The production company ran into financial difficulties during the corona pandemic.
Finn the film production company Tuffi Films has been declared bankrupt on Wednesday.
Be the first to report on the bankruptcy Over. Chairman of the board of the company Venla Hellstedt confirms the matter to HS by text message.
“Unfortunately, we were unable to continue the renovation,” says Hellstedt.
A company that has been in trouble since the corona pandemic was approved for corporate restructuring from early summer 2023.
Tuffi Films founded in 2010 by producer-director Elli Toivoniemi and scriptwriter-directors Selma Vilhunen, Jenni Toivoniemi and Cherry Island.
One of the company's great achievements was being nominated for the 2014 Short Film Oscar Do I have to take care of everything?, which Vilhunen directed. It was the second Finnish Oscar-nominated film of all time Aki Kaurismäki Man without a past -after the movie.
In 2020, Tuff's first television series was completed. Directed by Vilhunen and Saari Best year ever was seen on C More and was made for two seasons.
Short film series An individual case based on this, Tuff was awarded the 2020 State Award for Cinematography. In the same fall, Elli Toivoniemi received the film producer of the year award from the producers' advocacy organization APFI.
Before the company was on the rise due to the corona pandemic. More personnel and projects were recruited during the corona restrictions.
“When we should have slowed down during the corona era, we just continued,” Hellstedt said in an interview with HS in July 2023.
“We have also received significantly less corona subsidies in the industry than we applied for.”
Tuffin Films' latest productions have been a drama film Four small adults (2023) and a documentary about reality TV stars My Reality (2024).
Alma Pöysti got recently Four small adults – for his role in the film Jussi award for leading actor.
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