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Eeva

from Estonian Film 2023/1

from Estonian Film 2023/1 , page 63

Drifting Apart

It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.

DIRECTOR MORTEN TŠINAKOV was born in 1992 in Viljandi. He studied animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts and has made two films in Eesti Joonisfilm after the studies. Both of them have been shown at many festivals around the world and won several awards. Eva is his third professional film.

DIRECTOR LUCIJA MRZLJAK was born in 1990 in Zagreb, Lucija is an illustrator and director of animated films. She studied at art academies in Zagreb, Krakow, Prague and Tallinn. Her films have been screened and awarded at numerous film festivals around the world. She has also illustrated several books, directed and animated a music video and is working as a freelance artist and guest teacher at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Film Info

Original title: Eeva

Language: no dialogue

Directors: Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

Screenwriter: Morten Tšinakov

Production Designers: Morten

Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

Animators: Egert Kesa, Goran Stojnic, Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak, Tarmo Vaarmets, Noemi Ribic

Editors: Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

Composer: Morten Tšinakov

Sound: Jure Buljevic

Technique: traditional animation

Producers: Kalev Tamm, Draško Ivezic

Produced by: Eesti Joonisfilm (EE), Adriatic Animation (HR)

World premiere: PÖFF Shorts, November 2022

Festivals: Berlinale Shorts, Animafest Zagreb, Annecy IAFF

16 min / DCP / 1.85:1 / 5.1

CONTACT

Eesti Joonisfilm

Kalev Tamm

+372 677 4228 info@joonisfilm.ee joonisfilm.ee facebook.com/Joonisfilm

SALES

Miyu Distribution

+33 4 48 67 90 09 festival@miyu.fr sales@miyu.fr miyu.fr/distribution/

Film Info

Original title: Koerkoerter

Language: Estonian

Director: Priit Tender

Screenwriter: Priit Tender (based on Andres Ehin’s poem)

Cinematographer: Ragnar Neljandi

Production Designer: Priit Tender

Animator: Marili Sokk, Egert Kesa

Editors: Priit Tender, Ragnar Neljandi

Technique: stop-motion

Producer: Kerdi Oengo

Produced by: Nukufilm

World premiere: Animafest Cypros, August 2022

Festivals & awards: Hallucinations

Dog-Apartment

Ills of fortune have deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolhoz. Here he’s having his mundane fights against routine, domestic animals and alcohol.

DIRECTOR PRIIT TENDER was born in 1971 in Tallinn, Estonia. He is an Estonian animator – the director, designer and writer of many animated short films. His first job was as one of the artists for Priit Pärn and Janno Põldma’s film 1895 (1995). His debut as director came in 1996 with the film Gravitation. He has made several films after that both in drawn and puppet animation techniques and his author films are driven by surreal imagery, black humor and dark existential journeys. Priit’s films have won prizes and nominations from the most important short and animation film festivals, including Annecy, Ottawa, Hiroshima, Dresden, Fredrikstad, Utrecht.

Collectives FF - Grand Prix, Student’s Jury Prize; T–SHORT Animated FF –Best Film; Tampere FF – Best Animation; MONSTRA Lisbon AFF - Grand Prix; TOFUZI IAFF - Grand Prix; IFF Etiuda& Anima FF – Grand Prix, The Golden Jabberwocky; Animanima IAF – Special Distinction of the Jury; Stop Trik

International Stop Motion Competition

– Speacial Mention: LIAF - Best of the Festival Award; ALTER_NATIVE ISFF

- The Ministry of Culture’s Award; Estonian Film and Television Awards 2023

– Best Animation, Cultural Endowement Award 2022 - Best Animation

14 min / DCP / 2.39:1 / 5.1

Contact

Nukufilm

Kerdi Oengo +372 516 3833 kerdi@nukufilm.ee nukufilm.ee

Poop, Spring and the Others

The film is about longing, friendship, love, family and fears. The adventures of the strange characters are spiced with Kivirähk’s warm and bold humor, weaving wittily together the children’s boundless and the living conditions of the modern world. The film is full of emotions, excitement and a bit of nerve-wracking, for both young and old viewers.