ELLA and her classmates have to spend a week in the Finnish forest with their teacher in order to graduate second grade. What at first seems like an uncomfortable situation, soon turns interesting when they come across a cute family of otters and Ella is contacted by Mother Nature herself who asks for Ella’s help.

Ella and Friends - Operation Otter is a feature length film based on a very popular kids books series in Finland called “Ella and Friends” by Timo Parvela. The movie will have it’s cinema release in the fall of 2025 all across Finland.

Original language: Finnish

Directed by Elin Grönblom

Written by Katri Manninen

Photography by Mimmo Hildén

Produced by Don Films

Distribution by Nordisk Film Finland

FRIDA (8) is longing to meet her father and lately she strongly believes he has to be an alien. She tries to get contact through an old radio in the goat shed, on the farm where she lives with her mother, but to no use. But one day a funny looking guy GUY shows up and Frida soon realises he is her father. Now she not only needs to convince her mother, but also hide him from an alien hunter.

My dad’s an alien! is a 14 min short film for kids and YleFem’s contribution to the EBU children’s drama 2021.

Original language: Swedish

Written and directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Rasmus Tåg

Produced by Eva Lingon

A fun short film shot in a few hours in a hotel room in Stockholm. Original language Swedish

Directed by Elin Grönblom

Written by Josefin Sonck

Photography by Magnus Selander

ESTHER (17) is invisible, to her classmates, to her teachers, and mostly to all the boys. Her biggest wish, is not only to be seen, but to experience a hot and mature sexual relationship to meet her needs for closeness, sexual desires and fantasies. The somewhat naiv, many “balls” in the air, LINDA becomes her savour, when she takes on Esthers virginity issue. Everyone in high school has, or want to get laid, so this shouldn’t be a problem. But Esther’s clumsiness, insecurities and desperate need to fit in puts her in a lot of awkward situations. At the same time, an unexpected friendship grows between the girls, not without its own problems.

JAG KOMMER is a live action TV drama series for 16-25 year olds consisting of 8x14min TV episodes.

Original Language: Swedish

Commissioned by the National Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Finland and NRK, Norway. Premiered December 2020

Directed by Elin Grönblom

Written by Helmi Tolonen

Photography by Mimmo Hildén

Produced by Citizen Jane Productions

School is a zoo, and ATLAS (14) is trying to survive it like everybody else, but it doesn’t help that his best friend Elliot has moved across the globe. Atlas survives with his ironic humor, fun imagination and critical thinking, but constantly battles with his sensitive and insecure inner thoughts. And how does one know, when you are in love?

VIRAL GENIUSES is a live action TV drama series for 12- 15 year olds based on the book Zoo - Virala Genier by Kaj Korkea-aho and Ted Forsström.

Season 1: 12 x 10min/Premiered spring 2020 Season 2: 8 x 12min/Premiered spring 2021

Commissioned by the National Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Finland and SVT, Sweden.

Original Language: Swedish

Written and Directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Mimmo Hildén

Produced by Citizen Jane Productions

13-year-old STEFFI has lost her best friend JULIA in a tragic death, and she needs to find her own way of moving on. During a summer of theatre, potential new friends, love and adventure Steffi starts communicating with her dead friend. But friendship has its challenges, even when death do you part.

STEFFI is a live action TV and Web drama series for 8-12-year olds consisting of 10x10min TV episodes, 15x youtube clips with her and Julia and an instagram account where you can follow Steffi alongside the show.

Original Language: Swedish

Commissioned by the National Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Finland and SVT, Sweden. Premiering spring 2018

Written and directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Marika Hill

Produced by Five Corners Production

Sommarkollo is a web and TV drama series for 8-12 year olds where we follow five 12-year old kids during a weeklong summer camp. A Scandinavian summer filled with drama, love, disappointments, friends and adventure. 

13x 9-12min TV episodes, 35x youtube videos and instagram.

Original language: Swedish

Commissioned by The National Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, in co-production with SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark). Aired spring 2017

Written and directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Johannes Östergård

Produced by Five Corners Productions

Fanny is a TV and Web drama series for 8-12-year olds where we follow 12-year old Fanny and the drama in her life. 

28x 4-8min TV episodes, 40x youtube videos + instagram.

Original Language: Swedish

Aired on The National Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE 2014. 

Directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Mikael Gustafsson

Produced by Svenska Yle

GANDHI is a goldfish with an attitude and a big dream; to one day live in the ocean. However, his dream becomes secondary when he discovers friendship with the struggling young musician RUFUS, but as Rufus gets distracted by his own career and their friendship slowly disappears Gandhi once again remembers his own dream. 

Short film, 14min.

Original language: English

Thesis film 2011, New York Film Academy.

Written and directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Ezequiel Arribas

Produced by Amanda Tomasetti

You can learn so much from the older generation by listening and talking to them, and my grandfather can feel lonely just as much as I can, and having a cup of coffee at his kitchen table makes him so happy. 

Still photography documentary, 5:30min, Arcada 2008

Original language: Swedish

Written and directed by Elin Grönblom

Photography by Johanna Brådd

ELIN GRONBLOM

EDUCATION

New York Film Academy (New York & Los Angeles)  2009 - 2011

MFA in Filmmaking, with a focus on scriptwriting and directing

Arcada - University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland) 2004 – 2009

BA in Film and Television, with a major in scriptwriting and directing

FILMOGRAPHY

Bloodsuckers – Feature film, 90 min (under development with support from Moving Sweden).

writer/director/creator

Ett Lik i Garderoben – TV series, dark comedy 6x30min (under development with Yle and Söder Films)

writer/director

Vesta-Linnéa Season 2 – TV series 14 x 10min (produced by Långfilm Productions, airing on Yle 2023)

Co-writer

My dad’s an alien! – short film, 2021, 15min

writer/director. Produced by Eva Lingon for Yle

• Part of EBUs children’s drama 2021

• Winner at several film festivals, amongst others: winner of the Premio Citta di Fiorano award at Ennesimo Film Festival and official selection of Cinekid Film Festival 2022

Virala Genier 2 - TV series, 2021. 8 x 14min

writer/director. Produced by Citizen Jane Productions in association with YLEFEM and DR.

Jag Kommer - TV series, 2020. 8 x 14min.

director. Produced by Citizen Jane Productions in association with YLEFEM and NRK.

Virala Genier 1 - TV series, 2020. 12 x 10min.

writer/director. Produced by Citizen Jane Productions in association with YLEFEM and SVT.

Steffi – TV series, 2018. 10 x 12min series

writer/director/creator. Produced by Five Corners Productions in association with YLEFEM and SVT

Sommarkollo – TV series 2017. 13 x11min series.

writer/director/creator. Produced by Five Corners Production in association with YLEFEM, NRK, DR and SVT

Melodi Grand Prix – live TV show, 2014/2015/2016, YLEFEM

live show script writer and content director

Fanny – TV- and webb series, 2014, YLE. 28 x 4-9min series.

director/re-wrote the scripts

Goldfish Love – New York Film Academy (NYFA) thesis project, short film, 2011

writer/director

·      BEST STUDENT COMEDY SHORT, The International Family Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2013

·      BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM, Broad Humor Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2013

·      Official Selection: Newport Beach Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2013. Holly Shorts Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2013. The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, 2012.         

Mr Whiskers – NYFA first year thesis project, short film, 2010

writer/director

* BEST DRAMA SHORT at Atlanta Underground Film Festival, 2011

My Grandfather – ARCADA, still photography short documentary, 2008

writer/director/editor

* BEST sound design and 2nd place in the best short documentary category at the VERA film festival in Åland, Finland, 2009 

BUU – klubben – Childrens’ TV show, 2008 – 2009

TV-host/writer

2023/2024 worked as script consultant and directing mentor for Filmskolan. A project working with middle school kids making their own short films.

2018 worked as directing mentor at Arcada - University of Applied Science