Redoubt co-produced by Bufo premieres at the 73rd San Sebastián

John Skoog‘s Redoubt, co-produced by Bufo, has been chosen to be a part of 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival, where the film will have its world premiere. The film, produced by Plattform Produktion, will be part of the New Directors section, competing for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award. The fiction debut stars Denis Lavant as […]

Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic to world premiere in Cannes

Tarik Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, co-produced by Bufo, has been selected in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Eagles of the Republic is the third film in Saleh’s Cairo trilogy following Cannes winner (Best Screenplay, 2022) Cairo Conspiracy aka Boy from Heaven, also co-produced by Bufo. The political thriller […]

LITTLE SIBERIA LAUNCHED ON NETFLIX

The very first Finnish feature film on Netflix, Little Siberia, is out now globally! Starring Eero Ritala, Malla Malmivaara, Martti Suosalo and Tommi Korpela in the leading roles, Dome Karukoski’s Little Siberia is adapted from Antti Tuomainen’s novel of the same name by Karukoski and Minna Panjanen. The book has previously been selected as one […]

Shooting of The Squirrel begins

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The Squirrel, written and directed by Markus Lehmusruusu, will begin its shooting next week. The warmhearted film is set in an absurd future world and tells a story of a man called Pasi, a man completely estranged from nature, who encounters the last living squirrel of the world. In the film, Pasi decides to defy […]

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Pirjo Honkasalo to Shoot Orenda

One of Finland’s most recognised filmmakers, Pirjo Honkasalo is preparing a new film titled Orenda. The shooting will begin in Estonia early next month, the main shooting period taking place in Finland in the remote archipelago of Turku later this year. The captivating relationship drama dealing with the themes of guilt and mercy is written […]

Memory of Water to compete in Trieste’s Main Competition

Saara Saarela’s dystopic drama Memory of Water, based on the best selling novel by Emmi Itäranta, will have its international premiere at Hof International Film Festival in Germany later this month. From there the film will travel to Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, where it will compete from the festival’s Asteroid award in the Main Competition as […]

The Gravedigger’s Wife wins top prize at Fespaco

Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s The Gravedigger’s Wife has been awarded with the prestigious main award, The Golden Stallion, at the Pan-African film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The jury was chaired by Mauritanian film director Abderrahmane Sissako. 17 feature films were in the competition, and altogether 1132 films were submitted. Sissako stated that the award, which […]

The Gravedigger’s Wife awarded at TIFF

The Gravedigger’s Wife, an intimate family drama shot in Djibouti and directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, has been awarded with the Amplify Voices Award at Toronto International Film Festival. The award embraces diversity in all its forms and definitions, including technique and passion that transports storytelling to the screen. The film will receive a $10,000 […]

The Gravedigger’s Wife to world premiere in Cannes Critics’ Week

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The Gravedigger’s Wife, the first feature drama directed by writer-director Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, will receive its world premiere in the 60th Cannes Critics’ Week. Shot entirely in Djibouti, the film tells about a gravedigger and his family, who have to push themselves to the limits in order to reunite during times of misfortune. The film […]