Hanneriina Moisseinen

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

The short film highlights the intergenerational chain from a female perspective. At the same time, the animation explores the invisible in history: shame, power relations and insecurity in 19th century Finland.

It is the summer of 1944, Karelia is being evacuated. When it's time to leave, one of the cows of the house gives birth.