About Greenlit Productions
Greenlit Productions Oy is a Finnish film production company founded in 2011 by producer Essi Haukkamaa. Since 2017, the company has been led together by Haukkamaa and CEO/producer Merja Ritola, with offices in Helsinki, Sydney and New York and a strong focus on international co-productions.
Greenlit develops and produces fiction and documentary projects for both domestic and international audiences, combining artistic ambition with broad audience appeal. The company has built a strong track record in international collaboration across Europe and beyond, working with broadcasters, distributors and co-producers in multiple territories.
Its productions include War/Peace (2017), Refugee Conversations (2020), Rabbit’s Paw (2020), Power of the People (2022), and Maija Isola – Master of Colour and Form (2022), which achieved wide international distribution, including theatrical releases in Japan, Spain and Sweden. Greenlit has also co-produced internationally recognised titles such as The Other Side of the River and Deserted.
Most recently, Greenlit completed the short documentary The Robin That Never Returned, selected for Tampere Film Festival 2025 and several international festivals. The company is currently completed with Lex Julia, in production with the Polish co-production The Seal Mother, and developing a slate of fiction features and documentaries, including Northern Lights, Propaganda Man, A Story of Elin Danielson-Gambogi, YOE and Two Women Named Pauliina.
In 2023, Greenlit was awarded Creative Europe Slate Development funding of €180,000 for five projects. The company is committed to discovering bold filmmakers and producing high-quality, responsible and internationally relevant cinema.
Greenlit Productions has been supported by EU rural development funding through the LEADER Local Action Group Ykkösakseli to develop its AI strategy.
Building on earlier AI use in text work, we are now exploring practical ways to streamline production processes, use marketing data more effectively, and apply AI-assisted image generation/editing and archival photo animation.
The outcome will be a clear digital vision and roadmap that builds new in-house expertise, improves competitiveness, and helps us reach new target audiences.
