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707 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 18/04/2024.

Karo’s feature debut the Key to two prizes in Park City

Finnish director Rosa Karo’s feature debut, The Italian Key, won both the Gold Medal and the Director’s Choice Award at the 8th Park City Film Music Festival in Park City, Utah, USA. Having...  

31/05/2011 | Awards | Finland

Largest Finnish theatre chain sold to Swedish equity group

Finnish media concern Sanoma WSOY’s sale of Finnkino – the country’s largest theatre circuit – and its Baltic subsidiary, Forum Cinemas, to Swedish private conglomerate, Ratos, has now been...  

26/05/2011 | Exhibitors | Finland/Baltics

Pozdniakovas turns Sanskrit epic into 3D animation

Finnish director-editor-sometime actor Arturas Pozdniakovas has started production on the €8.7m The Legend of King Nal (Kuningas Nalin tarina), a 3D animated feature based on the Indian national...  

26/05/2011 | Production | Finland

Kaurismaki turns Le Havre into a place of hope

With Le Havre, presented in Official Competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, inimitable Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki (Grand Jury Prize winner at Cannes 2002 for The Man Without a Past)...  

17/05/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Competition/Finland

Incident by a Bank sweeps Tampere awards

Swedish film Incident by a Bank by Ruben Östlund won the Grand Prix, Best Fiction and Audience Award in the International Competition of the 41st Tampere Film Festival (March 9-13). The Diploma of...  

16/03/2011 | Festivals | Finland

Niko 2 and five others soar with Film Foundation support

Niko 2: Family Affairs, the follow-up to the 2009 CGI-animated film Niko and the Way to the Stars, has received €800,000 in production support from the Finnish Film Foundation (FFF) towards its...  

03/03/2011 | Production | Finland

Karukoski on a glorious Odyssey at Jussis

Dome Karukoski’s box office hit Lapland Odyssey won four top prizes last Sunday evening at the annual Jussi Finnish Film Awards ceremony: Best Film, Director, Screenplay and the Audience award....  

08/02/2011 | Awards | Finland

Hella W biopic on Finnish screens

The Finnish/Estonian co-production Hella W, directed by Juha Wuolijoki, comes out on 70 Finnish screens today courtesy of Sandrew Metronome. Wuolijoki’s debut feature, Christmas Story, was the...  

28/01/2011 | Releases | Finland

Debut directors lead Jussi nominations

First-time directors Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale) and Saara Cantell (Heartbeats) received the most nominations (seven) from Filmiaura, the association of Finnish film...  

12/01/2011 | Awards | Finland

Record 27% domestic market share in 2010

Last year was a record year for Finland. Not since data collection for cinema attendance were introduced in 1969 had local films surpassed two million admissions and registered a 27% market share....  

10/01/2011 | Box Office | Finland

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