Til We Meet Again
Estonia2022animated14'
The Estonian island of Ruhnu is less than 12 km2 in size. Before the war, it was inhabited by a few hundred people, today the number of permanent residents is not even a hundred. During World War II, all the inhabitants had to evacuate for fear of an attack. Now, some of them are returning to the island to find fragments of their former lives in the scraps of nature, small objects and surviving houses. In this stop-motion animation, the characters have been created from natural materials found on the island - stones, string and bird feathers - which makes the film more authentic and poignant at the same time.
- directed by
- Ülo Pikkov
Born in 1976. An internationally renowned filmmaker, producer and film scholar. He studied animation at the Turku Arts Academy in Finland and since 1996 has directed several award-winning animation films. He has published articles on film and written fiction books for children and adults. In 2005 he graduated from the Institute of Law in University of Tartu, focusing on the media and author’s rights. Pikkov is the author of “Animasophy, Theoretical Writings on the Animated Film” (2011). In 2018 Pikkov got his doctoral degree at the Estonian Academy of Arts with thesis “Anti-Animation: Textures of Eastern European Animated Film” and today he works as a professor of animation at the same institution.
- cinematography
- Raivo Möllits
- script
- Ülo Pikkov
- animated by
- Triin Sarapik-Kivi, Marili Sokk
- music
- Karoliina Kreintaal
- editing
- Ülo Pikkov
- production
- Kerdi Oengo (Oü Nukufilm)
- Photo
- Trailer