Documentaries
Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Suvi West
- Screenwriters
- Suvi West
- Producers
- Janne Niskala
- Premiere
- 19.5.2021
- SES grant
- 125 000 €
- Budget
- 310 000 €
- Production companies
- Vaski Filmi Oy
- Distribution companies
- Pirkanmaan elokuvakeskus
Since the white men came to Finland, the Sámi have only been losing their rights. And it seems to get worse year by year. The new laws of the National Board of Forestry, the definition of the Sámi people by the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland, the Parliaments failure to ratify ILO169 (international law package for improving the position of the indigenous people) and the new restrictions of the Sámi’s fishing rights show how the Finns are treating their small minority. These decisions harden the daily life of the Sámi, who mostly live out of the nature. The Sámi are ignored while making these decisions.
The Reporter
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Ari Matikainen
- Screenwriters
- Ari Matikainen
- Producers
- Liisa Karpo
- Premiere
- 25.9.2020
- SES grant
- 195 000 €
- Budget
- 300 000 €
- Production companies
- napafilms oy
- Distribution companies
- Finnkino
The Reporter makes a reassuring picture of how the powerful reporters have been influenced in a democratic country, where they are not killed. What have they have been allowed to say and what happened if they gained much power.
The Pussy Diaries
- Category
- Documentaries
- Producers
- Mete Sasioglu
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 4 000 €
- Budget
- 11 000 €
- Production companies
- Sons of Lumière Oy
According to studies the young women enjoy sex the least, and we want to change that.
Vaeltajat
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Otto Heikola
- Screenwriters
- Otto Heikola, Anniina Kauttonen
- Producers
- Valtteri Munkki
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 33 000 €
- Budget
- 71 000 €
- Production companies
- Side Stories Oy
The Enemy Within
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Milja Viita
- Screenwriters
- Milja Viita
- Producers
- Veli Granö
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 4 000 €
- Budget
- 12 000 €
- Production companies
- Filemo ky
Cutting and self-harming is a globally growing phenomenon among today’s youth. The pain releases endorphins, which increase pleasure and soothe the mind, one can quickly get hooked. But it´s possible to find a way out.
Donner
- International coproduction SE-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Olavi Linna
- Screenwriters
- Olavi Linna
- Producers
- Oskar Forstén
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 10 000 €
- Budget
- 181 000 €
- Production companies
- Franckforstén Oy
Donner is a documentary about a very unusual old man and the times he has lived. A Jack of all trades and womanizer rolled into one. There is something monumental about this man, an archetype. A species that soon will become extinct. A rough man full of contradictions who has turned old and who somehow cannot fit into our present politically correct, anti-septic times. He says what’s on his mind and gets away with it. But for some reason people love him, or do they?
The Other Side of the River
- International co-production DE-SI-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Antonia Kilian
- Screenwriters
- Antonia Kilian, Jakob Weidner
- Producers
- Merja Ritola
- Release year
- in production
- SES grant
- 25 000 €
- Budget
- 364 000 €
- Production companies
- Greenlit Productions
Hala, a young Arab woman from a traditional, conservative city in North Syria, wants to be free and find love.
A Communist’s Daughter
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Jani Peltonen
- Screenwriters
- Jani Peltonen
- Producers
- Pertti Veijalainen
- Release year
- 2019
- SES grant
- 35 000 €
- Budget
- 71 000 €
- Production companies
- Illume Ltd. Oy
A Communist’s Daughter is a short documentary about a woman called Eila Åhlberg. She grew up in a changed and prospered Finland after the war. In the 60s the society was characterized by increase in mass production and consumption. Eila wanted to participate all of this. Everything looked good when she set up a successful screw wholesale with her husband Åke. The visual starting point of the film is home movies from their hayday. When you look at these cine films, it looks like that everything is shot mainly as a proof of the status and standard of living. We can go with them for exotic trips, posh parties, summer cottage construction, accurately decorated homes and boarding for motorboats.
Round of Honor
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski
- Screenwriters
- Lotta-Kaisa Riistakoski
- Producers
- Markku Tuurna
- Release year
- 2019
- Production companies
- Filmimaa Oy
- Distribution companies
- Yle
Round of Honour is a documentry film about the rise and fall of the legendary Pesis (Finnish baseball) team Juvan Pallo. It tells a touching story about local heroes and their highly committed fans, a story about excitement that ends with tears. For this village Pesis is the lifeline that lifts people out of recession and gives them power to fight unemployment. It brings the village together. But it all changes when a fixed match is reveiled, on one black Thursday.
This Train I Ride
- International coproduction FR-FI
- Category
- Documentaries
- Directors
- Arno Bitschy
- Screenwriters
- Arno Bitschy
- Producers
- Liisa Karpo, Marianne Mäkelä, Clara Vuillermoz
- Premiere
- 2.12.2019
- SES grant
- 30 000 €
- Budget
- 271 000 €
- Production companies
- napafilms oy
- Distribution companies
- Kuusan Kino