In its latest round of funding the Finnish Film Foundation has granted €577,000 in support to five documentary features and one doc series. The total amount of support granted by FFF in October is €704,000. The documentary projects are:
Able Archer ’83 (Elämä ja yö)
Director & scriptwriter: Jani Peltonen
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Production company: Making Movies
Support sum: 52,000 euros
Synopsis: Autumn 1983. A nocturnal drive in the city of Helsinki. Nato’s nuclear war game.
Fruitcakes – The Dawn of Drag (Lumppukuningattaret)
Director & scriptwriter: Vesa Kuosmanen
Producer: Sandra Enkvist
Production company: Polygraf
Support sum: 182,000 euros
Synopsis: Jolanda, a retired archivist, has retained treasured memories of his beloved friend Mummo for decades. In 1979, they performed together in Finland’s first drag show Happy Gays. Now, with a filmmaker, Jolanda invites a new generation of queer drag artists to re-enact their friendship. As the new performers explore Jolanda’s past and the challenges he faced as an outsider, they realize their freedom and pride are rooted in the struggles of those who came before them.
Truth.com
Director: Tonislav Hristov
Scriptwriters: Tonislav Hristov, Kaarle Aho
Producer: Kaarle Aho
Production company: Making Movies
Support sum: 160,000 euros
Synopsis: A documentary about fakes that fly while facts stay put. A female journalist takes on fake news and Russian trolls in the Balkans. Follow the money, find the sources.
Mörkö
Director & scriptwriter: Emilia Hernesniemi
Producer: Venla Hellstedt
Production company: Dionysos Films
Support sum: 68,000 euros
Naurua pimeässä
Director, scriptwriter & producer: Jaana Puhakka
Production company: Elokuvatuotanto Kuvani
Support sum: 64,000 euros
Our Love (Vår kärlek)
series / minority co-production SE-FI
Directors & scriptwriters: Hannah Reinikainen, Lia Hietala
Producers: Melissa Lindgren, Marianne Mäkelä
Finnish co-production company: napafilms
Production company: Story (Sweden)
Support sum: 51,000 euros
Synopsis: Our Love follows a motley crew of teenagers. They are 14 years old, and the world seems full of opportunities. But suddenly puberty hits and all the drama that comes with it. Can their friendship survive the turbulence?
