Call for Projects
Are you currently working on a feature film with international potential? Are you looking for a sales agent or co-producers? Do you want to pitch your project to international guests? We invite fiction and documentary, and a variety of other projects both in development and production to apply through our open call to pitch at Finnish Film Affair’s showcase day. The 15th Finnish Film Affair will take place in Helsinki from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2026.
We accept projects from Finland, as well as projects with Finland as the minority production country. The different series you can apply to with projects are Fiction in Progress, Fiction in Development and Documentaries. Submit the application by Friday, the 12th of June 2026. If you’d like to hear more about this, please contact the Head of Industry Lydia Taylerson at lydia@hiff.fi
Guidelines on applying
Ahead of filling out the application form, please have these attachments ready:
• An estimated, top-line financing plan, where you clarify which financing you already have in place and what you are planning on applying for.
• A 4-minute pitch video in English (YouTube or Vimeo link preferably), where you describe your project and answer at least the following questions: At what stage is your project currently at? How would your project benefit from pitching at Finnish Film Affair?
• If you are applying for Fiction in Progress or Documentaries, please also include a link to a material clip (max 8 minutes).
Please also read through the project application guidelines [PDF].
A jury of international film industry professionals will make the selection in June 2026. The main selection criteria is international potential and an assessment of the project’s (financial) feasibility.
Fiction in Progress & Development
Fiction projects in development and production can now apply to pitch at the 15th Finnish Film Affair, taking place in Helsinki from the 23rd until the 25th of September 2026.
The Fiction in Progress series is for those projects further along and thus have a pitching time of eight minutes, whilst the Fiction in Development series is aimed at those in an earlier development phase and have a pitching time of four minutes.
We also accept projects where a Finnish production company is the minority producer.
Documentaries
Documentary projects in development and production can now apply to pitch at the 15th Finnish Film Affair, taking place in Helsinki from the 23rd until the 25th of September 2026.
We also accept projects where a Finnish production company is the minority producer.