The first Jussi awards of the evening go to Anna Kauno for the breakthrough of the year and Max Smeds for the best cinematography

Film industry The Jussi awards are handed out on Friday evening at the Helsinki Messukeskus. The awards are given to films released in 2025, from among which the pre-selection committee has chosen the candidates for the different award categories. The actual award recipients have been voted on by the members of the film industry association Filmiaura ry.

Jussi received the most nominations, a total of ten Lauri-Matti Parppein movie There’s a light somewhere that won’t go out. Teemu Nikin guidance work 100 liters of sahti received six nominations and Jon Blåhedin guided by Elect five nominations.

In addition to the films of Parppei, Niki and Blåhed, the best film award is competing Pirjo Honkasalo guided by Orenda and Jalmari Helanderin guided by Content 2.

In this story, Helsingin Sanomat follows the progress of the awards gala and the distribution of awards.

The first award of the evening, i.e. the award for breakthrough role of the year, will be given Anna Rosaliina Kauno from the movie There’s a light somewhere that won’t go out.

Juss gets the best description Max Smeds from the movie Orenda.

Visual effects of the year – Jussin saa Jussi Lehtiniemi from the movie Content 2.

Set design of the year goes to Jussi Willia Catramo and Okku Rahikainen from the movie Elect.

You will receive the award for documentary film of the year by Arthur Franck guided by The Helsinki Effectproduced by Sandra Enkvist, Oskar Forstén and Arthur Franck. The film is about the 1975 Etyk meeting.

“We set out to make a film about the importance of slow diplomacy. Today, when you follow the world, you notice that it is needed, and a little of that fast diplomacy would also be needed,” Arthur Franck said in his acceptance speech.

Jussin gets the short film of the year Sherwan Hajin guided by My Name is Hope. The film has previously been awarded at the Haugesund Film Festival in Norway and at the Love and Anarchy Festival in Helsinki.