15/01/2008

Aleksi Salmenperä’s A Man’s Job received the most nominations (11) for Finland’s top film honours, the Jussi Awards, including Best Film, Director, Script and Actor (Tommi Korpela).

Produced by Blind Spot Pictures, A Man’s Job screened at nearly 40 world film festivals last year, picking up the most international prizes for a Finnish film, including Best Actor in Marrakesh last month. The film is also Finland’s entry this year for the Oscar shortlist in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

The second highest amount of Jussi nominations was snagged by Petri Kotwica’s drama Black Ice with nine nominations, and in third place with five nominations is Lauri Törhönen’s war film The Border.

A Man’s Job, Black Ice and Åke Lindman and Sakari Kirjavainen´s Tali-Ihantala 1944 are all vying for Best Film, and Kotwica, Salmenperä and JP Siili (Ganes) for Best Director.

The winners will be announced in Helsinki on February 3.

Full list of Jussi nominees:

Best Film
Black Ice [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kai Nordberg
interview: Petri Kotwica
film profile] (Making Movies) A Man’s Job [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Blind Spot Pictures) Tali-Ihantala 1944 [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Åke Lindman Film Production)

Best Director
Black Ice, Petri Kotwica
Ganes, JP Siili
A Man´s Job, Aleksi Salmenperä

Best Actor
The Border, Martin Bahne
Ganes, Eero Milonoff
A Man´s Job, Tommi Korpela

Best Actress
Black Ice, Ria Kataja
Black Ice, Outi Mäenpää
Playing Solo [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Saija Lentonen

Best Supporting Actor
The Border, Hannu-Pekka Björkman
The Border, Leonid Mozgovoi
A Man´s Job, Jani Volanen

Best Supporting Actress
Black Ice, Sara Paavolainen
A Man´s Job, Maria Heiskanen
Playing Solo, Kristiina Elstelä

Best Screenplay
Black Ice, Petri Kotwica
A Man´s Job, Aleksi Salmenperä
Playing Solo, Katja Kallio

Best Cinematography
Black Ice, Harri Räty
Christmas Story [+see also:
trailer
film profile], Mika Orasmaa
A Man´s Job, Tuomo Hutri

Best Music
Black Ice, Eicca Toppinen
The Border, Sergei Jevtushenko
Tali-Ihantala 1944, Timo Hietala

Best Sound Design
The Border, Kyösti Väntänen
A Man´s Job, Tuomas Klaavo and Mikko Mäkelä
Tali-Ihantala 1944, Johan Hake

Best Editor
Black Ice, Jukka Nykänen
A Man´s Job, Samu Heikkilä
Tali-Ihantala 1944, Sakari Kirjavainen and Juha Antti-Poika

Best Set Design
Ganes, Jukka Uusitalo
A Man´s Job, Markku Pätilä
The Matriarch, Pete Neuvonen

Best Costume Design
Ganes, Helena Paavilainen-Takala
A Man´s Job, Ella Brigatti
The Matriarch, Tiina Kaukanen