- out of competition
-
Northern Starfish
Director:
Mattias Mälk
Country:
Estonia
year: 2014
Running Time:
14'13''
Technique:
Drawing on paper
Category:
Short film [10 to 45 min]
Producer:
Kalev Tamm
Distributor:
Mattias Mälk
The program:
Synopsis
A diver discovers the fateful connection between starfish and the stars in the sky. When a star disappears from the heavens one night, a mafioso notices it and immediately starts suspecting the diver.
Director's BIO
Born on 25 September 1987 in Tallinn.
Studied animation in 2006–2012 at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Made his first animated film Saturday Matin?e (2008) and animated the puppet film On the Wrong Side (2009) as an undergraduate. He completed his second animated film Tutu Funnytooth (2011) to complete his master’s studies.
He has worked as a television serial character animator and as the art director and 3D modeller for the animated film XYZtopia. In addition, he has illustrated and drawn comics, and he has taught animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts and at the Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences. He began work at Eesti Joonisfilm Studio in 2013 as the director of the animated film Põhjatäht (Northern Starfish).Contacts
mattias.maelk@gmail.com
http://www.joonisfilm.ee/film-makers/mattias-malk?lang=en
