A total of 21 projects are set to be presented at the event, which last year showcased Cannes hit The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Mäki.
The fifth edition of the Finnish Film Affair runs from September 20 -22. The programme will showcase 40 Finnish titles, screening 24 recent releases and presenting a further 21 films as works in progress, 11 of which are currently in production while 10 are in development.
Expectation is high as it was at the Finnish Film Affair works in progress presentations in 2015 that sales agents and buyers got their first look at Aamu Film Compnay´s The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Mäki, directed by Juho Kuosmanen, which won the Un Certain Regard best film prize at this year´s Cannes Film Festival.
A jury will select a Best Pitch from the eleven Works in Progress projects. The following projects will be vying for the prize awarded by a jury comprising Sergei Rakhlin, chair...
The fifth edition of the Finnish Film Affair runs from September 20 -22. The programme will showcase 40 Finnish titles, screening 24 recent releases and presenting a further 21 films as works in progress, 11 of which are currently in production while 10 are in development.
Expectation is high as it was at the Finnish Film Affair works in progress presentations in 2015 that sales agents and buyers got their first look at Aamu Film Compnay´s The Happiest Day In The Life of Olli Mäki, directed by Juho Kuosmanen, which won the Un Certain Regard best film prize at this year´s Cannes Film Festival.
A jury will select a Best Pitch from the eleven Works in Progress projects. The following projects will be vying for the prize awarded by a jury comprising Sergei Rakhlin, chair...
- 9/19/2016
- ScreenDaily
Before the introduction of CGI in the early '90s, robots, aliens, monsters and other inhabitants of science fiction depended on the clever solutions and meticulous work of set designers, prop masters and make-up artists. It's still where the true artistry lies, for some filmmakers, at least. One of them is Teemu Nikki, the director and co-writer of "Lovemilla," a Finnish science-fiction-fantasy-comedy-musical. Indiewire spoke to the director in his native Helsinki at the annual Love and Anarchy film festival at the start of the film's festival path that will continue at the end of this month at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Read More: Here's How a Group of Students Made This Amazing Short Film Without Any CGI Adapted for the big screen from the Finnish TV series of the same name, "Lovemilla" is a film that goes all in: "The idea was to combine different genres: horror films,...
- 9/28/2015
- by Tina Poglajen
- Indiewire
Unfolding in a (slightly) alternate universe where people can turn into zombies after a single drink of alcohol, babies can be possessed by the Devil, and people can fly, Teemu Nikki's feature adaptation of a television series he created with Rikka Takila is a lovable yet odd beast indeed, a romantic comedy that offers neither explanation nor coherence for the bizarre creatures who inhabit its world. That is the movie's strength and also, to some extent, its limitation. At its core, Lovemilla explores a loving relationship between diner owner Aimo and his girlfriend Milla that has reached a turning point. They live with her alcoholic zombie-parents, who are not bad people at all, except for their poor housekeeping skills and low ambition. Like any young...
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- 9/26/2015
- Screen Anarchy
It's just another young romance in Teemu Nikki's Lovemilla except that, you know, Milla's alcoholic parents have turned into zombies and her boyfriend has spent all the money they were saving to move out to have himself robotically augmented. And also there's an alien invasion.Aimo and Milla are living together at Milla's alcoholics-turned-zombies parents' place. They save money to move out of the house. Due to his lack of self confidence, Aimo wastes their savings to turbo-boost his muscles. As conventional body building is not quite satisfactory, Aimo tunes himself up into a robot. Milla doesn't like the new Aimo-Robot and leaves him. Aimo´s heartache leads him to extreme measures as he also changes his heart into a metal one, one that doesn't hurt. Milla decides...
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- 4/27/2015
- Screen Anarchy
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