A film by Ike Novikoff

Make Europe Great Again

Time to get inspired about Europe again

Free online premiere 3 October 2026 82 min EN · DE · SV · FI
ARFF International Official Awards — Jury Award, January 2019 Latitude Film Awards — Bronze, Documentary Feature, 2019 Septimius Awards, Amsterdam — Official Selection, nominated for Best Feature Documentary, 2022

Teaser · 67 seconds · 2026

Trailer · 75 seconds · 2020

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Free online premiere · 3 October 2026

82 minutes · subtitles English, German, Swedish, Finnish No CGI. No AI. Filmed 2013–2018.

The film is free to watch. It was not free to make. An online ticket admits you to an online evening with the director on 5 December — unseen footage from 2013, and a live Q&A with ticket holders. Buy one, or several to give away.

Saturday 5 December 2026 18:00 Helsinki · 17:00 Berlin and Stockholm

  • Unseen footage from 2013
  • The director on the motivation for doing the film
  • A live Q&A about the film and future vision for Europe — ticket holders only

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Tickets are not refundable. If the evening cannot be held on the date above, it is rescheduled and your ticket stays valid for the new date.

Where it started

69

backers funded this film in 2014, before a frame of it existed.

£9,053 pledged of a £8,888 goal · campaign closed 12 April 2014

Kickstarter See the campaign →

Independently financed — no state funding, no EU funding.

Featured in

CNBC Reuters Yahoo Finance Helsingin Sanomat Yle Kauppalehti Ilkka-Pohjalainen Viiskunta Salon Seudun Sanomat

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Press and coverage

Selected writing about the film and the thirteen years behind it.

Yle · Puheen Iltapäivä“Näin toteutat unelmasi”“This is how you make your dream happen” — Ilkka Tiainen on crowdfunding, while the campaign was still running27.3.2013
CNBC · Reuters · Yahoo FinanceCarried the project under its original title Europe2020, syndicated from a Business Wire release. Wire syndication is licensed for a limited period, so none of the three articles remain online.2013
Metropoli“Unohda oma auto – muutaman vuoden päästä voit lentää töihin!”“Forget your own car — in a few years you can fly to work” — on Stefano Terranova Orowitsch, one of the eleven23.5.2013Kickstarter“Inspiring people — Europe 2020!” The original campaign, funded by 69 backers. Still online.3–4/2014Ilkka-Pohjalainen“Euroopasta on tullut kuin lihava vanha kissa, joten hän lähti etsimään sille uutta suuntaa”“Europe has become like a fat old cat, so he set off to find it a new direction”15.8.2018Viiskunta“Myönteisyys on tietoinen valinta”“Positivity is a conscious choice” — the year the family spent at Sapsalampi finishing the film15.8.2018Salon Seudun Sanomat“Dokkarintekijä etsii Euroopalle visiota”“A documentary maker looks for a vision for Europe”4/2019Helsingin SanomatEleonoora Riihinen on the seven-year project and the launch of Posi TV2020KauppalehtiIke Novikoff uskoo positiiviselle sisällölle olevan nyt entistä enemmän kysyntääIke Novikoff believes there is now more demand than ever for positive content—
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Contact

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Write to ike@goodtv.com.