Finnish new series Rosvopankki nominated at the Nordic Film Festival

The Robber series is nominated for the Finnish screenplay award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.

Elisa Viihti’s new series Robber Bank deals with the Finnish economy at the end of the 80s. When the boom is at its best, 27-year-old economics doctor Salla Nurminen is being watched Amanda Pilkegets his first job at the Bank Inspection Agency.

Nurmi has a precise vision of how banks should work. When getting acquainted Pekka Strangin to portray Skop CEO Christopher Wegelius, he loses his grip on life and doesn’t know who to trust. While working in the Skop area, Nurminen runs into bad roads.

The series stars Amanda Pilke and Pekka Strang. Heikki Leis

The robber bank drama thriller was written by Matti Kinnunen and Mikko Reitala. Kinnunen also works as the director of the series. Acting as a producer Mari Kinnunen together with the responsible producer Riina Kullasen with.

In the main roles of the series Nathtaus Pilke and Strang, in addition to which it stars, among others Hannu-Pekka BjörkmanTuulia Eloranta and Wanda Dubiel.

Hannu-Pekka Björkman will also be seen in the drama thriller. Elisa

Elisa Viihti’s original series Rosvopankki has also been selected for the TV drama competition of the Gothenburg Film Festival. The series competes in the best series script of the year category.

Every year, five drama series from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are selected to compete for the prestigious Nordisk Film & TV Fond award and prize money of 20,000 euros. The winner will be announced at the beginning of February in connection with the film festival.

– The script is the cornerstone of the series, and the making of the entire series is built around it – its importance cannot be overemphasized. We are really happy that Matti Kinnunen is a candidate for the Nordic Film & TV Fond’s screenwriting award: it is a tangible recognition of the quality of the screenplay for Rosvobanki, says Elisa’s head of content business Ani Korpela in the bulletin.

Robber Bank can be viewed on Elisa Viihde Viaplay on March 12. See all program information of streaming services at Telku.

The series is written and directed by Matti Kinnunen. Elisa

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