Pessi and Illusia

{{short description|1984 film}}

{{use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Pessi and Illusia

| image = Pessi and Illusia.jpg

| caption = Original Finnish film poster

| director = Heikki Partanen

| producer =

| writer = Erkki Mäkinen
Riitta Rautoma
Jorma Kairimo
Heikki Partanen

| based_on = Pessi and Illusia by Yrjö Kokko

| starring = Sami Kangas
Annu Marttila

| music = Kari Rydman
Antti Hytti

| cinematography = Henrik Paersch

| editing = Riitta Rautoma

| distributor = Finnkino Oy

| released = {{Film date|1984|1|6|df=yes}}

| runtime = 77 minutes

| country = Finland

| language = Finnish

| budget = FIM 3,765,874

}}

Pessi and Illusia ({{langx|fi|Pessi ja Illusia}}) is a 1984 Finnish fantasy film directed by Heikki Partanen.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/137127/Pessi-Ja-Illusia/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114082402/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/137127/Pessi-Ja-Illusia/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-14 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2013 |title=Pessi and Illusia |access-date=2013-10-31 }} The tale about the friendship between a goblin boy Pessi and a fairy girl Illusia is based on the 1944 book by Yrjö Kokko.{{cite web|url=https://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_119707|title=Pessi ja Illusia|website=Elonet|access-date=13 September 2023|language=fi}}

The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences