Letting Go

Estonia, Denmark2017animated11'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2018)

If you experienced something bad in your life, make a doll that will symbolise your traumas, put it into a boat and let it float away. This Japanese tradition inspired Ulö Pikkov to make a stop-motion animation in which dolls, enchanted in a hypnotic dance, are made of memories which can hurt like a nail. The dolls are made by Agnes, a girl from an orphanage, and the animation is both a documentary and a form of therapy. Will Agnes be able to get rid of her demons?

directed by
Ülo Pikkov, portret reżysera
Ülo Pikkov

Estonian animated film director. He was born in 1976 in Tallinn. After graduation from the Higher School of Arts and Media in Turku in 1998, he became associated with the film studio Eesti Joonisfilm. In 2005, he earned a degree in Law from the University of Tartu. He is an expert of the Estonian Film Fund, an extraordinary professor at the Animation Faculty of the Estonian Academy of Arts and an author of illustrations and books. Pikkov has made almost 20 animated films screened at the biggest film festivals.

cinematography
Raivo Möllits
script
Ülo Pikkov
animated by
Marili Sokk
music
Andrea Martignoni, Amos Cappuccio
sound
Andrea Martignoni, Amos Cappuccio
editing
Ülo Pikkov
production
Ülo Pikkov (Silmviburlane)
Photo
Kadr z filmu Letting Go
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