PRESS RELEASE 03.02.2010
Finnish snowboarding documentary The Scrapbook
Project gets rewarded in Mountain Film Festival.
A snowboarding documentary directed by Miikka Niemi will be
rewarded as the best Action Sports Film on 26th of February in
Mammoth Lake, California.
” It is great that long work of many people with the Scrapbook Project gets recognition through
this kind of reward. It´s over a year since the film came out and it has opened many good
opportunities for myself and my production company Flatlight Films. I believe that this film has
brought good things for its viewers and also for the whole production team as later achievements
and works. “ says Miikka Niemi, the director of The Scrapbook Project.
The Scrapbook Project is produced by Henri Salokangas from HDP Films and
directed by Miikka Niemi from Flatlight Films. The film was also made by Assistant
Director Juuso Paloniemi and Art Director Teemu Lahtinen. With its 400 000 dvd
copies, The Scrapbook Project is one of the largest snowboarding films ever
distributed.
More information:
Miikka Niemi / Flatlight Films, phone +358 50 577 0347, miikka@flatlightfilms.com
Seth Jones / Mountain Film Festival, info@mountainfilmfestival.com
Flatlight Films is a film production company based in Finnish Lapland. It produces and films
commercials, short films, documentaries and snowboarding films.
