Tove Jansson Movies

The life and work of Tove Jansson, mainly known for creating the Moomins but also a writer and painter.

The Moomintroll is on his way home to his mother but runs into trouble. Little My has disappeared, and Hemulen, who thinks it's Christmas, sucks up...

Video essay about The Moomins and their creator Tove Jansson.

This short animation film is based on a Tove Jansson picture book. It tells of the little knytt (“knytt” is a non-existing word...

At the far end of the gulf of Finland lay Tove Jansson's summer island of Klovharun. In this film we get to meet her on her island and hear her tell...

The lonely Toffle learns to overcome his fears when he needs to rescue the Miffle from the Groke.

The short follows the story of the Last Dragon in the World from the 1962 book Tales from Moominvalley.

Moomintroll is heading home to Moominmamma with milk. On the way there, he meets Mymble looking for his little Sister . Together they set out to find...

Tove Jansson became world-famous for her Moomin characters, but over time she began to dislike the commercialization of Moomin and lost the desire to...

Once upon a time, there were strange little creatures, somewhere between trolls and hippos, that inhabited a quiet green valley in Finland. The...

Tove Jansson’s first Moomin story, “The Moomins and the Great Flood”, was published in 1945. In the story, you follow Moominmamma...

In early 1970s, the graphic designer Tuulikki Pietilä had seen enough of stative visual art and purchased a film camera from Japan. Her film...