Tere kino lovers! It has been a while since our last Sydney screening and we have two more planned movie nights at the moment with our first night to be held on the 2nd June and second on the 7th July.
In June, Kino is screening the short film Salme saladus / Another Dimension (2018) and Vee peal / On The Water (2020) looking at the chaotic lives lived behind the quiet facades of the village. This will currently be the penultimate planned Kino screening, with the next one planned on the 7th July.
Moonika Siimets’ short documentary Salme saladus / Another Dimension (2018) takes viewers to the small coastal borough of Salme in Saaremaa where modernity meets the past. Superstition and traditions are as common everyday phenomena as fishing and harvesting crops in Salme. We then follow the lives of the Sõnajalg family, an infamous 90s singing Christian quartet-turned business empire who fly helicopters and build wind farms. In a town where UFOs and spirits can be seen amongst Viking skeletons and the Sõnajalg dynasty’s wind turbines – there are two realities here that do not fit together. What on earth is going on there?
Our feature film for the night is Vee peal / On The Water (2020) directed by Peeter Simm. Selected as the Estonian entry for the Best International Feasture Film at the 94th Academy Awards, the comedic coming-of-age film takes us to the sleepy village set in the small southern city of Võru in 1982 where Andres is raised by his strict grandparents. Wanting to escape from the constant bullying at school, Andres takes to the nearby lake to fish beside colourful characters including convicted criminal Valter and the simpleminded fisherman Kolla. A dramedy full of oft-risqué humour comes as an adaptation of Olavi Ruitlane’s autobiographical novel of the same name – “Vii pääl” – released in 2015.
Wishing you all the best and see you there! You can watch the trailer for “Vee peal” on YouTube here!
EVENT DETAILS
Date: 2nd June, 2024
Admission: Free
Doors open: 5:00pm
Film starts: 5:30 pm
10-minute intermission: from 6:00 pm
Language: Estonian with English subtitles
Address: 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
Note: Parking is free on Sundays around Reservoir St, Samuel St and Goodchap Street
Kino! is kindly supported by Sydney Eesti Selts and the Estonian Cultural Foundation in Estonia (ECFA)
