The Finnish audiovisual sector has grown and become more international in the past few years: the industry is finding new audiences, collecting awards and becoming increasingly central for international collaboration. As a result, the total revenue of production companies rose by more than 40 per cent from 2017 to 2019, and this trend continued in 2022 as films like Girl Picture, Hatching and My Sailor, My Love were awarded at several international festivals. 2023 looks equally promising. Sisu, one of the most anticipated Finnish films, an action thriller directed by Jalmari Helander (known for Big Game and Rare Exports), premiered in September 2022 at the ‘Toronto Film Festival’ and later won four awards at the prestigious ‘Sitges International Film Festival’ in Spain. Also, the film has already a distribution deal with Lionsgate and will be released across North America. The Finnish word ‘sisu‘ refers to a combination of resilience and stoic determination: this ‘Finnishness’ is found at the very core of the film, where a Finnish gold miner fights the Nazis in the deep wilderness of Lapland.
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