“Mobile 101, a Nokia Story,” a series about the dramatic rise and fall of the Finnish phone company, has been acquired by Disney+ and Walter Presents in multiple territories. The series was produced by Finland’s Rabbit Films and is represented in international markets by the outfit.
The six-part series, which sheds light on how a small Finnish company specializing in rubber boots became the world’s biggest mobile manufacturer at the turn of the 21st century, has been picked by Disney+ Italy, Netherlands and Belgium. Walter Presents, meanwhile, bought it for the UK & Ireland. Ruv Iceland has also acquired season one of the series.
“Mobile 101” was originally commissioned by Finnish broadcaster MTV3 Finland and streamer CMore for Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It premiered in 2022 to both critical and commercial acclaim.
Directed and written by Maarit Lalli, the series zooms in on how Nokia switched from rubber boots to...
The six-part series, which sheds light on how a small Finnish company specializing in rubber boots became the world’s biggest mobile manufacturer at the turn of the 21st century, has been picked by Disney+ Italy, Netherlands and Belgium. Walter Presents, meanwhile, bought it for the UK & Ireland. Ruv Iceland has also acquired season one of the series.
“Mobile 101” was originally commissioned by Finnish broadcaster MTV3 Finland and streamer CMore for Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It premiered in 2022 to both critical and commercial acclaim.
Directed and written by Maarit Lalli, the series zooms in on how Nokia switched from rubber boots to...
- 3/20/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The new 1970s-set series, helmed by Marja Pyykkö and Pamela Tola, has begun its July shoot. With its tagline alone, claiming that “there’s a method for your madness”, the upcoming new series Bad Apples promises a peek into the twisted reality of a 1970s sanatorium, where student activist Onerva ends up being committed and forced to take part in an experimental psychiatric programme for women – predictably, against her will. Deemed “aggressive” and “hysterical”, even by the ones closest to her, she soon starts to question the prescribed treatments, as well as the methods of one Doctor Lundsten (Santeri Kinnunen). Directed by Marja Pyykkö and Pamela Tola, the latter fresh off the success of her comedy Ladies of Steel, it started shooting in Finland on 2 July and will be available to view on the country’s leading streaming...
At twelve years old, Maria Åkerblom heard the voice of an angel. It came in a dream and she spoke its words to those around her as though in a trance. She became a traveling sensation as soon as the pious caught on, going city to city to tell God-fearing Finnish people that salvation was real. Eventually she grew into an adult with a flock of believers in tow—each devout “child” selling his/her possessions to donate their earnings to the cause. The sect became more and more insulated until abuse ran rampant and crimes led back to their door. And through it all she held tightly to her truth with many never wavering in their fealty. Their purpose relied on Maria’s sanity, so to them she was.
While director Zaida Bergroth’s Maria’s Paradise is quick to admit the events created by screenwriters Jan Forsström and Anna Viitala aren’t “real,...
While director Zaida Bergroth’s Maria’s Paradise is quick to admit the events created by screenwriters Jan Forsström and Anna Viitala aren’t “real,...
- 9/6/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Newell to speak at festival’s Music Meets Film event.
This year’s industry activity at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival, the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, gets underway today (November 26) in the Estonian capital and runs until Friday, November 30.
Included in the line-up is the 2018 European Film Forum, which closes the week on November 30. The focus of this year’s Forum is ‘Creativity, Technology, Finance: Sustaining European Diversity post-2020’.
Backed by Creative Europe’s Media programme, topics discussed this year will include innovation in the global content race, how European cinema can benefit from short form, narrative games and robotics,...
This year’s industry activity at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival, the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, gets underway today (November 26) in the Estonian capital and runs until Friday, November 30.
Included in the line-up is the 2018 European Film Forum, which closes the week on November 30. The focus of this year’s Forum is ‘Creativity, Technology, Finance: Sustaining European Diversity post-2020’.
Backed by Creative Europe’s Media programme, topics discussed this year will include innovation in the global content race, how European cinema can benefit from short form, narrative games and robotics,...
- 11/26/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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