The Boy (2016), an American psychological horror film directed by William Brent Bell and starring Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead), was released by STX Entertainment in the United States on January 22nd 2016. Snapper Films distributes the film in Finland. The Finnish premiere will be on February 19th 2016. The Boy is a story about
The Nut Job, a 3D computer-animated heist-comedy feature film directed by Peter Lepeniotis, is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and TVOD in Finland. The film was released theatrically in Finland on September 11th, 2015.
Shamitabh, directed and written by R. Balki (Paa, Cheeni Kum), the first ever Bollywood film shot partly in Finland, had its world premiere last weekend. The film proved to be a critical and box office success in India where the opening weekend gross was EURO 2.7 million. Bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush are starring.
The beloved Finnish family hit Ella and Friends has won the top prize at Kryla, the international film festival for children and youth, in Ukraine. In addition, both Ella and Friends features have been sold to Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. A family adventure comedy, Ella and Friends, produced by Juha Wuolijoki’s Snapper Films
Ella and Friends, having almost 100 000 admissions in the local cinemas, has been chosen as the only Finnish contender to participate this year’s Toronto TIFF Kids film festival. The family adventure comedy Ella and Friends, directed by Taneli Mustonen and produced by Juha Wuolijoki’s Snapper Films Oy, will have its international premiere in Toronto
The drama feature Zarra’s Law, starring The Sopranos star Tony Sirico, starts shooting in New York. Finnish film maker Juha Wuolijoki (Christmas Story, a Scandinavian box office and sales phenom) directs. Joseph Scarpinito, who also co-wrote the script with Charles Kipps, produces alongside Wuolijoki for Scarpe Diem Productions and Snapper Films. Alongside Sirico (Goodfellas), Zarra’s
Buenos Aires -based world sales agent FilmSharks announced its most recent acquisition of a high quality film from Finland, entitled HELLA W, for the international marketplace outside Scandinavia and Estonia. HELLA W, a visually stunning drama directed by the award-winning Finnish director Juha Wuolijoki, recounts the true story of Hella Wuolijoki, an internationally acclaimed businesswoman,
Only Hearts has acquired the Japanese rights for CHRISTMAS STORY, the Finnish family hit by director Juha Wuolijoki. The award-winning family film has spread wider than any Finnish feature, selling to 120 countries with theatrical releases in several territories including China, Spain and Scandinavia, and racking up more than one million admissions worldwide. The DVD
The principal photography of Let My People Go! has started in Helsinki. The feature comedy, executive produced by Snapper Films, stars 4-time Goya Award winner Carmen Maura (Volver and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Pedro Almodóvar). The film, produced by Cannes-vets Philippe Martin and Géraldine Michelot of Les Films Pelléas, takes
Principal photography is completed for the drama-thriller Hella W. The film is on schedule for its January 2011 theatrical release. Hella W is produced by Snapper Films Oy and distributed in Scandinavia by Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy.
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