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Helsinki’s Finnish Film Affair Unveils Film, Series Pitches and Panels, Strikes First Nordic Genre Lab Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
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“We have familiar faces such as Aku Louhimies , Pamela Tola, the up-and-coming Laura Hyppönen, who first pitched her project “ Lex Julia ” at Finnish Film Affair in 2021, and true newcomers Kyran Davies and Scott Quinn with “The Lost Sons of Nada,” one of the rare Finnish-U.K. co-production projects,” noted Taylerson.
As for the popular Series session curated by APFI (Audiovisual Producers Finland), this year’s slate of six TV titles range from thrillers and crime shows to teen drama and animation from hot helmers including American Film Institute graduate Jojo Erholtz (“Maria Kallio,” “Tape”) and Elin Grönblom (“Bloodsuckers”).
“Also, this year we ended up with quite a few European co-productions in the final lineup, another display of the growing trend of Europe-leaning partnerships,” she said, underscoring the endemic lack of public funding for film in Finland, forcing indie producers to look beyond national borders for coin.
“Finns have to continue widening their networking opportunities across Europe, which is why we’ve signed a new collaboration with the Marché du Film for the inaugural Producers Network Award,” she added. European Drive “All in all, it’s been very interesting to receive a record number of submissions for the Fiction in Development (45), Fiction in Progress (11-the largest number since 2022) and Documentaries (22), which proves the attractiveness of Finland as filming and production destination,” Taylerson observed.
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- “We have familiar faces such as Aku Louhimies , Pamela Tola, the up-and-coming Laura Hyppönen, who first pitched her project “ Lex Julia ” at Finnish Film Affair in 2021, and true newcomers Kyran Davies and Scott…
- As for the popular Series session curated by APFI (Audiovisual Producers Finland), this year’s slate of six TV titles range from thrillers and crime shows to teen drama and animation from hot helmers including…
- European Drive “All in all, it’s been very interesting to receive a record number of submissions for the Fiction in Development (45), Fiction in Progress (11-the largest number since 2022) and Documentaries (22),…
- “Also, this year we ended up with quite a few European co-productions in the final lineup, another display of the growing trend of Europe-leaning partnerships,” she said, underscoring the endemic lack of public…
- “Finns have to continue widening their networking opportunities across Europe, which is why we’ve signed a new collaboration with the Marché du Film for the inaugural Producers Network Award,” she added.
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- Varietylink