FAMILY STORIES UNTOLD

Black and white award badge with laurel wreaths, stating 'Nominated for DocPoint YLE Award, Best Finnish Documentary Film 2023'.

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

Poster
A young person holding a doll that looks like a mermaid with orange hair, pink polka dot tail, and a red necklace.
A person with a dark face and hands sitting at a table in a kitchen, with a teapot and a cup made of white cutout paper on the table. The kitchen has cabinets, utensils, and a grid-patterned backsplash in the background.
Girl lying on bed looking at smartphone surrounded by paper cutouts of coffee cups
A woman talking on the phone inside a room with large green plants, a yellow fruit hanging from a tree, and vertical blinds covering a window.
A young woman with long blonde hair wearing a yellow beanie and coat shopping in a grocery store aisle. She is holding a juice box and looking at the camera. The background shows shelves with various products and some blue and yellow cartons of juice.
An elderly woman lighting candles in a dimly lit room, with a salt lamp on a side table