#youngfilmmaker 1 (2023)

Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
#youngfilmmaker

The third edition of the international Young Filmmaker programme, where the créme de la créme of films produced by young people are screened as part of the official selection of Just Film festival. The programme is divided into two distinct screenings where the winners of local film festivals and the Just Film scholarship competition are shown.

Screenings

1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening021102 / #noorfilmitegija 1 (2023)
Screening duration
Group bookingTickets

Scholarship Call Supportes

IKI

IKI

Films

International premiere

DIVE!

Local title
DIVE!
Director
Maria Muinaste, Maarja Valdmann, Stella Oja, Mia Kukk
Country
Estonia
Year
2022
Programme
#youngfilmmaker
Subject
dance, retro, journey

When creating the film, we wanted to bring in dancers of different ages and create a playful bond between them. Regardless of age, all three characters hunt for oranges. However, for each character, this adventure means something different. In the film, several different stories take place in parallel, and the viewer is also given the opportunity to find their own story – their own orange.

Director
Maria Muinaste, Maarja Valdmann, Stella Oja, Mia Kukk
Cast
Rūta Ronja Pakalne, Lii Ainsalu, Teele-Riin Pärnamägi
Cinematographer
Maria Muinaste
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
no dialogue

International premiere

There and Back Again

Local title
Sinna ja tagasi
Director
Kati Jägel-Paal
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Programme
#youngfilmmaker
Genre
drama
Subject
friendship, journey, youth

On her way to Berlin, high school student named Maria starts a conversation with a stranger, never anticipating it would change her destination. The arriving and departing trains are the only witnesses to the birth of an unlikely friendship between two young people from two very different worlds.

Director
Kati Jägel-Paal
Screenwriter
Neeme Kuningas
Cast
Daniel Kabantšuk, Liisi Kauber, Liis Tooma, Hanna Lisette Aabna, Milana Majorova, Krist-Sofi Malsagova, Daniil Rümmel, Emma Silvestru
DoP
Kati Jägel-Paal, Maria Vladimirova, Milana Majorova, Emma Silvestru, Hanna Lisette Aabna, Kristi-Sofi Malsagova
Sound
Jaroslav Arlan
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English

International premiere

At the Edge of Reality

Local title
Tõeluse piirides
Director
Aleksandra Spitsõna
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Programme
#youngfilmmaker
Genre
cartoon
Subject
adventures, childhood, mysticism

A young girl, named Katriin, is a book lover who is inspired by mythological creatures. One summer, at her grandparents' home in the countryside, mystical things begin to happen at night. Suddenly, all the mythological creatures she has read about take form. What a great opportunity to get to know them better, isn't it? But you never know whether a new acquaintance will be a friend or an enemy.

Director
Aleksandra Spitsõna
Screenwriter
Aleksandra Spitsõna
Cast
Aleksandra Spitsõna, Jelena Spitsõna
Producer
Aleksandra Spitsõna
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English

International premiere

Essütäjä

Local title
Essütäjä
Director
Iti-Piia Mae
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Programme
#youngfilmmaker
Genre
fantasy
Subject
superstition, mysticism, youth

The game of two young people in the forest takes an unexpected turn when Märt loses his friend Eha. Confused Märt meets several different characters along the way. Essütäjä is an impersonal misleading force that leads a person off their right path.

Director
Iti-Piia Mae
Screenwriter
Iti-Piia Mae
Cast
Ott Kaarel Meinart, Eliise Maremäe, Kertu Meerits, Heidi Udeküll, Martin Kork
Producer
Iti-Piia Mae
DoP
Martin Mae, Iti-Piia Mae
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English

International premiere

Through the Gate of Wonders

Local title
Läbi imede värava
Director
Siim-Rasmus Lindau, Liisa Rand
Country
Estonia
Year
2022
Programme
#youngfilmmaker
Genre
fantasy
Subject
adventures, journey, fairytale

Books are special. Magical. Wonderful. They hide the world that cannot be seen with the naked eye. They become visible only in you. You just have to know how to look. The animated film “Through the Gate of Wonders” takes the viewer on a journey into the magical world of books. Through the eyes of the main character, you can experience an adventure that takes place outside of time and space – in the reader's imagination. It all begins one day with an old book in the library…

Director
Siim-Rasmus Lindau, Liisa Rand
Animation
Annable Valdek, Hele-Liise Ring, Liisa Rand
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

International premiere

Colourless

Local title
Värvitu
Director
Alex Hokkonen
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Programme
#youngfilmmaker
Genre
drama
Subject
belonging, coming of age, youth

The main character searches for herself through chance encounters with diverse personalities. Through various challenges, she learns to better understand both herself and the world around her. Inspired by the book “Idiots around me”.

Director
Alex Hokkonen
Screenwriter
Alex Hokkonen, Maibritt Kilu
Cast
Mari-Liis Meltsas, Roger Purtsak, Ott Arak, Alex Hokkonen
Producer
Nikita Fatejev
DoP
Nikita Fatejev, Daniel Gedz
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English, Russian
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