Animated

Some Exercises In Preparation For an Independent Life

Harjutusi iseseisvaks eluks
(1980)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Priit Pärn
Cinematographer: Arvi Ilves
Production Designer: Priit Pärn, Lemming Nagel
Composer: Olav Ehala
Editor: Kersti Miilen
Producer: Kulno Luht
Duration: 9 min
Language: No dialogue
Available formats: mov
Colour: Colour
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Festivals:

  • ANILOGUE – International Animation Film Festival (Budapest, Hungary), 2022, Retrospective of Priit Pärn
  •  MONSTRA – Lisbon Animated Film Festival (Portugal), 2018, Programme: Historical Short Films from Estonia
  • Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (Bristol, Great Britain), 1989
  • Tampere Film Festival (Finland), 1989, Retrospective of Priit Pärn
  • Salso Corto Film Festival (Sasomaggiore Terme, Italy), 1989, Retrospective of Priit Pärn
  • Ukrainian SSR Animation Film Festival (USSR), 1981, Programme: Estonian Animated Films
  • USSR Film Festival (USSR), 1982, 2nd Prize and Diploma

An adult follows an exactly daily routine while a child transforms himself to everything he sees freely. The child begins to imitate adult behavior in the quest for independence but it eventually becomes clear that the adult world is not as concrete as it appears to be.
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