FAMILY TIME

SYNOPSIS

If you don’t find at least a bit of your family conversations and atmosphere in this film – it’s time to change your family! Tia Kuovo’s directorial debut brings us a completely ordinary family story told in a way we can all relate to. We all have a nagger in our family, we all have somebody who worries too much about others, someone who sometimes drinks too much (or way too much), and we believe that we all somehow love – or at least loved – to eat the leftover cake batter at our grandma’s directly from the mixing bowls. Family Time is a film about family happiness, about the small everyday details that create this happiness because of the carefree moments they bring us, and only carefree people can enjoy life. 

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Tia Kouvo is a Finnish director and screenwriter with a background in social psychology. She graduated from the Valand Academy in 2018. Family Time is her debut feature film, and it is based on her eponymous graduation short film. The short film was awarded at HIFF (Love & Anarchy) and TamperFilm Festival. She is based in Gothenburg and works in both Sweden and Finland. Kouvo has developed her distinct, observational style in her previous films, among which her award-winning shorts Chat with Me (2014) and We Retired People (2018). In 2021, she participated in both the Torino Feature Lab and the Nordic Film Lab.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Pula Film Festival – Golden Arena for Best Director, Golden Arena for Best Editing
Liburnia Film Festival – Festival Prize for Best Film

DESCRIPTION

FAMILY TIME (ff.)
DIRECTOR: Tia Kouvo
COUNTRY: Finland, Sweden
YEAR: 2023.
RUNTIME: 114’
LANGUAGE: Finnish
CAST: Ria Kataja, Elina Knihtilä, Leena Uotila
PRODUCTION: Aamu Filmcompany, Film i Väst, Vilda Bomben Film
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PROGRAM LINE: KINOKAUCH PRESENTS

8.11. u 18 č Jugoslovenska kinoteka Uzun Mirkova