Compartment No. 6 Best Film At Jussi Awards

Compartment No 6 (Hytti nro 6), directed by Juho Kuosmanen, was named Best Film and dominated the night with eight wins including Best Actress at the 2022 Jussi Awards, which the organisers have announced will be the last year to feature acting awards presented in gendered categories.

Set in the 1980s, Compartment No 6 follows a young Finnish woman (Seidi Haarla) who flees a love triangle to take the Trans Siberian Railway. She is forced to share her journey with a Russian miner (Yuriy Borisov) who hates the world, but the long journey brings them closer and changes their perspective on life.

Meanwhile, the best of the rest with two wins are The Gravedigger’s Wife, about a poverty stricken family in the outskirts of Djibouti who struggle to find the money for a life saving operation and stay together, and The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic about the journey of a blind, wheelchair-bound man who relies on the kindness of strangers to meet a friend in distress.

Here are the winners in full…

BEST FILM:
Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6)
Fucking With Nobody
The Gravedigger’s Wife (Guled & Nasra)
The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Sokea mies, joka ei halunnut nähdä Titanicia)
Vinski and the Invisibility Powder (Vinski ja näkymättömyyspulveri)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed – The Gravedigger’s Wife
Hannaleena Hauru – Fucking With Nobody
Juho Kuosmanen – Compartment No. 6

BEST ACTOR:
Omar Abdi – The Gravedigger’s Wife
Yuriy Borisov – Compartment No. 6
Petri Poikolainen – The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Tomi Alatalo – Compartment No. 6
Sverrir Gudnason – Omerta 6/12
Lasse Poser – Fucking With Nobody

BEST ACTRESS:
Seidi Haarla – Compartment No. 6
Hannele Lauri – 70 Is Just A Number
Yasmin Warsame – The Gravedigger’s Wife

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Tanja Heinänen – Fucking With Nobody
Matleena Kuusniemi – Wedding Of The Century
Marja Packalén – 70 Is Just A Number

BEST SCRIPT:
Khadar Ayderus Ahmed – The Gravedigger’s Wife
Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman, Juho Kuosmanen – Compartment No. 6
Hannaleena Hauru, Lasse Poser – Fucking With Nobody

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Teemu Liakka – Tale Of The Sleeping Giants
Mika Orasmaa, Kjell Lagerroos – Vinski and the Invisibility Powder
J-P Passi – Compartment No. 6

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Kristian Eidnes Andersen – How To Kill A Cloud
Andre Matthias – The Gravedigger’s Wife
Tapani Rinne – Walk The Tideline

BEST SOUND DESIGN:
Sami Kiiski, Heikki Kossi – The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic
Pietu Korhonen – Compartment No. 6
Susmit Bob Nath – Invisible Demons 

BEST EDITING:
Hannaleena Hauru – Fucking With Nobody
Jussi Rautaniemi – Compartment No. 6
Jussi Sandhu – The Blind Man Who Did Not Want To See Titanic

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Arūnas Čepulis – Vinski and the Invisibility Powder
Kari Kankaanpää – Compartment No. 6
Antti Nikkinen – The Gravedigger’s Wife

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Anu Gould – The Gravedigger’s Wife
Kristina Mališauskienė – Vinski and the Invisibility Powder
Jaanus Vahtra – Compartment No. 6

BEST MAKE-UP DESIGN:
Žaneta Jasiūnienė – Vinski and the Invisibility Powder
Nadine Otsobogo Boucher – The Gravedigger’s Wife
Liina Pihel – Compartment No. 6