Short film “Feet Up” written and produced by Empire Pictures’ Saana Räntilä and Annalisa Schmuckli has been selected to the national competition at Tampere Film Festival, the biggest short film festival in the nordic countries. The festival will take place between March 5th and 9th, 2025 in Tampere, Finland.

Short animation film ”The Egg Timer”, written and directed by Empire Pictures’ Annalisa Schmuckli, has received development support from AVEK.

Short animation film for adults ”Mummitus”, written by Empire Pictures’ Saana Räntilä, has received a scriptwriting grant from the Finnish Film Foundation. The project has earlier received also a grant from TEME.

Short film “Feet Up”, written and produced by Empire Pictures’ Saana Räntilä and Annalisa Schmuckli is now available on Yle Areena in Finland. The film can be seen HERE.

“Feet Up” will be also screened on Finnish channel Yle Teema on November 7th 2024.

Short film ”Feet Up” finishes shooting with a wonderful Finnish-Lithuanian crew in Vilnius, Lithuania. ”Feet Up” stars Emilia Heiskanen, Aatos Höglund, Pamela Tola and Kirilas Glušajevas, and is co-produced with Lithuanian production company Feel Reel. The film will be released on Yle Areena in Finland in October 2024.