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13/12/2021 - The two speakers talked through the challenges of portraying diversity and touched on European animation’s USP, among other topics

13/12/2021 - The two speakers talked through the challenges of portraying diversity and touched on European animation’s USP, among other topics

Almost anyone over 30 has owned a Nokia phone at some point in their lives, but not many people know that the iconic brand was created at a Finnish company formerly specialising in rubber boots.

Aku Sipola as Risto Salminen (© Anni.jpeg) This week, Helsinki-based studio Rabbit Films has announced the start of a new six-episode drama with the working title Mobile 1.0. The new series will chart “the incredible story of the rise of Finnish company Nokia to become the world’s leading manufacturer of mobile phones, before an equally dramatic fall from grace.” Shot in Finland and the US in English and Finnish languages, it represents the first dramatic account of Finnish electronics ...

Mobile 1.0 will be available on C More early next year Nordic streamer C More has taken first-window on-demand rights in the Nordics and Baltics to a new Finnish drama charting the rise and fall of mobile phone manufacturer Nokia. Finnish prodco Rabbit Films has begun production on six-part series Mobile 1.0. The show will be available in both English and Finnish and shot in Finland and the US. The series, which will launch early next year on C More, will also have a linear premiere on local ch...

The cast of Bubble by Aleksi Salmenperä: Minna Haapkylä, Stella Leppikorpi and Tommi Korpela Now one year old, Aurora Studios – specialising in the development, funding, production and distribution of feature films and TV series – is also introducing the Finnish Impact Film Fund (FIFF): a new private-equity fund with capital commitments of €5.5 million. “Aurora Studios was established to facilitate the work of producers and creators, and to further the completion of domestic, high-qu...

Vikings Star Peter Franzen Joins Helsinki Syndrome from Bordertown Creators (EXCLUSIVE) Annika Pham, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail ‘Vikings’ star Peter Franzén will headline premium Finnish series “Helsinki Syndrome” from “Bordertown” creator Mikko Oikkonen, co-writer Antti Pesonen and helmer Juuso Syrjä. The eight-part suspense thriller is produced by Beta Film-backed Fisher King for Finnish pubcaster Yle. An iconic title in Finnish Nordic Noir, “Bordertown’s” three sea...