Directed by: Pirjo Honkasalo
Production year: 2025
Production countries: Finland, Estonia, Sweden
Starring: Alma Pöysti, Pirkko Saisio, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Luca Leino
Written by: Pirkko Saisio
Director of Photography: Max Smeds
Production Design: Tiiu-Ann Pello
Make-up Design: Kaire Hendrikson
Editing: Samu Heikkilä
Sound Design: Jan Alvermark
Composer: Sanna Salmenkallio, Elias Salmenkallio
Producers: Misha Jaari & Mark Lwoff / Bufo
Co-producers: Ivo Felt & Pille Rünk / Allfilm, Erik Hemmendorff / Plattform Produktion
Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves Orenda and sings to it may receive its power.
Exploring themes of guilt and grace, the destinies of two women intertwine into a tense thriller set on a remote island. The new film by highly established director Pirjo Honkasalo stars a recent Golden Globe nominee Alma Pöysti, and Pirkko Saisio.
Orenda will have its world premiere at the Big Screen Competition of the acclaimed International Film Festival Rotterdam.