Finnish Film Foundation
The Finish Film Foundation task is to support and promote the Finnish film industry. It gives funding to professional film production and the exhibition and distribution of films. It is also responsible for the cultural export of Finnish films and provide support for their international promotion.
Finnish Film Foundation was founded in 1969 as an independent foundation operating under the supervision of the Department for Cultural Policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture. In granting support, the Foundation is guided by the State Aid Act, The Film Promotion Act and Decree as well as the European Commission notification on state funding for film.
The Foundation receives its funds from the Ministry of Education and Culture for the promotion of film art.
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- Kanavakatu 12, 00160 Helsinki
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- +358 9 6220 300
- https://www.ses.fi/en/home-english/
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Number of inhabitants
5,617,310 (2024)
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Budget in 2023
24M€
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Projects supported in 2023
57
EFAD related activities
Sustainability - EFAD Members’ Initiatives
Since 2022, the UK-developed Albert toolkit has been used in Finland to reduce the emissions of audiovisual productions. The system is free at the point of use for productions and is available for all Finland professionals. The use of Albert is part of the Foundation’s sustainability strategy, aiming to develop the film and TV industry's social, cultural, economic, and ecological sustainability.
The Foundation is part of Nordic film institutes’ Nordic Sustainability Working Group which tracks and shares knowledge about the environmental sustainability work in the Nordic countries and internationally. The Five Nordics are developing a common Nordic Ecological Standard (NES) for audiovisual productions.
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