Originally set for release in 2020, Tale of the Sleeping Giants was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.

[3] It is the standalone third film in a trilogy about nature and mythology produced by MRP Matila Röhr Productions.

[5] A 53 minutes long documentary about the making of Tale of the Sleeping Giants was broadcast on Yle TV1 on 5 April 2021.

[7] Without officially being premiered and due to the restrictions imposed on cinema operators, Tale of the Sleeping Giants was able to top the Finnish box-office in February 2021 only through preview screenings.

She compared the narrative element where fells are portrayed as sleeping giants to Ailo's Journey [fi], which used editing to create a dramatic story from nature footage.