Sons of Lumière

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Sons of Lumière

Sons of Lumière is a Finnish production company that producers both fiction and documentary films a

25/09/2025

Great news ‼️ IN MY HAND has won The Moving People and Images Award at 🥰💥

The Moving People and Images Award was granted to Marja Helander and Liselotte Wajstedt for their film In My Hand. The jury praised the visual artistry that highlighted an important story—one that must be seen and shared with new audiences. Established in 2021, the €1500 prize is awarded to a director whose work recognizes inclusivity and diversity, sponsored by the Finnish Film Foundation. Filmmaker Erol Mintaş served as an advisor in the jury’s selection of the winner.

National Competition showcased the best of Finnish short filmmaking as part of the ongoing Love & Anarchy Festival. The jury that selected the winners consisted of writer Maryan Abdulkarim, the first international member in the competition’s history, AGORA industry representative Angeliki Vergou, and Leena Närekangas, the Executive Director of the ELKE association that runs Cinema Orion in Helsinki.

n My Hand is a co-production between , Vaja Filmproductions and Fount Films. Sons of Lumière is the Finnish co-producer.

Congratulations to the whole crew! 💖

Directors
and

DOP & Editor

Producer
Linn Henriksen /

Co-producers
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/ Vaja Film Productions
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/ Fount Films

Sound Designermikael

Composer
Mathias Josefson

Music

Tuomas Norvio
ISAK
Elle Maria Heatta Isaksen
Wenemquem Nelson
Ante Somby
Mathias Josefson

Big thanks to all the financiers 🙌

FINLAND 🇫🇮
Finnish Film Foundation
AVEK
Yle
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Promotion Centre Finland

NORWAY 🇳🇴AND SWEDEN 🇸🇪
The International Sámi Film Institute
The Norwegian Film Institute
Nordnorsk Filmsenter
Fritt Ord
Sametinget - Sámi Parliament of Norway
The Swedish Film Institute
Filmpool Nord

25/09/2025

PASSU - Thursday 25.9.2025 7pm

Our documentary film ”Passu” is playing tonight at ’s DIASPORA SCREENING.

This screening is part of Nomads Festival 2025 program, in collaboration with .

The event will take place at the warm and welcoming Gold Café in Puhos, Itäkeskus, a space renowned for its unique atmosphere, excellent food, and, of course, sh**ha. In our event, cinema is not only watched but lived, shared, tasted, and felt as an ongoing dialogue about belonging, remembering, and the experience of displacement.

PROGRAM
19-20
Appeal & Kiwa, Music Performance
Short films

20-21
Main film: Passu

Just 18 years old, Passu is already an activist, podcaster, and vice president of the Finnish Feminist Party. She was born into a Uyghur family, a Turkic-speaking ethnic group of I Islamic faith living in northwestern China, and her political struggle is intertwined with the pain of repression in China and separation from her loved ones. The documentary follows her daily life, which is filled with social activism, school, and new political challenges. Her thoughts and dreams emerge from her social media channels. The film recounts the strength and contradictions of someone who, while still very young, is trying to change the world without losing herself, with effort and hope.

19/09/2025

IN MY HAND will have its Finnish premiere today at 💥 The film is part of the National Competition 🇫🇮

Friday 19.9. 17:15-19:10 (Maxim 1)
Sunday 21.9. 20:30-22:15 (Maxim 2)

”Labelled a terrorist and left disabled, a Sámi activist Niillas Somby paid a brutal price in 1982 while battling Norwegian authorities to protect his ancestral land.”

In My Hand is a co-production between , Vaja Filmproductions and Fount Films. Sons of Lumière is the Finnish co-producer.

Congratulations to the whole crew! 💖

Directors
and

DOP & Editor

Producer
Linn Henriksen /

Co-producers
/
/ Vaja Film Productions
/
/ Fount Films

Sound Designermikael

Composer
Mathias Josefson

Music

Tuomas Norvio
ISAK
Elle Maria Heatta Isaksen
Wenemquem Nelson
Ante Somby
Mathias Josefson

Big thanks to all the financiers 🙌

FINLAND 🇫🇮
Finnish Film Foundation
AVEK
Yle
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Promotion Centre Finland

NORWAY 🇳🇴AND SWEDEN 🇸🇪
The International Sámi Film Institute
The Norwegian Film Institute
Nordnorsk Filmsenter
Fritt Ord
Sametinget - Sámi Parliament of Norway
The Swedish Film Institute
Filmpool Nord

03/07/2025

Special Mention to IN MY HAND in Peru! ✨🏆

Thank you 15th International Festival of Indigenous Peoples’ Film and Communications for this recognition. ❤️

The Festival’s main goal is to spur a comprehensive discussion on climate change and its impact on Indigenous life systems.

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In My Hand is a co-production between , Vaja Filmproductions and Fount Films. Sons of Lumière is the Finnish co-producer.

Congratulations to the whole crew! 💖

Directors
and

DOP & Editor

Producer
Linn Henriksen /

Co-producers
/
/ Vaja Film Productions
/
/ Fount Films

Sound Designermikael

Composer
Mathias Josefson

Music

Tuomas Norvio
ISAK
Elle Maria Heatta Isaksen
Wenemquem Nelson
Ante Somby
Mathias Josefson

Big thanks to all the financiers 🙌

FINLAND 🇫🇮
Finnish Film Foundation
AVEK
Yle
Finnish Cultural Foundation
Arts Promotion Centre Finland

NORWAY 🇳🇴AND SWEDEN 🇸🇪
The International Sámi Film Institute
The Norwegian Film Institute
Nordnorsk Filmsenter
Fritt Ord
Sametinget - Sámi Parliament of Norway
The Swedish Film Institute
Filmpool Nord

24/06/2025

IN MY HAND is playing in Peru ❤️ 15° Festival Internacional de Cine Indígena has selected the film to their programme. This will be the South American premiere for the film. ✨

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14/06/2025

Thank you for screening our documentary film PASSU ❤️ And thank you for co-hosting and shedding light on the situation of the Uyghurs.

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12/06/2025

IN MY HAND is competing for the First Nation Award at 💥💛

”Sydney Film Festival is proud to continue the First Nations ”Award, proudly supported by Truant Pictures. This Award is the world’s largest cash prize in global Indigenous filmmaking, with $35,000 awarded to the winning filmmaker.

Explore a range of films that brim with rich images, ideas and perspectives from Indigenous storytellers in Canada, New Zealand, Indonesia, Norway, and right here in Australia.”

11/06/2025

Our documentary film PASSU has been selected to in Bologna, Italy! ✨❤️

The film will be seen at Contemporary Lives section.

Thursday 12 June 2025, 21:30
Chiostro del Complesso di Santa Cristina
”della Fondazza”

The screening is hosted together with 💛

Biografilm is the film festival dedicated to life stories and quality fiction and documentary cinema.

The Contemporary Lives selection offers documentaries that shake consciences, spark debate, and show us contradictions and sometimes opposing points of view through powerful stories that speak to us of violence, oppression, and suffering, but also of life, desire, self-determination, and rebellion. Films that range from geopolitics, human rights, climate urgency, competitiveness, and the search for identity, crucial issues that are always presented through the valuable lens of universal life stories. Reflections on the community that invite us to take up the baton in an act of solidarity and collective responsibility.

09/06/2025

Wonderful news from Toronto ‼️ IN MY HAND has won Documentary Short Award at 🫢🏆💝

With support from Blue Ant Media, this award recognizes an outstanding documentary short-length film with a $2,500 cash prize.

05/06/2025

This happened! 🩷🩷🩷

Things That Can Ruin a Picnic—a short film written and directed by and developed by the Sons of Lumière — has been honoured with an Honorable Mention at the Coproduction Forum 🏅

The jury consisted of Juliette Canon (), Alessia Acone (IFFR Pro – International Film Festival Rotterdam), and Carla Fotea (Microfilm Romania).

👶Things That Can Ruin a Picnic tells the story of a thirty-something couple’s dream picnic date, which begins to unravel when the topic of having children arises.

European Short Pitch is an annual mentoring programme organised by P.O.V. – Push Other Visions. It aims to identify and support emerging European talent in developing their short films, while fostering co-production and collaboration among professionals across the continent.

Since 2007, European Short Pitch has supported over 350 writers and directors in the development of their short film projects. Many of these films have gone on to receive international acclaim and have been screened at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Sundance, and IFFR.
The 2025 edition of European Short Pitch will culminate in the Coproduction Forum—a pitching and networking event held this year in Leiden, the Netherlands, from 2 to 3 June, in collaboration with the .

03/06/2025

Pitching day! 🫢

24/05/2025

Sons of Lumière Villa Party
at the 78th 🤍

Sunday May 18th 2025

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