Tom of Finland (film)

Tom of Finland
Finnish theatrical release poster
Directed byDome Karukoski
Written byAleksi Bardy
Produced by
  • Aleksi Bardy
  • Miia Haavisto
  • Annika Sucksdorff
Starring
CinematographyLasse Frank
Edited byHarri Ylönen
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) (Gothenburg)
  • 24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) (Finland)
  • 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) (Sweden)
  • 5 October 2017 (2017-10-05) (Germany)
  • 13 October 2017 (2017-10-13) (United States)
Running time
115 minutes
Countries
  • Finland
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • United States
Languages
  • Finnish
  • English
Budget€3.8 million
Box office$1.8 million

Tom of Finland is a 2017 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 27 January 2017 at Gothenburg Film Festival and was released theatrically in Finland on 24 February 2017. It was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.