Tellervo - Animated Short Film 2023 - ArtCenter

The unexpected love story between a huntress and the girl she was meant to hunt
ArtCenter 2023
Original Music | Pilvet liikkuu, minä en
Written by Yona
Composed by Yona and Kalevi "Aceman" Louhivuori
Arranged by Didier Selin and Kalevi "Aceman" Louhivuori

[@strawberryfox8819]

For those confused, I don't think this is about killing animals. It's about killing for fun/sport. All the animals she deals with were killed and left to waste, not taken to be eaten like it's meant to be. The boar was shot and left and next to the elk, there's 3 more corpses, all left to waste. So the message doesn't seem to be "don't kill animals, even if it's to survive", it's more like "don't kill other living creatures when it's not necessary".

[@POCKET-SAND]

She killed one of the moose hunters before they had a change to harvest the meat. Nothing about their actions on the surface indicated they were poaching or hunting for no reason (seems kind of off to set the story in a distant past when hunting purely for sport pretty much didn't exist). How do we know she did not kill the boar hunter before they had that opportunity as well?

[@sapiential_archont.]

​@@POCKET-SAND U was perfect. Me thinking this too, five minutes yet

[@Nestmind]

​@@POCKET-SANDyeah, it was confusing too

[@viragszabo9739]

@POCKET-SAND From what I seen (might be wrong) the moose hunters were't trying to harvest the meat, they were trying to cut it's antler to bring it back, like a trophy or a proof of their hunt I think

[@hidokun9145]

@@viragszabo9739 I rewatched the scene, nothing indicates that, the guy intervened just after she was shot, they didn't have time to do anything else. The message that the video is trying to convey is frankly vague. Maybe he doesn't really have one? Voluntary and conscious in any case. Because otherwise it wouldn't have been the comments that would give it meaning. (may be voluntary on the part of the author).

[@ijlayugan4149]

Moose transformation gave me CHILLS.

[@eliottdeletraz97]

nah trust me. there is even more gruesome transformation than that.

[@atrashymushroom.-.2214]

It was sickeningly beautiful though.

[@lrkeribergaard6110]

it was made to chill you

[@cammyman32]

Indeed!

[@saurusking9938]

Bro did the man a favor, who tf wouldn’t want to be a Moose, those things rock

[@goodboi1725]

Found it interesting that the blondie was allowed to live. Maybe she would return to spread the story of the forest guardian and the huntress as a warning against poaching? Finnish folklore could go against this entirely, I don’t know anything about it, but it makes for an interesting thought.

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

Outside of the song, this has pretty much nothing to do with finnish mythology or folklore. The forest and clothing makes me think its more south European or even American and the story is more wiccan than finnish paganist Edit:I missed the name of the short.. tellervo is a character from finnish mythology. Being either the daughter, wife or a servant to the finnish God of the forest, her job is to shepard his flock.

[@goodboi1725]

@@sudanemamimikiki1527 Thanks for the context, the past really has its charm, huh.

[@Parabellum-vr8qv]

Странно что блондин оставил жизнь волшебнику которого он захватил.

[@kunilsen2519]

Blondie didn't kill an animal. The forest girl has only been shown to kill man/recreate man when they harm animals.

[@DakkaDakka12]

to be fair, blondie did stop trying to kill her after the arrow was fired even though he still had the knife. Where as the the hunters had already killed an animal so the forest guardian balanced the equation by turning them into an animal.

[@ijlayugan4149]

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. AUGH THE SCENE WHERE THEY RUN THROUGH THE FORREST JUST HAVING FUN WAS GORGEOUS

[@fisherninjajk7261]

I love the storytelling without them speaking to each other throughout the animation, it does such a good job without the need of dialogue.

[@jackanasaurus5905]

Beauty and the Beast in a whole new generation

[@Ulf_Fang]

For those who don't know, Tellervo is a particularly charming and playful daughter of the forest god Tapio in Finnish mythology. In the Kalevala, the shepherd asks Tellervo to help protect the cattle: Tellervo, Tapion neiti, metsän tyttö tylleröinen, utupaita, hienohelma, hivus keltainen, korea, jok' olet karjan kaitselija, viitsijä emännän viljan mieluisassa Metsolassa, tarkassa Tapiolassa! Kaitse karja kaunihisti, viitsi vilja virkeästi!

[@user-ly3zl4gs1f]

Thank you, I was a little confused about the music language because it said a bad word in Spanish 😂❤

[@mansikkapoika]

Jotenki Kalevala kuulostaa niin kauniilta :) en oo kyllä lukenu sitä yläasteen jälkee haha

[@tarniabook3076]

@@user-ly3zl4gs1f Oh my god yes. I'm spanish and love this short and the song, but when something that sounded like "la puta" was sang in such a beautiful way... haha.

[@CARLCHEN-sh8wp]

Thank you!

[@isThisTakenToo---]

as an estonian i can almost understand the text

[@stardust7635]

Now the real question. One of the huntresses arrows went through the dagger, was the arrow really good or was the dagger an oddly soft metal.

[@user-bs4ce1qp6f]

Я не живу в Финляндии, но живу в близко ей культурно Югре . И так вот ножи делались из местного лемонита и сталь часто была со шлаком , для изготовления оружия и доспехов сталь покупалась из Ирана через Волжскую Булгарию. Конечно стрела бы скорее всего разбила клинок , а не вошла бы в него, но тут художественная фантазия.

[@user-qw5xl9kt3i]

​@@user-bs4ce1qp6fНож скорее всего был слелан из кости.

[@AriAudio557]

Also, this is fantasy so they can literally just break the laws of physics if they wanted to

[@000Dragon50000]

I assume the arrow got caught in one of the notches near the hilt of the dagger? That's also wild but it's more realistic

[@Akashg106K04]

I think the dagger was made out of bones

[@kitcat2449]

Tellervo is a finnish name, but I wasn't expecting the music to be also on finnish. Beautiful.

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

Tellervo is the daughter of the forest god Tapio.

[@acemantutorials2387]

Yes! Finnish music indeed ❤

[@VesSaphia]

Hmm ... I don't know, I feel like something's missing. It needs something, it needs ... subscribers. Is this the only channel for this video?

[@AresHoax_9]

Maybe an unlisted video

[@VesSaphia]

@@AresHoax_9 Maybe it was but it certainly isn't now. The video suddenly has plenty of views.

[@sorayuu8134]

Definitely want to see this video boosted a ton more; through the longer time for a short film, original characters, original music, I hope to see this video reach millions 👏

[@eddie-roo]

I mean, the film came out relatively recently, give it some time

[@Justa_lil_ghost]

Omg the kiss at the end of the credits was adorable af

[@e.l.7116]

Where☹️

[@panerakmathiessen6382]

​@@e.l.7116at the end of the video

[@Sn0wyF0x13]

Ikr

[@user-gl5ul3eh9v]

Fuck that shit

[@blazesalamancer8767]

So cute

[@Juh_Noodle]

2:26 Man, this part reminded me of a scene from Brother Bear!!!

[@ajplays0758]

😂 I don’t think brother bear was that brutal tho

[@yanka_tet]

The same!

[@TessFaliss]

Вау, я оказывается не одна про это подумала😅

[@Juh_Noodle]

​@@ajplays0758 não, foi terrível!!!

[@ShadesMincraft-wd2jq]

yes, my brain went, when does a man become a monster

[@mothpawbs027]

beautiful film, and perfect song choice. yona makes such good music

[@lrkeribergaard6110]

can you give me a link?

[@mothpawbs027]

@@lrkeribergaard6110 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5q0noZrlqiLY6Msi=573tBfOHdD5cawij

[@eltonbormes]

Interesting for sure. The people were absolutely right to fear her, and she could be brutal. No heroes or villains here.

[@claran3616]

Oh yes I'm not even sure she's human. But, props to her, she never lied about what she was/was like, not even a little. She KNOWS what she is in nature, you can run or hide or fight(or stay) at your own digression. that was nice.

[@rahim.z8837]

She's lesbian. Because of that people fear her.

[@sorayuu8134]

Nature is exactly that in perspective for us as humans aka neither good nor bad since nature both takes and gives; but I do have to say that in the end nature is the cycle that will continually keep giving even when taking, which is a bright spot amongst what we loose!

[@Broeckchen]

I mean to be fair, she didn't seeml to mind hunting in general, only excessive hunting for sport/fun. She didn't come to the town to exact revenge for the goose killed for food in the beginning, she never harmed the Huntress or even the blond person, even though the latter was a direct threat to her. She was pretty objectively in the right, and didn't even kill. Just made people replace what they had taken.

[@pena6673]

When i saw the name tellervo i guessed this was related to finland in some way but i didn't expect this beautiful finnish music on background - oh and amazing work with the animation btw

[@anzalmboom]

I loved it…the animation and story was beautiful❤ There’s only one part I’m confused about, the moose If they were killing it for food then it’s kinda unfair to punish them unless they were poachers killing for sport… i can only assume they were poachers after the dead boar.

[@DimityPockets]

Actually, back then, it was common to lose game due to their hunting with arrows. They’d almost always have to track their food after landing a shot, so it can easily be assumed that both the boar and the moose were for food.

[@SpaceMarshmallowPirate]

My thought on it is always why should a forest goddess be kind to humans who aren't a part of her forest? Even if they are hunting for food, from her perspective i suppose it just isn't her job to care.

[@Yeewen88]

Some off stuff mainly that seemed like cutting off horn but was harsh to that one anyways, seemed like gave his life to the moose to grow stronger

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@SpaceMarshmallowPirate humans are just as much a part of nature as any other animal, even more so in ancient times

[@misfits9294]

Here's my theory/take: when someone hunts a moose, even for food, there needs to be a balance in regards to the population of the moose. Avoid overhunting, right? So maybe the forest spirit enacts this by turning one of the hunters into a moose for every moose they kill.

[@user-ht4du6wp9j]

woah... that was just absolutely amazing.. So beautiful, thank you for such a treasure

[@jackanasaurus5905]

A tale of Beauty and the Beast in a whole different world

[@thakonwitwechpiat7689]

So beautiful and so impressive. This short film giving quite deep world-building as well as metaphor silent dialogue.

[@marieboyle6183]

Absolutely beautiful!!

[@Paintigresa]

😢❤and it's also very nice to be honest

[@iibas5408]

Honestly almost made me cry😭 glad To see sum finland related stuff, there should be More!!

[@Tegan-gw6jt]

I would watch a full film of this. I loved it so much and the artwork is just stunning such an amazing story

[@monystire8024]

Tuumasin skipata tän, mutta suomenkielinen laulu sai mut hämmentyneeksi ja uteliaaksi. Tää oli kaunis ja hieno, onneksi jäin katsomaan. Hienoa työtä!

[@potatogod6803]

THAT WAS AMAZING! I loved it all, you and your team are truly talented

[@ashley_animated]

Everything is beautiful! the music, the art style and the story, it's beautiful! You guys are that kind of people who inspire me to pursue my dream as an animator. I hope you guys continue to make more arts like this. ☺❤❤

[@BananaJuice-ue6pi]

It's stuff like this that gives me hope that us passionate artists maybe won't be replaced with AI! Good work to everyone who well, worked on this!!

[@vdvideocity]

A complete, well-told story. Thank you!

[@user-bq4bh8tv3s]

Подскажите в чем главная мысль я не поняла к сожалению

[@kitichbruh7617]

​@@user-bq4bh8tv3sсреди комментариев увидела такой вариант: хранительница леса карала тех, кто охотится на зверей ради забавы. кабан был убит и оставлен прямо в лесу, лося вполне возможно убили лишь из-за красивых рогов. суть в том, что нельзя отбирать жизнь просто потому, что так тебе захотелось, для веселья или трофея

[@bluesides8323]

​@user-bq4bh8tv3s i think it is anti meat-eating

[@yanka_tet]

The whole film is watched in one breath. Frames, music, art, everything fits together and moves smoothly like gears in a mechanism! The plot is beautiful and simple. The characters look great! And the meaning and idea are neatly woven into the whole picture! It's beautiful!!!💚

[@user-yw9pg1ke1o]

Невообразимо красивая анимация, что трогает за душу. Это слезы счастья

[@Schornsteinfeger....]

да, наверное, самое красивое, что я за последнее время видела. Мой интерес к скандинавской мифологии растет

[@36-yt8dl]

Полностью согласна!)

[@olrunthevalkyrja]

I love the story, the music and the animation. Altogether form a beautiful piece of art.

[@CARLCHEN-sh8wp]

After the first two minutes, I just thought all the time: "Please don't let anyone kill one of the two, because they are far too sweet together!" 😅. But I love it!

[@DaviBowie515]

I love it! The part where he turned into a moose is scared me 😭❤

[@kitichbruh7617]

1:51 my heart stopped for a second

[@ellysetaylor5908]

Yes. We should all strive to be more like animals, who only love and would never kill each other for food like the terrible humans do. Jokes aside this film is beautiful and you guys did a great job on it

[@bobbynotbuilder4389]

he said jokes side@@tranquilclaws8470

[@barabasz7367]

​@@tranquilclaws8470 Pretty sure they were being ironic

[@TeknuAddict]

​​@@tranquilclaws8470 It's at the bottom but they ended the comment with "jokes aside".

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Lol ^^'

[@JadeAleman]

Absolutely stunning piece of work 🫶🫶

[@m0niimon]

Absolutely love the magic 🖤✨ Congratulations to you and your team 🎉!!

[@devonwhite9398]

Still a better love story than twilight

[@capsimp3064]

Came from TikTok and MAN that was AMAZING👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻phenomenal job oh my god

[@cammyman32]

Interesting! Germanic and European folklore and culture is so cool and beautiful.

[@Gasollime]

THIS IS NOT GERMANIC

[@althae_the_dino]

Woooow ! I love the animation, and the music ! And the story ! I mean, everything ! So intriguing, soft, story ! It even got suspense ! I just love it !

[@creepslayer3920]

It was completely silent for me

[@SilverRavin-19sr]

Beautiful! And such a perfect song to go with it!

[@amivivi6420]

this was so beautiful. both the story and the animation. i wish i could see a longer version of this

[@nuppanuppa2559]

This has inspired me to learn more about my own culture which overjoys me greatly. Beautiful work!

[@Varkku_The_GT_fan]

I was emmidiatly intrigued when I saw the title, I'm half Finnish and watching this while the song played on the backround was just amazing, it really made the story feel alive and like it actually happened. Also the way the forest where they are is drawn very good, it gives vibes of Finnish forests

[@Stonerkittyy]

Wowww this is very underrated! Feels like it could be an animated series! What a beautiful story

[@user-mj4rp9gg3i]

Great backgrounds. Animated figures are not always perfect, especially towards the end, but I understand that it's not strictly professional work. It's great to see Finnish-inspired animation! Hope to meet more cartoons like this, maybe with deeper dive into the folklore and national specific.

[@Olivia-bv7vq]

omg?? so underrated! this deserves sp much more! i love this art style!

[@Ghostie_Cat]

make this a movie, someone please do it. I don't have other words.

[@tattisiti]

What a fresh take on Tellervo! I absolutely love this 🇫🇮

[@zemejal]

Beautifully done! Fantastic story, animation and song.

[@PamquequitaArtist]

Amo este tipo de animaciones independientes que presentan conceptos interesantes, qué hermoso trabajo. La música que escogieron fue un acierto total. 💫

[@axo_axolotl4422]

Love it!!

[@zion4051]

Gorgeous and compelling. Hooked me from the start. I look forward to more, in whatever form that takes

[@dollfacequinn6352]

Breathtaking! Wunderschön! Danke fürs Hochladen! 😍❤

[@marcmonray3985]

Superbe…vraiment!❤❤❤❤

[@oop4g]

THIS IS SO AWESOME!

[@GautierSeguin-Archives]

Beautiful work, the music is incredible too, you can be proud!

[@vinuthas879]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! I love it so much!!!!! Your mesmerizing creation shines! The animation, storyline, and characters intertwine like a symphony of artistry. Every frame is a masterpiece, every character a vivid penstroke of creativity. Your work resonates deeply within me, a dazzling tapestry of imagination and emotion. Embracing every scene, I am enraptured by the magic you have woven. Thank you for sharing this enchanting world with us!

[@sophiaethetton4439]

This is beautiful

[@smorphous8928]

Amazing animation, shows that life works in mysterious ways and always find a way.

[@lrkeribergaard6110]

i loved it....a beautiful style with wonderful matching music

[@Daniel-ps6ez]

Betifull,me fez derramar algumas lágrimas 😿

[@Emelineeeeeee]

Such simple and brilliant story telling!

[@atamija]

I loved it! The story, the message and the animation - rough around the edges sometimes, but still charming. It's also amazing to see some Finnish representation in animation. My suomennettu sydän is happy 🤍

[@iZakk792]

Damn finnish is such a beautiful language ✨️

[@NessaTheBat1]

What a great story. The animation looks also good and the music fits perfectly. Well done!

[@IndigoBones-wk7hw]

Literally in love with this short film, I've watched it like 3 times already, can't wait to see what's next!

[@Michi-oj7xu]

Was für ein bewegender Film 😢

[@marystefany6115]

Está hermoso todo,el sonido ,los dibujos y en especial la historia,me encanto ,lo hiciste increíble amigo(a)❤

[@marjapiirakka2763]

I keep coming back to this, i can’t stop watching it!! Truly an amazing masterpiece

[@dOmEGab]

Beautiful and the music just 👌👌

[@iuro8085]

Lovely, I like how even after the end of the film I still have questions about how things will go next, it doesn't matter, I know as long as they are together and love each other they will be fine 💗

[@AdventureStoriesAnimated]

That was superb

[@sandrodellisanti1139]

Ciao and thank you for this very nice animated short Film, many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃

[@0RawWasHere0]

Magnificent! Mahtava!

[@saloosahernandez9725]

Absolutely beautiful film, it moved me to tears. I'm so glad you decided to raise awareness about hunting and show why we shouldn't damage Mother Nature. It can be so beautiful if we try to be in harmony with it instead of trying to use it🥰❤

[@aephoes]

0:43 THE TIMING. THE TIMING. THE TIMING. THE TIMING. AND THEN THE HEAD TILT UGH THAT MADE ME IRRATIONALLY HAPPY 1:37 AND THEN THISHSHAHBDISBDH

[@lorifromtemeculaca426]

Just WOW!!!

[@fireatwilliam]

Tää on ihan mahtava!! Tosi kaunis :)

[@bella_daze3092]

I just found this gorgeous work of art. Such beautiful storytelling. I adored it so much😭😭😭

[@Kuzhy811]

Wow💖💖 Throughly impressed

[@fillianplays]

Nice music & animations! Love it!

[@ZamPolit07]

They showed that hunters kill for food and punished these hunters. They must understand how difficult it is to survive in those lands If you don’t hunt, you will die of hunger.

[@strawberryfox8819]

Yeah but it's implied that it's more about poaching or wasteful hunting. Like the boar that was killed but left to waste and the fact that there are 3 dead moose next to the freshly killed one. He wasn't hunting to survive, that's for sure.

[@rahim.z8837]

It's a dumb story don't try to make sense of a dumb story like this.

[@Ellistar]

@@rahim.z8837lol u obv dont get the point.

[@Boomchik03]

Вау, потрясающее, мечтала жить в лесу и иметь способности

[@auroraabbott3032]

Beautiful just beautiful 😻

[@samuelesignorini5878]

this animation remembers me of a story of a farytale book where this girl, who everybody thought was ugly and useless, was sent to kill a beast who thretened the kingdom. She was too scared and ended up telling stories to the beast to make him feel less lonely. This happened three times before the king asked the head of the beast. But the girl couldn't do it, so she ran away and lived with the beast, untill she fell inlove with him

[@SagaNYM]

Странная логика у мультфильма. Люди убивали животных, что бы что-то кушать и если ты убиваешь животных, то ты типо плохой? По такой логике лесное божество должно убить всех хищников в лесу

[@lonnelobo]

Я считаю, что это божество принадлежит какой-то древней легенде. Наверное, есть какое-то правило, где разрешено убивать животных, или что-то в этом роде. Например, у нас в Бразилии есть Курупира, он наказывает охотников, которые убивают ради развлечения

[@Minlemon.stolitz666]

4:17 I ship these two ❤😂 it’s soo good!

[@luna1005]

They kiss at the end of the video 😊

[@Minlemon.stolitz666]

Yes they are so cute!❤😊

[@tetianasopova8512]

This is very beautiful and inspiring!

[@StipaFjaka]

Excellent ❤

[@ramonasmith]

I like this one I love way she looks at the way that violence and killing is not the answer but love and being together is the key 😊

[@jackanasaurus5905]

A tale of Beauty and the Beast in a whole different world

[@TheFirstObserver]

I mean, beautiful visuals and a cute couple, but are we just supposed to ignore that a medieval/fantasy hunting village is effectively being starved while unable to hunt, all the while countless people are going missing (leaving their families to think they are dead)? Like, there are over a dozen flyers implied to be for missing people, in a very small village of maybe a hundred or so people at most. And looking at the moose guy, he doesn't run or act like a person who was just changed into a moose would act, he just sits there like a moose. It doesn't seem like any vestige of the person remains, which actually is the same as effectively killing them. I...dunno. This doesn't quite feel right. Like, less "romance with themes of human civilization encroaching on nature" and more "romance with a serial-killing forest witch tormenting a small village." 😅

[@emolookingguy8277]

Girl rlly said "i can fix her

[@bird3688]

Beautiful!! ❤

[@ionacjohnj.59]

Magnificent!❤

[@jakubjonash]

Fun fact: the vegan activist made this :D

[@user-sx2op9bp6f]

ポルノみたいな商業的アニメにうんざりしていたからこのような美しいアニメに出会えて幸せです💐

[@AngelDust333]

Beautiful!!!!

[@charlieurmom2430]

This is so beautiful, amazing job!

[@mikepartington7736]

That hunter was just trying to provide for his family and tribe. That moose would've gotten them through the winter. But then he was attacked by a vegan Druid... Y'all need Geralt of Rivia.

[@Sandokiri]

It's strongly implied that that "hunter" had also killed the boar and left it to waste. Also, Tellervo is no mere druid, but a deity - depending on your reading of certain passages in Kalevala, she's either a daughter of Mielikki (the creator of bears, and a guardian deity of the forest), or she *is* Mielikki.

[@strawberryfox8819]

It seems to be about wasteful hunting. Like the other guy said, the dead boar was left to waste and if you look closely, there's 3 or 4 more dead moose next to the freshly killed one. So it's at least implied these people didn't hunt to survive but for sport.

[@mikepartington7736]

I missed that on my first watch through. Fair enough, poaching is def bad...

[@night4138]

3:09 no wonder she was so mad at the hunting of the moose. They have bodies just left there and some bones so they probably let the bodies decay. That's just how you cause extinction, overhunting for no reason.

[@ell_chaos4606]

wowww this is absolutely stunning!!!

[@Jojo-xg2kr]

Hope there will be more animatic like this later on in the future

[@TikarinkaGlavatskihRUS59]

Красивая история, музыка и анимация

[@bibinabibicha4400]

Which one is the guy and which one is the girl ?

[@michaelbarbour7625]

I think there gay but idk

[@Monaster01]

They're both girls. Gay people exist too, you know.

[@creativetrash101]

They are both girls.

[@nature_voice_1999]

If you don't even realize this, you are not qualified to watch such a good anime😡