TRANSPORT
TV DRAMA / 8 x 45 MIN / 2022
A journalist wants to trace a microchip found in baby food. Her inquiries lead her to the illicit horse trade in Europe.
A bank manager makes a mistake. When she fails to cover it up, she falls prey to something bigger.
A border control veterinarian goes missing. An insurance investigator wants to know what happened.
TRANSPORT is a story about ordinary people who all have their skin in the game.
With participation of YLE, Streamz, SVT, RÚV, DR, NRK, Business Finland, Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter system and Belga Films Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA, NFTF, Finnish Film Foundation, Screen Flanders
Writer / Director: AULI MANTILA
World sales: REinvent Studios
Co-produced with: Jonnydepony / Belgium
Nominations: International Competition / Series Mania 2022, Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize / Gothenburg Film Festival 2022
IMDB
BAD WOMEN
COMEDY / 96 MIN / 2022
Bad Women is a comedy where surprising guests interrupt the preparations for a wedding and bring a little action to a small sleepy village in Lapland.
Writers: KAROLIINA LINDGREN, NIKLAS LINDGREN
Director: NIKLAS LINDGREN
Distribution: SF Studios
IMDB
SERVICE
SHORT / 15 MIN / 2022
On furlough from his military service, Niko pays his estranged father a visit. Can old wounds heal?
Writer / Director: MIKKO MÄKELÄ
Festivals: Tampere Film Festival
TWO GIRLS AND A BOAT
SHORT / COMEDY / 13 MIN / 2021
Twins Jade and Kaisa are going rowing on a beautiful Finnish summer day. Social media influencer Jade actually has something else in mind, and the trip doesn’t end as planned.
Director: ALEKSI DELIKOURAS
Writer: ANNA BROTKIN
World sales: Premium films
Festivals: Tampere Film Festival, Brest Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival
IMDB
LOST BOYS
DOCUMENTARY / 90 MIN / 2020
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
IMDB
EDEN
FICTION / 90 min / 2020
EDEN, a youth film about a Christian summer camp, is Ulla Heikkilä’s (b. 1989) debut feature as scriptwriter/director.
Writer / Director: ULLA HEIKKILÄ
Publicist: Katja Viitalähde-Annala: katja.viitalahde@
World sales: Film Republic
IMDB
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.
If you would like to offer us a script or an idea, please give us a call first. We can then give you information on our schedule for looking at new proposals. If we don’t know you yet, be prepared to tell us about your education and experience in the film industry. If you contact us by email, please provide a short presentation about yourself and a compact description of the project you wish to present. Thank you!
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
Vanha talvitie 19 A
00580 Helsinki, Finland
info@tekele.fi
