Animated

Incipit vita nova

(1992)

Genre: Animation, Experimental film

Director: Hardi Volmer

Screenwriter: Hardi Volmer

Cinematographer: Tõnu Talivee

Composer: Roald Jürlau

Editor: Irja Müür

Producer: Kalev Tamm, Arvo Nuut

Main cast: Vello Sõukand

Duration: 15 min

Language: No dialogue

Available formats: DCP, mov

Colour: Colour

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Festivals:

Animateka – International Animated Film Festival (Ljubljana, Slovenia), 2019
FEST ANČA – International Animation Festival (Bratislava, Slovakia), 2015
PÖFF: Animated Dreams – Animation Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), 2011
HÕFF – Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (Estonia), 2009
Tampere Film Festival (Finland), 2005, Estonian Animation 2: Riho Unt & Hardi Volmer
FIDEOFEST – Pärnu International Film and Video Festival (Estonia), 1997
CINANIMA – International Animated Film Festival (Espinho, Portugal), 1993, Award: Best experimental film

A husband taking out a dustbin finds himself in a peculiar world where all kinds of weird things start to happen. At the same time this world of animated cartoons is a grotesque quintessence of consumerism and lifestyle promoted by mass media. Could this “new life” turn the protagonist into a passive puppet? The film combines actors and puppets.