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Film

Tom of Finland

Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2017

115 min.FeatureDrama

Tom of Finland is a story about a man, an artist, ambition and the desire to make the world a better place for oneself as well as for others. Inevitably it also is a statement in the debate about the rights of sexual minorities. A film about how important it is for us to find a home and a family that accepts us and that we want to belong to. Only then can we blossom.
Basic information Credits
Original title Tom of Finland
Danish title Tom of Finland
Director Dome Karukoski
Screenplay Aleksi Bardy
Producer Aleksi Bardy, Miia Haavisto, Annika Sucksdorff
Director of Photography Lasse Frank
Editor Harri Ylönen
Sound Niklas Skarp, Christian Holm
Composer Hildur Gudnadottir, Lasse Enersen
Production designer Christian Olander
Appearance Pekka Strang, Seumas Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen
Production country Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, United States
Danish festival release 03.10.2017, CPH PIX
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Companies

Production company
Executive Producer Helsinki Filmi
Co-production Anagram Väst, Fridthjof Film A/S, Neutrinos Productions, Film i Väst, Helsinki Immaterial
With support from Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Film Institute, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, German Federal Film Fund
In collaboration with Film and Music Entertainment, Backup Media, YLE, SVT, DR, Angel Distribution, IPR.VC, Atine Group, Creative Europe, West Finland Film Commission

Direction

Direction Dome Karukoski

Script

Screenplay Aleksi Bardy

Production

Producer Aleksi Bardy
Producer Miia Haavisto
Producer Annika Sucksdorff
Co-producer Malin Söderlund
Co-producer Gunnar Carlsson
Co-producer Miriam Nørgaard
Co-producer Caroline Eybye
Co-producer Ingvar Pórðarson
Co-producer Sophie Mahlo
Co-producer Johann Frank
Co-producer Simon Perry
Executive producer Dome Karukoski
Executive producer Mike Downey
Executive producer Sam Taylor
Executive producer Ronnie Fridthjof

Cinematography

Director of Photography Lasse Frank

Editing

Editor Harri Ylönen

Music

Composer Hildur Gudnadottir
Composer Lasse Enersen

Production design

Production designer Christian Olander

Wardrobe

Costume designer Anna Vilppunen

Makeup

Hair and makeup artist Johanna Eliason
SFX makeup Lars Carlsson

Sound

Sound designer Niklas Skarp
Sound designer Christian Holm

Appearance

Tom / Touko Pekka Strang
Doug Seumas Sargent
Sikkerhedsmand Chris Myland
AD artist Alf Myreen
Toms drømmebetjent Fabian Puregger
Nipa Lauri Tikanen
Ung mand Roope Karisto
Alijoki Taisto Oksanen
Mand i dør Emanuel Claesson
Radiooperatør Henri Keränen
Kaija Jessica Grabowsky
Russisk faldskærmssoldat Siim Maaten
Mand med overskæg Leif Edlund
Udsmider på Hansa Bar Niko Wirtanen
Politibetjent i park Jarl Forsmann
Kake Niklas Hogner
Gabriel Martin Bahne
Maria Ksenia Lelesh
Grænsevagt Norbert Braun
Receptionist i Berlin Erwin Bruhn
Müller Werner Daehn
Sahlin Kari Hietalahti
Tysk officer Martin Bergman
Politibetjent Thomas Olausson
Heidi Ida Koski
Kari Christian Sandström
Juha Paavo Pyykkönen
Jack Jakob Oftebro

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