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First look at action thriller Omerta 6/12

23 February 2021 - Last updated 25 February 2021

Jasper Pääkkönen in Omerta 6/12

The first teaser trailer of the upcoming action thriller Omerta 6/12 has been released today. The film is directed by Aku Louhimies and stars renowned Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen and the Swedish actors Nanna Blondell  and Sverrir Gudnason. The film has just wrapped up its shooting and is expected to premiere in cinemas in November 2021. The film is produced by Cinematic and SF Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics. REinvent International Sales will handle worldwide sales.

The teaser trailer takes the viewers right into the middle of Finland’s Independence Day festivities and the surprising events taking place. The important day for the Finns takes a tragic turn when the Presidential Palace is attacked, and the heads of state are taken hostage. What and who is behind this?

Watch the Omerta 6/12 teaser trailer here: https://youtu.be/6ZGpQ-Whm_w

The lead character in Omerta 6/12 is Max Tanner, a Finnish secret service agent operating for EU’s special forces. He is played by internationally renowned Finnish actor Jasper Pääkkönen (Da 5 Bloods, BlacKkKlansman, Vikings). The other two leading roles are played by the acclaimed Swedish actors Nanna Blondell (Red Dot, Black Widow, The Inner Circle) and Sverrir Gudnason (Falling, Borg vs. McEnroe, The Girl in the Spider’s Web). Blondell plays the Swedish secret service agent Sylvia Madsen, and Gudnason is leading the Serbian groups in the role as Vasa Jankovic.

Omerta 6/12 is based on the bestselling novel “6/12” by llkka Remes. The final script is written by Jari Olavi Rantala based on the screenplay by Antti J. Jokinen and Mika Karttunen.

Omerta 6/12 is produced by the Finnish production company Cinematic with producers Antti J. Jokinen, Sirkka Rautiainen, Mikko Tenhunen, Evelin Penttilä and executive producers Mikko Kodisoja, Thomas Fanning and Sara Norberg from Cinematic and Yaba Holst from SF Studios. The film and TV series are co-produced with Estonian Stellar Film and with the support from The Finnish Film Foundation, Business Finland - Audiovisual Production Incentive, Film Estonia cash rebate, Ida-Viru Film Fund and Tartu Film Fund. The main partners are Gigantti, HP and Icepeak together with BMW, Savox Communications, Arctic Blue Beverages and WSOY. SF Studios will distribute the film in the Nordics and REinvent International Sales will handle worldwide sales.

The film is expected to premiere in cinemas in November 2021. Omerta 6/12 will also become a four-episode TV series to be released on C More in 2022.

About Omerta 6/12
Finland’s Independence Day celebration on December 6 is crudely interrupted by an attack to the Presidential Residence. A set of distinguished guests are taken as hostages. Security service officer Max Tanner (Jasper Pääkkönen) is set as the negotiator of the hostage crisis and soon it is clear that the main target behind the terrorist attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe. Tanner must make bold and even painful decisions to figure out who is behind the attack. After all, there are not only human lives to protect - but the future of Europe as a whole.

Cast
The lead character in Omerta 6/12 is played by Jasper Pääkkönen (Da 5 Bloods, BlacKkKlansman, Vikings). The other two leading roles are played by Nanna Blondell (The Inner Circle, Black Widow, Red Dot) and Sverrir Gudnason (Falling, Borg vs. McEnroe, The Girl in the Spider’s Web). The international cast also includes Swedish Dragomir Mrsic (Edge of Tomorrow, Easy Money, Alex), Miodrag Stojanovic (The November Man, Easy Money, The Bridge), Slaven Španović (A Perfect Day), Croatian Zijad Gračić (The Paper, Succession), Irish Michael Yare (Game of Thrones) and Estonian Märt Pius, Priit Pius, Mirtel Pohla and Juhan Ulfsak (Tenet). Omerta 6/12 also stars the Finnish actors Joonas Saartamo, Laura Malmivaara, Wanda Dubiel, Robert Enckell, Nika Savolainen, Dennis Nylund, Andrei Alén, Kris Gummerus, Pekka Strang and Eero Milonoff.

For more information, please contact: 
Sara Norberg, CEO, Cinematic, + 358 40 591 61 71
Yaba Holst, Head of Nordic Acquisition, SF Studios, +46 73 411 95 35
Malin Strihagen, Vice President Brand & Communications, SF Studios, +46 70 780 39 35

About SF Studios
SF Studios, established in 1919, is one of the world’s oldest film companies. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the digital services SF Anytime and SF Kids. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.

About Cinematic Inc.
Cinematic is a Finnish production company founded in 2018 by Antti J. Jokinen. Cinematic has strong focus on IP development and creating business models that support it. Cinematic creates and produces films and TV series for international markets. Cinematic brings future technologies for content creation by using game engines for virtual productions. Cinematic’s first production Helene had its premiere on the 17th of January, 2020, and has been a box office success in Finland. In 2021, Cinematic will release the animated film Comet in Moominland and the action thriller Omerta 6/12.

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