Belfie Girl

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BELFIE GIRL

Episode #2 of the documentary series Family Stories Untold.

Genre: Documentary
Year of Production: 2023
Country of Production: Finland
Duration of the film: 7 min.

Teenage Siiri hates the way she looks. She trains her butt and plumps her lips to achieve her dream body. In order to make herself even prettier, she shoplifts make-up with her friends. Through the mirror in her bedroom she still can't get what she needs – attention. Getting caught shoplifting might help her succeed.

FESTIVALS
DocPoint, Dokkino, 2026

CREDITS

DIRECTOR
Catarina Diehl

SCREENWRITER
Catarina Diehl

PRODUCER
Tommi Seitajoki

CAST
Olivia Hölsö

CREW
Director of Photography - Tommi Seitajoki
Editor - Tommi Seitajoki
Sound - Pontus Borg

INTERNATIONAL SALES
Impressio Films

FINANCED BY
The Finnish Film Foundation
YLE
AVEK
Svenska kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet

Poster for the film 'Family Stories Untold' by Catarina Diehl, featuring a collage of residential buildings with people looking out windows, set against a dark background with colorful swirls and a clock.

Young girl lying in a paper shrine decorated with drawn and colored donut illustrations, holding a mobile phone and taking a selfie.

Side view of a young woman with long red hair, wearing a purple t-shirt, standing in front of two mirrors. The mirrors reflect her from different angles, with purple and pink lighting illuminating a bedroom with photos and decorative lights.

A woman looking in a mirror with purple and yellow lighting, holding a light-up wand, and a neon sign above her with abstract shapes.

A young woman with long, wavy hair stands indoors in front of a wall with purple and pink LED string lights, and floral and text decorations, with a serious expression on her face.