World premiere

Rolling Papers

Local title

Pikad paberid

Original title

Pikad paberid

Director

Meel Paliale

Country

Estonia

Year

2024

Festival

24th Youth and Children's Film Festival

Programme

International Youth Competition Programme

Genre

drama, comedy, youth film

Subject

individual vs society, friendship, soul-searching

A film that follows Estonian youth as they figure out life in their twenties, dealing with uncertainties and searching for purpose.

Sebastian, working as a store clerk, finds his ordinary workday shaken up when he meets Silo, a free-spirited wanderer. Together they smoke weed and dream of a one-way ticket to Brazil. “Rolling Papers” explores the lives of young adults, united by their uncertainty about the future and a longing for a purposeful existence.

Recommended age 14+

Director

Meel Paliale

Screenwriter

Meel Paliale

Cast

Mihkel Kuusk, Karl Birnbaum, Maria Helena Seppik, Edgar Vunš, Juhan Soon

Producer

Rain Rannu, Tõnu Hiielaid, Urmet Piiling

Cinematographer

Markus Mikk

Music

Joonas Taimla

Runtime

Language

Estonian

Subtitles

English

Director

Meel Paliale

Meel Paliale is a filmmaker from Tallinn who has been making films since elementary school. In 2022, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in Photography. His first feature, Tree of Eternal Love (2022), premiered in the International Youth Competition Programme at the BNFF and was later invited to festivals such as Cottbus and Helsinki IFF. “Rolling Papers” is his second feature film.

Tüdruk punases Golfis (2017), Calm Down (2017), Igavese armastuse puu (Tree of Eternal Love, PÖFF 2021)

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