Alma Pöysti and Eero Milonoff star in Selma Vilhunen’s new film

Selma Vilhunen tackles the poignant topic of the many forms of love.

Directed and written by Selma Vilhunen, the shooting of the new Finnish film Four Little Adults has been completed. The film stars Alma Pöysti, the Jussi Award winner who charmed the audiences in Tove, Guldbagge award-winner Eero Milonoff, and Jussi Award winner Oona Airola and Pietu Wikström.

Four Little Adults tells the story of Juulia, who discovers that her husband Matias is having an affair with Enni and decides to embrace the opportunity of polyamory without secrets. Four Little Adults is a unique modern love story about the limits of love.

“Selma Vilhunen is an exceptionally daring and original director. I am extremely happy for this journey of love we have taken together, and to have met such fantastic, sensitive and talented actors like Eero, Oona and Pietu,” Alma Pöysti comments.

“At the heart of our story is human frailty and helplessness in the face of life, no matter how hard one tries to strive towards security and good, right decisions. With this group of actors I dared to dive into the complex emotions of the scenes, surrender to them, and take risks together. All four leading actors are incredibly skilled and interesting artists whose wisdom and professionalism I admire,” says Selma Vilhunen.

SELMA VILHUNEN Director Selma Vilhunen, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker with her short film Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? She has previously directed, among others, the feature films Hobbyhorse Revolution, Little Wing, and Stupid Young Heart, which won the Crystal Bear at the 2019 Berlinale.

PRODUCTION The film will be produced by Venla Hellstedt and Elli Toivoniemi of Tuffi Films Oy and co-produced by Nima Yousefi of the Swedish production company Hobab, and Birgit Kemner of the French Manny Films. It will be distributed in Finland by Aurora Studios. The film will have its cinema premiere in 2023.

FURTHER INFORMATION Manna Katajisto, Manna PR manna.katajisto@mannapr.fi

TUFFI FILMS Tuffi Films is a production and distribution company owned and managed by Elli Toivoniemi, Venla Hellstedt, Kirsikka Saari, Jenni Toivoniemi and Selma Vilhunen, founded in 2010. Tuffi’s films have received recognition at internationally renowned festivals such as Sundance, Berlinale, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Oscars Gala. In 2020, Tuffi Films received the State Prize for Cinema for its Force of Habit Anthology. In 2021, at the Jussi Awards, the feature film Games People Play received two awards: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. The same year saw the premiere of the documentary film Walk the Tideline and the second season of the hugely popular comedy series Carpe Fcing Diem!.

AURORA STUDIOS Aurora Studios is a company focusing on developing, financing, production and distribution of feature films and TV series, owned by Otava Oy, investors Ari Tolppanen and Ari Lahti, and its executive board. Aurora Studios Oy’s subsidiaries are the production company Helsinki-Filmi, the distribution company Cinemanse and the production company Aurora Pictures. The company is also a substantial shareholder in the animation studio Anima Vitae.

The company manages the Finnish Impact Film Fund (FIFF), a private equity fund for the audiovisual industry, whose investors include the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation, Föreningen Konstsamfundet r.f., and the owners of Aurora Studios Oy. Aurora Studios’ upcoming theatrical releases include Just Animals, Hermann the Circus Clown, The Wait, The Mushroom Trip, and Bubble.