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Short film ”The Rooster” (”Le Coq”) is visiting Finland for sound mixing. French director Pierre-Louis Umdenstock is excited to work in Finland and together with sound designer Ville Katajala. ”The Rooster” stars French talents Moussa Sylla, Selina Laurenn and Denis Jansolin, and the crew consists of international artists from all over the world. The film will have it's premiere in 2024.
In the spring of 2023, the New Children's Short Film project called for short films targeted for 10–12 year olds. The project started from the joint desire of domestic film financiers of Finland to create new domestic content for young audiences, with a goal to find bold and new, ambitious and curious films based on original scripts. “Kiddos in the Air”, written and produced by Empire Pictures’s Saana Räntilä and Annalisa Schmuckli, was selected as one of the three films to go into production. The film will be shot in the spring of 2024.
https://www.ses.fi/ajankohtaista/kolme-elokuvaa-valittu-uutta-lasten-lyhytelokuvaa-hankkeeseen/
On the “Night of Arts 2023”, Helsinki’s central square Kansalaistori was filled with people when the “Final Scenes of Disaster Movies” opened the renowned Helsinki Festival. Three short films were shown to public on a large screen, accompanied by live music performed by the band Cleaning Women. The “Final Scenes of Disaster Movies” is created by artist-duo Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary as artists and are known for their inclusive film projects. The line production and VFX-services for the films were provided by Empire Pictures.
https://helsinkifestival.fi/taiteidenyo/en/event/final-scenes-of-disaster-movies/
Empire Pictures’ series for children "Les Copains" ("Kaverit" / "Kompisarna" / "Xarite Yii") has been granted development funding by Konstsamfundet in collaboration with Svenska Kulturfonden, The Church Media Fund KMS, The Finnish Film Foundation and La Direction de la Cinématographie Sénégal. The series, which mixes animation and live action footage is created and directed by Antonia Ringbom and El Hadji Bamba Sène. The series is a co-production with Senegalese RIACFilms.
The development of "Les Copains" ("Kaverit" / "Kompisarna" / "Xarite Yii") has been launched at the embassy of Finland in Dakar, as directors Antonia Ringbom and El Hadji Bamba Sène, producers Saana Räntilä from Empire Pictures and Alioune Sène from RIACFilms as well as many members of the Finnish-Senegalese team behind the series meet with ambassador Anu Saxén and the head of La Direction de la Cinématographie Germain Coly. The event was organized at the embassy during the Finnish teams' visit to Dakar.
Short animation film for adults ”The Egg Timer”, written by Empire Pictures’ Annalisa Schmuckli, has received a scriptwriting grant from the Finnish Film Foundation.
Short film ”The Rooster” (”Le Coq”), directed by Pierre-Louis Umdenstock, finishes shooting in Paris and the munincipality of Villemomble. ”The Rooster” stars French talents Moussa Sylla, Selina Laurenn and Denis Jansolin, and the crew consists of incredible artists from all over the world. The post-production of the film will start in autumn 2022, and the film will have it's premiere in 2023.
”The Longest Day” (”Päivä ilman yötä”), directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén and co-produced by Empire Pictures, has been selected to the 37th edition of Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Lapland. The Festival takes place June 15th–19th, 2022.
Feature film ”1000”, written by Empire Pictures’ Annalisa Schmuckli, has received a scriptwriting grant from The Cultural Committee of the City of Espoo. The project has previously also received screen writing grants from The Finnish Film Foundation and TAIKE - Art Promotion Center Finland.
The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland, AVEK, has granted development funding to Empire Pictures’ animated short film “Vagina Confinement“. The movie is written and directed by Saana Räntilä and the animation is being designed by animation artist Erika Weiste.
“Mental Samurai Finland”, shot in Spain and produced by Empire Pictures’ Saana Räntilä, competes in the category of the best game show in Finland 2020.
Finnish actor Ville Virtanen has been nominated for best actor in supporting role in the Guldbagge 2021 awards for his role in “The Longest Day“ (“Päivä ilman yötä“), directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén and co-produced by Empire Pictures.
”The Longest Day” (”Päivä ilman yötä”), directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén and co-produced by Empire Pictures, will be released on November 27th in Swedish cinemas and on VOD at TriArt Play.
The music of ”The Longest Day” (”Päivä ilman yötä”), composed by Andreas Mattson to the film directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén and co-produced by Empire Pictures, is now available on spotify.
”The Longest Day” (”Päivä ilman yötä”), directed by Jonas Selberg Augustsén and co-produced by Empire Pictures, has been selected to the 62. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck.
Short animation film ”Vagina Confinement”, written by Empire Pictures’ Saana Räntilä, has received a scriptwriting grant from AVEK, the center of promotion of audiovisual culture in Finland.