Sewing Machine / Õmblusmasin / Šivalni stroj

Ülo Pikkov (Silmviburlane)
2024, Estonia, 16'38''

A film about the town of Pechory (Petseri) and its people, told through the life story of my great-grandmother and her newborn baby who had to be hidden in a sewing machine box.

Film o mestu Pečori (Petseri) in njegovih prebivalcih, pripovedovan skozi življenjsko zgodbo moje prababice in njenega novorojenčka, ki ga je morala skriti v škatli za šivalni stroj.

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Language: Estonian
Recommended for children under 14 years old: Yes
Technique: Puppet animation, Loose materials animation (sand, coffee, salt, etc.), Object animation, Pixilation, Engraving on film

Team

Script: Ülo Pikkov
Animation: Ülo Pikkov, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Music: Mari Kalkun

Ülo Pikkov

(1976) is an internationally renowned filmmaker, producer and film scholar. Pikkov studied animation at the Turku Arts Academy in Finland and since 1996 has directed several award-winning animation films. He has published articles on film and written fiction books for children and adults. In 2005 he graduated from the Institute of Law in University of Tartu, focusing on the media and author’s rights. Pikkov is the author of Animasophy, Theoretical Writings on the Animated Film (2011). In 2018 Pikkov got his doctoral degree at the Estonian Academy of Arts with thesis Anti-Animation: Textures of Eastern European Animated Film and today he works as a professor of animation at the same institution.