Teenage outcast drama wins four Jussi awards including best film.
J-p Valkeapää’s They Have Escaped (He ovat paenneet) snapped up four prizes at the annual Jussi gala in Helsinki last night (Feb 1). The ceremony is hosted by the Filmiaura Association of Finnish Film Professionals and celebrates Finnish cinema.
Valkeapää’s depiction of two teenage outcasts who leave a custody centre for a cross-country ramble won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Sound Design. The film debuted last year at the Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
Antti Heikki’s Headfirst received two Jussis (from five nominations) as did Virpi Suutari’s documentary Garden Lovers (Eedenistä pohjoiseen).
Dome Karukoski’s The Grump (Mielensäpahoittaja) – last year’s local blockbuster, recording 458,637 admissions – garnered Antti Litja the Best Actor award and an Honorary Concrete Jussi.
Finnish Jussi Winners 2015
Best Film: They Have Escaped (He ovat paenneet). Prod: Aleksi Bardy
Best Director: J-p Valkeapää, for [link=tt...
J-p Valkeapää’s They Have Escaped (He ovat paenneet) snapped up four prizes at the annual Jussi gala in Helsinki last night (Feb 1). The ceremony is hosted by the Filmiaura Association of Finnish Film Professionals and celebrates Finnish cinema.
Valkeapää’s depiction of two teenage outcasts who leave a custody centre for a cross-country ramble won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Sound Design. The film debuted last year at the Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
Antti Heikki’s Headfirst received two Jussis (from five nominations) as did Virpi Suutari’s documentary Garden Lovers (Eedenistä pohjoiseen).
Dome Karukoski’s The Grump (Mielensäpahoittaja) – last year’s local blockbuster, recording 458,637 admissions – garnered Antti Litja the Best Actor award and an Honorary Concrete Jussi.
Finnish Jussi Winners 2015
Best Film: They Have Escaped (He ovat paenneet). Prod: Aleksi Bardy
Best Director: J-p Valkeapää, for [link=tt...
- 2/2/2015
- by jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
- ScreenDaily
Helsinki-Filmi has come on board Abhay Kumar’s documentary Placebo as a minority co-producer.
The Finnish Film Foundation will finance the sound-post of the documentary to be completed in Finland. An international film is eligible for production financing by the Finnish Film Foundation provided there is a Finnish production company on board. Furthermore, to be eligible for funding, there needs to be local distribution for the film in Finland and also a Finnish artist on board.
Sound designer Micke Nyström, who has worked on award winning films like Pixadores, Bekas and Concerning Violence will work on Placebo and the Finnish Broadcasting company will distribute the film in Finland.
“Miia Haavisto, the producer at Helsinki-filmi watched a rough cut of the film and found it to be engaging enough to have wide international appeal and offered us to help in our post production stage,” said Abhay Kumar.
Placebo will be the...
The Finnish Film Foundation will finance the sound-post of the documentary to be completed in Finland. An international film is eligible for production financing by the Finnish Film Foundation provided there is a Finnish production company on board. Furthermore, to be eligible for funding, there needs to be local distribution for the film in Finland and also a Finnish artist on board.
Sound designer Micke Nyström, who has worked on award winning films like Pixadores, Bekas and Concerning Violence will work on Placebo and the Finnish Broadcasting company will distribute the film in Finland.
“Miia Haavisto, the producer at Helsinki-filmi watched a rough cut of the film and found it to be engaging enough to have wide international appeal and offered us to help in our post production stage,” said Abhay Kumar.
Placebo will be the...
- 6/23/2014
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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