Are you currently working on a feature film with international potential? Are you looking for a sales agent or co-producers? Do you want to pitch your project to international guests? We invite fiction and documentary projects both in development and production to apply through our open call to pitch at Finnish Film Affair’s showcase day. The 13th Finnish Film Affair will take place in Helsinki from 25th to the 27th of September 2024. 

We accept projects from Finland, as well as projects with Finland as the minority production country. The deadline for applications is Friday 31st of May, 2024. If you’d like to hear more about this, please contact the Head of Finnish Film Affair Alisha Hasan at alisha@hiff.fi 

HOW TO APPLY 

Ahead of filling out the application form, please have these attachments ready: 

• An estimated, top-line financing plan, where you clarify which financing you already have in place and what you are planning on applying for. 
• A 4-minute pitch video in English (YouTube or Vimeo link preferably), where you describe your project and answer at least the following questions: At what stage is your project currently at? How would your project benefit from pitching at Finnish Film Affair? 
• If you are applying for Fiction in Progress or Documentaries, please include also a link to a material clip (max 8 minutes).

Please also read through the project application guidelines [PDF]. 

A jury of international film industry professionals will make the selection in June 2024. The main selection criteria is international potential and an assessment of the project’s (financial) feasibility.