Seven minutes of stop-motion that'll wreck your whole afternoon—in the best way.
The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field next to his home, hunters go to shoot birds.
Practical Effects
Meticulous stop-motion—every feather and flour grain hand-placed.
Direction
Tuttelberg's patient, wordless storytelling hits like a gut punch.
Cinematography
Sun-drenched pastoral beauty that makes the horror land harder.
Director
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Estonian animator Anu-Laura Tuttelberg trained under Priit Pärn, carrying forward the Baltic tradition of melancholic, visually rich shorts that punch above their runtime.
The watermill's endless cycle—grind, bake, feed—mirrors the hunting's repetition, suggesting the Miller's 'kindness' is just another trap.
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