEATURE with: FILMS 2006 AJ Annila San Fu Maltha / Fu Works AJ Annila (born 1977) is a young (The Netherlands), Peter Loehr / and promising film director. Ming Productions (China), Margus Educated at the Tampere Polytechnic Õunapuu / Film Tower Kuubis (Estonia) School of Art and Media, Annila Distributor in Finland: Sandrew Metronome graduated as a film director in 2002. Distribution Finland Oy His graduation work dealt with International sales: Hong Kong action films. Annila has Rezo Films directed several short films, www.jadewarrior.net commercials and music videos. 14 15 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 78’ | Lights in the Dusk rd Premiere: February 3 2006 [ Laitakaupungin valot ]

Lights in the Dusk concludes the trilogy that started with Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat, Director, script: 1996) and continued with The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä, 2002). Where the Aki Kaurismäki trilogy’s first film was about unemployment and the second about homelessness, the theme of Cinematography: Lights in the Dusk is loneliness. Timo Salminen Like Chaplin’s little tramp, the protagonist, a man named Koistinen, searches the hard world Sound design: for a small crack through which he could crawl in, but both his fellow beings and the faceless Jouko Lumme, Tero Malmberg apparatus of the society see it their business to crush his modest hopes, one after another. Set design: Criminal elements exploit his longing for love and his position as a night watchman in a rob- Markku Pätilä bery they pull off, leaving Koistinen to face the consequences. This is done with the help of the Costumes: most callous woman in the history of cinema since Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve (1950). Outi Harjupatana As a result Koistinen loses his job, his freedom and his dreams. Cast: Luckily for our protagonist, the author of the film has a reputation of being a soft-hearted old Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, man, so we can assume there is a spark of hope illuminating the final scene.

FINNISHIlkka Koivula, FEATURE Maria HeiskanenFILMS 2006 Aki Kaurismäki Producer: Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki Aki Kaurismäki (b. 1957) Production: has been directing films Sputnik Oy since early ’80s. Distributor in Finland: His filmography includes Sandrew Metronome Distribution over fifteen features and Finland Oy several short films. International sales: The Match Factory GmbH 16 17 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby | 100’ | Premiere: September 15th 2006 Man Exposed (working title) [ Riisuttu mies ]

Man Exposed is a comedy of a forty-year-old priest, Pitkänen, who considers himself a rebel. In Director: fact, the only signs of his rebellion are his ponytail and the boots he wears under his priest Aku Louhimies vestments. He is stuck on the intermediate level in the church hierarchy, a rank which is too Script: low for his wife’s family, but too high for his best friends. One Sunday, after an overdone rebel- Veli-Pekka Hänninen lious sermon, the bishop wants to meet Pitkänen. He thinks he’s in deep shit, but the bishop Cinematography: wants him to take on the bishop’s office. “Modern times need a modern bishop. A Rock Bishop!” Harri Räty Pitkänen grabs the oppurtunity, but first he has to sell all his ideals in order to realise them. And Editing: the worst thing is that he has no idea that his wife is plotting with the bishop behind his back for PV Lehtinen his promotion. Sound design: Janne Laine, Kirka Sainio Cast: Samuli Edelmann,

FINNISHMatleena FEATUREKuusniemi, FILMS 2006 Aku Louhimies Mikko Kouki, Aku Louhimies (born 1968) is one of Finland’s celebrated young Laura Malmivaara, directors. His first two feature films, Restless (Levottomat, 2000) Jussi Parviainen and Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamolla, 2002), were both box office Producer: hits in Finland. In 2003, he directed the TV series Leavings Harri Räty (Irtiottoja) which received Venla prizes and was praised by critics. Production: His third feature Frozen Land (Paha maa, 2005) won the main prize Lasihelmi Filmi Oy at the Gothenburg Film Festival 2005 and the Jury Prize at the Distributor in Finland: Moscow Film Festival and received an award from the Church of FS Film Oy Sweden. Louhimies was named Director of the Year in 2004. 18 19 35 mm colour | 2,35:1 | Dolby digital | 130’ | Premiere: January 13th 2006 Matti – Hell Is for Heroes Director: [ M a t t i ] Aleksi Mäkelä Script: Marko Leino Motto: Life is the best time for a man. A tragicomedy based on the unreal life of a real person. Cinematography: The famous ski-jumper Matti Nykänen won everything possible during his career – and more: Pini Hellstedt 4 Olympic gold medals, 7 World Championship titles, 4 World Cup tour championships and 46 Editing: World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended, however, the other Kimmo Taavila side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. Wherever he roams, drama Sound design: and catastrophe dog his footsteps. And everything is exposed in the headlines the next day… Jyrki Rahkonen Matti – Hell Is for Heroes is a drama feature based on a true story about a man who loves ski- Music: jumping so much that he rises to the top of his game and becomes the best in the world. But al- Tuomas Kantelinen though he can fly like an eagle, his life is littered with crash-landings. He stumbles, falls, and mi- Cast: raculously gets back to his feet – ready to tackle yet another doomed and foolhardy stunt jump. Jasper Pääkkönen, Peter Franzén, His road from worshipped athlete and national hero to tabloid laughing stock is basically a Elina Hietala, Elina Knihtilä, tragic story. But not even Matti Nykänen himself can – or will – deny the comic aspects of his Juha Veijonen unfortunate mishaps. “I have often wished that I was an average joe – and people would treat me

FINNISHProducer: FEATURE FILMS 2006 as one. But I guess that I set my goals above average in my athletic life. And I guess I will have to Markus Selin, see that role to the end.” (Matti Nykänen) executive producer Jukka Helle Production: Aleksi Mäkelä Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä (born 1969) has directed several hugely Distributor in Finland: popular films, many of them produced by Markus Selin. Buena Vista International Finland Oy Matti – Hell Is for Heroes is Mäkelä’s seventh feature film. International sales: His previous works include Vares (2004), Bad Boys – Birch Tree Entertainment A True Story (Pahat pojat, 2003), The South (Lomalla, 2000) www.solarfilms.com and The Tough Ones (Häjyt, 1999). 20 21 Super 35 mm | 1:2,35 | Dolby Digital | 111’ | Premiere: September 30th 2005 Mother of Mine Director: Äideistä parhain Klaus Härö [ ] Script: Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Wikman, This is a story about a small boy who had two mothers and yet had none. In 1943, in a war-torn based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies Finland, 9-year-old Eero’s father is killed on the front. Eero’s mother makes the painful decision and original script by Veikko Aaltonen to send her only child to safety in neutral Sweden. Cinematography: In Sweden, Eero’s foster mother, Signe, welcomes him to her home but not to her heart. Eero Jarkko T. Laine doesn’t speak any Swedish and feels unwelcome in his foster family while missing his mother Editing: terribly. All the long-awaited letters from his mother are addressed to Signe, not to him. One day Darek Hodor Eero accidentally discovers a letter which he never was supposed to read. Sound design: During the Second World War over 70,000 war children were sent from Finland to Sweden, Kirka Sainio Denmark and Norway in the biggest evacuation of children ever undertaken in the world. Mother Music: of Mine, by award-winning director Klaus Härö is the first feature-length film ever made about the Tuomas Kantelinen fate of an individual war child. Cast: Topi Majaniemi, Maria Lundqvist, Marjaana Maijala, Michael Nyqvist, FINNISHEsko Salminen, FEATURE Aino-Maija FILMS Tikkanen 2006 Klaus Härö Director Klaus Härö made his claim to fame Producer: Ilkka Matila after his debut film Elina (Näkymätön Elina, 2002). Production: The film won over 30 Finnish and international film MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy awards, and was Finland’s Oscar nominee for 2003. Distributor in Finland: Mother of Mine is Härö’s second feature film. Born in Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy 1971, Härö has also directed documentary and short International sales: films, including the acclaimed documentary Nordisk Film International Sales Three Wishes (Kolme toivetta, 2001), which told the www.motherofmine.com story of three children suffering from cancer. 22 23 35 mm | 16:9 | Dolby stereo | 90’ | Planned premiere: December 15th 2006 Mystery of the Wolf Director: [ Suden arvoitus ] Raimo O Niemi Script: Heikki Vuento 12-year-old Salla loves nature and enjoys the wilderness where she feels at home. She lives with Cinematography: her adopted parents in a small village where her father works as a policeman. One day Salla’s Kari Sohlberg biological mother Laila returns to the village after a ten-year absence, upsetting the inhabitants Editing: and even scaring many of them. Jukka Nykänen The adventure starts when Salla rescues two wolf-cubs from poachers. Though an endangered Sound design: species, wolves are a threat to the local livelihood, reindeer husbandry. The hiding and rescuing Paul Jyrälä of the cubs from the poacher Venesmaa becomes a mission during which Salla has to trust her Cast: instincts, her best friend and even her long lost mother. Tiia Talvisara, Janne Saksela, Mystery of the Wolf is also a story about how Salla faces her own past. Besides blood ties, Vuokko Hovatta, Peter Franzén, Salla and Laila are united by their mysterious connection with nature and animals. In spite of her Miia Nuutila, Kari-Pekka Toivonen youth, Salla has to brave difficulties and make decisions that challenge the community and that Producers: simultaneously force her to define her own relationship with her two mothers. Mystery of the Wolf Leila Lyytikäinen, Claes Olsson is a family film, an exciting adventure in the wilderness of the Finnish Lapland.

FINNISHProduction: FEATURE FILMS 2006 Kinoproduction Oy Raimo O Niemi Co-production: Raimo O Niemi (b. 1948) is best known for his films Filmlance International AB / for children and young adults. After his studies at a film Börje Hansson, Killerpic Ltd. / school in Moscow in the 1970s, Niemi directed several Mike Downey, POEM / Markku Flink Finnish TV-series and short films in the 70s and 80s. Distributor in Finland: His first feature was The Killing of the Cat (Kissan kuolema, Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy 1993). Niemi’s biggest box office success so far is the International sales: feature Tommy and the Wildcat (Poika ja ilves, 1998). Nordisk Film International Sales Niemi has received several international awards for his work. 24 25 35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby Digital | ~90’ | Palsa Premiere: Autumn 2006

A fictitious film about a well-known Finnish artist, Kalervo Palsa, a man who painted his dreams and nightmares.

Director: Pekka Lehto Script: Iiro Küttner and Pekka Lehto Cinematography: Kasimir Lehto Editing: Joona Louhivuori Music: Alamaailman Vasarat

FINNISHCast: FEATURE FILMS 2006 Pekka Lehto Janne Reinikainen, Pekka Lehto’s previous films include Maria Järvenhelmi, The Real McCoy (1999), which has topped the list Markku Peltola, of most-viewed Nordic documentaries, the original Antti Raivio, Tango Cabaret (Tango kabaree, 2001), The Well (Kaivo, 1992) Tiina Weckström and V.O.I.T.K.A. Forest Brothers (V.O.I.T.K.A. Metsän veljet), Producer: which premiered in autumn 2004 and tells the story of Pekka Lehto two draft-dodging brothers who hid in the vast forests of Production: a small country for 14 years. Game Over (2005) is KinoFinlandia Oy presented in this catalogue. 26 27 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Optical, Dolby digital | ~100’ | The Prince of Soap th Premiere: February 10 2006 [ Saippuaprinssi ]

Director: Ilene is a broke amateur actor who, through a series of misunderstandings, ends up working on Janne Kuusi the story team of a soap opera. At the cast and crew party, Ilene gets to know and falls for the star Script: of the show, Kevin, who plays a fire fighter named Andy. But Kevin isn’t single, so nothing happens Aleksi Bardy between them. Ilene begins writing scenes for Andy and uses the script as a tool for seduction. Cinematography: But the show’s producer, Rachel, intervenes. It turns out that she is the one who has a relation- Pentti Keskimäki ship with Kevin (even though Rachel is married). The women lock horns in a manic fight for the Editing: soul of Kevin/Andy using the show’s scripts. As a by-product of the fight, some of the best scripts Kimmo Kohtamäki ever produced for the show are being written and Rachel is forced to admit that Ilene is a very Sound design: talented storyteller. Tuomas Klaavo Kevin is caught in the middle of such a vicious game that he begins to lose his grip on reality Music: and begins to think that he is Andy. He starts living on the set as if it were his home, and is no long- Ilkka Talasranta er able to differentiate the show from real life. Rachel and Ilene’s struggle climaxes in the season’s Cast: final episode, which is aired live. Both Rachel and Ilene are dressed for roles and placed in front

FINNISHPamela Tola,FEATURE Mikko Leppilampi, FILMS 2006 of the cameras. It’s clear that one of the characters will die in this episode, but who will it be? Outi Mäenpää, Juha Veijonen, Jani Volanen, Tommi Korpela Janne Kuusi Producers: Janne Kuusi graduated in 1984 from the Motion Picture, Television Aleksi Bardy, Riina Hyytiä, Olli Haikka and Production Design Department of the University of Art and Design Production: Helsinki. He has worked as a director, producer, editor and writer on Helsinki -filmi Oy documentaries, TV series, feature films and short films as well as a Distributor in Finland: lecturer of film directing. Kuusi’s recent works include the feature film FS Film Oy Flowers and Binding (Kukkia ja sidontaa, 2004), and the TV serie Free Fall www.saippuaprinssi.fi (Vapaa pudotus, 2002), which consists of independent television films. 28 29 S-35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby Digital | 112’ | Promise nd Premiere: December 2 2005 [ L u p a u s ] Director: Ilkka Vanne Script: Promise is a story about three young women whose lives are afflicted by the Second World War. Inkeri Kilpinen, Mona has just finished school and dreams of veterinary studies in Oslo. Anna is thinking of get- adaptation Elina Halttunen ting married and starting her own family. Ruth has her mind set on studying theology. But how to Cinematography: believe in a future when the whole world around you is being shaken? The film follows five years Jani Kumpulainen in the lives of Mona, Anna and Ruth, from 1939 to 1944. Editing: Promise portrays the young women’s longing, dreams and process of growing up at a time Tuomo Leino when Finland was thrust into war against the Soviet Union. It’s a story of women who set their Sound design: dreams aside for their country and joined up in the voluntary Lotta Svärd defence service. The Pekka Karjalainen work of the “Lottas” had a significant impact both at home and on the front in a small country’s Music: struggle to preserve its independence. Tuomas Kantelinen Cast: Laura Birn, Karoliina Vanne,

FINNISHHanna Lekander FEATURE FILMS 2006 Ilkka Vanne Producer: Promise is Ilkka Vanne’s third feature film. Asko Apajalahti Previously, he has directed Return to Plainlands Production: (Lakeuden kutsu, 2000), a drama set in the Finnish Fantasiafilmi Oy countryside, and Land of Love (Vieraalla maalla, 2003), Distributor in Finland: a satire about Finns. In addition to these films, Vanne Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy has directed many well-loved TV series that have gained International sales: large audiences in Finland. He is remembered for such MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy series as Seitsemän (2001), Puhtaat valkeat lakanat www.lupaus.fi (1993) and Ruusun aika (1990). 30 31 35 mm | 1:2,35 Cinemascope | Dolby Digital | 113’ | Shadow of the Eagle th Premiere: September 9 2005 [ Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa ]

Shadow of the Eagle, directed by Timo Koivusalo, is set in the early 20th century at a time when Finland was a grand duchy under the oppressive rule of Russia, and Tsar Nicholas II began to Director, script: heavy-handedly Russianise Finland’s government and people. Freedom of speech was restricted Timo Koivusalo and newspapers were censored. Government officials who were opposed to the ruler were exiled Cinematography: and replaced with persons loyal to the Tsar. The film tells the story of a young poet who becomes Pertti Mutanen a symbol for the Finnish nation’s dreams of independence. The poet is forced to go underground Editing: because of his writings that strongly oppose Russianisation. Shadow of the Eagle is a story about Jyrki Luukko, Timo Koivusalo a small nation’s determination, and whose silent strength can make possible the impossible. It is Sound design: a period drama with its spoken lines, but music also plays an important role in dramaturgy and Jyrki Luukko advancing the plot. Music: Timo Koivusalo, Susanna Palin, Conductor Markku Johansson

FINNISHCast: FEATURE FILMS 2006 Timo Koivusalo Vesa-Matti Loiri, Mikko Leppilampi, Timo Koivusalo’s latest films Helena Vierikko, Anneli Saaristo, include Sibelius (2003), Tapio Liinoja, Seela Sella, Esko The Rose of a Rascal (Rentun ruusu, 2001) Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko and The Swan and the Wanderer Production: (Kulkuri ja joutsen, 1999). Artista Filmi Oy Distributor in Finland: Buena Vista International Finland www.artistafilmi.fi/kkv 32 33 35 mm | Cinemascope | Dolby digital | 83’ | Unna and Nuuk th Premiere: January 20 2006 [ Unna ja Nuuk ] Director: Saara Cantell One day 11-year-old Unna feels a stab of pain in her chest – she senses that her beloved Granddad Script: is in danger. Unna calls her grandfather, who has had a case of illness, and saves his life. At the Joona Tena, Sami Keski-Vähälä hospital Unna’s grandfather reveals that Unna has shaman blood in her veins and that the gift to Cinematography: heal has been passed on to her. Unna is the only person Granddad can turn to for help. Heikki Färm Granddad tells Unna where to find the shaman’s book and magic drum. When beaten three Editing: times, the drum will move its owner to another time and place, and so begins Unna’s adventure in Anne Lakanen the Finnish Stone Age. Here the recently immigrated hammer axe people kidnap Unna and Nuuk, Sound design: the son of the original tribe’s shaman. Unna has met Nuuk in the woods while looking for a cure Pietari Koskinen for her grandfather. Unna and Nuuk escape from their captors, and trek through the wilderness Music: towards Nuuk’s home village. During their adventure Unna must get to know Nuuk, but finding a Herman Rechberger, common language proves quite a challenge. Unna learns to survive in the Stone Age, but has yet to Tempo Music Design find a cure for her Granddad so that she can return home from the age of her ancestors. Cast:

FINNISHRosa Salomaa, FEATURE Toni Leppe, FILMS 2006 Saara Cantell Esko Salminen, Meri Nenonen, Saara Cantell (b. 1968) is a film director from Helsinki and the Jenni Banerjee, Tommi Korpela mother of three children. She graduated as a film director from Producer: the Motion Picture, Television and Production Design Department Pamela Mandart of the University of Industrial Arts and Design in Helsinki in 1996, Production: and has since directed several short films, including A Clear Mandart Entertainment Ltd. Winter’s Day (Peilikirkas päivä, 1997), What If (Mahdollisuus, 2005) Distributor in Finland: and The Great Journey (Den stora resan, 2005), dance films, such FS Film Oy as A Tale of Shatters (Sirpalesatu, 1995) and Portrait (Potretti, www.unnajanuuk.com 2003), radio plays and two children’s TV series. 34 35 35mm | Cinemascope | Dolby Digital 5.1 | 84’ | Premiere: October 7th 2005 Valo Director: Kaija Juurikkala Script: Markku Flink Valo is a story about smart and brave children. Nine-year-old boy Valo and his friend Ville estab- Cinematography: lish their own school for children in a small village in the early 1900s. The children teach each Harri Räty other, but some adults in the village disapprove of the school and decide to close it down. The Editing: children, however, refuse to give up. The adventure begins. Jukka Nykänen Valo is a story about children for children. It is a true and unique story which was inspired Sound design: by the authentic diaries of a child written over a hundred years ago. The script freely interprets Pekka Karjalainen the childhood diaries of artist and philosopher Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, a Finn from the Russian Cast: region of Ingria who lived a colourful life in Russia, Finland and Sweden from 1900–1997. Vili Järvinen, Joni Kehusmaa, Sara- Valo is a family film suitable for children aged 7–12 years. Maria Juntunen, Alina Sakko, Eveliina “Valo comments on an issue of singular importance: children’s right to attend school.” Uusitalo, Teijo Eloranta, Hannu Kivioja, (UNICEF, the official collaborator of Valo) Rea Mauranen, Pentti Korhonen, Olka Horila, Antti Litja, Morten M. Faldaas Producer: FINNISH FEATURE FILMS 2006 Kaija Juurikkala Outi Rousu Director Kaija Juurikkala specialises in films for Co-producers: Thomas Robsahm, Margreth Olin children and the youth. She was awarded with the (Norway), John O. Olsson, Per-Erik State Film Prize in 2003. Kaija graduated in 1997 as Svensson, Peter Possne (Sweden) a film director from the University of Industrial Arts Production: and Design in Helsinki. Her debut film Rosa Was Here Periferia Productions Oy (1993) won the Risto Jarva Prize at the Tampere Film Distributor in Finland: Festival in 1994. Her first feature film Takin’ Moses for FS Film Oy a Ride (Kyytiä Moosekselle, 2001) won a State Quality www.valofilm.fi Prize for Film in 2002. 36 37 2005?’ | 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | 79’ Along the Road Little Child [ Pitkin tietä pieni lapsi ] Directors, script: Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari Abdi (15), Nasteho (11), and Bisharo (9) are refugees of the civil war in Somalia. In the wood Cinematography: outside their suburban block of flats, they meet a Finnish girl Julia (13) and her younger siblings. Heikki Färm They all are ordinary children but outcasts in their own way. The games they play reflect the Editing: clashes of Western and Islamic cultures, but the question of God or Allah is far less important Kimmo Taavila than keeping the gang together. The film is a story of the security and grace that people receive Sound design: from each other. Olli Huhtanen Music: Iiro Ollila Producers: Ulla Simonen, Cilla Werning Executive producer: Lasse Saarinen Production: Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari Kinotar Oy Directors Susanna Helke and Virpi Suutari have Co-producer: worked together since 1993. Their film making

FINNISHasterisk filmDOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 career together includes, for example, the following Production support: films: The Idle Ones (Joutilaat, 2001) – a documen- The Finnish Film Foundation, tary about boys getting a grip on their lives; A Soap Danish Film Institute, Dealer’s Sunday (Saippuakauppiaan sunnuntai, 1998) Nordic Film & TV Fund – a documentary about getting lost in time; and Financing TV companies: White Sky (Valkoinen taivas, 1998) – a documentary YLE, ARTE, SVT essay about adapting to destruction. 38 39 2006 | Digital Beta, Beta SP, DVD | 4:3 | Stereo | 122’ Anni from Paanajärvi [ Paanajärven Anni ]

For six years, the Kemijoki-river of Viena has led Lasse Naukkarinen to follow the fate of a unique Karelian village in northwest Russia. The film follows the restoration and revival of the traditional village of Paanajärvi through the eyes of Anni Popova, the soul of the village. Director, cinematography: The threat of the village submerging in the reservoir of the Valkeakoski power plant has Lasse Naukkarinen haunted Anni and the villagers for over forty years. Ten years ago in response to the threat, the Script: Finnish Juminkeko Foundation began implementing measures to save the village. The Paanajärvi Lasse Naukkarinen, village was accepted on the list of the hundred most endangered cultural sites in the world which, Markku Nieminen for example, includes the ruins of Pompeii and the temple of Taj Mahal. Editing: The continued existence of the village was hindered, but also protected by a building prohibi- Tuuli Kuittinen tion. Due to the plans for the power plant, the beautiful and architecturally valued houses had Sound design: deteriorated considerably. With the help of Juminkeko, the villagers have been educated, houses Heikki Innanen restored and new plans drawn up for the future. Music: Carl-Johan Häggman Lasse Naukkarinen Producer: Lasse Naukkarinen (b. 1942) is a veteran documentary filmmaker Lasse Naukkarinen who has made more than thirty films. After his political films of the

FINNISHProduction: DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 1970s, e.g. Solidarity (Solidaarisuus, 1970), he observed the society Ilokuva, Naukkarinen & Co. of the 1980s and 90s through e.g. his films No Comments (1984) and Production support: Dog Trails (Koiranpolkuja, 1995). After the fascinating portraits e.g. The Finnish Film Foundation, Artist’s Life (Taiteilijaelämää, 1999), Miina! (Miinavaara!, 2001) and AVEK, Juminkeko Foundation Schoolboy’s Life (Koululaisen elämää, 2002) the director made, based Financing TV company: on his own experiences, Once Upon a Time There Was a Utopia YLE TV2 Documentaries (Olipa kerran Utopia, 2004), a trip to the soul of the 60s and 70s. 40 41 2005 | Digital Betacam | 16:9 | Stereo | 72’20’’ Cosmic Play [ Kosminen näytelmä ]

Cosmic Play is a documentary film about Kati Sinenmaa’s pursuit of a life outside society. In spring 2001, she gave up her rented Helsinki city apartment and moved to a small piece of woodland right in the middle of the busiest intersections of railroads and bridges in Pasila, Helsinki. Kati builds a massive wall against society from stones. The stronghold becomes the very image of her soul: the inner being of an artist has been taken out, yet society wants to put it in again. Kati Sinenmaa does not adapt to the lifestyle expected by society. She does not hold a job, she neither rents an apartment or receives any support from society. All her clothes and meals are Director, script, cinematography: donations or picked from trash cans. She tries to be free and boundless. However, a free Internet Jouni Hiltunen service is the link that binds her back to society. Editing: In the film we follow Kati’s life for four years. Living in the woods is full of challenges. The so- Anne Lakanen, Jouni Hiltunen ciety Kati attempts to leave behind, does not leave her in peace. Kati’s life gets very particular. She Sound design: pours out everything on her web-pages and also in an abundance of dozens of pages of replies to Janne Jankeri the demands of the society. At the same time, she starts to live in the Internet, in the reality of the Music: mind, in the physical reality and in the spirit world in between. Markku Kopisto Producer: Jouni Hiltunen

FINNISHJouni Hiltunen DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 Jouni Hiltunen (b. in 1964) is a documentary film director Production: from Helsinki. He has worked in various fields of the film Katharsis Films Oy industry since 1990 and has directed 17 documentary films. Production support: His documentary film about three Russian prisoners for life, AVEK Blatnoi Mir (2001), has been awarded at both Finnish and Financing TV company: international festivals. At the moment, Hiltunen works as a YLE TV1 producer-director for his own company, Katharsis Films Oy. 42 43 2005 | 35 mm, Beta | 1:1,85 | Stereo | 90’ The Nesting Tree [ P e s ä p u u ]

The children of the Kallio district have grown up. Everyone must find their place in society or others will draw attention to it. The battle for fame, money and knowledge is as hard as the battle against illness and displace- ment. The Nesting Tree tells of the world of these young adults and their yearning for freedom and their own space. This film by Ilkka Ruuhijärvi and Ulla Turunen continues the story of the lives of the children Director, script: in this eastern part of central Helsinki which began in 1985. Ilkka Ruuhijärvi & Ulla Turunen Cinematography: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi Editing: Ilkka Ruuhijärvi Sound design: Ilkka Riihijärvi & Ulla Turunen Ulla Turunen Ilkka Riihijärvi (b. 1963) and Ulla Turunen Producer: (b. 1961), both MA / The University of Art and

FINNISHIlkka Ruuhijärvi DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 Design Helsinki, have been making documen- Production: taries together since 1985. Among them are 12 RT Documentaries Oy full-length documentaries for television – for Production support: example, As it Happens (Kun se tapahtuu, 1986). The Finnish Film Foundation Prizes and awards: 17. Tampere Film Festival: Financing TV company: Special prize / the national competition, State YLE TV1 Co-productions award from the Ministry of Education 1987. 44 45 2005 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 97’ Director & script team: Paper Promises Issu Huovinen, Leo Märkälä, [ K o n e 1 7 ] Heta Partanen, Ilona Reiniharju, Eija Romppanen, Mika Suikkanen, Pentti Taipale The Voikkaa paper mill has formed slowly along a dark flowing river. There are residences on both sides of the river. Everyone seems to have a view on the factory. The symbiosis of people Team leader: Heikki Ahola and factory is strong. We are at the heart of the world’s largest paper industry centre. However, st Cinematography: the factory lives in the early 21 century when the paths of national industries and international Markku Anttila, Kimmo Jaatinen, capital have inevitable clashes. That also affects the people of this factory. In April of 2004 paper Sami Kuokkanen, Antti Lempiäinen, machine 17 is shut down – for good. Markku Parikka, Pasi Riiali, That machine had produced paper non-stop for almost seventy years. When it stops, the lives Petri Salmi, Janne Vainiomäki of a hundred and sixty people change. Some find new employment at nearby Kuusankoski facto- Editing: ries, and some retire but there are those who fear they will become unemployed. The shutting Jukka Nykänen down of machine 17 reflects on the whole community. The drama unfolds in homes, restaurants, Sound design: streets and people’s minds. Self-respect, self-worth and their loss, adapting to new situations or Heikki Kossi giving in to the feeling of loss are the basic themes of this film. Music: The community formed around the machine disintegrates, the tone of friendships changes, Timo Peltola the inner rhythm of families is altered, the whole basic structure of life has to find a new form. Producer: This is a story of inevitable change where substantial economic events clash with individuals Hannu Niikko and the small. All this time, the Kymijoki river flows by indifferent to these events. People cross the river by bridge every day. People change but the river remains the same.

FINNISHProduction: DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 Videomakers Oy Production support: The directors AVEK, European Social Fund, A group of seven directors made this film: Issu Huovinen, Leo Märkälä, Heta Partanen, Ilona Rei- Lahti Institute of Design niharju, Eija Romppanen, Mika Suikkanen, Pentti Taipale. This is the first big documentary for all Financing TV company: of them. Some of them are students, some already have more experience in the field. The group YLE and the topic of the film were borne out of The Other Finland (Toinen Suomi) training project. 46 47 2006 | 16:9 | Dolby Digital | 67’19’’ Pavlov’s Dogs Pavlovin koirat Director, script: [ ] Arto Halonen Cinematography: These days, even poverty can be bought. A Russian psychologist, Sergei Knyatzev, provides the Vladimir Bashta, Dmitri Avrorin, experience of being a beggar to wealthy people who have tried everything and are looking for Arto Halonen, Igor Tsernysov something new. Editing: But this is only one of the games that this psychologist has developed. He specializes in role- Sanna Liinamaa playing and mental manipulation, starting with animals and small groups of people, and climax- Sound design: ing with his mass control of 7000 individuals. Martti Turunen The film speaks in an interesting mannerism of our time: where nothing is enough, and people Music: try to acquire both basic and extreme experiences by buying them. Everything’s for sale. Richness Tapani Rinne often alienates people at the expense of a balance in life. That in turn opens out a market for any Producer: entrepreneur with even the slightest understanding of the human psyche, just as it does for Sergei Arto Halonen Knyatzev. Through these games he is also evoking people’s attitudes and society’s structure. Production: Art Films production AFP Oy Arto Halonen Co-producer: Arto Halonen has directed numerous films, including e.g. A Dreamer and Studio East-West the Dreamtribe (Unelmoija ja unikansa, 1998), Karmapa: A Voyage on the Roof Production support: of the World (Karmapa – Matka mailman katolla, 1998), The Stars’ Caravan

FINNISHThe Finnish DOCUMENTARY Film Foundation, FILMS AVEK, 2006 (Taivasta vasten, 2000), The Tank Man (Tynnyrimies, 2004), Conquistadors The Nordic Film & TV Fund of Cuba (Kuuban valloittajat, 2005) and The Legend (Legenda, 2005). Financing TV companies: He is the owner of film production company, Art Films production Ltd, YLE TV2 Documentaries, and also produces films. He has acted in 2000–2003 as the chairman and Radiotelevision Svizzera di lingua a member of the executive committee of the Documentary Guild, a parent italiana (TSI), Télévision Suisse Ro- organisation of documentary makers. He is also the founder and festival mande (TSR), Sveriges Television AB director (2001–2004) of DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival. 48 49 2006 | 35 mm | 16:9 | Dolby Digital | ~75’ Revolution [ Kenen joukoissa seisot – vallankumouksellinen musiikkielokuva ]

Revolution is a documentary musical about the 70’s generation’s fight for a better world. Socialism seemed like a real alternative. The movement offered a whole unified world where it would be easy to be on the right side – against anything old and reactionary. Songs played a central role in this revolution. Hundreds of song groups sprung up. The songs told stories of battles, solidarity, socialism, Vietnam, Chile. Now middle-aged former revolutionaries return to their combat songs, Director, script: singing in the environments revealing their present status and work places. Music creates some Jouko Aaltonen distance and in many ways, depicts the experiences and spirit of the era. The music also symbol- Cinematography: izes the pomposity and rhetoric often so blatantly and comically at odds with reality and everyday Jussi Eerola, Timo Peltonen life. What has happened to the idealism of youth? Editing: Samu Heikkilä Sound design: Paul Jyrälä Jouko Aaltonen Producer: Jouko Aaltonen (b. 1956) has directed a wide range Pertti Veijalainen of documentaries on various topics and environments

FINNISHProduction: DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 ranging from Siberian Taiga to the diplomatic society Illume Oy of New Delhi. His latest work includes the films: Production support: Life Saver (Hengenpelastaja, 2005), Ambassadors The Finnish Film Foundation, (Lähettiläät, 2004), Road of Hunger (Nälän tie, 1999), AVEK, ESEK Constructing and Destroying (Rakenna ja tuhoa, 1998), Financing TV company: In the Arm of Buddha and the Drum YLE TV2 Documentaries (Rummun ja Buddhan välissä, 1997). 50 51 2006 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | ~75’ Saami [ Saamelainen ]

The Saami are a people spread over 4 different countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. They have no state of their own. The Saami are Europe’s last aboriginal people and they speak 9 different languages. They have lived off the land and nature has provided for them. But yesterday is not today. People have left their homes and followed work into the big cities. Directors: This film takes a look at the identity of these people. Has the change of life-style and surround- Anastasia Lapsui & ings changed the Saami way of looking at the world? In the film people try to answer the ques- Markku Lehmuskallio tions: Who am I? Cinematography: Johannes Lehmuskallio Editing: Anastasia Lapsui, Johannes Lehmuskallio, Markku Lehmuskallio Sound design: Antero Honkanen Anastasia Lapsui Producer: Born in the Yamal Peninsula, Western Siberia, in 1944.

FINNISHLiisa Holmberg DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 Has been a radio journalist in Salekhard for 26 years, Production: working on a Nenets language program. Giron Filmi Oy Has directed since 1990. Production support: Markku Lehmuskallio The Finnish Film Foundation Born in Rauma in 1938. Financing TV company: Graduated as forest technician in 1963. YLE TV2 Documentaries Worked in films professionally since 1969. 52 53 2006 | 35mm, Digibeta | 1:1,66 | Dolby SR and 5.1 | ~ 90’ Sonic Mirror

Sonic Mirror is a musical documentary film presenting the journey of the legendary drummer Director: Billy Cobham into several different musical cultures. Mika Kaurismäki Sonic Mirror shows the sometimes contradictory and sometimes surprising expectations and Script: reactions from audiences. The film is shot in Finland, Switzerland, USA, Brazil etc. Mika Kaurismäki, Marco Forster Cinematography: Jacques Cheuiche Editing: Oli Weiss Sound design: Uwe Dresch Music: Mika Kaurismäki Billy Cobham etc. Mika Kaurismäki’s first film The Liar (Valehtelija, 1980) marked Producers: the beginning of cinema for the Kaurismäki brothers and started Mika Kaurismäki, Marco Forster a new era in Finnish cinema. Mika has since directed films all Production: around the world with an international crew and cast. His work in-

FINNISHMarianna DOCUMENTARY Films FILMS 2006 cludes, for example, the fictional films The Worthless (Arvottomat, Production support: 1982), Rosso (1985), Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987), Amazon The Finnish Film Foundation, ESEK (1990), Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja kummitusjuna, 1991), Financing TV company: LA Without a Map (1998), Honey Baby (2004) and three documen- YLE Co-productions taries shot in Brazil: Tigrero – A Film That Was Never Made (1994, International sales: with Sam Fuller and Jim Jarmusch), Sound of Brazil (Moro no Brasil, Wide Management 2002) and Brasileirinho (2005). 54 55 2005 | Digibeta | 16:9 | Stereo | 74’50’’ Väinö Auer (1895–1981)

Väinö Auer (1895–1981) is a documentary film about the life and work of the Finnish scientist Väinö Auer in Finland and in Latin America. Auer was geographer, explorer and above all swamp geologist. His swamp auger reached the central, post ice age layers of earth’s climate history in Canada, Finland, Tierra del Fuego and Patagony. The film travels in time to the different stages of Auer’s life: in the swamps and wilderness of Finland, the peculiar shallow swamps of Tierra del Fuego and the Patagonyan pampas that are whipped by dusty winds. The documentary film is Director, script: based on Auer’s diary entries and articles. Through them, it also takes a tour of dramatic human Mikko Piela history in the 20th century. The journey of a pioneering climatologist from nationalism to global Cinematography: awareness and concern about the development of the relationship between man and nature. Tahvo Hirvonen Editing: Timo Linnasalo Sound design: Juha Hakanen Mikko Piela Music: Mikko Piela (b. 1956) has studied law, aesthetics, Miika Snåre, Mikko Helenius ethnology, theatre and philosophy at the University Producer: of Helsinki. In the 1980s, he wrote film criticism for FINNISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS 2006 Mika Ritalahti, Niko Ritalahti several newspapers in Finland and also for the film Production: magazine Filmihullu. From the beginning of the 1990s, Silva Mysterium Oy he has made documentary films, e.g. Production support: Women At The University (Naisia yliopistolla, 1990), The Finnish Film Foundation, Milkpayday (Maitotilipäivä, 1991), The Last Livonians? AVEK (Viimeiset liiviläiset?, 1995) and Stones (Kivet, 2000). 56 57 35 mm | 1:1,85 | Dolby Digital | ~75’ | The Birth of a Nation Premiere: September 2006 [ Kansakunnan synty ] Director: Riina Hyytiä A small village on the fringes of a large empire leads a simple and happy life. Farming, sing- Script: ing and a small amusement park with a Ferris wheel provide for and entertain the villagers. In Aleksi Bardy, Mika Ripatti, charge of the village is its headman Paavo, while the empire is controlled by the emperor. All the Seppo Vesiluoma villagers follow their orders – after all, what would become of things if they didn’t? The village Cinematography: smith, Sauli, pays for his insubordination, as he is banished by Paavo. Pini Hellstedt The emperor demands the Ferris wheel for himself. One of the villagers, a man called Erkki, Animation: opposes the requisition of the contraption and is jailed. Paavo sets off to save Erkki, going against Anima Vitae Oy authority for the first time in his life. Editing: The emperor doesn’t take a kind eye to the rescue operation. Paavo becomes wanted by the Kimmo Kohtamäki authorities, and when the villagers refuse to turn him in, the whole population is exiled. In order Sound design: to make the journey back to the village from their exile and to stop the emperor’s oppression, the Janne Jankkeri, Heikki Kossi, villagers must find a new way of co-operating and sticking together. Salla Hämäläinen Music: Riina Hyytiä Tauri Oksala Riina Hyytiä (b. 1969), Doctor of Arts, is the director and Cast: producer of the TV series The Autocrats (Itse valtiaat) and Mika Ala-Panula, she has produced several other series and films for television. Heikki Hilander, Erja Manto For the big screen, she has produced the films Young Gods Producers: (Hymypoika, 2003), Flowers and Binding (Kukkia ja sidontaa, Aleksi Bardy, Riina Hyytiä, 2004) and Beauty and the Bastard (Tyttö sinä olet tähti, 2005) Olli Haikka as well as The Prince of Soap (Saippuaprinssi) which will Production: premiere in February 2006. Hyytiä is the Vice President of

FINNISHHelsinki FEATURE-filmi Oy FILMS IN PRODUCTIONthe TV production2006 company Filmiteollisuus Oy. 58 35 mm | Cinemascope | Man’s Job Dolby digital | 110’ | Premiere: Spring 2007 [ M i e h e n t y ö ]

Man’s Job is a story about Juha who becomes a male gigolo but doesn’t tell his family. Feeling ashamed about his failure and worried about his wife’s mental health, Juha decides to keep the fact that he got fired a secret. He spends his days on a remote service station thinking about a way out and the growing web of lies that he is slowly weaving. Soon the desperate Juha finds himself, completely naked, brushing the hair of a woman he has never met before. He also finds himself earning in two hours what he used two earn in two days at his old job. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha, the father of three small children, begins to sell his body in earnest. Juha’s shame and lies grow, but the money helps him cope with the downside of his new pro- fession. And as long as wife Katja doesn’t touch her antidepressants, everything is fine.

Aleksi Salmenperä Director, script: Aleksi Salmenperä (born 1973) graduated as Master of Arts in Aleksi Salmenperä directing and screenwriting at the University of Art and Design Producers: Helsinki UIAH in 2003. He has directed several short films, Petri Jokiranta, Tero Kaukomaa including the award-winning Ferry-Go-Round (Onnenpeli 2001), Production: made in 2001. He has also directed several films and series for Blind Spot Pictures Oy television, such as Vapaa pudotus (“Free Fall”) in 2001 and Tie Eedeniin Distributor in Finland: (“The Road to Eden”) in 2003. His first feature film, Producing Adults Sandrew Metronome (Lapsia ja aikuisia), was selected as Finland’s Oscar nominee in 2004. Distribution Finland Oy

Producing Adults has been sold to fifteen countries. www.blindspot.fi FINNISH FEATURE FILMS IN PRODUCTION 2006 59 35 mm colour | 2,35:1 | Dolby digital | Vares – Private Eye 2 Premiere: January 2007 [ V a r e s 2 ]

A hard boiled crime thriller comedy. Reijo Mäki is Finland’s most popular writer of detective novels, and Jussi Vares – the private eye hero of these widely-read stories – is a man with a liking for liquor and an eye for beautiful women and for whom life is never simple. Vares – Private Eye (Vares, 2004), the biggest Finnish box office hit of 2004, was the toughest Director: movie thriller ever made in Finland. Aleksi Mäkelä Vares 2 returns Reijo Mäki’s down-to-earth hero to the screen even tougher than before. Script: Marko Leino Cinematography: Pini Hellstedt Cast: Juha Veijonen Producer: Aleksi Mäkelä Markus Selin Aleksi Mäkelä (born 1969) is one of the most Executive producer: successful young directors in Finland. He has Jukka Helle directed several hugely popular films, many of Production: them produced by Markus Selin. Solar Films Inc. Mäkelä’s previous works include Matti – Distributor in Finland: Hell Is for Heroes (Matti, 2006), Vares (2004), Buena Vista International Finland Oy Bad Boys – A True Story (Pahat pojat, 2003), International sales: The South (Lomalla, 2000) and The Tough Ones

FINNISHBirch Tree FEATURE Entertainment FILMS IN PRODUCTION(Häjyt , 20061999). 60 61 35 mm | Premiere: autumn 2006 Rock’n’Roll Never Dies

Rock’n’Roll Never Dies is a story about Tiger, a young man going on forty, with a damned good father and a damned good mother and a damned good guitar and a damned sincere nature.

Director, script, music: Juha Koiranen Juha Koiranen Cinematography: Juha Koiranen, born 1968, graduated as a Jyri Hakala Master of Arts from the Department of Film Editing: and TV at the University of Art and Design Oskar Franzen UIAH. His films include the short films Producers: Albatross (Albatrossi, 1993), Heavy Metal Sinikka Usvamaa, (1995) and The Sweep (Pakkaus, 2000), Marko Rauhala and the TV film Partanen (2004). Production:

FINNISHFilmtotal FEATURE Oy FILMS IN PRODUCTION 2006 62 International Sales Companies

Bavaria Film GmbH The Match Factory GmbH Sandrew Metronome International Bavariafilmplatz 7 Michael Weber PO Box 5612 DE-82031 Geiselgasteig [email protected] SE-11486 Stockholm Tel. +49 89 649 90 www.the-match-factory.com Tel. +46 8 762 1700 Fax +49 89 649 2507 Fax +46 8 103 850 www.bavariafilm.de Nordisk Film International Sales bertil.sandgren@ Mosedalvej 14 se.sandrewmetronome.com Birch Tree Entertainment DK-2500 Valby 9200 Sunset Blvd. Tel. +45 3618 8200 Wide Management Suite 330 Fax +45 3618 9550 42 bis, rue de Lourmel Los Angeles, CA 90069 contact@nordiskfilm.com. FR-75015 Paris USA www.sales.nordiskfilm.com France Tel. +1 310 383 2782 Tel. +33 1 5395 0464 Fax +1 323 843 9650 Rezo Films Fax +33 1 5395 0465 info@birchtreefilms.com 29 rue du Faubourg Poissonnière [email protected] www.birchtreeentertainment.com FR-75009 Paris www.widemanagement.com Tel. +33 1 4246 4630 Future Film Oy Ab Fax +33 1 4246 4082 Rantakatu 2 G 10 infosrezo@rezofilms.com FI-65100 Vaasa Tel. +358 6 3199 500 Fax +358 6 3199 555 info@futurefilm.fi 63 Top Films in Finland 2005

All films 2005 Premiere Admissions

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire 18.11.2005 363 000 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith 19.5.2005 286 000 Madagascar 2.9.2005 228 000 Frozen Land (Finnish) 14.1.2005 171 000 Pooh’s Heffalump Movie 18.2.2005 159 000 Mother of Mine (Finnish) 30.9.2005 154 000 Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were Rabbit 14.10.2005 150 000 Batman Begins 15.7.2005 137 000 Mr & Mrs Smith 10.6.2005 125 000 War of the Worlds 29.6.2005 121 000 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 16.9.2005 115 000 National Treasure 31.12.2004 107 000 Sin City 22.7.2005 101 000 Beauty and the Bastard (Finnish) 21.10.2005 96 000 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe 23.12.2005 95 000 Kingdom of Heaven 4.5.2005 90 000 Meet the Fockers 18.2.2005 88 000 Million Dollar Baby 11.3.2005 85 000 Robots 18.3.2005 82 000 King Kong 14.12.2005 78 000 64 Finnish films 2005 Premiere Admissions 2005 Cumulative 2004–2005

Frozen Land 14.1.2005 170 357 Conquistadors of Cuba (doc) 28.1.2005 1 790 Shades of Happiness 11.2.2005 79 602 For the Living and the Dead 18.2.2005 4 830 What Comes Around – See Everything, Feel Everything (doc) 11.2.2005 3 534 Shepherds (doc) 15.4.2005 2 903 Homesick 12.8.2005 23 943 Game Over 26.8.2005 16 070 Shadow of the Eagle 9.9.2005 62 892 Mother of Mine 30.9.2005 154 779 Valo 7.10.2005 38 748 Beauty and the Bastard 21.10.2005 96 029 Along the Road Little Child (doc) 18.11.2005 324 Promise 2.12.2005 72 994 FC Venus 30.12.2005 20 514

My Friend Henry 20.8.2004 2 173 10 287 Trench Road 27.8.2004 2 500 103 002 Producing Adults 27.9.2004 1 956 56 107 The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (doc) 8.10.2004 6 267 10 225 Flowers and Binding 15.10.2004 635 23 499 Riot On! (doc) 12.11.2004 633 2 032 Pelicanman 17.12.2004 93 183 117 356 Harbour Brothers 25.12.2004 91 710 118 841

Total 942 423 65 Facts in Figures

Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Releases 176 172 192 177 189 189

Screens 343 339 342 338 336 340

Admissions in millions 7,1 6,5 7,7 7,7 6,9 6,1

Gross box-office in millions 276,9* 274,2* 55,0 56,4 51,8 45

Ticket price average 39* 42,2* 7,1 7,3 7,3 7,4

Per capita attendances 1,4 1,3 1,5 1,5 1,3 1,2

Finnish feature films 9 12 10 14 13 11

Share of Finnish films 15 % 10 % 18 % 22 % 17 % 15 %

*2000–2001 in FIM | 1 euro=5,94573 FIM 66 Finnish Feature Films 1.1.1999–3.12.2005

Release Date Title of Film Production Company Director in Helsinki

14.1.2000 Lakeuden kutsu Return to Plainlands MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy Ilkka Vanne 21.1.2000 Pelon maantiede Geography of Fear Blind Spot Pictures Oy Auli Mantila 28.1.2000 Levottomat Restless Solar Films Inc. Aku Louhimies 11.2.2000 Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat Abandoned Houses Jörn Donner Productions Oy Lauri Törhönen 18.2.2000 Seitsemän laulua tundralta Seven Songs from the Tundra Jörn Donner Productions Oy Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio 3.3.2000 Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha Ere Kokkonen Oy Ere Kokkonen 24.3.2000 Highway Society Mariette Rissenbeek Filmproduktion / Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki 18.8.2000 Badding Fennada Filmi Oy Markku Pölönen 29.9.2000 Bad Luck Love GNUfilms Oy Olli Saarela 1.12.2000 Lomalla The South Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä 12.1.2001 Rentun ruusu The Rose of a Rascal Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo 26.1.2001 Tango kabaree Tango Cabaret MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy Pekka Lehto 9.2.2001 Ken tulta pyytää A Suburban Tale Kinotar Oy Sakari Kirjavainen 23.2.2001 Klassikko Classic Sputnik Oy Kari Väänänen 2.3.2001 Cyclomania Blind Spot Pictures Oy Simo Halinen 9.3.2001 Maa Earth Alppiharjun elokuva Oy Veikko Aaltonen 31.8.2001 Young Love Mainstream Pictures Arto Lehkamo 7.9.2001 Drakarna över Helsingfors Kites Over Helsinki Kinoproduction Oy Peter Lindholm 14.9.2001 Joki The River Lasihelmi Filmi Oy Jarmo Lampela 21.9.2001 Kyytiä Moosekselle Takin’ Moses for a Ride Illume Ltd. Kaija Juurikkala 5.10.2001 Emmauksen tiellä On the Road to Emmaus Fennada Filmi Oy Markku Pölönen 2.11.2001 Joutilaat The Idle Ones Kinotar Oy Susanna Helke & Virpi Suutari 21.12.2001 Rölli ja metsän henki Rolli MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy Olli Saarela 67 28.12.2001 Minä ja Morrison Me and Morrison Solar Films Inc. Lenka Hellstedt 18.1.2002 Aleksis Kiven elämä The Life of Aleksis Kivi Seppä Callahanin Filmimaailma Oy Jari Halonen 1.2.2002 Kuutamolla Lovers & Leavers MRP Matila & Röhr Productions Oy Aku Louhimies 28.2.2002 Moro no Brasil Sound of Brazil Magnatel TV GmbH / Marianna Films Oy Mika Kaurismäki 1.3.2002 Mies vailla menneisyyttä The Man Without a Past Sputnik Oy Aki Kaurismäki 16.8.2002 Hengittämättä ja nauramatta Stripping Blind Spot Pictures Oy Saara Saarela 30.8.2002 Kymmenen riivinrautaa Ere Kokkonen Oy Ere Kokkonen 6.9.2002 Menolippu Mombasaan One-way Ticket to Mombasa Cinemaker Oy Hannu Tuomainen 20.9.2002 Umur Fantasiafilmi Oy Kai Lehtinen 4.10.2002 Kahlekuningas The Handcuff King Kinoproduction Ltd. Arto Koskinen 11.10.2002 Haaveiden kehä Blue Corner Dada-filmi Oy Matti Ijäs 18.10.2002 Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu Hayflower and Quiltshoe Kinotaurus Oy Kaisa Rastimo 8.11.2002 Elämän äidit Mothers of Life Giron Filmi Oy Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio 29.11.2002 Ilman tytärtäni Without My Daughter Tarinatalo, Dream Catcher Aleksis Kouros & Kari Tervo 17.1.2003 Pahat pojat Bad Boys – A True Story Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä 31.1.2003 Raid Kinoproduction Oy Tapio Piirainen 14.2.2003 Mosku – Lajinsa viimeinen Mosku – The Last of His Kind Fantasiafilmi Oy Tapio Suominen 28.2.2003 Nousukausi Upswing Kinotar Oy Johanna Vuoksenmaa 7.3.2003 Näkymätön Elina* Elina Kinoproduction Oy Klaus Härö 14.3.2003 Eila Blind Spot Pictures Oy Jarmo Lampela 29.8.2003 Helmiä ja sikoja Pearls and Pigs Talent House Perttu Leppä 12.9.2003 Sibelius Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo 10.10.2003 Broidit Brothers Kinotar Oy Esa Illi 24.10.2003 Hymypoika Young Gods Helsinki -filmi Oy J-P Siili 19.12.2003 Vieraalla maalla Land of Love MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Ilkka Vanne

* Swedish-Finnish co-production 68 16.1.2004 Levottomat 3 Addiction Solar Films Inc. Minna Virtanen 13.2.2004 Koirankynnen leikkaaja Dog Nail Clipper Fennada-filmi Oy Markku Pölönen 5.3.2004 Framom främsta linjen – Etulinjan edessä Beyond the Front Line Åke Lindman Film-Production Oy Åke Lindman 5.3.2004 Jumalan morsian A Bride of the Seventh Heaven Millennium Film Oy Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio 9.4.2004 Joensuun Elli Elli Helsingin Dexline Oy Anssi Mänttäri 23.7.2004 Vares Solar Films Inc. Aleksi Mäkelä 20.8.2004 Ystäväni Henry My Friend Henry Do Films Oy Auli Mantila 27.8.2004 Juoksuhaudan tie Trench Road Kinotar Oy Veikko Aaltonen 10.9.2004 Uuno Turhapuron tarina – This Is My Life Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life Ere Kokkonen Oy Ere Kokkonen 17.9.2004 Lapsia ja aikuisia – kuinka niitä tehdään? Producing Adults Blind Spot Pictures Oy Aleksi Salmenperä 15.10.2004 Kukkia ja sidontaa Flowers and Binding Helsinki -filmi Oy & Kinotaurus Oy Janne Kuusi 17.12.2004 Pelikaanimies Pelicanman Lumifilm Oy Liisa Helminen 25.12.2004 Keisarikunta Harbour Brothers Mandart Entertainment Oy Pekka Mandart 14.1.2005 Paha maa Frozen Land Solar Films Inc. Aku Louhimies 11.2.2005 Onnen varjot Shades of Happiness Kinoproduction Oy Claes Olsson 18.2.2005 Eläville ja kuolleille For the Living and the Dead Sputnik Oy Kari Paljakka 12.8.2005 Koti-ikävä Homesick Making Movies Oy Petri Kotwica 26.8.2005 Game Over KinoFinlandia Oy Pekka Lehto 9.9.2005 Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa Shadow of the Eagle Artista Filmi Oy Timo Koivusalo 30.9.2005 Äideistä parhain Mother of Mine MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Klaus Härö 7.10.2005 Valo Periferia Productions Oy Kaija Juurikkala 21.10.2005 Tyttö sinä olet tähti Beauty and the Bastard Helsinki -filmi Oy Dome Karukoski 2.12.2005 Lupaus Promise Fantasiafilmi Oy Ilkka Vanne 30.12.2005 FC Venus Talent House Joona Tena 69 Useful Addresses

Actors in Scandinavia The Association of Finnish Film Workers – SET ry. Vuorimiehenkatu 20 D Meritullinkatu 33 A FI-00150 Helsinki FI-00170 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 6840 440 Tel. +358 9 2511 2143 Fax +358 9 6840 4422 Fax +358 9 2511 2191 lauram@actors.fi set@teme.fi, www.teme.fi/set www.actors.fi The Association of Independent Producers Animaatioklinikka – in Finland – SATU ry. Finnish Animation Association Fabianinkatu 4 B 14 c/o Suomen Elokuvakontakti FI-00130 Helsinki Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 Tel. +358 9 684 0610 FI-00170 Helsinki Fax +358 9 622 1860 Fax +358 9 6129 7210 marit.hohtokari@satu.fi, www.satu.fi animaat@kaapeli.fi www.animaatioklinikka.fi AVEK – The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland The Association of Hietaniemenkatu 2 Finnish Film Directors – SELO ry. FI-00100 Helsinki PL 177, FI-00531 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 4315 2350 Tel. +358 50 539 0951 Fax +358 9 4315 2377 tommi.saarikivi@elisanet.fi [email protected].fi www.selo.fi www.kopiosto.fi/avek 70 Broadcast Text Finland – The all-round Digital Film Finland Oy The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) / text & language service in film, TV & video Katajanokan laituri 11 B TV2 Sörnäisten rantatie 27 C 11 FI-00160 Helsinki PO Box 196, FI-33101 Tampere FI-00500 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 6877 000 Tel. +358 3 345 6111 Tel. +358 9 4133 7700 Fax +358 9 6877 0033 Fax +358 3 344 2280 Fax +358 9 4133 7730 info@df.fi www.yle.fi office@broadcasttext.fi www.digitalfilmfinland.fi www.broadcasttext.fi The Finnish Chamber of Films The Finnish Board of Film Classification Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 The Central Organization of Jaakonkatu 5 B FI-00100 Helsinki Finnish Film Producers – SEK ry. FI-00100 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 6877 2311 Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 Tel. +358 9 2285 41 Fax +358 9 6877 2320 FI-00100 Helsinki Fax +358 9 2285 4470 filmikamari@filmikamari.fi Tel. +358 9 6877 2311 tuula.roos@vet.fi www.filmikamari.fi Fax +358 9 6877 2320 www.vet.fi filmikamari@filmikamari.fi The Finnish Cinema Exhibitors’ The Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) / www.filmikamari.fi Association – SEOL ry. TV1 Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 FI-00024 Yleisradio Channel Four Finland – Ruutunelonen FI-00100 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 14 801 PO Box 350, FI-00151 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 6877 2311 Fax +358 9 1480 3215 Tel. +358 9 45 451 Fax +358 9 6877 2320 www.yle.fi Fax +358 9 4545 400 filmikamari@filmikamari.fi www.nelonen.fi www.filmikamari.fi 71 The Finnish Film Archive Media Desk Finland PO Box 177 The Finnish Film Foundation FI-00151 Helsinki Kanavakatu 12, FI-00160 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 615 400 Tel. +358 9 6220 3013 Fax +358 9 6154 0242 Fax +358 9 6220 3070 sea@sea.fi kerstin.degerman@ses.fi www.sea.fi www.mediadesk.fi

The Finnish Film Contact MTV3 Finland Pohjoisranta 20 B 23 FI-00033 MTV3 FI-00170 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 150 01 Tel. +358 9 6129 720 Fax +358 9 150 707 Fax +358 9 6129 7210 mtv@mtv3.fi, www.mtv3.fi fi[email protected].fi www.elokuvakontakti.fi State Committee for Cinema Maneesikatu 7, PL 293 The Finnish Film Distributors’ FI-00171 Helsinki Association – SEL ry. Tel. +358 9 1607 7921 Kaisaniemenkatu 3 B 29 Fax +358 9 1607 7069 FI-00100 Helsinki mari karikoski@minedu.fi Tel. +358 9 6877 2311 Fax +358 9 6877 2320 University of Art and Design Helsinki – filmikamari@filmikamari.fi School of Motion Picture, Television and www.filmikamari.fi 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 72 Distributors

Buena Vista Int. Finland Oy Future Film Oy Ab Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution Oy Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B, FI-00100 Helsinki Rantakatu 2 G 10, FI-65100 Vaasa John Stenbergin ranta 2, FI-00530 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 8562 9500 Tel. +358 6 3199 500 Tel. +358 9 4764 460 Fax +358 9 8562 9550 Fax +358 6 3199 555 Fax +358 9 4764 4640 info@futurefilm.fi Cinema Mondo Oy Rapid Eye Movie Ltd. Unioninkatu 10 A 27, FI-00130 Helsinki Kamras Film Group Oy Mannerheimintie 19 B 4, FI-00250 Helsinki Tel. +358 201 555 804 Mikonkatu 19, FI-00100 Helsinki Tel. +358 40 7542 949 Fax +358 201 555 805 Tel. +358 9 621 1100 Fax +358 4544 626 mikas@cinemamondo.fi Fax +358 9 684 7263 info@kamrasfilm.fi Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Finnkino Oy Oy Kinoscreen Ltd. Kaisaniemenkatu 1 C 106, FI-00100 Helsinki Koivuvaarankuja 2, FI-01640 Vantaa Pohjoisranta 20 B 23, FI-00170 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 8866 7709 Tel. +358 9 131 191 Tel. +358 9 5893 8861 Fax +358 9 8666 7710 Fax +358 9 8527 206 Fax +358 9 5893 8860 kinoscreen@jippii.fi Oy Scanbox Finland FS Film Oy Vapaalantie 2 A 3, FI-01650 Vantaa Urho Kekkosenkatu 4–6 E, 5. krs. MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy Tel. +358 9 8545 5602 FI-00100 Helsinki Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141, FI-00180 Helsinki Fax +358 9 8545 5611 Tel. +358 207 300 460 Tel. +358 9 5407 820 [email protected] Fax +358 207 300 461 Fax. +358 9 5407 8210 www.scanbox.com [email protected] www.matilarohr.com 73 Film Festivals in Finland 2006

DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival Espoo Ciné International Film Festival 25.–29.1.2006 22.–27.8.2006 Fredrikinkatu 23, FI-00120 Helsinki PO Box 95, FI-02101 Espoo Tel. +358 9 672 472, Fax +358 9 673 998 Tel. +358 9 466 599, Fax +358 9 466 458 [email protected] offi[email protected] www.docpoint.info www.espoocine.org

Tampere International Short Film Festival Helsinki Film Festival – Love & Anarchy 8.–12.3.2006 14.–24.9.2006 Tullikamarinaukio 2, FI-33101 Tampere Mannerheimintie 21–24, Box 889 Tel. +358 3 213 0034, Fax +358 3 223 0121 FI-00101 Helsinki office@tamperefilmfestival.fi Tel. +358 9 6843 5230, Fax +358 9 6843 5232 www.tamperefilmfestival.fi office@hiff.fi www.hiff.fi

Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat – Midnight Sun Film Festival Oulu International Children’s Film Festival 14.–18.6.2006 13.–19.11.2006 Jäämerentie 9, FI-99600 Sodankylä Torikatu 8, FI-90100 Oulu Tel. +358 16 614 524, Fax +358 16 618 646 Tel. +358 8 881 1293, Fax +358 8 881 1290 office@msfilmfestival.fi oek@oufilmcenter.inet.fi www.msfilmfestival.fi www.oukafi/lef 74 Producers

AL-Filmi Oy / Artista Filmi Oy Cinemaker Oy Do Films Oy Mainstream Pictures PL 69 Hirveläntie 13 B 7 Hiihtomäentie 34 Ruukintie 10 E FI-28401 Ulvila FI-31400 Somero FI-00800 Helsinki FI-07970 Ruotsinpyhtää Tel. +358 2 647 7441 Tel./Fax +358 2 748 2360 Tel. +358 9 6874 4980 Tel. +358 500 704 316 Fax. +358 2 647 7551 cinemaker@cinemaker.fi Fax +358 9 6874 4981 [email protected].fi timo.koivusalo@artistafilmi.fi www.cinemaker.fi info@dofilms.fi www.mainstream.fi www.artistafilmi.fi www.dofilms.fi Crystal Eye Ltd. Alppiharjun elokuva Oy Blind Spot Pictures Oy Tallberginkatu 1 / 44 Ere Kokkonen Oy Viipurinkatu 16 B 22 Kalliolanrinne 4 FI-00180 Helsinki Viertolantie 7 B FI-00510 Helsinki FI-00510 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 694 2308 FI-01800 Klaukkala Tel. +358 9 148 1636 Tel. +358 9 7742 8360 Fax +358 9 694 7224 Tel. +358 400 416 730 Fax +358 9 148 1636 Fax +358 9 7742 8350 mail@crystaleye.fi Fax +358 9 879 2371 alppiharjunelokuva@jippii.fi spot@blindspot.fi www.crystaleye.fi [email protected].fi www.blindspot.fi Art Films production AFP Oy Dada-Filmi Oy Fantasiafilmi Oy Merimiehenkatu 10 Bonsaifilms Ltd. / 3. Linja 5 Tallberginkatu 1 A 141 FI-00150 Helsinki Elephant Films Ltd. FI-00530 Helsinki FI-00180 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 4159 3640 Päijänteentie 39–41 E 15 Tel. +358 9 774 4780 Tel. +358 9 540 7850 Fax +358 9 4159 3690 FI-00510 Helsinki Fax +358 9 730 734 Fax. +358 9 540 78530 info@artfilms.inet.fi Tel. +358 41 522 6531 kari.sara@fennada-filmi.fi fanfilm@fantasiafilm.com www.artfilmsproduction.com Fax +358 9 668 009 www.fantasiafilm.com [email protected]

75 Fennada-filmi Oy FS Film Oy Helsingin Dexline Oy Kolmas linja 5 Urho Kekkosenkatu 4–6 E, Töölönkatu 32 A b 37 FI-00530 Helsinki 5. krs. FI-00260 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 774 4780 FI-00100 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 5876 062 Fax +358 9 730 734 Tel. +358 9 0207 300 460 [email protected] kari.sara@fennada-filmi.fi Fax +358 9 0207 300 461 matti.halonen@fs-film.fi Helsinki -filmi Oy Filmi-Molle Oy Vanha Talvitie 11 A Jalasjoentie 245 Giron Filmi Oy FI-00580 Helsinki FI-31960 Orisuo Lapinlahdenkatu 29 A 10 Tel. +358 9 7740 300 Tel. +358 2 767 6850 FI-00180 Helsinki Fax +358 9 7740 3060 Tel./Fax +358 9 685 4429 helsinkifilmi@helsinkifilmi.fi Filmiryhmä Oy aleksi.bardy@helsinkifilmi.fi Vyökatu 8 Guerillafilms Ltd. www.helsinkifilmi.fi FI-00160 Helsinki Kiuastie 7 B Tel. +358 9 171 055 FI-02770 Espoo Illume Ltd. Fax +358 9 662 602 Tel. +358 9 8813 224 Palkkatilankatu 7 virke.lehtinen@filmiryhma.fi guerillafi[email protected] FI-00240 Helsinki Festival contacts: www.filmiryhma.fi Tel./Fax +358 9 148 1489 The Finnish Film Foundation Hakalax Productions Oy illume@illume.fi Kanavakatu 12 Filmtotal Oy Topeliuksenkatu 3b 9A www.illume.fi FI-00160 Helsinki Pursimiehenkatu 21 FI-00260 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 6220 300 FI-00150 Helsinki Tel. +358 400 423 364 Fax +358 9 6220 3060 Tel. +358 9 2486 1880 hakalax@ ses@ses.fi Fax +358 9 2486 1881 hakalaxproductions.com www.ses.fi tiger@film-total.fi 76 Ilokuva Naukkarinen & Co J.W. Documentaries Oy Kinoproduction Oy Klaffi Productions Ltd. Palotie 23 B Päijänteentie 39–41 Pasilan vanhat veturitallit Nahkatehtaankatu 2 FI-02760 Espoo FI-00510 Helsinki FI-00520 Helsinki FI-90100 Oulu Tel. +358 9 855 4860 Tel. +358 500 615 345 Tel. +358 9 6850 460 Tel. +358 8 8811 623 Fax +358 9 881 3592 Fax +358 9 6873 1910 Fax. +358 9 6850 4610 Fax +358 8 8811 624 ilokuva@ilokuva.fi websters@dlc.fi kino@kinoproduction.fi klaffi@klaffi.com www.ilokuva.fi www.kinoproduction.fi www.klaffi.com Katharsis Films Oy Jackpot Films Oy Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 37 B 31 Kinotar Oy Kroma Productions Ltd. Valumallinpolku 11 FI-00260 Helsinki Vuorikatu 16 A 9 Magnusborg FI-33100 Tampere Tel. & Fax +358 9 3422 121 FI-00100 Helsinki FI-06100 Porvoo Tel. +358 3 223 4210 Mobile +358 40 7257 707 Tel. +358 9 135 1864 Tel. +358 19 5348 015 Fax +358 3 223 4256 hiltunen@kaapeli.fi Fax +358 9 135 7864 Fax +358 19 5348 016 timo.kahilainen@saunalahti.fi www.kafi.fi [email protected] kroma@magnusborg.fi www.kinotar.com www.kromaproductions.net Juonifilmi Oy KinoFinlandia Oy Urho Kekkosenkatu 4–6 A Pyhtääntie 5 Kiti Luostarinen Production Ky Lasihelmi Filmi Oy FI-00100 Helsinki FI-00600 Helsinki Nastolantie 36 A Kalliolanrinne 4 Tel. +358 20 7300 466 Tel. +358 9 2781 783 FI-00600 Helsinki FI-00510 Helsinki Fax +358 20 7300 461 Fax +358 9 2781 763 Tel. +358 9 792 648 Tel.+358 9 7742 830 jarkko.hentula@juonifilmi.fi kinofinlandia@kinofinlandia.fi kiti.luostarinen@kolumbus.fi Fax + 358 9 7742 8350 www.juonifilmi.fi toimisto@lasihelmi.fi www.lasihelmi.fi

77 Lindman Åke Mandart Production Nordisk Film Film-Production Oy Kalevankatu 28 A 3 Tehtaankatu 27–29 D, 3. krs. Elimäenkatu 14–16 C FI-00100 Helsinki FI-00150 Helsinki FI-00510 Helsinki Tel. +358 9 694 3142 Tel. +358 9 6689 990 Tel. +358 9 736 300 Fax +358 9 694 3136 Fax +358 9 6689 9996 Fax +358 9 737 700 [email protected] petri.uitto@nordiskfilm.com [email protected].fi www.mandart.com www.nordiskfilmtv.fi

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