Our family makes us what we are. Whether we like it or not: It is a part of us and shapes our self-assessment. This block’s films approach different family formations from different vantage points. They tell about staying together, about loss, about change and comfort. The family does not necessarily have to be in the focus for that – it is always present in the background, inevitably forming the life of our protagonists.
Three children, driving through the city and through nature on the backseats of their parents’ bicycles. What do they experience, what are they thinking? This short documentary takes us with them on their ride.
Twelve-year-old Viljami is at an amusement park and discovers the other sex for the very first time.
Responsible cat owner Tino organises the first confrontation between Diablo, quality breed tomcat, and a cat. Which also tests his very own masculinity.
Someone runs amok in front of a night club. Both the sister of the victim and the bouncer witness the horrible crime and have to learn how to cope with their grief and their guilt feelings.
At the garbage bins of her apartment block, a lonely woman finds an abandoned infant child and takes it home with her.
A small film about a simple fact: Being a father isn’t easy.
A chaotic and stressful morning of a family with two children, plus the desperate cry: “Do I have to take of everything?”
Mother’s Day reactivates a family’s tragedy: A couple has to find new ways of living together if they want to stay together.
Photographs fixate special moments of our lives, at the same time reminding us of their impermanence. “Muistikuva” is a look into an imaginary space of memories.