Synopsis

Maaimäis a music video made in collaboration with the renowned Estonian musician Mari Kalkun. Maaimäis a song from Mari Kalkun's new album Stoonia lood, released in September 2023. It talks about the contradictory relationship between man and nature. With the evergrowing world population, Mother Nature can hardly carry the burden humans have become. Climate change, overpopulation, habitat loss for wildlife, and loss of species diversity are concerns that affect and speak to all of us, regardless of our geographical location. Musically, the song is a multi-layered piece that blends together traditional music and electronic sounds. It is sung in Võro, a dialect from south-east Estonia.

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.