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| 1896 | ||||
| 28/6 - | The first public screening is given in Helsinki. [MORE] | |||
| 1899 | ||||
| – Johan A. W. Grönroos creates the first Finnish film company, Pohjohla. [MORE] | ||||
| 1901 | ||||
| – Finland’s first cinema, The Kinematograf International, opens for business but lasts just a few weeks. [MORE] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 3/4 - | Karl Emil Stahlberg opens Helsinki’s first cinema with a showing of the film Mailman Ympari. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – Pupils of Nikolai Street School during Break, the country’s first film, is shot. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1906 | ||||
| May - | K E Stahlberg’s Atelier Apollo makes the country’s first films. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1907 | ||||
| Spring - | Pohjoismaiden Biografi Komppania (Nordic Biograph Company) is formed.[MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 29/5 - | Finland’s first fiction film, Salaviinan Polttajat, filmed by Louis Sparre and Tuevo Puro, is screened.[MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1911 | ||||
| – The country has 81 cinemas, 17 of them in Helsinki. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1913 | ||||
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Kun Onni Pettaa (directed by Konrad Tallroth), Finland’s first feature film, is released. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Atelier Apollo film company closes. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1914 | ||||
| Lyyra Filmi produce the country’s first cinema newsreels. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1916 | ||||
| Aut - | Ruling Russian authorities ban all film activity in the country. The ban will remain in place until the March 1917 Russian revolution. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – Erik Erstlander opens the country’s first film studio for his Finlandia Film production company. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1919 | ||||
| – Local police film vetting is abandoned in favour of a national Board of Censorship based in Helsinki. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – Erkki Karu founds Suomi-Filmi Ltd. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1923 | ||||
| – Suomen Biografiliitto (later Suomen Filmikameri) is formed. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1926 | ||||
| – A cinema fire in Tampere claims the lives of 21 people. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1929 | ||||
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– The State Film Technical Board is established as a result of the Tampere cinema fire in 1926. The Board oversees audience safety and the correct use and repair of exhibition equipment. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Finland’s first short sound film is produced. [MORE] [ADD] |