Synopsis

Fragile porcelain animals live amidst the lush nature of a rainforest. Strange white creatures are born in wild river streams, birds with feet like human fingers hunt for flying fish, vicious spiders catch miniature dancers into their traps. The film was shot outdoors, so the changes of light create a strange shift between the passing of time and the movement of the characters.

Anu-Laura Tuttelberg

Anu-Laura Tuttelberg graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2013 with an MA in Animation, specializing in stop-motion. Her graduation film Fly Mill won 20 awards globally. Her first post-graduation film, On the Other Side of The Woods, premiered at the Annecy International Animation Festival and won 12 awards across 85 festivals.
Winter in the Rainforest, the first in her nature trilogy, premiered at Annecy in 2019, winning 13 festival awards and the Estonian Cultural Endowment Award. Anu-Laura, known for her set designs in stop-motion films, won the 2022 Estonian Film and TV Award for Best Production Design. She teaches animation at her alma mater.