Animated films and series
Still Lives
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Elli Vuorinen
- Screenwriters
- Elli Vuorinen
- Producers
- Terhi Väänänen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 25 000 €
- Budget
- 53 000 €
- Production companies
- Pyjama Films Oy
The films’ main characters are ancient or traditional folk art statues. Their age-old solidity and subtle movement are contrasted by the lively voice track where several busy narrators fret over modern live’s problems. The statues live through the voice tracks’ events in seven separate episodes that all contemplate, from different points of views, the theme of busy stillness.
The Last Matador
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Katariina Lillqvist
- Screenwriters
- Katariina Lillqvist
- Producers
- Katariina Lillqvist, Tomas Rychetsky, Nils Claesson
- Release year
- 2021
- SES grant
- 26 510 €
- Budget
- 98 000 €
- Production companies
- Camera Cagliostro
When the last bullfighting arena in Catalonia is turned into a shopping mall, an old matador has to earn his living in the decadent night clubs of Barcelona. One night, the bored Russian president pops into the same bar, trying to freshen up his too long holidays. In no time he feels an urgent desire to try on his luck as a corrido hero before it is too late.
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Ira Carpelan
- Screenwriters
- Ira Carpelan, Małgorzata Więckowicz-Żyła, Piotr Szczepanowicz
- Producers
- Tom Carpelan, Ira Carpelan, Grzegorz Wacławek, Piotr Szczepanowicz, Zofia Jaroszuk
- Premiere
- 25.3.2022
- SES grant
- 234 000 €
- Budget
- 1 059 000 €
- Production companies
- Filmkompaniet Alpha
- Distribution companies
- Black Lion Pictures
Moominpappa tells about his misunderstood childhood, his shattering flee from the foundling hospital, and the momentous meeting with Hodgkins.
The Landing
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Kaisa Penttilä
- Screenwriters
- Kaisa Penttilä
- Producers
- Patrik Sigmundt
- Release year
- 2021
- SES grant
- 71 500 €
- Budget
- 109 000 €
- Production companies
- Kaiho Republic Oy
A ship full of strangers is shipwrecked at the local zoo. Who are they? Where will they be placed? The local citizen’s lovely Sunday is in jeopardy, luckily the newcomers are placed in handy cages. But what if the strangers have things better than thee good people in the park?
Royals Next Door
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Veronica Lassenius
- Screenwriters
- Veronica Lassenius, Line Langebek, Tinka Ullbro, Annika Sandelin
- Producers
- Pablo Jordi
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 162 490 €
- Budget
- 4 000 000 €
- Production companies
- Pikkukala Oy
Crown Princess Stella has just received the best news ever! Due to water damage in the castle the royal family has to move out. Queen Kat sees it as the perfect opportunity to modernise. In line with King Bob’s royal motto “Closer to the people” they decide to live in a normal house in an ordinary suburb. It’s time to show the people that the Royals are just like everyone else.
Our series explores the challenge of adapting to change without losing your identity.
The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Joonas Utti
- Screenwriters
- Maria O'Loughlin, Kyle Hart, Jeff D’Elia, Nicola Paglia, Kate Boutilier, Kristina Yee
- Producers
- Anttu Harlin
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 160 000 €
- Budget
- 8 698 000 €
- Production companies
- Gigglebug Entertainment Oy
Osmo’s life as a fun-loving and inquisitive twelve-year old threatens to come to a screeching halt when he moves to the picturesque but unusual town of Winterton, whose motto might as well be “We Do Things Our Way Around Here.” Winterton is an enigma wrapped in a frozen conundrum, but fortunately for Osmo, there’s Rita, his newfound distant cousin, also twelve.
Joy Eternal
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Juha Fiilin
- Producers
- Juha Fiilin
- Release year
- 2023
- SES grant
- 186 850 €
- Budget
- 2 156 000 €
- Production companies
- Fiilin Good Films Oy
Headstrong but impatient Joy blames mega-corporation H&H for the death of her parents. During her break in she is discovered by a wanna-be-gamer and a security guard Oogle.
Best & Bester
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Joonas Utti
- Screenwriters
- Kyle Hart, Anttu Harlin, Joonas Utti
- Producers
- Anttu Harlin
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 360 000 €
- Budget
- 5 700 000 €
- Production companies
- Gigglebug Entertainment Oy
Two ultra-competitive buddies, Best and Bester, spend their time permanently comparing what is the best thing of all time!
Flower Show
- Category
- Animated films and series
- Directors
- Elli Vuorinen
- Screenwriters
- Elli Vuorinen
- Producers
- Kimmo Sillanmikko
- Release year
- 2024
- SES grant
- 69 000 €
- Budget
- 113 000 €
- Production companies
- Böhle Studios
Girls have been cultivated like flowers for generations. Courteous formality, allusive sexuality and mysterious nature entwine at the annual flower show. The poetic, fragmented film portrays a story of females confronted with different expectations and demands.