Finnish Film Foundation Grants €1.4 Million To Ten New Film Projects

The Finnish Film Foundation has announced nan recipients of its October 2025 accumulation support, allocating astir €1.4 cardinal to 10 projects crossed animation, fiction, and documentary categories.

The latest backing information highlights nan country’s ongoing committedness to diverse, innovative storytelling.

The standout recipient is Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer, a caller animated characteristic by Metsämarja and Antti Aittokoski, which received €892,000. Produced by AittoFlow, nan movie follows Pikkuli and friends arsenic they embark connected a ngo to prevention Christmas by uncovering nan mythical Starlight Reindeer – a communicative aimed astatine young audiences that celebrates togetherness and faith.

The Aittokoskis are already known for their celebrated Pikkuli TV bid and books, expanding Finland’s estimation for high-quality family entertainment.

Wide-ranging documentaries person cardinal backing from Finnish Film Foundation

Six documentaries were funded, reflecting themes from quality and personality to quality resilience, reports Cineuropa:

• Creaturama – Epic of nan Animals (dir. Juha Suonpää, prod. Swamphead) – €126,000 for a poetic, seven-year task filmed pinch unattended way cameras, exploring nan wood done animals’ eyes.
• Hold on, Catlyn! (dir. Mervi Junkkonen, prod. Illume) – €120,000, pursuing a woman’s travel to empowerment done reindeer racing.
• Jamila’s Children (dir. Arezo Ariapoor, prod. Guerilla Films) – €135,000, watching siblings navigating personality and societal expectations.
• The Misfit (dir. Miikka Poutiainen, prod. PinkAgency) – €40,000, tracing an municipality woman’s struggles pinch removal and trauma.
• The Recovery (dir. Jukka Metsäaho and Jyri Paajamaa, prod. Pablo Films) – €65,000, pinch crippled specifications nether wraps.

Co-productions fortify Finland’s world partnerships

Portugal’s Rodrigo Areias received €150,000 for Silver Blues, co-produced pinch Finland’s Bufo and Bulgaria’s Kamen Velkovsky. The task marks nan only fabrication characteristic number co-production supported this round.

In nan short movie category, A Woman’s Triumph, a Norwegian-Finnish co-production directed by Alexander Zwart, secured €21,500. The movie tells of a man’s staged termination effort gone tragically wrong.

This backing information reinforces Finland’s domiciled arsenic a cardinal Nordic hub for cross-border cinema, pinch opportunities for European producers and creatives seeking co-production partnerships. For filmmakers and investors crossed Europe, specified grants item nan spot of European movie collaboration and nan imaginable to participate successful projects pinch shared taste and creator values.

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