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Estonian fantasies. The best fantasy shorts by amazing young filmmakers. The participants of the Best Estonian Genre Film Competition.
Estonian fantasies. The best fantasy shorts by amazing young filmmakers. The participants of the Best Estonian Genre Film Competition.
After the death of the world's last cow, a young couple finds themselves on a hunt for butter, through the labyrinth of their apartment building. When they finally reach the basement, a dangerous game for life and butter awaits them.
Franz Malmsten (born 1999) graduated from the Old Town Educational College in 2019 and then studied film acting in London for a year. Since 2020, he has been studying at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School. His short film, based on the short story "Põgenikud" by Martin Algus, won the Best Director, Screenwriter (Marian Vridolin), Editor (Kadri Ligi) and Lead Actor (Jaan Rekkor) award at the 2023 Best of BFM festival of the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School.
Anna, yearning for love, is drawn to a mystical ancient tree and its sinister Puppet Master after her affections for Juhan are spurned in favor of Maria. Desperate and heartbroken, Anna makes a wish to the tree, unaware of the dire price it demands.
The narrative of "Siren" takes place in a world where fairy tale characters are to blame for everything. Despite the peculiarities of this world, Toomas' life revolves around his neighbor Eevi's house. Finally, the day has come when the woman arrives to have dinner with the man. However, not everything goes as planned - to Toomas' misfortune, a beautiful mermaid appears in front of his car. From there, events unfold that threaten to turn the shy Toomas and his neighbor into fearsome criminals.
Katariina Škurinski is studying film directing at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication Institute which is part of Tallinn University. She also has experience as a studio photographer and a digital artist.
Set on an island 7 kilometers long, Kihnu Marathon's 42,195 meters twist and turn through every nook and cranny of the place known as Europe's last matriarchy. Japanese marathoner Hiroyuki is here to race for peace, only to find himself hunted by a mysterious creature from the sea. In this 8mm docu - slasher with a dance music soundtrack, Hiroyuki runs like he's never run before.
Will he make it back home to his children? What is everyone running from? And why is the creature after him? So someone would milk his cows?
Director Ivar Murd (b. 1990) in Kohtla-Järve – a shale oil mining town in East Estonia. He has lived in Finland, Denmark and the United States. Graduated magna cum laude in 2013 from Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison, NJ, USA), Department of Audiovisual Arts, majoring in Directing with a minor in Studio Arts. Winner of EFTA / Estonian Film & Television Awards 2022 for the tasteful experimental portrait "u.Q.". He is one of the organizers of Mägede Hääl music festival. CEO of Kino Sõprus since 2020.