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The jury of the Scottsdale International Film Festival in Arizona has selected Heikki Nousiainen as ”the best actor in a leading role” for his performance in One Last Deal. The jury consisted of members of the Phoenix Film Critics Society. One Last Deal is directed by Klaus Härö, written by Anna Heinämaa and produced by Making Movies. It… Continue Reading

Mamo’s coproduced short documentary film Braguino (dir. Clément Cogitore Seppia) is nominated for best short film Cesár award. The Cesár awards are “French Oscars” and highly appreciated. Heavy Trip‘s makeup- and hair designer Kati Koskela is nominated for a Jussi award for her great work in the film. Congrats to Kati! https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/366150 https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10612010 Continue Reading

Klaus Härö’s latest film One Last Deal will have it’s US premiere in Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 2019. The film had it’s world premiere in Toronto IFF in 2018 and it will also screen in Göteborg 2019 along side with Making Movies other film Heavy Trip. One Last Deal opened in Finland… Continue Reading

Heavy Trip’s theatrical distribution in USA kicks off friday 5th of october in 10 cities across USA. The cities include New York, LA, Chicago and Boston.   Continue Reading

Klaus Härö’s new film One Last Deal (Tuntematon mestari) will have it’s world premiere in Toronto International Film Festival 6.-16.9.2018. The film has been chosen to “World Contemporary Cinema” series and it has two press & industry screenings and three public screening during the festival: Press & Industry 1 – 09/07/18 4:45PM Scotiabank 6 Public… Continue Reading

Comedy film Heavy Trip (Hevi reissu) by Jukka Vidgren and Juuso Laatio will have it’s world premiere in South by Southwest -festival. The festival is held in march in Austin, Texas and it’s one of the most significant cultural events in the world showcasing new talents in music- and film industry. Heavy Trip is the… Continue Reading

‘Law of the Land’ (Armoton maa) by Jussi Hiltunen has won the award for best directing at International Debut Film Festival The Beginning in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ‘Law of the Land’ is the debut feature from Hiltunen whose short films have been awarded in several festivals. Director Hiltunen and producer Kai Nordberg accepted the award… Continue Reading

4.11.2017 The Good Postman directed by Tonislav Hristov and produced by Making Movies is nominated for the European Film Prize (EFA). More than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 9 December in Berlin. The Good Postman is a documentary about an almost deserted… Continue Reading

13.9.2017 Making Movies production “Little Wing” (“Tyttö nimeltä Varpu”) is selected as Finland’s nominee for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2017. 12-year-old Varpu, is rapidly approaching adulthood while her mother Siru refuses to grow up. The jury says twelve-year-old Linnea Skog gives a nuanced performance in the lead role, while Paula Vesala radiates female strength… Continue Reading

20.1.2017 Making Movies production Little Wing (Tyttö nimeltä Varpu) has been nominated in 10 categories for a “Finnish Oscar” called the Jussi Award. This is the most prestige Finnish film award, and it is handed out yearly in 15 categories for the most most accomplished films. Little Wing is nominated in the following categories: BEST… Continue Reading

11.1.2017 Two Making Movies productions are competing for The Dragon Award at Göteborg Film Festival. “Little Wing” (Tyttö nimeltä Varpu) by Selma Vilhunen is part of the Best Nordic Film -category and Tonislav Hristov’s documentary “The Good Postman” is competing at Best Nordic Documentary -category. Göteborg Film Festival is taking place from 27th of January… Continue Reading

‘The Good Postman’ will be competing at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival Press release 1.12.2016 The Good Postman, a documentary film by the Finnish production company Making Movies and directed by Tonislav Hristov, has been chosen to the International Sundance Film Festival World Documentary Competition. Sundance Film Festival takes place in Park City Utah and… Continue Reading

  ‘The Fencer’ has been awarded the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at Stony Brook Film Festival. The festival takes place in Long Island, where producer Kai Nordberg accepted the award. ‘The Fencer’ has been a success in United States and earlier this year was nominated for a Golden Globe and shortlisted for the… Continue Reading

  PRESS RELEASE 10.6.2016, Making Movies The Fencer (Miekkailija) awarded in Luxembourg The Fencer (Miekkailija), directed by Klaus Härö and produced by Making Movies, has won the Audience Award chosen by the festival goers at Nordic Film Festival in Luxembourg. Nordic Film Festival is focusing on screening movies from the Nordic countries and it was now held… Continue Reading

  Press Release 31.5.2016 Making Movies, Nordisk Film First trailer of upcoming production Law of the Land (Armoton maa) released Law of the Land (Armoton maa) is northern western set in modern-day Lapland, where Ville Virtanen and Antti Holma are starring as strong main characters. Scenes from the film are now in view on the first… Continue Reading

  The latest Making Movies production Law of the Land (Armoton maa), co-produced with EzFilms from France, FilmCamp from Norway and Sweet Films from Norway, has been awarded 400 000 euros by the Eurimages, the cultural support fund of the Council of Europe. At its 142nd meeting held in Tirana, the Board of Management of the… Continue Reading

  The production company Making Movies, behind greatly successful film in Hollywood The Fencer, has launched a new feature’s shooting in Lapland. Law of the Land (Armoton maa) is present day western based in North, where the retiring police officer’s last mission is to prevent the two of his sons from killing each other. An… Continue Reading

  Media Luna New Films acquired Making Movies Oy production Little Wing (Tyttö nimeltä Varpu), directed by Oscar-nominated Selma Vilhunen. Variety writes exclusively: http://variety.com/2016/film/global/media-luna-little-wing-selma-vilhunen-1201702033/ Media Luna New Films website: http://www.medialuna.biz/…/new_acquisitions/little_wing.html “Little Wing” centers on Varpu, a 12-year-old girl who doesn’t know who her father is. The relationship between her and her mother, Siru, is good and warm,… Continue Reading

  Academy Award nominated Selma Vilhunen’s debut feature Little Wing (Tyttö nimeltä Varpu) will be one of the chosen Works in Progress films presented at the Nordic Film Market in 38th Göteborg Film Festival today! More information about the biggest film festival and co-production forum in Scandinavia here: http://www.giff.se/en/nordic-film-market-0   Little Wing (Tyttö nimeltä Varpu)… Continue Reading

  The Fencer (Miekkailija) has been nominated in 3 categories for a “Finnish Oscar” called the Jussi award. This is the most prestige Finnish film award, and it is handed out yearly in 15 categories for the most most accomplished films.   The Fencer is nominated in the following categories: BEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR BEST… Continue Reading

  A Making Movies Production The Fencer as the Opening Gala film at prestigious Palm Springs Film Festival was great success. “The festival launched with a bifurcated Opening Night Gala for the first time because of construction on the Palm Springs High School auditorium. The sold-out screenings of the Finnish film, “The Fencer,” drew lines… Continue Reading

  Tsamo, directed by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio, has been officially selected in Section GRAINES DE CINEPHAGES in the frame of the Films de Femmes – 38th Créteil International Women’s Film Festival that will run from 18th – 27th March 2016 at the Maison des Arts of Créteil – France. http://www.filmsdefemmes.com/en “The Créteil International Women’s Film… Continue Reading

    Golden Globe nominated and Oscar Shortlisted Making Movies production The Fencer (Miekkailija) has been awarded the very first Audience Award ever given at the 30th European Union Film Festival in Ottawa, Canada. According to the festival coordinators, “The film was screened on Sunday, December 6th to a nearly full-house at the Bytowne Cinema… Continue Reading

  PRESS RELEASE 10.12.2015, Making Movies The Fencer nominated for Golden Globe Award A Making Movies production The Fencer (Miekkailija), directed by Klaus Härö, has been selected for the Golden Globe Award in the Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language category. Prestigious Golden Globes will be announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and… Continue Reading

  PRESS RELEASE – publishing free 02.12.2015, Making Movies Making Movies’ co-produced documentary film shortlisted for the Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has chosen Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary The Look of Silence as one of the 15 shortlisted films for the Best Documentary category. The final nominees for the Oscars will be… Continue Reading

  “Part of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s mission is to foster greater understanding through world cinema. This year 72 Foreign Language films were submitted for Golden Globes consideration.” – goldenglobes.com The Fencer is the Finnish Entry on the road to the Golden Globes Awards 2015. Read the article about the film here: http://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/foreign-film-submissions-2015-fencer-finland Continue Reading

  The shooting of Little Wing (Tyttö nimeltä Varpu), a debut feature film by Academy Award® nominated Selma Vilhunen, has started. The movie tells a story about a child who wants to find her father and be a child. The actors in the film are Linnea Skog, Paula Vesala, Outi Mäenpää, Antti Luusuaniemi and Lauri Maijala, among… Continue Reading

  “If you haven’t yet seen The Fencer and it’s possible for you to do so right now, stop reading this and check it out. We’ll wait. The film is a dramatization of the life of Endel Nelis, an Estonian Fencing coach who established a school in the Soviet 1950s that still trains fencers to this… Continue Reading

  Norwegian Film Institute and Filmcamp are financing Jussi Hiltunen’s debute feature Law of the Land. The film will be shot in Northern Norway in spring 2016. The Norwegian co-producer is Joachim Lyng/Sweet Films from Tromssa. Well done, Joachim!!! Starring Ville Virtanen, Law of the Land is a story about a retiring police officer who… Continue Reading