Iron Sky's Kaukomaa named Finland's Producer of the Year
- Finnish producer Tero Kaukomaa is honoured by the Finnish film industry for his "extremely bold and innovative approach" to the black sci-fi comedy
"The producer of Iron Sky [+see also:
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film profile] has shown, in addition to the creative madness and vision, a great ability and understanding in the use of contemporary methods of financing and building of a fan base. All the other aspects of the film actually pale in comparison to the fact that it has been funded, shot and distributed, ie produced, successfully," said the Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers, when Tero Kaukomaa was named Producer of the Year for his "extremely bold and innovative approach" to the production of the black sci-fi comedy.
Organised by the Finnish associations of film producers, directors, actors, screenwriters, documentary filmmakers, film and video employées, the awards gala concluded the 3rd Finnish Film Week during the Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (September 28).
A Finnish-German-Australian co-production, Finnish director Timo Vuorensola's Iron Sky has so far taken 182,000admissions in Finland as a Buena Vista International Finland release. Partly backed by crowd funding and investment, the €7.5 million feature has been licensed to more than 70 territories by UK's Stealth Media Group.
Finnish director Sakari Kirjavainen's Silence [+see also:
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The Finnish Screenwriters Guild gave its nod to Veli-Pekka Hänninen (The Storage); Finnish pubcaster YLE's Sari Volanen was chosen as Best Documentary Producer; and gaffer-grip Tomi Lakonen (Once Upon a Time in the North [+see also:
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