Tom of Finland (film)

Tom of Finland
Directed by	Dome Karukoski
Produced by	Aleksi Bardy Miia Haavisto Annika Sucksdorff
Screenplay by	Aleksi Bardy
Starring	Pekka Strang Lauri Tilkanen Jessica Grabowsky Taisto Oksanen Seumas Sargent Jakob Oftebro Niklas Hogner
Music by	Hildur Guðnadóttir Lasse Enersen
Cinematography	Lasse Frank
Edited by	Harri Ylönen
Production companies	Helsinki-filmi Anagram Väst Fridthjof Film Neutrinos Pictures Film Väst
Distributed by	Protagonist Pictures (international)
Release date	January 27, 2017 (2017-01-27) (Gothenburg Film Festival) February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
Country	Finland Sweden Denmark Germany United States
Language	Finnish English
Budget	€3.8 million

Tom of Finland is a 2017 Finnish biographical drama film, directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Aleksi Bardy. It stars Pekka Strang as Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, a Finnish homoerotic artist.

Tom of Finland premiered on January 27, 2017, at Gothenburg Film Festival and February 24, 2017, in Finnish cinemas.

The film had its UK premiere on 24 June 2017 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

At the 2016 Finnish Film Affair (a "work-in-progress forum" running alongside the Helsinki International Film Festival), Tom of Finland shared the Best Pitch prize, splitting the award money with Post Punk Disorder.

At the 2017 Göteborg Film Festival, the film won the Fipresci Award.