LOST BOYS
DOCUMENTARY / 90 MIN
Lost Boys is a film about damnation – about three men defeated in the game of life, disappearing into the streets of Cambodia. Of the three, Jani is known as the main character of Reindeerspotting – Escape from Santaland (2010) and Joonas as its director. The main character of Lost Boys is Joonas himself.
Directors: JOONAS NEUVONEN & SADRI CETINKAYA
Producers: HELSINKI-FILMI & TEKELE PRODUCTIONS
World sales: FIRST HAND FILMS
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EDEN
FICTION / 90 min
EDEN, a youth film about a Christian summer camp, is Ulla Heikkilä’s (b. 1989) debut feature as scriptwriter/director. Shooting in June-July 2019.
Writer / Director: ULLA HEIKKILÄ
Publicist: Katja Viitalähde-Annala: katja.viitalahde@
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BUNNY / PUPU
SHORT / DRAMA / 12 min / 2020
A short film about two siblings, Tuukka and Lili, who have been living separately in foster care. One night things escalate when Tuukka comes to take his little sister with him to their summer cottage.
A TARGET / MAALITAULU
SHORT / BLACK COMEDY / 8 MIN / 2019
Arto is waiting for his wife and child in his car. As they return from the store they tell him what they just saw. Arto decides to take the law into his own hands.
A Target is the fourth short film by Antti Heikki Pesonen with about the same core crew. It had its world premiere in competition at the Flickerfest 28th International Short Film Festival in January 2019.
TRANSPORT
TV DRAMA / 8 x 50 min
A crime drama about ordinary people, money and food.
In collaboration with YLE, Finnish Film Foundation, Creative Europe MEDIA, Business Finland, SVT, RÚV, DR, NRK, NFTF, Screen Flanders, Belga Productions, DPG Media
Writer / director: AULI MANTILA
World sales: REINVENT STUDIOS
Co-production company: JONNYDEPONY / Belgium
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Miia is one of Finland’s most productive producers. In the past few years, Miia has produced the films Eden, Miami, Tom of Finland, Unknown Soldier, Wonderland, Pixadores, and Head First, among others. Miia holds a Master of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 2017 Miia founded Tekele Productions, which she also owns.
Tia has over twelve years of experience in feature films and tv-drama. Before joining Tekele, she was the producer of the medical drama Nurses, and eventually the showrunner of the latest season. She has worked in several production companies, such as Yellow Film & Tv, Helsinki-filmi, Filmiteollisuus Fine, Funny Films, Zodiak Entertainment. As a line producer and production manager, Tia also worked for many years alongside Miia in feature films such as Headfirst and Gold Digger and the documentary Madame President. As a producer, Tia’s first short film So it goes was awarded Best Student film at the Sehsüchte festival and Best film (YoungTalent Award) at the Film School Fest Munich in 2012. Tia has also been a producer for Fake Production, an award winning animation, virtual reality and creative studio.
Marja is a producer and filmmaker based in Helsinki. She holds a Master of Arts degree in film and TV producing from Aalto University. Marja has produced several short films that have screened at Visions du Réel, Karlovy Vary, Hot Docs, Aspen Shortsfest and Nordisk Panorama, among many others. Marja is both Berlinale Talents and Nordic Talents alumni and she was selected for EAVE Producers Workshop for the year 2021. Marja is interested in fresh stories and new filmmakers with a voice of their own.
Julia is a producer originally from Tampere, nowadays based in Helsinki. Julia holds a Master of Arts degree from Aalto University and a Bachelor of Culture and Arts degree from the Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Julia has produced several short films, and a feature film called Elvis & Onerva. 2020 Julia was selected to Nordic Talents. In addition to producing, she has also worked in film distribution as well as the movie theatre and film festival sectors. Julia is interested in stories that give a new perspective to the world.
TEKELE PRODUCTIONS
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