August Fools (Mieletön elokuu) directed by Taru Mäkelä, received a grant of 700,000 euros. The Cold War era comedy about a Finnish milliner and part-time clairvoyant whose path crosses that of a Czech jazz musician is a Finnish/Czech/Norwegian production.

Production information:

Director: Taru Mäkelä
Script: Raija Talvio
Producer: Markku Flink
Cinematography: Jouko Seppälä
Shooting schedule: 06-09/2012
Premiere: August 2013
Distribution in Finland: Oy Nordisk Film AB
Financing TV company: YLE (www.yle.fi), Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz)
Budget: 2 016 831 €
Total support of the Finnish Film Foundation: 700 000 €
Production company: Kinosto Oy (kinosto.com)
Co-production companies: Fog'n'Desire Films (Czech Rebublic, www.fogndesirefilm.cz), Pomor Film AS (Norway)

Clownwise (Klauni), a Finnish minority coproduction directed by Viktor Taus, received a grant of 160,000 euros. The Czech/Finnish/Slovak coproduction is the story of a famous trio of clowns who reunite after a split of 40 years.

Production information:

Director: Viktor Taus
Script: Petr Jarchovsky
Producer: Michal Kollar
Cinematographer: Milan Chadima

Shooting schedule: 05-07/2012
Premiere: May 2013

Distribution in Finland: Oy Nordisk Film AB
Financing TV company: Czech TV, YLE
Budget: 2 148 099 €

Total support of the Finnish Film Foundation: 160 000 €
Production company: Fog'n'Desire Films (Czech Rebublic)
Co-Production Companies: Kinosto (Finland), Sokol Kollar (Slovakia), Tarantula