M/S Romantic
| M/S Romantic | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Black comedy Drama |
| Created by | Jani Volanen Tommi Korpela |
| Written by | Jani Volanen Tommi Korpela |
| Directed by | Jani Volanen |
| Starring | Hannu-Pekka Björkman Anna Paavilainen Antti Luusuaniemi Antti Tuomas Heikkinen Annika Aapalahti Sami Ahonen Lotta Kaihua Joel Hirvonen Santeri Kinnunen Iivo Tuuri Vilma Sippola Amos Brotherus Tommi Korpela Petteri Pennilä Pirjo Lonka Elena Leeve Miila Virtanen Anna-Sofia Tuominen Tomi Salmela Milla Palin |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Marko Talli, Olli Haikka |
| Cinematography | Teppo Högman |
| Editor | Jussi Rautaniemi |
| Running time | 59–73 minutes |
| Production company | Yellow Film & TV |
| Original release | |
| Network | Yle TV1 Yle Areena |
| Release | 24 February – 17 March 2019 |
M/S Romantic is a Finnish four-part black comedy miniseries created by Jani Volanen and Tommi Korpela. Volanen directed the series alone. The four-part M/S Romantic depicts one day aboard a cruise ship traveling between Helsinki and Stockholm. The series aired on Yle TV1 from 24 February to 17 March 2019, and all episodes were simultaneously released on the streaming service Yle Areena on 24 February.
The first episode was watched by 574,000 people on television and had over 350,000 views on Yle Areena by 6 March 2019. M/S Romantic won the 2019 Golden Venla for Best Drama Series. Additionally, Jani Volanen received the Best Director Venla, Volanen and Korpela jointly won Best Writer Venlas, and Hannu-Pekka Björkman was awarded Best Actor.
The series' budget was €1,221,058, of which €100,000 was funded by the Finnish Film Foundation.