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710 articles available in total starting from 29/05/2002. Last article published on 07/05/2024.

Kari Vidø's supernatural thriller Paranoia enters production

Kari Vidø's supernatural thriller Paranoia enters production

Based on Birgitte Lorentzen's book of the same name, the new feature is toplined by Danish rising stars Zoe Bryan Hertz and August Issac Carter  

06/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Finland

Review: Lynx Man

Review: Lynx Man

Like a Finnish rendition of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”, with a recluse and a wild animal instead of livestock, Juha Suonpää’s film both melts hearts and breaks them, too  

29/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen  • Directors of The Gamer

Interview: Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen • Directors of The Gamer

“Gamers have to struggle with stress even more than football players”

The directorial duo break down their documentary on a Finnish gamer working his way to the top, who gets help from a top e-sports psychologist  

28/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

The Finnish Film Foundation grants production support to a variety of new projects

The Finnish Film Foundation grants production support to a variety of new projects

War, a tango festival and love for the forest are among the topics tackled by the films that have been granted a total of €6.3 million in production aid  

27/03/2023 | Production | Funding | Finland

Girl Picture and Hatching scoop Jussis as Finland celebrates local films

Girl Picture and Hatching scoop Jussis as Finland celebrates local films

Female filmmakers – and karaoke – clearly triumphed at the ceremony held to dish out the “Finnish Oscars”  

27/03/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Finland

Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila  • Directors of Monica in the South Seas

Interview: Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila • Directors of Monica in the South Seas

“We took this big pile of material and ‘massaged’ a film out of it”

The directorial duo combine two films and two stories, following a woman attempting to return to a past that never was  

22/03/2023 | /Finland

Pasi Hakkio  • Producer, Wacky Tie Films

Interview: Pasi Hakkio • Producer, Wacky Tie Films

“In documentaries we have more creative freedom than in the fiction world”

The Emerging Producer from Finland talks about how he tries to make films about themes that are important and relevant to him  

20/03/2023 | Emerging Producers 2023

Juha Suonpää  • Director of Lynx Man

Interview: Juha Suonpää • Director of Lynx Man

“It’s a political statement to be crazy”

Who said that one man’s love for the lynx can’t save the world? The director’s protagonist, Hannu, is clearly trying to do so  

20/03/2023 | CPH:DOX 2023

Review: The Good Driver

Review: The Good Driver

Bulgarian documentary filmmaker Tonislav Hristov's fiction feature debut tells of a personal search for a place in the world against the backdrop of illegal immigrant smuggling  

16/03/2023 | Bergamo 2023

Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River Flow

Interview: Ole Giæver • Director of Let the River Flow

“I’ve also had my Sámi awakening”

The Norwegian director opens up about the fight surrounding the construction of the Alta Dam, and telling stories from a Sámi perspective  

16/03/2023 | /Norway/Finland

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