Documentaries
It’s Raining Women
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Mari Soppela
- Screenwriters
- Mari Soppela
- Producers
- Julia Ton
- Release year
- 2022
- SES grant
- 113 400 €
- Budget
- 232 000 €
- Production companies
- LPMA Productions
Finnish migrant filmmaker Mari Soppela travels the world as she takes us on a five-year investigation into the complex realities of the glass ceiling. Scrutinizing the statistics and delving into the lived experiences of women battling discrimination throughout the globe she exposes the uncomfortable truths and dirty secrets of gender bias in the workplace. Simultaneously light-hearted and deadly serious, the film shines a light on a much misunderstood phenomenon and acts as a rallying cry to everyone everywhere to continue the fight for gender equality.
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock
- International coproduction US-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Shannon Kring
- Screenwriters
- Shannon Kring
- Producers
- Shannon Kring, Sophia Ehrnrooth
- Release year
- 2021
- SES grant
- 33 000 €
- Budget
- 450 000 €
- Production companies
- Solar Films Oy
End of the Line – The Women of Standing Rock is the incredible story of a group of indigenous women willing to risk their lives to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline construction that desecrated their ancient burial and prayer sites and threatens their land, water, and very existence. In the process, they must face the personal costs of leadership, even as their own lives and identities are transformed in the crucible of one of the great political and cultural events of the early 21st century. This compelling documentary gives a uniquely powerful view of the unfolding epic of the Standing Rock movement from the inside, illumined through deeply personal footage and interviews with the remarkable women at the heart of it all – women whose lives are forever changed in the crucible of Standing Rock.
Waste
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jan Ijäs
- Screenwriters
- Jan Ijäs
- Producers
- Jan Ijäs
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 86 000 €
- Budget
- 186 000 €
- Production companies
- Visiokolmio Oy
Films: Waste no. 2 Wreck (2016), The Raft of the Medusa (2017), Waste no. 1 Money (2017), Waste no. 3 Boom (2017), Waste no. 4 New York, New York (2019), Waste no. 6 How Great (2019)
The Beloved Daughter
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Tiina Madisson
- Screenwriters
- Tiina Madisson
- Producers
- Kirsi Mattila, Joonas Kauppinen
- Release year
- 2020
- SES grant
- 110 000 €
- Budget
- 260 000 €
- Production companies
- Osuuskunta Icebreaker Productions
Rekha loves her father, Balkumar, more than anything else in the world, and she and her father have an exceptionally close relationship, especially in a society where only sons are valuable and daughters are undesirable.
Colombia in My Arms
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jenni Kivistö, Jussi Rastas
- Screenwriters
- Jenni Kivistö, Jussi Rastas
- Producers
- Markku Tuurna
- Release year
- 2020
- SES grant
- 135 000 €
- Budget
- 386 000 €
- Production companies
- Filmimaa Oy
Hockey Dreams
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Janne Niskala, Oskari Pastila
- Screenwriters
- Janne Niskala, Oskari Pastila
- Producers
- Janne Niskala, Oskari Pastila
- Premiere
- 9.2.2022
- SES grant
- 140 000 €
- Budget
- 706 000 €
- Production companies
- Vaski Filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Storyhill Oy
Host country Korea will face the world’s best hockey nation Canada in the opening match of 2018 Winter Olympics. Ethnically Korean, but mentally North American hockey coach is given a huge challenge to prevent national embarrassment.
Conductivity
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Anna-Karin Grönroos
- Screenwriters
- Anna-Karin Grönroos
- Producers
- Venla Hellstedt, Elli Toivoniemi
- Premiere
- 7.2.2020
- SES grant
- 120 000 €
- Budget
- 238 000 €
- Production companies
- Tuffi Films Oy
- Distribution companies
- Tuffi Films Oy
The documentary Conductivity follows three young conducting students at the Sibelius Academy as they struggle to find their place in the hierarchical world of classical music. The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki is one of the most prestigious European music academies and its conductor class is world famous. The main theme of the film is leadership that arises from a rocky road where tension, social anxieties and involuntary mannerisms may form overpowering barriers.
The Law of Nature
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Verena Netzer, Mika Rantonen
- Screenwriters
- Mika Rantonen, Verena Netzer
- Producers
- Mika Rantonen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 177 000 €
- Production companies
- New Eyes Productions Oy
The Law of Nature is a cinematic documentary set in the picturesque rural areas and small villages around Kiuruvesi, a remote and sparsely populated region of North Savo. It follows the succeeding process of a farming family amidst increasingly darkening future prospects.
Lady Time
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Elina Talvensaari
- Screenwriters
- Elina Talvensaari
- Producers
- Jussi Rantamäki
- Premiere
- 21.8.2020
- SES grant
- 75 000 €
- Budget
- 161 000 €
- Production companies
- Elokuvayhtiö Aamu
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
A woman moved to a new apartment after the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952. She died there in 2012. She had no family left, there was no one to pick up memorabilia from what she left behind. We happened to buy her apartment. She was gone but her whole personal history was present in our living room. What would happen if I was to throw out these memories? Miss Time is a film about time and forgetting, and how time always swallows us all in the end.
Jeppis Sucks
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Anna-Sofia Nylund
- Screenwriters
- Anna-Sofia Nylund
- Producers
- Claes Olsson
- Release year
- 2020
- SES grant
- 50 000 €
- Budget
- 172 000 €
- Production companies
- Nordic film pool
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