Synopsis

It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.

Lucija Mrzljak

Lucija Mrzljak is a Croatian director and illustrator. She studied animated film in Zagreb, Krakow, Prague, and Tallinn. She has directed a series of award-winning films in collaboration with studios Eesti Joonisfilm and Adriatic Animation, and with Estonian director Morten Tšinakov: Demonstration of Brilliance in 4 Acts (2018), Stork (2020), and (2022), which premiered at the Berlinale and was shortlisted for the Oscars Academy Awards. In 2019, she directed the music video The Closing Door in collaboration with Irish musician Glen Hansard. She has lived between Zagreb and Tallinn for several years. She teaches at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Morten Tšinakov

Morten studied animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn where he made two films. Since graduating, he has been working at the Estonian animation studio Joonisfilm where, in collaboration with Lucija Mrzljak, he has co-created A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts, The Stork and Eeva.