SHADOW STATE
Finnish title: Putinin Trollit - Totuus on tehtävä
An investigative journalist risks her life in search of the truth about Russian covert infiltration of the West but finds her mission compromised by the establishment of her own country
Inspired by the international bestseller Putin’s Trolls - On the Frontlines of Russia’s information War against the World by Jessikka Aro
The international spy game has new, daring players: citizen spies. SHADOW STATE- The Truth is Under Attack (working title) is a tense psychological thriller set in the Nordics, Europe and the UK, on the frontlines of Putin’s Information War against the West. The series follows a Finnish investigative journalist who risks her life as she uncovers and exposes cases of Russian active measures in the Nordics, Eastern Europe and beyond.
FINLAND | GERMANY I NORWAY
SERIES | 8 x 54 ' | Created by Inka Rusi & Tanja Rusi | Scriptwriters Alex Kendall & Kira Poutanen
Produced by Tanja Rusi, Kathrin Lohmann & Gudny Hummelvoll
GENRE: drama, political thriller, espionage, suspense | STATUS: in development
The project has been granted development funding from the Finnish Film Foundation in 2022
“I appreciate the deeply humane touch and the personal interest the Rusi sisters have in Putin's Trolls. I look forward to working with their wonderful team.”
— Jessikka Aro
NORMAL
Finnish title: Normaali
Created by Riikka Korhonen
FINLAND
SERIES | 8 x 30 ' I Scriptwriters Riikka Korhonen & Inka Rusi | Director Inka Rusi | Producer Katja Jokinen
GENRE: Drama comedy | STATUS: in development at YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company)
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SELF MAID
Swedish title: Min Ljusa Stad
Self Maid is the untold story of Sally Salminen, a young woman who writes a prize-winning novel while working as a housemaid in 1930s New York City and becomes famous overnight. She returns to her home in the Åland Islands only to find her plans of settling down to write challenged by the intrusion of the press, the onset of war and falling in love with an idealistic Danish painter.
Inspired by the biography of Sally Salminen by Ulrika Gustafsson (2019)
FINLAND | SWEDEN I DENMARK
MINISERIES | Created by Tanja Rusi & Inka Rusi
GENRE: drama, magical realism | STATUS: in development
The project has been granted development funding from the Finnish Film Foundation in 2021, Ålands kulturstiftelse and Konstamfundet in 2022.
“Inka and Tanja Rusi have shown a true understanding of Sally Salminen and her life journey and are therefore in a strong position to create a miniseries that will transcend boundaries and broaden views, both geographically and intellectually.”
Ulrika Gustafsson, author of Min Ljusa Stad