Finnish Film Foundation

Finnish Film Foundation

The Finnish Film Foundation ( _fi. Suomen elokuvasäätiö; _sv. Finlands filmstiftelse), is an independent foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education.

The foundation is supported by grants from the Finnish national lottery and by the Finnish Broadcasting Company. The Finnish Film Foundation’s headquarters with its auditoriums are located in Katajanokka, Helsinki in an 19th century harbour terminal

The foundation is responsible for the export and international promotion of . It also grants film production support for individul films, with an aim of supporting "high quality" productions.

The Managing Director of the foundation is Irina Krohn, a former member of the Finnish parliament, who replaced Jouni Mykkänen as the director on 1 August 2006.

ee also

* Finnish Film Archive
* List of film institutes

External links

* [http://www.ses.fi/en/ Finnish Film Foundation]


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