Eeva R. Tikka CV
The ballet feature film The Nutcracker – The Story of Clara and Nicholas received three (3) script support from the Finnish Film Foundation; June and December 2024 + June 2025. The original story is by screenwriter Eeva R. Tikka and Arja Tervo.
Open Call: Reaching Out to Nordic Producers for a Ballet Feature Film
I am a Finnish screenwriter and former dancer with the Finnish National Ballet. I am currently looking for a production partner for a ballet feature film and reaching out to Nordic producers and production companies to explore whether the project could be developed as a Finnish-Nordic co-production.
The screenplay has received script development support from the Finnish Film Foundation three times, and the project is now at a stage where it needs an active producer and a professional development structure.
The project is inspired by the world-famous Tchaikovsky score for The Nutcracker and the classical story behind it, but reimagines Clara as a teenager in an original screenplay. The film combines ballet, coming-of-age drama, friendship, rivalry, bullying and fantasy elements, built around Tchaikovsky’s score and original film music.
I am reaching out to Nordic producers, production companies and potential co-production partners who may be interested in discussing the project further.
A short pitch and additional material are available upon request.
Best regards,
Eeva R. Tikka
The screenplay for the character-driven, tactical action-thriller The Many Funerals of Jonah Bains (aka Jonah Bains & The Rubber Duck War) is complete — set in San Diego, Washington D.C., and Upstate New York. Bourne meets Ocean’s Eleven, with Coen Brothers unpredictability.
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Introducing screenwriter-dramaturg, MA Eeva R. Tikka
Hi! I’m fascinated by humanity and the strangeness of life. To me, stories are deeply metaphorical and should be approached as such. I see dramaturgy like medicine—just as organs have precise places in the body, so do dramaturgical elements in storytelling. I’m passionate about Hollywood-style mainstream and genre films, where well-crafted structure creates a tension as satisfying as geometry. Originality thrives within the familiar.
There is always something unseen behind everything —perceptible only through the traces it leaves behind.
My passions: Classical ballet, Hokutoryu jujutsu, mainstream Hollywood genre films, fairy tales, stories, weapons, observation, languages, learning from the best, studying new things, humanity in all its strangeness, ’connecting the dots,’ details and thought, tactical and strategic analysis, scenarios, hypotheses…
Imagination
Imagination has no boundaries other than the logic of the narrative. The audience must be able to understand the realities of the fictional world.
Analytical skills
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Mastery
It is my duty, but also my great joy, to share my dramaturgical expertise and experience with writers and producers.
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