What we do
Movies
We are currently in the process of building our catalog. We want to bring a larger European audience to the best of modern Japanese cinema, including drama, horror and action films.
Marketing
We are experts in marketing Japanese entertainment abroad. We know how to reach the local audiences and what their tastes are.
IP Management
We have several decades of experience in the management of movie rights. We are experts in copyright law and royalty management.
Our name
旅
TabiCine combines the Japanese word tabi (旅) with the word cine from cinema, a word shared by European and Japanese languages. “Tabi” means “trip” or “travel”, and is a poetic synonym of the more common word ryokou, 旅行 . The name highlights our vision to make films travel, and conveys the feeling of traveling into the scenery and setting of the film.
The team
Joni Hatanmaa
Co-Founder, CEO
joni.hatanmaa@tabicine.fi
Joni has been a film industry attorney for more than 10 years serving production companies, distributors and studios. He got the spark to found TabiCine Ltd in the Erich Pommer Institute master program for European Film Business & Law. With TabiCine Ltd he can combine his two passions, working in the film industry and in cultural exchange between Finland and Japan.
Petteri Uusitalo
Co-Founder, CMO
petteri.uusitalo@tabicine.fi
Petteri has worked as a journalist for 15 years, mainly focusing on Japan and Japanese entertainment. For almost 10 years he served as the editor-in-chief of the periodical magazine “Anime”, Finland’s oldest publication on Japanese anime and manga. He is also one of the founding members of Desucon, one of the oldest and largest Japanese pop culture events in Finland.
Daniel Sundvik
Sales Agent
daniel.sundvik@tabicine.fi
Before relocating to Helsinki, Daniel worked for several years in content distribution at Paramount in London, and gained further experience with companies including Great Point Media and Dartmouth Films. He holds an MA in Film Studies from King’s College London, and is currently completing an MBA in European Film Business & Law at the Erich Pommer Institute.