This year the Jussi Film Awards, which celebrate the best of Finnish cinema, were arranged in a normal setting at the Helsinki Cable Factory on Friday after two years of masks and pandemic rules.

Actors, directors, producers—various people involved in Finnish filmmaking—walked on the red carpet to pose, laugh and share quick anecdotes that could later be quoted as headlines in the yellow press.

It was a delight to observe the show. The energy and genuine joy that these creative minds possess are contagious.

Directors told about their new projects, someone had begun writing a book, another was just happy to celebrate life with loved ones in these turbulent times.

From the carpet, they sat down for a gala dinner and a few drinks.

Then it was time to honor the best of Finnish cinema with the trophy, designed by sculptor Ben Renvall: a nude white man made of gypsum wearing a stetson.

Read below for a complete list of the winners.

The Complete List of the Winners at the 2022 Jussi Film Awards

Best film

Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6) / producers Jussi Rantamäki, Emilia Haukka

Directing

Juho Kuosmanen / Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6)

Male actor in a leading role

Petri Poikolainen / Sokea mies, joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia (The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic)

Female actor in a leading role

Seidi Haarla / Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6)

Male actor in a supporting role

Lasse Poser / Fucking with Nobody

Female actor in a supporting role

Marja Packalen / 70 on vain numero (70 Is Just a Number)

Script

Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6) / Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman, Juho Kuosmanen

Cinematography

J-P Passi / Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6)

Music

Andre Matthias / Guled & Nasra

Sound design

Sami Kiiski, Heikki Kossi / Sokea mies, joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia (The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic)

Editing

Jussi Rautaniemi / Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6)

Set design

Kari Kankaanpää / Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6)

Costume design

Anu Gould / Guled & Nasra

Makeup design

Liina Pihel / Hytti nro 6 (Compartment no. 6)

Short film

Hei hei Tornio (Goodbye Tornio) / Director Emilia Hernesniemi

Beton Jussi (an award that celebrates a significant career in Finnish film)

Heikki Nousiainen