Domestic Finnish films racked up 1.9 million admissions in 2018 (out of a total of 8.1 million), with almost every fourth ticket sold being for a Finnish movie. Although the result didn’t quite match last year’s, it marks the fourth consecutive year when the 8-million-admissions mark has been reached, with the domestic market share hovering at around 23.7% – still one of the highest in Europe. With 41 domestic premieres, including ten documentaries and three international minority co-productions, five films broke through the 100,000-admissions mark, while four out of the ten most popular titles were directed by women, including Happier Times, Grump [+lire aussi :
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The sequel to the popular dramedy The Grump [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. Produced by Solar Films and financed by the Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3, Nordisk Film and Elisa Viihde, it was helmed by actress-turned-director Tiina Lymi, who previously enjoyed commercial success with Lapland Odyssey 3. “The Grump himself is so recognisable for the Finnish audience; everybody has one in his family,” says the director. “He has to face his own attitudes towards the world and realise that what he thinks is right doesn’t always work. This film shows that it’s never too late to find your way back to the people you have lost at some point – at least not as long as there is love.” 

It was followed by Markku Pölönen’s Land of Hope [+lire aussi :
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Timo Koivusalo’s glossy biopic Olavi Virta (150,125 admissions) rounds off the top three, with the children’s animation Super Furball, directed by Joona Tena, coming in at number four, with 147,286 admissions. It was followed by My Brothers Keeper with 121,757 (helmed by Jukka-Pekka Siili) and Aku Louhimies’ box-office phenomenon and the highest-grossing local film last year, The Unknown Soldier [+lire aussi :
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The documentary film with the most admissions was Kai Kuntola’s Saaga S – satu suomenhevosesta, about a Finnish racehorse. Produced without the Finnish Film Foundation’s support, the movie took over 5,000 admissions.