Elli Toivoniemi
Рождение : , Vantaa, Finland
История
Elli Toivoniemi is a producer and director, as well as one of the founders of the production company Tuffi Films. She has produced several internationally acclaimed films, including Force of Habit ( 2019) and Stupid Young Heart (2018).
Producer
Mira, Eevis and Meiju are reality TV stars, searching for acceptance, but become persecuted by the general public for their behaviour instead. Resurfacing is hard in the society, that aims to categorize us as either winners or losers.
Producer
A coming-of-age story about three sisters, Laura, Mira and Steffi, who live alone after their mother left. When social services demand a meeting, the girls need a substitute for their mother so that they are not separated from each other by child welfare.
Producer
Juulia learns that her husband Matias is having an affair with Enni, and decides that her marriage should henceforth be polyamorous, without secrets.
Co-Producer
Nilo is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura. When her irresponsible sister Maya, whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters’ complicated mother recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya’s son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.
Producer
Activists have been fighting for animal rights for decades. Will they succeed in winning the battle against meat production or will the food industry be unstoppable? The film depicts the structural nature of the animal industry and the systematic abuse of power through three central characters. They fight the battle of David and Goliath against a seemingly invincible industry, ready to achieve their goals at any cost. The brutal undercover photos taken by the activists have caused a series of international scandals, but will they ultimately succeed in making a difference?
Producer
Sihja is a young, charming and a little outrageous fairy who leaves her home in the forest. On arrival in the city, she meets a sensitive new friend, a lonely human boy Alfred. Sihja loves the newly found organized urban shapes and orderly habits that the city people have. One day dead birds appear on the city streets. Alfred and Sihja must find out what is threatening the nature.
Producer
Группа старых друзей снимает виллу на побережье, планируя устроить сюрприз на день рождения одной из подруг. Все сразу пошло не по плану, когда выяснилось, что именинница не очень-то и рада такому сюрпризу. Напряжение снимает Микаэль, новый бойфренд Вероники, лучшей подруги именинницы и восходящая звезда Голливуда. Знакомый пейзаж, родные лица - вскоре друзья забывают о своем возрасте и на время снова становятся подростками.
Executive Producer
Conductivity is a film about creative leadership told through the story of three young conductors at the prestigious Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland; I-Han Fu (Taiwan), Emilia Hoving (Finland) and James Kahane (France). When stepping on the podium, they are put under a magnifying glass. Conductor training, in essence, is leadership training. The film gives a unique viewpoint to follow the students, as this is the first film about conductor training at the Sibelius Academy.
Producer
Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
Writer
Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
Director
Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
Producer
A couple’s romantic evening changes when a strange man gropes the woman.
Producer
Emmi goes to bed after a house party and is about to sleep when her old classmate Jani entering her room. Emmi lets him sleep on the floor, but Jani doesn’t wanna sleep.
Producer
A young actress, passionate about her profession, gets ready for a rape scene.
Producer
Teenage girls take their shirts off at a party together but they attract an audience.
Producer
Sonja is tired of her body being a problem for others.
Producer
The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their colleague had harassed her at the previous office party.
Producer
A raped women meets the authorities.
Producer
An environmental specialist goes to a job interview but the interviewer is more interested in what’s going on with the Muslim minority.
Producer
Shame related to the body grows and finally falls off on the dance floor.
Producer
A merited female scientist is at an international conference and realises that a male moderator is explaining her own theory back at her, until a remark from the audience wakes both speakers and listeners.
Screenplay
A young girl tries to make it to school wearing high heels.
Producer
A young girl tries to make it to school wearing high heels.
Director
A young girl tries to make it to school wearing high heels.
Producer
Teenage girls take their shirts off at their own party but get an audience. Emmi says no but does it really mean no? Sonja is tired of her body being a problem to others. Why has nearly every woman such experiences? One-Off Incident short films are part of a film sensation made by fifteen filmmakers, artists, researchers and social activists collectively. The films reveal the hidden way power is exercised on women in both private life and in society. The films are fiction but the stories come from the writers’ own real-life observations.
Director
Teenage girls take their shirts off at their own party but get an audience. Emmi says no but does it really mean no? Sonja is tired of her body being a problem to others. Why has nearly every woman such experiences? One-Off Incident short films are part of a film sensation made by fifteen filmmakers, artists, researchers and social activists collectively. The films reveal the hidden way power is exercised on women in both private life and in society. The films are fiction but the stories come from the writers’ own real-life observations.
Executive Producer
A film about Princesse, a 9-year-old Cameroonian, and her father, who leaves Africa to make their dreams come true. The two keep in touch through numerous phone calls. Princesse goes to school while her father is trying to make it in Paris cleaning streets and selling souvenirs that enable him to send nice clothes to his daughter – and a smartphone that she’s been begging for.
Thanks
A story about the special relationship between Jaana and her daughter Liisa who died in a traffic accident at the age of 16.
Executive Producer
Taina is preparing a perfect weekend with the family, since her son Eetu is visiting with his girlfriend Noora. Nothing goes as planned. The more Taina tries to entertain everyone, the less comfortable they feel.
Producer
Когда выясняется, что у беззаботного юного Ленни и его подружки будет ребёнок, будущий отец начинает искать для себя ролевую модель идеального родителя. Поиски заводят его в группу правых активистов.
Producer
Linda is a rapper and a woman who after getting brutally assaulted by her boyfriend decided to leave the drug scene and started to pursue her dreams and build a new life.
Producer
Никогда не бросай свое любимое занятие: Смешной и трогательный фильм о подростках, которые, несмотря на все трудности, открывают свой голос и талант с помощью деревянных лошадок.
Producer
The film follows a 24-year-old Miikka Friman who has grown up with dragonflies.
Screenplay
The film follows a 24-year-old Miikka Friman who has grown up with dragonflies.
Director
The film follows a 24-year-old Miikka Friman who has grown up with dragonflies.
Producer
Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.
Producer
A Liberian refugee SAM REAYAH and his family have been separated for five years and live in uncertainty waiting for family reunion. While Sam and his younger daughter Ruth continue their lives in Buduburam Refugee camp in Ghana, his wife Decontee and his older daughter Joyce have already started a life in Rochester, USA. The film explores the idea of home. Sam's family had a home in Liberia, but they had to give it up. They were forced to build homes elsewhere. They built a home in Ghana. They build a home in The United States. They built homes together, they build homes separate of each other. But which home does the heart want?
Producer
When his mother takes a shine to a man at a party, a young man begins to lose his grip on reality.
Producer
Eeva, a young actress who is easily left out, discovers supernatural powers in a mysterious pond near the set, and makes a pact with the pond's devil to become part of the community of others.
Producer
Five lapp women return home from Norwegian prison camp after leaving Finland with German soldiers during World War II.