Zaida Bergroth | Finland | 2020 | 100m | Swedish, Finnish, French, and English with English subtitles
with Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney

The end of the war in Helsinki brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. In a world of Modern art and dizzying parties she meets theatre director Vivica Bandler. Her love for Vivica is electric and all-consuming but Tove soon learns that the love she truly yearns has to be reciprocated.

While focusing her artistic dreams on her painting, a side project, the melancholic, haunting tales she told scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly takes on a life of its own. The exploits of the Moomins, infused with inspiration from her own life, bring Tove international fame and financial freedom. Tove is a captivating drama about the creative energy of an iconic talent and her turbulent search for identity, desire, and freedom.

"Just when you thought historical biographical dramas were the most exhausted genre in cinema, along comes Tove to energize and inspire." -Lee Jutton, Film Inquiry

"Tove is a loving portrait of an international icon who learns the truth about art, authenticity and love during this period when the Moomins would shift beyond her inner life and become even today deeply loved pop cultural icons." -Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, AWFJ Women on Film

Audience Award - Best Feature Film - OUTshine Film Festival
Audience Choice Award - Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

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