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Taru Mäkelä
Taru Mäkelä (born 1 April 1959) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. She started her career in the 1980s working for the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Life and career Besides directing and screenwriting, Mäkelä has also worked as a producer, editor and actor. Mäkelä studied at the Department of Cinematography at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture and graduated with a master's degree in art in 1989. She is also a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Helsinki. Mäkelä began her career as a director in the 1980s at YLE, where she wrote and directed the Smiley Lips entertainment series. She has directed three feature films: ''Little Sister'' (1999), ''The Storage'' (2011) and '' August Fools'' (2013). In December 2014, Mäkelä's comedy ''Eila, Rampe and Likka'', based on the characters in Sinikka Nopola's books, premiered. In 2005–2010, Mäkelä was a member of the Board of the Finnish Film Foundation. She was the chairman of the F ...
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Tampere
Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the second most populous urban area in the country after the Helsinki metropolitan area. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. The urban area has a population of approximately 340,000. Tampere is considered to be the most important urban, economic and cultural centre in the whole of inland Finland. Tampere and its surroundings are part of the historic province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the province of Häme from 1831 to 1997; over time, it has often been considered a province of Tavastia. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'', published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as part of the then province of Tavastia. However between 1775 and 1870 Tammerkoski rap ...
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ...
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Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ...
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Aalto University School Of Arts, Design And Architecture
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture; ; ), was formed of two separate schools: the faculty of architecture (previously part of the Helsinki University of Technology) and the University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH, known in Finnish as TaiK). TaiK, founded in 1871, was the largest art university in the Nordic countries. The university awards the following academic degrees: Bachelor of Science in Technology, Architect, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Arts. The university is known for its research projects and industrial collaborations. During the rectorship of Yrjö Sotamaa the university was active in integrating design into Finnish innovation and business networks. This eventually led to the decision to merge TaiK together with Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) and the Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) into a new charter university, Aalto University, which started in January 2010. In the global QS World University Rankings in 2021, t ...
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The Storage
''The Storage'' () is a 2011 Finnish comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ... directed by Taru Mäkelä and based on the novel ''Varasto'' by Arto Salminen. Plot The central character of the film is Antero Rousku, a warehouse worker at a hardware store. However, Antero is not satisfied with his warehouse worker's wages, so he regularly sells his employer's goods under the table to a frequent customer, Jylhäkorpi, for cheaper prices. Antero's romantic interest is the brunette Karita, however their passionate relationship cools down after Karita becomes pregnant without consulting Antero, witch Antero learns of when Karita Invited her to a chinese restaurant. Antero buy's Birth control pills and tries to sneak them into Karita's yoghurt, but fails ...
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August Fools
''August Fools'' () is a 2013 comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. It is a Finnish-Czech co-production set in Helsinki, Finland in the early 1960s. Main cast * Kati Outinen * Esko Salminen * Elena Leeve * Laura Birn *Tapio Liinoja * Vesa Vierikko * Pirkka-Pekka Petelius *Miroslav Etzler * Aku Hirviniemi References External links * 2013 films Films directed by Taru Mäkelä Czech romantic comedy films Finnish romantic comedy films 2013 romantic comedy films 2013 multilingual films Czech multilingual films Finnish multilingual films 2010s Finnish films {{2010s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ...
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Finnish Film Foundation
The Finnish Film Foundation (, ) is an independent Foundation (charity), foundation with the task of supporting and developing Finland, Finnish film production, distribution and exhibition. It is supervised by the Department for Cultural Policy in the Ministry of Education (Finland), Ministry of Education and Culture. The foundation is supported by grants from the Veikkaus, Finnish national lottery. The Finnish Film Foundation’s headquarters with its cinema are located in Katajanokka, Helsinki in a 19th-century harbour terminal. The foundation is responsible for the export and international promotion of :Finnish films, Finnish films. It also grants film production support for individual films, with an aim of supporting "high quality" productions. The Managing Director of the foundation is Lasse Saarinen, who replaced Irina Krohn as director in 2016. See also * Finnish Film Archive * List of film institutes External links Finnish Film Foundation
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Mauno Mäkelä
Mauno Ilmari Mäkelä (7 March 1916 – 17 October 1987) was a Finnish film producer. He also appeared as an actor in films ''Iskelmäketju'' (1959) and ''Trust (1976 film), Trust'' (1976). Mäkelä received a Jussi Award for producing the film ''The Harvest Month, Elokuu'' (1956). Selected filmography as producer *''Ratavartijan kaunis Inkeri'' (1950) *''Noita palaa elämään'' (1952) *''Lumikki ja 7 jätkää'' (1953) *''Ryysyrannan Jooseppi'' (1955) *''Poika eli kesäänsä'' (1955) *''Kuriton sukupolvi'' (1957) *''Red Line (1959 film), Punainen viiva'' (1959) *''The Golden Calf (1961 film), Kultainen vasikka'' (1961) *''Kaasua, komisario Palmu!'' (1961) References External links

* 1916 births 1987 deaths Businesspeople from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish film producers {{film-producer-stub ...
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The Storage 2
The Storage 2 () is a 2018 Finnish comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä and written by Veli-Pekka Hänninen. It serves as a sequel to the 2011 film ''The Storage''. Like its predecessor, the film has been described as a working-class comedy. The central characters are the same—Rousku, Raninen, and Karita—while the supporting cast is largely unchanged, with the addition of Rousku and Karita's teenage daughter Jessica. The character Ritva is given a larger role, alongside two new friends, Ene and Kirsti. The roles of the store manager and Kataja are reduced compared to the first film. The plot follows the misadventures of Rousku and Raninen as they establish a renovation company and engage in questionable activities, including smuggling alcohol from Tallinn to Helsinki. Plot The film centers on Antero Rousku, a hardware store worker, and his friend Raninen. Rousku lives with Karita, and their daughter Jessica is now a teenager. The film disregards the epilogue of ''Varasto'' ...
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Jingle Bells (2022 Film)
Jingle Bells () is a 2022 Finnish comedy film directed by Taru Mäkelä. It was released on October 28, 2022, and produced by Aleksi Hyvärinen under Don Films. The film was distributed by Nordisk Film. The film is based on the Swedish movie '' Holy Mess'' (2015) directed by Helena Bergström. The screenplay was adapted by Kristofer Gummerus and Taru Mäkelä. The story revolves around two blended families meeting for the first time during a Christmas dinner, leading to humorous and heartfelt moments. Cast * Christoffer Strandberg * Martti Suosalo * Eeva Litmanen * Ali Jahangiri * Pirkko Hämäläinen Pirkko Päivikki Hämäläinen (born 29 May 1959) is a Finnish actress. She has worked in theatres, films and on television. Frequently collaborating with director Mika Kaurismäki, she won the Best Actress Jussi Award for her role in Kaurismäk ... * Sari Siikander * Antti Tuomas Heikkinen References External links {{IMDb title, 21876846 2020s ...
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the vicinity of Earth's Moon, where it was intended to crash-land, but instead becomes the first spacecraft to go into heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. ** The southernmost island of the Maldives archipelago, Addu Atoll, declares its independence from the Kingdom of the Maldives, initiating the United Suvadive Republic. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Kinshasa, Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 – The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United ...
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