MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS
finland
ILKKA MATILA
Producer
+358 400 416 634
+358 40 501 1025
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MARKO RÖHR
CEO - Producer
Company Profile
MRP MATILA RÖHR PRODUCTIONS is a company that produces feature films and drama series in Finland and abroad which two film industry professionals, Marko Röhr and Ilkka Matila, have been building since 1990.
Over 60 award-winning feature films and numerous nature documentaries and drama series represent the vision and professionalism of the company.
Many of the company’s films are considered milestones in the Finnish film history as they have received acclaim both from the audience and the critics alike.
MRP Matila Röhr Productions has extensive networks with the most important actors in the field of European film production, and it is a highly esteemed co-production partner.
MARKO RÖHR
ILKKA MATILA
Company Highlights
ALL THE SINS SEASON 2 2020
Genre: Crime, drama
Director: Mika Ronkainen
Screenplay: Merja Aakko, Mika Ronkainen
Cast: Matti Ristinen, Inka Kallén
PEACEMAKER 2020
Genre: Political drama, Thriller
Director: AJ Annila
Screenplay: Eriikka Etholén-Paju
Cast: Irina Björklund, Mikko Nousiainen, Richard Sammel, Kardo Razzazi, Louise Peterhoff
Ann-Mari is tasked by the UN to negotiate peace in the conflict between the Kurds and Turkey. She is thrown in the middle of a political power play, and all involved parties are ready to do everything in their power to reach their goals – by any means necessary.
Official selection of 16th Zürich Film Festival 2020
Europa Prize official competition, Aarhus Series, Serial Killer Festival
ALL THE SINS SEASON 1 2019
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director: Mika Ronkainen
Screenplay: Merja Aakko, Mika Ronkainen
Cast: Maria Sid, Johannes Holopainen
Detective Lauri Räihä returns home after 10 years to investigate the murders of two men in the small northern town where he grew up. His homosexual marriage is in trouble and going home forces him to face his family and the deeply religious Laestadian community that rejected him. With partner Sanna Tervo he works to solve the case only to discover other truths about himself, his hometown, and whether one has the power to forgive all sins.
Festival selections: Göteborg Film Festival in 2019; Film Festival Cottbus 2019; Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2019; Zurich Film Festival 2019
Prizes: Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for Outstanding Scriptwriting 2019
ETERNAL ROAD 2017
Genre: Historical Drama
Director: AJ Annila
Screenplay: Antti Tuuri, AJ Annila, Aku Louhimies
Cast: Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Based on true events an epic story of one man’s struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may.
Festival selections: Seattle International Film Festival 2018
Prizes: Atlas dÀrgentprixdu public/Arras Film Festival /France; Best Nordic Film/Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2018; Best Supporting Actress/Jussi Awards 2018/Finland; Best Film/Jussi Awards 2018/Finland; Best Direction/Jussi Awards 2018/Finland; Best Supporting Actor/Jussi Awards 2018/Finland; Best Cinematography/Jussi Awards 2018/Finland; Best Set Design/ Jussi Awards 2018/Finland