Estonian premiere

Ella & Friends - Operation Otter

Local title
Ella ja sõbrad - Kopra komando
Original title
Ella ja kaverit: Operaatio Saukko
Director
Elin Grönblom
Country
Finland
Year
2025
Festival
25th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Children's Competition Programme
Genre
Family film
Subject
environment, children, animals

Never underestimate children!

Based on a popular children's book series from Finland, the film tells the story of Ella and her classmates, who spend their summer at a nature camp in a beautiful Finnish forest. One day, Ella receives a mission from Mother Nature herself – save the forest from the evil timber industry, which wants to cut down the surrounding woods and destroy the home of all the animals, including a cute Otter family who lives in the forest lake. Ella must now use all her wisdom and knowledge of tricks and traps to fight the villains and, together with her friends, stand up for what truly matters!

Director
Elin Grönblom
Screenwriter
Katri Manninen
Cast
Pilvi Hämäläinen, Santtu Karvonen, Miika Lamminluoto, Elma Ufacik, Lauri Tilkanen, Joonas Saartamo
Producer
Aleksi Hyvärinen
Cinematographer
Mimmo Hildén
Production Design
Pirjo Rossi
Editing
Kenneth Klaile
Music
Markku Mäkelä
Sound
Emil Soininen
Production
Don Films
Runtime
Language
Finnish
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Elin Grönblom

Elin Grönblom is a writer and director from Finland. She got her Masters in Filmmaking in the USA in 2011 and has since written and directed several kids and youth TV series. Ella and Friends is Elin’s feature film debut and she has more feature films
in the pipeline.

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Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110711 / Ella ja sõbrad - Kopra komando
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A duration
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7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120712 / Ella ja sõbrad - Kopra komando
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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