Stars: Saana Koivisto, Inka Kallén, Pekka Strang | Written and Directed by Joonas Pajunen, Max Seeck
As a young girl, Matilda (Saana Koivisto) was discovered locked inside a cage while her father’s dead body lay outside, and her mother was declared missing. Now an adult, Matilda inherits the house and the surrounding forest along with her older siblings, Maria (Inka Kallén) and Mikko (Pekka Strang). Their return sees the siblings face their traumatic past while grappling with unfathomable forces.
Writing/directing duo Joonas Pajunen and Max Seeck capture this look at a family struggling with their past, while glimpsing at how it has affected their present. Flashbacks capture the souring relationship between the family and its patriarch, as tensions rise from his domineering nature. While Matilda and Mikko want to sell the location of such bad memories, Maria is wary of the environmental damage that may be caused by the buyer.
As a young girl, Matilda (Saana Koivisto) was discovered locked inside a cage while her father’s dead body lay outside, and her mother was declared missing. Now an adult, Matilda inherits the house and the surrounding forest along with her older siblings, Maria (Inka Kallén) and Mikko (Pekka Strang). Their return sees the siblings face their traumatic past while grappling with unfathomable forces.
Writing/directing duo Joonas Pajunen and Max Seeck capture this look at a family struggling with their past, while glimpsing at how it has affected their present. Flashbacks capture the souring relationship between the family and its patriarch, as tensions rise from his domineering nature. While Matilda and Mikko want to sell the location of such bad memories, Maria is wary of the environmental damage that may be caused by the buyer.
- 9/1/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Finnish horror film The Knocking marks the feature debut of Max Seeck and Joonas Pajunen, and Variety indicates in a report this morning that it’s coming Stateside early next year.
The film is “expected to premiere domestically in February 2023.”
LevelK has also sold The Knocking to over 70 countries around the world.
The Knocking is said to “revolve around three adult siblings who return to their childhood home, where their parents were allegedly murdered many years ago. Their plan is to get the house and estate ready to be sold but an evil force tries to prevent them from doing so.”
“Our mission with ‘The Knocking’ is to create a mood that enables waking up these fears hiding in the corners of our minds,” the filmmakers said in a statement.
“We were also inspired by old Finnish stories and myths. So many of them are about spirits hiding away in the woods,...
The film is “expected to premiere domestically in February 2023.”
LevelK has also sold The Knocking to over 70 countries around the world.
The Knocking is said to “revolve around three adult siblings who return to their childhood home, where their parents were allegedly murdered many years ago. Their plan is to get the house and estate ready to be sold but an evil force tries to prevent them from doing so.”
“Our mission with ‘The Knocking’ is to create a mood that enables waking up these fears hiding in the corners of our minds,” the filmmakers said in a statement.
“We were also inspired by old Finnish stories and myths. So many of them are about spirits hiding away in the woods,...
- 9/21/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
LevelK continues to terrify international distributors with Finnish horror “The Knocking,” directed by Max Seeck and Joonas Pajunen.
The film has now been sold to over 70 countries, Variety has learned, with the company sealing further deals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Alamode Film), Latin America (Gussi), Cis (Capella Film), France (Kmbo), Indonesia (Pt. Falcon) and Taiwan (Av-Jet International Media).
“We have been looking at many Nordic projects, especially the Finnish ones. We definitely see a shift in not just more genre projects emerging, but also in the subjects and the creativity,” says CEO Tine Klint.
“‘The Knocking’ ticks those boxes in providing a Nordic horror with an original story, told through classic genre tropes, which is exactly what the buyers are looking for at the moment.”
The film is produced by Markus Selin and Jukka Helle for Helsinki-based Solar Films, also behind Mika Kaurismäki’s “The Grump: In Search of an Escort,...
The film has now been sold to over 70 countries, Variety has learned, with the company sealing further deals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Alamode Film), Latin America (Gussi), Cis (Capella Film), France (Kmbo), Indonesia (Pt. Falcon) and Taiwan (Av-Jet International Media).
“We have been looking at many Nordic projects, especially the Finnish ones. We definitely see a shift in not just more genre projects emerging, but also in the subjects and the creativity,” says CEO Tine Klint.
“‘The Knocking’ ticks those boxes in providing a Nordic horror with an original story, told through classic genre tropes, which is exactly what the buyers are looking for at the moment.”
The film is produced by Markus Selin and Jukka Helle for Helsinki-based Solar Films, also behind Mika Kaurismäki’s “The Grump: In Search of an Escort,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Seasoned Finnish writer-director-producer Aku Louhimies is plotting multi-season TV drama “Conflict,” a near-future political action thriller that turns on a Finland threatened by an unknown military force.
Comparing the project to high-profile Norwegian TV show “Occupied,” the director said he had the idea for “Conflict” after his war epic “Unknown Soldier,” Finland’s record-breaking movie with over 1 million ticket sales. “I started thinking what if Finland was suddenly threatened by foreign forces. How would we react and how would that affect geopolitics in the Nordic region?” reflected Louhimies, who contemplates building the project as a major international TV drama.
The project is co-penned by actor Andrei Alén, novelist and officer in reserve Helena Immonen, and long-time writing partner Jari Olavi Rantala.
Set on Midsummer’s Eve, the story follows an unknown military unit, as it invades a peaceful sea-side town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, and civilians, used...
Comparing the project to high-profile Norwegian TV show “Occupied,” the director said he had the idea for “Conflict” after his war epic “Unknown Soldier,” Finland’s record-breaking movie with over 1 million ticket sales. “I started thinking what if Finland was suddenly threatened by foreign forces. How would we react and how would that affect geopolitics in the Nordic region?” reflected Louhimies, who contemplates building the project as a major international TV drama.
The project is co-penned by actor Andrei Alén, novelist and officer in reserve Helena Immonen, and long-time writing partner Jari Olavi Rantala.
Set on Midsummer’s Eve, the story follows an unknown military unit, as it invades a peaceful sea-side town in Finland. All residents are taken hostage, and civilians, used...
- 8/23/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Company will distribute Aku Louhimies’ The Wait in 2021; also developing Marimekko CEO biopic.
A new film development, financing and distribution company is launching in Finland from the team that financed the box-office hit The Unknown Soldier.
Aurora Studios will work on “commercially and artistically ambitious” films and other audiovisual content. The company won’t act as producers on the films.
The new company is owned by private equity professional and CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen, investment banker and Icecapital founder Ari Lahti and Otava Oy, which is Finland’s largest book publisher.
Aurora will exist as an independent company, not a subsidiary of Otava Oy.
A new film development, financing and distribution company is launching in Finland from the team that financed the box-office hit The Unknown Soldier.
Aurora Studios will work on “commercially and artistically ambitious” films and other audiovisual content. The company won’t act as producers on the films.
The new company is owned by private equity professional and CapMan founder Ari Tolppanen, investment banker and Icecapital founder Ari Lahti and Otava Oy, which is Finland’s largest book publisher.
Aurora will exist as an independent company, not a subsidiary of Otava Oy.
- 6/18/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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