Four months after its release on 40 Finnish screens, Ville Suhonen and Kim Saarniluoto’s Tale of a Forest produced by MRP Matila Röhr Productions has become the most popular Finnish documentary ever in domestic cinemas. The Nordisk Film release has sold 65,865 tickets so far, beating the previous record holder Reindeerspotting (65,591 admissions in 2010).
Composer Panu Aaltio has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Score in 2012, for his score for Metsän Tarina, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Craig Richard Lysy.
Finland’s worst drivers drove their way to the hearts of the Finnish public this past winter.
BBC’s super popular The Great British Bake Off format is launched on Finnish MTV3 channel next fall.
Hundreds of Finnish ladies want to meet the Love Connection bachelors.
