A Finnish family gathers together to spend time at grandparents’. When the night goes on, we realize that this is how things always go. With a warm and subtly humorous gaze, the film looks closely at the unspoken structures and norms inside a family.
Tuula
Living in the Herttoniemi suburb in Eastern Helsinki, 12 year olds Antti and Muhis have been best friends since kindergarten. Muhis is from a Somali background, and the boys’ friendship is put to test when a local racist lays his hands on Muhis. A struggle ensues, and Antti accidentally shoves the man off of a cliff, into the sea. The boys swear never ever to tell anyone and to take their secret to their graves. Changes is a life-affirming film about friendship, growing up, tolerance and courage.
