Family Time

Mummola

Tia Kouvo

29.06 Galeries 19:00 TICKETS

01.07 UGC De Brouckère 16:45 TICKETS

Fiction . 116' . Finland . 2023 . FI / ST : FR-EN

A family comes together for the holidays, but before long starts falling apart. Just like every year, middle-aged sisters Susanna and Helena visit their parents’ house with their families. But just like every year, Grandpa Lasse drinks too much, Grandma Ella has to take care of everyone, the kids are fed up and the sisters argue about the most pointless things. After Christmas, everyone separates and returns to their everyday lives. Tia Kouvo’s bitingly humorous, universally poignant debut digs into a question we can all relate to: Are we destined to remain stuck in the same patterns or can we ever change – and at last become a happy family?

★ In the presence of director Tia Kouvo

🌿International Film Festival – Berlinale Encounters
Cinema Jove – Valencia
Transilvania IFF
New directors New films (New York)

STARRING

Tom Wentzel

Leena Uotila

Elina Knihtilä

Ria Katajaa

Jarkko Pajunen

Elli Paajanen

WRITER

Tia Kouvo

DIRECTOR

Tia Kouvo

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Jesse Jalonen

SOUND

Jorma Kaulanen

FILM EDITING

Okku Nuutilainen

MUSIC

Sveinung Nygaard

PRODUCTION

Aamu Film Company

SALES

The Match Factory

Tia Kouvo

Tia Kouvo is a director and screenwriter with a background in social psychology. She graduated from Valand Academy in 2018. Her debut feature film, Family Time, based on her graduation film of the same title, will premiere at Berlinale Encounters 2023. The short film Family Time was awarded at both HIFF (Love & Anarchy) and Tampere International Film Festival. Tia is based in Gothenburg and works in both Sweden and Finland. She has developed her distinct and observational style in her previous films, among them the award-winning Chat with me (2014) and We Retired People (2018). Her latest short film Hollywood premiered at the Gothenburg International Film Festival. She is a participant of Torino Feature Lab 2021 and Nordic Film Lab 2021.