Fantoche
25th International Animation
Film Festival, Baden/Switzerland
7 – 12 September 2027
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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
Artist present
Ticket
Thu 4.9. • 16:15
Cinema Trafo 3
Artist present
Ticket
Sun 7.9. • 14:15
Orient Cinema
Artist present
Ticket
14+ 68'
Artist present Artist present

Presenting Partner

Twerenbold Reisen

Supported by

SWISSLOS Kanton Aargau

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 Sound design Gabriel Solis Distributor Maret Reismann / Nukufilm

Buried in Europe, Hardi Volmer, Urmas Jõemees, EE, 2021_01.jpg
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 Urmas Jõemees Duration 15' Country Estonia Year 2021
Screenplay Hardi Volmer Music Ülo Krigul Sound design Tiina Andreas Production Hardi Volmer Distributor Maret Reismann

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 Distributor Lyza Jarvis

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
Music Mirjam Tally Sound design Tiina Andreas Distributor Nukufilm

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 Screenplay Ave Taavet Sound design Sven Sosnitski

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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 Cut Kaspar Jancis Production Kalev Tamm Distributor Rutt Raudkivi