Finnish gold coin would go to Jokinen pix

MOSCOW -- Finnish helmer-scribe Antti J. Jokinen, who made his feature debut this season with Hilary Swank starrer "The Resident," continues to be granted Pounds 800,000 ($1.04 million) being produced support through the Finnish Film Foundation to see relatives fantasy pic "Nicholas from the North." The Estar Studios' pic, in regards to a hero who saves his country in the forces of evil, is scripted by Jokinen and Matthew Wilder. It's being created by Juha Wuolijoki, Tristan Lynch and Kwesi Dickson. Another film from Jokinen, "Purge," can also be reaping helpful benefits from FFF gold coin. According to Sofi Oksanen's best-selling novel, the pic informs the storyline of two women from different eras linked by tales of deceit, desperation and fear. It spans the disasters of Stalinist Ussr and also the modern terrors from the Russian mafia. The pic, that is lensing, receives $821,000 in the FFF toward its $3.13 million budget. It toplines Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzen and Tommi Korpela. The film, created by Jukka Helle and Markus Selin of Photo voltaic Films, and Kristian Taska and Maria Avdjushko of Taska Film, has been repped by TrustNordisk. Simo Halinen's "Pizza Desperata," a undertake the complex modern manners of romantic associations, nabbed $650,000, over fifty percent the film's budget. Pic is created by Finnish broadcaster YLE. Dealing with similar subject, Matti Ijas' "Things We All Do for Love," in regards to a shy guy who falls for each other only to discover his girlfriend's jealous ex-husband returns having a vengeance, will get $884,000 -- around half its budget. Rax Rinnekangas' "Water Mark," in regards to a half Jewish digital photographer employed in Venice, receives $130,000 toward its budget of $195,000. Leo Barraclough led for this article. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com