Synopsis

Tackling virility and masculinity with a pointed sense of the absurd, Pilots on the Way Homebrings us the story of three pilots who have lost their plane and inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert, each carrying around in their personal baggage fragments of a dream woman. While following the unpredictable course that will lead them home, they fall prey to visions and must confront the siren call of their strange fantasies. A journey to the universal sources of artistic eroticism, Pilots on the Way Homemakes brilliant use of the technique of animating with sand.

Olga Pärn

Olga Pärn (1976) graduated as a graphic artist from the Belarussian Academy of Arts in 2000. She worked at Belarusfilm as an art director and sand animator until 2003. After studying at La Poudrière, she moved to Estonia to work at Joonisfilm studio. Together with Priit Pärn, they working as co-artists and co-directors. They have created 7 award-winning animated films. Olga also works as an illustrator and has contributed to over 50 student projects as a tutor and editor.

Priit Pärn

Priit Pärn was born on August 26, 1946 in Tallinn. He graduated from the Department of Biology at the University of Tartu in 1970, and worked as animated film director in Tallinnfilm Studio since 1976 and at Eesti Joonisfilm Studio since 1994. He has been active as a caricaturist and illustrator since the end of the 1960's and has received a lot of prestigious international awards for his caricatures. From the early 1980s he has been working more and more as freelance graphic artist. Pärn has had over 50 solo graphic exhibitions all over the world. He has made 18 animated films as a director, scriptwriter and art director. He has received more than 80 awards from world`s top festivals, including 22 Grands Prix.