In search of life and freedom, growing food on sand. It’s as if it were an endless cycle.

Hninn is a diligent student who wants to become a nun. In February 2021, the military seizes power in Myanmar and everything she has strived for vanishes overnight. Civil war breaks out in the country and Hnin’s family must learn to live with constant fear: moving house, going into hiding, deciding who to trust and where to go at all. For six years, the camera follows them as they search for a safe place in a country torn apart. And yet, amidst all this horror, there is still room for faith, courage and even joy.

Danish documentary filmmaker Kaspar Astrup Schröder is a long-standing friend of PÖFF: “Making a Mountain” screened at PÖFF in 2020 and “Dear Tomorrow” in 2025. This time, he has spent six years filming in a country that has been closed off, creating a film about war that contains no battle scenes, but instead focuses on one family through whom the fate of an entire nation is revealed. In addition to superb storytelling, the film also features first-class visual language. And that’s not all. The music has been composed by the incomparable Maarja Nuut. Her music gives Hninn’s story a voice that words alone could not convey.

Mikk Granstöm