The Finnish Film Foundation ended 2020 with investment of €570k in five majority and two minority feature docs. Total production investment of just under €3.7m also included four fiction features, four shorts and two series (17 productions in total).
The supported feature documentaries are:
Gaialand
Directors: Hannu Kontturi, Yvonne Debeaumarché
Screenwriters: Hannu Kontturi, Yvonne Debeaumarché
Producers: Vera Olsson, Elodie Polo-Ackerman
Production company: Aito Media
Support sum: €65,000
Game of Minds
Directors: Petri Luukkainen, Jesse Jokinen
Screenwriters: Jesse Jokinen, Petri Luukkainen
Producers: Liisa Karpo, Marianne Mäkelä
Production company: napafilms
Support sum: €146,000
Monica in the South Seas
Directors: Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila
Screenwriters: Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila
Producer: Jussi Eerola
Production company: Testifilmi
Support sum: €70,000
Snowball Effect (Kittilä)
Director: Pauliina Punkki
Screenwriter: Pauliina Punkki
Producers: Kaisa Astikainen, Pauliina Punkki
Production company: Ida Productions
Support sum: €120,000
We Are Animals
Directors: Saila Kivelä, Vesa Kuosmanen
Screenwriters: Saila Kivelä, Vesa Kuosmanen
Producers: Elli Toivoniemi, Venla Hellstedt
Production company: Tuffi Films
Support sum: €120,000
Grace: International minority coproduction
Director: Eri Mizutani
Screenwriters: Eri Mizutani, Paulina Lewicka
Producers: Anna Fam, Niklas Kullström
Production company: Polished Productions (Poland)
Finnish co-production company: Hillstream Pictures
Support sum: €19,000
Silas, My Silas: International minority co-production
Director: Julie Madsen Bezerra
Screenwriter: Julie Madsen Bezerra
Producers: Katrine Sahlström, Sonja Lindén
Production company: Good Pictures Company (Denmark)
Finnish co-production company: Avanton Productions
Support sum: €30,000
