Press

“Surprisingly, as a film the tragic story is not grim, as the drawings, animations and other special effects give the  narration lightness and flight of fantasy that lift the story to a new cosmic level. The director has succeeded in capturing the mysterious beauty of the Canadian prairies, and accentuated it with her painted and illustrated visions. Animated figures from the Finnish national epic poem the Kalevala, the dreamlike settings from Finland's Rauma old town, and the Värttinä-like a cappella singing by the Finnish women’s vocal ensemble Me Naiset add to the mythical, Karelian world of the film.”

-  Anneli Lukka, Suomen Kuvalehti

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Press links and clippings (links open in new pages; click on images to make them larger)

Montreal World Film Festival Press (2009)
CBC Television: Telejournal
Radio Centre-Ville (Montreal): on-site interview

Reviews (September 2009)
Vapaa Sana (English) - cover story - Pg 1
Vapaa Sana (Finnish) - Pg 1 - Pg 2
Suomen Kuvalehti (Finnish magazine) - coming soon