London Baltic Film Festival, in partnership with Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Embassy in London, is pleased to present an exclusive screening of critically acclaimed and award-winning Estonian short films. Featuring:

TREE OF MANY FACES
Dir. Johannes Magnus Aule
A folk tale unfurls when a lovelorn woman decides to sacrifice her soul for the heart of another.

SIERRA
Dir. Sander Joon
Father and his son are losing the folkrace. In order to win, a boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.

DEAR PASSENGERS
Dir. Madli Lääne
A lonely traveller embarks on a journey to find relief for a hidden yearning. Her restless longing spreads around and forces fellow passengers to face their own desires and disappointments

BAD HAIR
Dir. Oskar Lehemaa
Insecure and balding Leo (35) has closed himself in his apartment. A mysterious hair growth liquid arrives at his doorstep and Leo uses it to fix up his looks.The liquid causes a series of grotesque metamorphoses with Leo’s hair and skin, culminating with hairs sprouting out of his eyeballs. Leo tries desperately to get bodily changes under control as the events of the evening quickly turn into chaos.

EEVA
Dir. Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak
It’s a sad day in Eva’s life. The rain is pouring down at her husband’s funeral. There is a lot of crying, too much wine, and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps…

SEWING MACHINE
Dir. Ülo Pikko
A film about the town of Pechory (Petseri) and its people, told through the life story of the director’s great-grandmother. My great-grandmother’s father, who was the deputy mayor of Pechory, was killed by the Bolsheviks because he refused to give the keys to the town monastery to the revolutionaries. A few months later, the armoured trains of the Estonian War of Independence reached Pechory, and the town was liberated. One of the soldiers of the armoured train, a Danish volunteer, had a film camera with him, and he recorded the oldest film footage of Pechory, and somewhere on that film is also my great-grandmother.

This screening is followed by a Q&A with director Johannes Magnus Aule.

 

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