Documentary in Finland

¿Documentary in Finland is a needed contribution to the emergent field of documentary production studies, and it sets the direction for further research on small nation documentary film cultures.¿

(Ilona Hongisto, Professor in Film Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

¿This book offers an excellent exploration of the Finnish documentary eco-system as a site of negotiation between several competing elements in a constantly evolving film and television culture. There is much to be learned about the specific Finnish context, but also plenty of valuable lessons for other small nation film cultures and anyone with an interest in how to think of production cultures from a productive media ecology perspective.¿

(Eva Novrup Redvall, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Having established itself as an award-winning and ground-breaking documentary cinema in the 1990s and 2000s, Fin