10/02/2026 SMARTSUCCESSAV

MAKING MOVIES LAUNCHES CROSS-SECTOR

RESEARCH PROJECT

MAKING MOVIES BEGINS A TWO-YEAR CROSS-SECTOR RESEARCH INITIATIVE IN THE SMARTSUCCESSAV CONSORTIUM

Producer and Innovation Lead Pauliina Piipponen discussing the cross-sector project Alma with Making Movies’ collaborator; Dreamloop Games’ Joni Lappalainen at ODDFest 2025.

The SmartSuccessAV research project, funded by Business Finland, explores how success in the film and audiovisual sector is shaped by changing production, financing and distribution structures. The project brings together academic researchers and companies across the value chain to develop new knowledge, tools and strategies that strengthen the global competitiveness of small-language production ecosystems.

Making Movies participates in the consortium with its own research project focused on cross-sector collaboration between creative industries, with the aim of developing new international partnerships and IP-driven business models.

Read more about the research project here: Aalto University news