Welhofilmi
Stories with heart
Welhofilmi is a Helsinki, Finland based boutique production company with a special focus on marginalised stories.
The company is run by award-winning director, screenwriter and producer Oskari Sipola.
Handcrafted storytelling
We may be a small company, but determined to make a difference. By working on every last detail of story and character, we leave a personal mark on every project we touch.
We love developing projects for other production companies as well as producing our own. Let us know if we can be of assistance to you!
Bull by the Horns
Häräntappoase
16 year old Allu Korva is sent to work on the family farm in Torvenkylä, north of Finland. A summer of punishment changes when Allu meets local girl Kerttu. Based on the novel by Anna-Leena Härkönen.
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HasBeen
A former teen popstar tries to find his way back into fame with the help of his best friend, a sought-after songwriting prodigy.
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The Darkness Moment
Pimein hetki
Elina's suspicions arise when her daughter Anette buys clothes she should not afford. When questioning her doesn't help, she decides to spy on her messages — and discovers an unfolding tragedy.
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Enemies Within
Ei kenenkään maa
Marko and Asko are young men in their twenties, cruising around East Helsinki. Their life is a mixture of idleness, alcohol, violence, racism and brotherhood. Marko has a secret that can't be revealed to Asko.
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The Whorytale
Huorasatu
Created by Laura Gustafsson, Malin Nyqvist and Oskari Sipola
Based on the Finnish feminist cult novel by Laura Gustafsson. Two young women go into sex work and find themselves on the frontlines in the battle against Patriarchy, joined by the goddess of love, Aphrodite.
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Scampfern
Mörri-Möykky
Written by Oskari Sipola
Based on the classic musical fairytales by Marjatta Pokela. Jouni spends the summer at his family farm, far from home. In the Kolila forest he meets a small singing troll, Scampfern.
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Children of Light and Dark
Valon ja pimeyden lapset
Written by Joona Kivirinta
A sudden tragedy brings adult twin siblings back together after ten years of silence in Berlin where they came of age, now facing an unresolved past. In co-production with Rabbit Films, 27 Films & Filmai LT.
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Sense of Silence
Hiljaisuuden taju
Written by Oskari Sipola
When his mother disappears, a sheltered young man is forced into the world for the first time — where his gifts begin to reveal why she kept him hidden, and whether she was protecting him from the world, or the world from him. In co-production with Klinker Films & Läsk Film.
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Event Horizon
Kalteva pinta
Written by Oona Haapaniemi, Jimi Holmberg and Oskari Sipola
A story about prejudice and hatred between marginalized groups, and an individual's drift into the embrace of far-right ideology.
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Houseclean
Sisäsiisti
Written by Miska Valos
Based on the novel by Miska Valos. Eighteen-year-old actor Esra self-medicates his transition with unprescribed hormones amid the power struggles of his director parents. As tensions escalate, Esra gets blinded by his own privilege.
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Love at Last Sight
Kunnes kuolema
Created by Saara Kotkaniemi and Oskari Sipola
Anna tries to hold together her crumbling marriage, because divorce would be a greater failure than she is prepared to tolerate. An exploration of marriage as an institution from the perspectives of three generations.
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Seamless
Ei mitään saumaa
Created by Ville Kukkonen
Recent graduate Onerva lands a summer job at her family's clothing store, sparking an unlikely friendship and a summer full of excitement, romance, disappointments, and chaos on the sale rack.
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Photo: Susanna Hyvärinen
Oskari Sipola (b. 1984, Helsinki, Finland) graduated with a Master of Arts in Film from Aalto University's Department of Film, Television and Scenography in 2012, majoring in directing for film and television.
He has directed three feature films, August (2011), Urban Family (2015), and The More Loving One (2025). In addition to feature films, Sipola has directed 50 episodes of television series for shows including HasBeen, Welcome to Texas, A New Day and Wet Shoes, as well as 19 short films — among them Wings and Teeth (2009), which won the grand prize at the Písek International Film Festival — and numerous music videos and commercials.
Sipola runs the production company Welhofilmi, through which he has also served as lead screenwriter and producer on the 2021 adaptation of Anna-Leena Härkönen's novel Bull by the Horns. Through his own company and beyond it, he has led writers' rooms for several series that have yet to enter production.
He is active in public film policy, served as president of the Finnish Film Directors' Association SELO ry from 2020 to 2022, and now serves as president of the copyright organisation for actors, directors and screenwriters, Avate. He represents film directors on the advisory board of the Finnish Film Foundation.
Sipola lives in Herttoniemi, Helsinki, and has a five-year-old child.
Feature · Helsinki-filmi
Series · 4 × 45 min · Warner Brothers Television Finland
Series · 8 × 24–26 min · Elisa Viihde · Welhofilmi
Short-form series · 21 × 9–27 min (broadcast version 12 × 20–27 min) · Yle · Welhofilmi
Short film · 26 min
Feature · Pohjola-filmi
Series · 18 × 25 min · ITV Studios Finland
Documentary feature · Solar Films
Feature · Bronson Club / Solar Films
Short film · 29 min
Short film · Bronson Club