For the first time globally and online, you now have a chance to see a rarely shown documentary based on Tove Jansson’s and her partner Tuulikki Pietilä’s travel footage. Join the live stream where the documentary ‘Tove and Tooti in Europe’ is shown to a global audience for the first time.

The artists’ trips through Europe between 1972 and 1993 were recorded by Tuulikki Pietilä on Super 8 mm film and covers places like Paris, Venice, London, Madrid, Corsica and Dublin.

‘Tove and Tooti in Europe’ is a documentary film based on the unique material from these travels. It is a heartwarming, lyrical, and funny travelogue about two artists with a unique point of view on Europe and travelling.

This is a rare chance to watch this beautiful documentary with fans of Tove Jansson and the Moomins from all over the world.

Celebrating the new tovejansson.com

The live stream celebrates the launch of www.tovejansson.com, an online gallery showcasing the works and life of Tove Jansson.

The documentary will be live-streamed on Youtube on December 9, 2021, at 17:00 Finnish time (EET). The live stream will last a bit over one hour.

Register to this event to receive the link to the live stream of the "Tove and Tooti in Europe" documentary.

The stream is not recorded, so registering and tuning in at the right time is your only chance to watch the documentary.

The language of the documentary is Finnish, with English subtitles, and the duration is 58 minutes. The live stream will begin with an interview with James Zambra, who will present the newly launched tovejansson.com website – an online gallery experience presenting the life and art of Tove Jansson. James Zambra is also Tove Jansson’s brother Lars Jansson’s grandson and co-founder of Kobra Agency, the design studio behind the new website.

Here is the starting time in other time zones:

• 15:00 London, United Kingdom GMT
• 16:00 Rome, Italy CET
• 10:00 New York, USA EST
• 07:00 Los Angeles, USA PST
• 09:00 Chicago, USA CST
• 00:00 Tokyo, Japan JST

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