Filming Gears Up for Pan-European Co-Pro Arctic Circle

The new Finnish-German drama co-production Arctic Circle is slated to start shooting in Finland on November 27.

The crime thriller is being co-produced by Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria Fiction. Its cast includes Iina Kuustonen (Nurses), Maximilian Brückner (War Horse), Clemens Schick (Casino Royale) and Pihla Viitala (Black Widows). The worldwide premiere of Arctic Circle (Finnish title Ivalo) will air on the digital entertainment service Elisa Viihde in 2018. National TV rights have been sold to the Finnish Public Broadcasting Company YLE.

Arctic Circle is executive produced by Milla Bruneau (Nurses) from Yellow Film & TV’s and Bavaria Fiction’s Moritz Polter (Das Boot) and directed by Hannu Salonen (Shades of Guilt).

Salonen said: “I want Arctic Circle to be a physical experience. The audience will feel the desolation, the blistering wind, the taste of blood, and the cold; but also the love, warmth, and commitment created by our strong main characters. Arctic Circle will be a visually powerful, high-intensity trip into a world full of contradictions and extremes.”

Bruneau and Polter added: “We’re very pleased to see cameras roll on our first Finnish-German co-production. This ambitious new crime thriller brings together an impressive array of acclaimed talent from across Europe both on and off screen, and will deliver a compelling and atmospheric drama with strong appeal for global audiences.”