Kinoproduction Oy

Kinoproduction Oy is one of the leading Finnish production companies, which produces feature films, documentaries, television films and programs, animations and children's films. The company was founded in 1977 by Claes Olsson.

Kinoproduction has produced 18 cinema features and over 30 documentaries and short films. Films by Kinoproduction have won several awards in international and national film festivals, for example the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for the film “Elina” (2003, directed by Klaus Härö) and the Prix du Jury at Cannes for the animation “Pizza Passionata” (2001, directed by Kari Juusonen).

Kinoproduction has also co-produced several international cinema features and documentaries, for example, the Swedish “The Ketchup effect” (directed by Teresa Fabik 2004), and the German feature “Trains 'n' Roses” (Zugvögel - einmal nach Inari, 1998, directed by Peter Lichtefeld).
Kinoproduction also provides on-location services for foreign production companies, recently for the French film “Farewell” (directed by Christian Carion, produced by Nord-Ouest Film Production), which was shot in Helsinki and Lapland in late 2008.

I Miss You - Jag saknar dig

Anders Grönros’ film”Jag saknar dig” (I Miss You) is based on the novel by Peter Pohl (”Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig”, 1992).
Otava has published the novel in Finnish in 1997 under the title ”Sinä ja minä ikuisesti”.
The novel and the film are based on real life, on the experiences and diary of Kinna Gieth, a teenage girl living I a small Swedish town.

The film tells about the 13-year-old Tiina, whose twin sister dies in an accident. Half of Tiina’s personality vanishes, and the film tells how she is trying to live through the hopelessness and sorrow so that she would not die of despair herself.

The greatest thing in this story is that it is not heavy or gloomy but a story full of hope. It is a story about the most important things in life; about things that Tiina never used to even talk about. After this tragic experience Tiina is ready to accept the warmth and love of her friends; she ready to be a strong person.

”Jag saknar dig (I Miss You)” is a film about the youth for the youth. The director, Anders Grönros, says that young people demand films which take them seriously. In this film they are taken seriously as it is about love and death, the great issues of life.

The director, Anders Grönros (born in 1953), has directed e.g. “Glasblåsarens barn” (The Glasblower’s Children), and he has been awarded e.g. with a Guldbagge Prize for best director.

The Mother of the twin sisters is played by Finnish actress Birthe Wingren, and the Finnish Rauno Ronkainen is the cinematographer.

The film is produced by Swedish Göta Film AB / Christer Nilsson and Garage Film / Malte Forsell with Kinoproduction Oy as a co-producer.
The film shall be released in the autumn of 2010.

FULL MOON - a film about Olavi Virta

“Full Moon”, a cinema feature film, tells about the legendary Finnish popular singer, Olavi Virta. His voice was full of unique glow and while singing, he was fully and strongly present. He was the king of the Finnish tango and the dancing venues.
“Full Moon” tells about the top moments of Olavi Virta’s career but also about the dark sides of his life.
Olavi Virta was elected – once again - the greatest Finnish tango singer of all times in a readers’ poll in an afternoon paper this summer.
The events of the film take place in the golden era of Olavi Virta’s career, i.e. in the years 1959-60 and in his last years at the beginning of the 1970s.

Paavo Westerberg is an experienced and awarded scriptwriter of cinema features and television series. Now he will direct his first cinema feature.
The cinema attendance goal is set to 250 000 visitors both by the Producer and the Distributor, Nordisk Film.

The main role, Olavi Virta, will be played by ……………...?
The cast of the film shall be introduced in early 2010.

The film will be shot in the spring and summer of 2010 in Helsinki and dancing venues in various parts of Finland and Sweden.
The film is produced by Kinoproduction Oy and Bocané Oy, and Claes Olsson is the producer. The film is a Finnish-Swedish co-production.
“Full Moon” shall be released in January, 2011.

“With the wings of a song my heart leaps to my redheaded girl
Though you’re not here for me to see or hear
Let me come to you in my thoughts.”
(To My Redheaded Girl, tango, Olavi Virta, 1952 & 1963)

A New Home – Kotia kohti

“A New Home” is a 60-minute documentary film about a Congolese family who live in a refugee camp in Rwanda, about their journey to Finland as refugees and about their complying with totally strange surroundings.
The film tells the story of a single mother and her eight children and about their expectancies and hopes for their futures.
The film is directed by Juan Reina and filmed by Jarkko M. Virtanen.
The documentary is made with the support of the Finnish Film Foundation and the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture and in co-operation with YLE Co-productions.