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Kai Nordberg

Producer on the Move 2007 - Finlandia

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Kai Nordberg created Making Movies, a Finnish production company that makes feature and documentary films. Since its inception, Making Movies has produced over 50 documentaries and the feature film Homesick. Released in 2005, the film tells the story of a young boy who enters a mental hospital.

Cineuropa: What is your background and how did you decide to become a producer?
Kai Nordberg: From 1989 to 1994 I worked as a foreign correspondent and photographer in Berlin for several Finnish newspapers. In 1994 I returned to Finland where I worked as a filmmaker for ten years. Having to take more responsibility for the company Making Movies led to a natural development into the production side of filmmaking. I became a general manager of the company and started to actively profile myself as a producer.

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Making Movies’ first feature was Homesick, a story about a boy who enters a mental hospital. Why did you choose to produce your first film on this difficult subject? How did you put the financing together?
The story is an adaptation of a novel I read. It tells the story of 17 year-old Sami, who is taken to a mental hospital. Sami's mother does not accept that her son is taken against her will. In the hospital Sami develops new relationships with a roommate and with the nurse who discovers the cause of his illness. I was just fascinated by its cinematic qualities. It was a low budget film financed by the Finnish Film Fund, the distributor and Finnish TV. It was released in August 2005.

What are production conditions like in the Finland? Do you work with other countries?
The production conditions are good and bad. There are plenty of great professionals to work with and there’s a large audience for domestic films. On the other hand, state film funding is so low that it forces us to work with very tight budgets. We do a lot of international co-productions, but the key is to understanding which projects are good for that.

What do you expect from the Producers on the Move event organised by European Film Promotion?
I expect to make new friends. It’s a good foundation to producing films together.

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