The Labour of Pain and Joy

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 75 min
  • Premiere: 2024. August 23.

The birth experience affects the whole life. Two Finnish birth experts, midwife Kirsi and doula (birth support person) Anna-Riitta, work to improve birth practices and empower birth givers. Observational yet strongly cinematic, The Labour of Pain and Joy explores the personal, social and mythic levels of birth.

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Art

Pauliina Vuorinen

Graphic Designer

Camera

Karoliina Gröndahl

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Jerry Strengell

Color Grading

Production

Kirsi Mattila

Producer

Sound

Kirsi Korhonen

Sound Designer

Writing

Art

Pauliina Vuorinen

Graphic Designer

Camera

Karoliina Gröndahl

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Jerry Strengell

Color Grading

Production

Kirsi Mattila

Producer

Sound

Kirsi Korhonen

Sound Designer

Writing