
FAMILY STORIES UNTOLD
FAMILY STORIES UNTOLD
Original title: VAIETUT PERHETARINAT
Genre: Documentary
Year of Production: 2023
Country of Production: Finland
Duration of the film: 69 min.
Family Stories Untold is an animated documentary in which seven different women's stories about family are woven into one life-long piece. It begins with Iida, 9, who after her parents' divorce helps Mummy find a new man on Tinder, and ends with Lisbeth, who has been forced into a retirement home by her children.
The film challenges the viewers to reflect on their family relationships. Why do we start families and have children? What is the role of the nuclear family in the 21st Century?
FESTIVALS
Docpoint, 2023
EBS International Documentary Festival, 2023
Beirut International Women Film Festival, 2024
AWARDS
Special Jury Mention, Beirut International Women Film Festival
CREDITS
DIRECTOR
Catarina Diehl
SCREENWRITER
Catarina Diehl
PRODUCER
Tommi Seitajoki
CAST
Kati Outinen, Satu Tuuli Karhu, Leena Uotila, Lilga Kovanko, Daniela Fogelholm, Olivia Hölsö, Salma Sarkola
CREW
Director of Photography - Tommi Seitajoki
Editor - Tommi Seitajoki, Catarina Diehl
Sound - Pontus Borg, Tommi Seitajoki
FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION
Raina Film Festival Distribution
INTERNATIONAL SALES
Impressio Films
FINANCED BY
The Finnish Film Foundation
YLE
AVEK
Svenska kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet