Finnish Blood Swedish Heart Explained

Finnish Blood Swedish Heart
Director:Mika Ronkainen
Producer:Ulla Simonen
Cinematography:Vesa Taipaleenmäki
Editing:Åsa Mossberg
Studio:Klaffi Productions
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Finland
Sweden

Finnish Blood Swedish Heart is a 2013 documentary film by Mika Ronkainen about a Finnish father and son revisiting their former home in Sweden.[1] [2] The film won two Jussi Awards (Finnish Oscars) in 2014: Best Documentary and Best Music,[3] and the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary Film at the Göteborg Film Festival in February 2013.[4]

The film was released theatrically in Sweden with the title Swedish: Ingen riktig finne on 22 March 2013, and in Finland (titled Finnish: Laulu koti-ikävästä) on 5 April 2013.

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Notes and References

  1. Jay Stone, "Gothenburg: I’m a stranger in town myself", Canada.com, February 1, 2013.
  2. Web site: Mikkel Stolt . Mika Ronkainen: Finnish Blood, Swedish Heart . Filmkommentaren.dk . 2013-02-07 . 2013-02-07.
  3. http://ses.fi/en/news/news/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=130&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=633&cHash=b767a64c44b8161279afadb210baf7c1 "'Concrete Night collected most Jussi Awards"
  4. John Asp, "'Snowfall' snags a Dragon", Variety, February 3, 2013.