Estonian premiere

Call of God. Tribute to Kim Ki-duk

Local title
Kõne taevast. Austusavaldus Kim Ki-dukile
Title in Russian
Звонок с небес
Director
Kim Ki-duk
Country
Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania
Year
2022
Programme
Critics' Pics - Out of Competition
Genre
drama
Subject
interpersonal relationships, first love

All of us at PÖFF are extremely grateful – especially to all the Estonian partners and funders involved – for being able to pay tribute to the late maestro of cinema, Kim-Ki-Duk, whose “Call of God” premiered two months ago at the world’s oldest film festival in Venice.

We present to you, dear Estonian audience, an out-of-competition screening of this exceptional melodrama about human relationships, which contains disturbing footage directed and filmed by Kim-Ki-Duk.

For me, this screening will be a very personal one, since being a member of the PÖFF Jury in 2004 I had the pleasure to hand over to him the main award for his masterpiece “3-Iron” (“Bin-Jip”). Remembering our time together in Busan, dear KKD, I must say that you are truly missed by the international cinephile community! So I would like to close my film introduction with your own statement: “The closer they are to death, the more humans miss and reminisce about their youth. I miss my twenties, although I made many mistakes in my youth. So, if I go back to that time, I really want to do good. But life never comes back.”

Niki Nikitin

Director
Kim Ki-duk
Screenwriter
Kim Ki-duk
Cast
Zhanel Sergazina, Abylai Maratov
Producer
Kim Ki-duk, Tatjana Mühlbayer, Artur Veeber, Nargiza Mamatkulova, Darius Vaitiekunas
DoP
Kim Ki-duk
Editor
Karolis Labutis
Composer
Sven Grünberg
Production
Estofilm
Runtime
Language
Kyrgyz, Russian
Subtitles
English
Director
Kim Ki-duk

Filmograafia Valik/Selected: Seom (2000, Saar PÖFF 2001), Na bbun nam ja (Bad Guy, 2001), Soochwieen bodmyung (2001, Aadress teadmata PÖFF 2002), Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Kevad, suvi, sügis, talv ... ja kevad, 2003), Samaria (Samaaria tüdruk, PÖFF 2004), Bin jip (Tühi maja, PÖFF 2004), Hwal (Vibu, PÖFF 2005), Shi gan (Aeg, PÖFF 2006), Soom (Breath, 2007), Bi-mong (Dream, 2008), Arirang (PÖFF 2011, doc), Amen (2011, doc), Pietà (PÖFF 2012), Moebius (Möbius, PÖFF 2013), Ildaeil 8One on One, 2014), Seu-top (Stop, 2015), Geumul (The Net, 2016), Inkan, gongkan, sikan grigo inkan (Human, Space, Time and Human, 2018)

Screenings

Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening101503 / Kõne taevast. Austusavaldus Kim Ki-dukile
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening140402 / Kõne taevast. Austusavaldus Kim Ki-dukile
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsArtur Veeber (Producer), Tatjana Mühlbayer (Producer), Abylai Marat Uulu (Actor), Zhanel Sergazina (Actress), Sven Grünberg (Composer)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening152203 / Kõne taevast. Austusavaldus Kim Ki-dukile
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration