Santra ja puhuvat puut
Santra and the talking trees
Das Schicksal führt eine junge Frau nach Karelien in Russland, nahe
der russisch-finnischen Grenze. Dort begegnet sie einer alten Frau, Santra, welche die letzte Verbindung zur karelischen Kultur
ihrer Ahnen darstellt. Im Film geht es darum, wie schwer und wie schön es ist, ein Zuhause zu finden.
Fate brings a young woman to idyllic Karelia in Russia, near the Russian-Finnish border. She meets an old woman, Santra, who
represents the only remaining link to the Karelian culture of her ancestors. This film is about the difficulty and beauty
of finding a home.
Director's Biography
Miia Tervo, born 1980, is a filmmaker from Lapland and studied
at the Turku Arts Academy and University of Art and Design Helsinki, where she is now a postgraduate student. Her previous
films have been shown at over 100 festivals. She writes poetry.
Cinema Next Europe 2015
Miia Tervo
Finnland 2013
28 Minuten
OmeU
Drehbuch
Miia Tervo
Kamera
Sini Liimatainen, Miia Tervo
Schnitt
Kristiina Karsten
Produzent*innen Cilla Werning (For Real Productions)