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{{Short description|2017 film by Dome Karukoski}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Tom of Finland
| image = Tom-of-Finland-poster.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Finnish theatrical release poster
| director = [[Dome Karukoski]]
| writer = [[Aleksi Bardy]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Aleksi Bardy
* Miia Haavisto
* Annika Sucksdorff
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Pekka Strang]]
* [[Lauri Tilkanen]]
* [[Jessica Grabowsky]]
* Taisto Oksanen
* Seumas Sargent
* [[Jakob Oftebro]]
* Niklas Hogner
}}
| cinematography = Lasse Frank
| editing = Harri Ylönen
| music = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hildur Guðnadóttir]]
* Lasse Enersen
}}
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* Helsinki-filmi
* Anagram Väst
* [[Fridthjof Film]]
* Neutrinos Productions
* [[Film i Väst|Film Väst]]
}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Finnkino]] (Finland)
* MFA+ Filmdistribution (Germany)
* [[Kino Lorber]] (United States)
}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2017|1|27|[[Gothenburg Film Festival|Gothenburg]]|2017|2|24|Finland|2017|3|3|Sweden|2017|10|5|Germany|2017|10|13|United States}}
| runtime = 115 minutes
| country = {{Plainlist|
* Finland
* Sweden
* Denmark
* Germany<ref name=Varietyreview>{{cite web |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/tom-of-finland-review-1201983671/ |title=Film Review: 'Tom of Finland' |last=Lodge |first=Guy |date=11 February 2017}}</ref>
* United States<ref>{{cite web |url=https://festival.giff.se/events/tom-of-finland?language=en-US |publisher=[[Gothenburg Film Festival]] |title=Tom of Finland |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>}}
| language = {{Plainlist|
* Finnish
* English
}}
| budget = €3.8 million<ref name="cast"/>
| gross = $1.8 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5226984/ |title= Tom of Finland |website= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 5 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="NUM">{{cite web |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tom-of-Finland#tab=summary |title= Tom of Finland |website= [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date= 4 September 2017}}</ref>
}}
'''''Tom of Finland''''' is a 2017 [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/tom-of-finland-teaser-protagonist-helsinki-filmi-poster-1201861595/|title=Protagonist, Helsinki Filmi Unveil 'Tom of Finland' Teaser|work=Variety|date=15 September 2016|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>

''Tom of Finland'' premiered on 27 January 2017 at [[Gothenburg Film Festival]] and was released theatrically in Finland on 24 February 2017.<ref name="cast">{{cite web|url=http://nordicdrama.com/karukoski-reveals-tom-of-finland-cast-in-berlin/|title=Karukoski Announces Tom Of Finland Cast In Berlin|website=Nordic Drama|date=15 February 2016|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> It was selected as the Finnish entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[90th Academy Awards]], but it was not nominated.<ref name="Finland">{{cite web|url=http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/tom-of-finland-valittiin-suomen-oscar-ehdokkaaksi/769637/ |title=Tom of Finland valittiin Suomen Oscar-ehdokkaaksi |work=[[Kaleva (newspaper)|Kaleva]] |date=4 September 2017 |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="YLE">{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/tom_of_finland_film_to_vie_for_foreign-language_oscar_nomination/9814957 |title=Tom of Finland film to vie for foreign-language Oscar nomination |publisher=[[Yle]] |date=4 September 2017 |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>

==Premise==
[[Tom of Finland|Touko Laaksonen]] returns home after serving in [[World War II]]. In post-war [[Helsinki]], he makes a name for himself with his [[Homoeroticism|homoerotic]] drawings of muscular men. Before finding fame, he finds challenges from his sister and Finnish society due to his art.

==Cast==
* [[Pekka Strang]] as [[Tom of Finland|Touko Laaksonen {{aka}} Tom of Finland]]
* [[Lauri Tilkanen]] as Veli (Nipa)
* [[Jessica Grabowsky]] as Kaija Laaksonen
* {{ill|Taisto Oksanen|fi}} as Alijoki
* [[Seumas Sargent]] as Doug
* [[Jakob Oftebro]] as Jack
* Troy T. Scott as Tom's man
* [[Werner Daehn]] as Müller
* [[Þorsteinn Bachmann]] as editor of the [[Athletic Model Guild|Physique Pictorial]] Office

==Reception==
===Awards===
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]]''.<ref>{{cite web |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/post-punk-disorder-tom-of-finland-finnish-film-affair-1201867683/ |date=22 September 2016 |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |title='Post Punk Disorder,' 'Tom of Finland' Scoop Finnish Film Affair Awards}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=[[Screen Daily]] |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/finnish-film-affair-tom-of-finland-punk-syndrome-split-best-pitch-prize/5109677.article |title=Finnish Film Affair: 'Tom Of Finland', 'Punk Syndrome' split Best Pitch prize |date=23 September 2016 |last=Aftab |first=Kaleem}}</ref>

At the 2017 [[Göteborg Film Festival]], the film won the Fipresci Award.<ref>{{cite web |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sami-blood-2017-40th-goteborg-film-fest-1201978308/ |title='Sámi Blood' Tops 40th Goteborg Film Festival |author=Alissa Simon |date=4 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.giff.se/en/artikel/here-are-dragon-award-winners |title=Here are the Dragon Award winners |publisher=Gothenburg Film Festival |date=4 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217224206/http://www.giff.se/en/artikel/here-are-dragon-award-winners |archivedate=17 February 2017}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
On review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 83% based on 70 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "''Tom of Finland'' honors its subject with an empathetic, even-handed, and above all entertaining look at the pioneering art he produced from private turmoil."<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom of Finland (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tom_of_finland|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=5 June 2022}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom of Finland Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]]|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/tom-of-finland|access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Film|LGBTQ}}
* [[List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.tof.fi}} {{in lang|fi}}
* {{official website|http://www.protagonistpictures.com/films/tom-of-finland}}
* {{IMDb title|5226984}}

{{Dome Karukoski}}
{{Finnish submissions for the Academy Award}}

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