Country Focus: Finland
by Cineuropa
18/05/2010 - Articles, interviews, news, analysis on the Finnish audiovisual sector.
Country profile: Finland
International Film Guide 2012: Finland
A survey of the film culture and output in Finland published by the International Film Guide.
Finland - 2009 Facts and Figures
Finland - International Film Guide Survey 2010
A survey of the film culture and output in Finland published by the International Film Guide.
Finnish cinema looking outwards
The Finnish film industry is increasingly looking beyond its borders – and even outside the Nordic region-for co-financing.
Kemppinen becomes Head of Production at Film Foundation
On May 1, Petri Kemppinen, currently Head of International Affairs and Development for the Finnish Film Foundation, will change his title to Head of Production. Kemppinen will continue to develop the international aspects of Finnish films for the Foundation and to represent the Finnish film body at the Council of Europe’s Eurimages. He will report to the Foundation’s managing director, Irina Krohn.
Local market share down 8% in 2009
After three years above 20%, the 2009 domestic market share for Finnish films fell back to the 2005 level of 15%, down 8% on the 23% share in 2008. General admissions also fell by 2.4%, to 6.7 million. For Harri Ahokas, head of Distribution at the Finnish Film Foundation, the lack of domestic children/family films was “the most important reason for weaker admissions”. However, in 2009 four local titles passed 100,000 admissions mark, against seven the previous year. Aleksi Mäkelä's comedy...
Extra €5m in public monies to protect film jobs
The Finnish Minister of Culture and Sport, Stefan Wallin, announced this week that he had awarded €5m more in funding the local film and audiovisual industries, through the Finnish Film Foundation (FFF), to protect jobs and know-how. The extra €5m state grant, part of an overall €400m stimulus package to support the Finnish economy, will be split. Available immediately, €3m will be earmarked towards feature films (€1.2m), TV dramas (€1m), documentaries and short films (€800,000). The...
Finland - International Film Guide Survey
2008 was a year of cumulative gains for Finnish cinema. A total of 19 releases was one of the highest decades. The main reason for this flurry of activity was the availability of production funds that had not been spent in previous years, allowing a larger number of films to be made. Read the survey published by the International Film Guide: Survey - Finland
Local market share up 3%
With 1.5 million admissions, 2008 was a good year for Finnish films, which upped their local market by 3% to 23%, almost returning to the 2006 level of 24%. As in 2007, three Finnish films made it to local Top Ten, all distributed by Nordisk Film: children’s film Ricky Rapper (209,506 admissions); animated family film Niko and the Way to the Stars (199,189), which took many European screens by storm last Christmas; and the comedy The Subtenant (179,460). General admissions were up by 7% from...
Finland - Facts & Figures 2007
The Finnish Film Foundation is an independent foundation which is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education. Its task is to support and develop Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. This publication contains an overview of the most important facts and figures on the production, distribution and exhibition of movies in the year 2007 in Finland. Film facts and figures is published annually by the Finnish Film Foundation. See the report: Facts...
Role of Finnish Film Industry - August 2008
The article Film production plays minor role in Finnish economy, written by Aku Alanen and published in Tieto&Trendit 3/2008 Journal of Statistics Finland, focuses on film production and its impact on the Finnish economy. The role of film production (=motion picture an video production) in the Finnish economy can be evaluated under various conceptual reference frameworks, such as visual culture, the film cluster or the experience economy. It is also possible to talk about broad and narrow...
Structure of Finnish Film Industry - August 2008
Written by Aku Alanen and published in Tieto&Trendit 3/2008 Journal of Statistics Finland, the article The structure of Finnish film production at enterprise level is an attempt to unlock some of the statistics regarding the industry.s business operations. Over the last years, in fact, the production of films in Finland has increased both in terms of quantity and quality. No attempts have even been made to study the economic scope of this increase in Finland. One reason for the lack of...
Finland - Regional Film Funds (March 2005)
Regional Film Funds in Finland Poem is the only regional film fund in Finland at the moment located in the City of Oulu in the North part of the country. Set up in September 2000 and headed since by Markku Flink, Poem has around 1million € a year to develop, sustain and promote the region’s film, TV and mobile game industry and culture. The biggest grant comes from the City of Oulu (40-50% of the annual budget), the rest being provided by the Council of Oulu region, including EU structural...
