Cosmonaut, Kaspar Jancis, EE 2019
Focus Estonia
Male+ Voices From Estonia
Experienced male filmmakers who tackle serious topics as if it was a simple matter; a young rising star animator; a female director, enriching the cinematic texture with her own perspective – the films in this “Male+” programme challenge us to expand our boundaries.
Appointments & Tickets
Wed 3.9. • 20:45
Orient Cinema
Thu 4.9. • 16:15
Cinema Trafo 3
Sun 7.9. • 14:15
Orient Cinema
14+
68'
Artist present
Presenting Partner
Supported by
Curated by
Helen Unt
Films
Dog Apartment, Priit Tender, EE 2022
Dog Apartment
Ills of fortune have landed ballet dancer Sergei at a suburban collective farm. Here he struggles day after day with the mindless routine, domestic animals and alcohol. Direction Priit Tender Duration 14' Country Estonia Year 2022
Animation
Marili Sokk, Egert Kesa
Screenplay
Priit Tender'
Music
Neoton Familia "Marathon", Ion Suruceanu "Clar de Luna", P.Tshaikovski "Swans Lake"
Sound design
Gabriel Solis
Buried in Europe, Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees, EE, 2021
Buried in Europe
This anthropological anidoc focuses on a very much alive and tangible component of the world’s cultural heritage – the architecture of cemeteries. Direction Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees Duration 15' Country Estonia Year 2021
Screenplay
Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees'
Music
Ülo Krigul
Sound design
Tiina Andreas
Sounds Good, Sander Joon, EE 2018
Sounds Good
A boom operator tries to record the sound of mushrooms. Direction Sander Joon Duration 10' Language English Country Estonia Year 2018
Animation
Mari Kivi
Screenplay
Sander Joon'
Sound design
Tanel Kadalipp
Body Memory, Ülo Pikkov, EE 2011
Body Memory
Our body remembers more than we can ever imagine. It also remembers the sorrow and pain of our predecessors, preserving the stories of our parents and grandparents and theirs before them. But, how far back in the body’s memory is it possible to go? Direction Ülo Pikkov Duration 10' Country Estonia Year 2011
Animation
Ülo Pikkov
Screenplay
Ülo Pikkov'
Music
Mirjam Tally
Sound design
Tiina Andreas
To Pet a Hedgehog, Ave Taavet, EE 2021
To Pet a Hedgehog
A woman meets a hedgehog. The hedgehog is the one she has been waiting for. So begins an autumn delirium amidst the lonely confines of a Soviet suburban neighbourhood, where reality and dreams merge and humans discover their animalistic side. The man doesn’t realize the changes in the woman until it’s too late. Direction Ave Taavet Duration 12' Country Estonia Year 2021
Animation
Ave Taavet, Liisi Grünberg, Katarina Skott
Screenplay
Ave Taavet'
Sound design
Sven Sosnitski
Cosmonaut, Kaspar Jancis, EE 2019
Cosmonaut
Once a cosmonaut, always a cosmonaut. To the very end. Direction Kaspar Jancis Duration 12' Country Estonia Year 2019
Animation
Tarmo Vaarmets
Screenplay
Kaspar Jancis'
Music
Kaspar Jancis
Sound design
Horret Kuus