Official Selection

Finland 2017
Duration: 03:35
Directed by: Otso Alanko
Screenplay: Otso Alanko
Technique: Stop Motion
Production/School: Otso Alanko
Dialogue language: Finnish
Subtitles language: English

20 years after the death of his grandfather, a grandchild finds an audio cassette in the attic of his grandparents house, on which the grandfather tells him how one small decision could have changed everything. From beyond the grave, my grandfather told me why I am alive today is a documentary short film utilizing the means of stop-motion animation. In the film, the director's grandfather tells a horrific true story from the Battle of Tornio at the end of World War II. A story of how one decision made by one individual can affect later generations, not to mention hearing about it 20 years after the death of the individual.

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