CONFESSIONS OF AN ANGRY MOTHER

Black and white logo for Sheffield Doc Fest 2018, indicating official selection.

CONFESSIONS OF AN ANGRY MOTHER

Episode #4 of the documentary series Family Stories Untold

Original title: EN ARG MORS BEKÄNNELSER
Genre: Documentary
Year of Production: 2018
Country of Production: Finland
Duration of the film: 5 min.

Jonna confesses her abusive behaviour towards her kids. Over and over again she tries to manage them in a civilised manner, but amidst the tantrums she ends up destroying Tupperware and the Ikea bath tub. She fears that she has damaged her kids, so that they in turn will become broken adults. Her own mother is not an example to follow. What she really needs is help and support.

FESTIVALS
Sheffield Doc/Fest, 2018
Blue Sea Film Festival, 2018
Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, 2018
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, 2018
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2018
Tampere Film Festival, 2019
Vera Filmfestival, 2019
Leiden International Short Film Experience, 2019
Two Short Nights, 2019
October Filmfest, 2019
Fluxx Motion Picture Festival, 2019

CREDITS

DIRECTOR
Catarina Diehl

SCREENWRITER
Catarina Diehl

PRODUCER
Tommi Seitajoki

CAST
Daniela Fogelholm, Ada Seitajoki, Oskar Seitajoki

CREW
Director of Photography - Tommi Seitajoki
Editor - Catarina Diehl
Sound - Tommi Seitajoki

INTERNATIONAL SALES
Impressio Films

FINANCED BY
The Finnish Film Foundation
YLE
AVEK
Svenska kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet

Black and white promotional poster for a short film titled "Confessions of an Angry Mother" by Catarina Diehl, featuring a person with painted nails in a kitchen setting, with a coffee mug on the table, and a Sheffield Doc Fest 2018 badge in the top right corner.
A woman with blonde hair tied in a bun covering her face with her hands, standing in front of a wall with hanging clothes and clothespins.
Two young children, a girl and a boy, are brushing their teeth in a bathroom. The girl is in the foreground with her mouth open, holding a toothbrush near her teeth. The boy is in the background, also brushing his teeth, with his eyes closed and mouth slightly open. The bathroom has a brown tiled wall and a white toothbrush holder.
Black and white photo of a person with a sombrero hat and a leather jacket, sitting at a table in a kitchen with various utensils and pots on the shelves.
A young girl with red hair looking up and smiling, with black droplet-shaped stickers on a beige ceiling in the background.