Just Film x Koolitants

Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants

Festival Koolitants brings thousands of young dancers from all over Estonia to the stages of theaters and concert halls every year with dance days and performances of the national youth dance company Koolitants Kompanii. For the third time, Just Film and Koolitants also bring dance films made with the participation of young people to the big cinema screen.

Screenings

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening031202 / Just Film x Koolitants
Screening duration
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3rd Hall Apollo Kino Lõunakeskus, Tartu
Screening174301 / Just Film x Koolitants
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Films

World premiere

Mamba

Local title
Mamba
Director
Karmen Teesi Pregel, Marleen Prükkel
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

What is your inner car? Who is the person inside your inner car? What is the favourite song of the person inside your inner car? His dreams? His fears? These questions are answered by dancers who have formed a unified sectarian army through personal authenticity.

Director
Karmen Teesi Pregel, Marleen Prükkel
Cast
Anna Maria Orasmäe, Anneliisa Alt, Grethel Veiper, Hanna Linda Murd, Hanneloore Ott, Helena Vaasa, Herta Laug, Eliis Laiakask, Emma Suvemaa, Emma Ventsel, Laura Rennit, Liisbeth Laanisto, Lorena Tobbi, Marianna Villemson, Reili Reintam, Stella Maria Piho
Producer
Anna Liis Põder
Choreographer
Karmen Teesi Pregel, Marleen Prükkel
Production
Dreamland
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Linear

Local title
Lineaar
Director
Kirke Loo Parts, Liisa Maria Tischler, Matilda Liise Areda
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

“Linear” is a dance film that conveys misunderstandings and crossing paths between people. Seemingly linear paths can intertwine with others, and anything can emerge from a sudden meeting. Random collisions show that we do not live alone but in parallel with others. How many soul mates could there be whom we live linearly and never meet? In our film, this does not happen – there is a moment in time to find and perceive each other.
The makers of this film have been lucky enough to meet their dearest people by chance and this moment is also found in the film. The film aims to convey this feeling.

Director
Kirke Loo Parts, Liisa Maria Tischler, Matilda Liise Areda
Cast
Katariina Andrejev, Carina Dorbek, Madleen Varik
Cinematographer
Kirke Loo Parts, Liisa Maria Tischler, Matilda Liise Areda
Choreographer
Kirke Loo Parts, Liisa Maria Tischler, Matilda Liise Areda
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Help It Grow

Local title
Aita sellel kasvada
Director
Elly Naigla
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

The film is a memory of the author’s childhood. “It is a rainy summer day and the whole earth is wet from the rain. No one goes outside except one little girl who wants to water the apple tree because that's what she does every day. As she walked with her red rubber boots and yellow watering can, she also noticed various apples that seemed to be dripping from the heavy rain. She approached the tree and watered it with great love, even though she came back drenched and with a watering can full of rain.” The apples symbolize all the dancers who appear on the screen. Like every apple, every dancer has a history, special look, and style.

The funniest stories happen in real life!

Director
Elly Naigla
Screenwriter
Elly Naigla
Cast
Eliise Siimann, Martta Raudsepp, Leonhard Reispere, Sigrid Veski, Anette Merisalu, Mia Desire Strömberg
Cinematographer
Elly Naigla
Choreographer
Elly Naigla
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Somnium

Local title
Unenägu
Director
Rebecca Ossaar, Saara Lotta Krusell, Maia Tüür, Lotta Johanna Viks
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

“Somnium” is a story about how in order to alleviate problems, one tries to avoid them or not admit them to oneself. The main character of the film imagines an ideal world where the worries of so-called ordinary life do not exist. However, the resulting social isolation has prompted the character to imagine companions who don't really exist. A person trapped in an ideal world imagines himself as a fairy-tale character sleeping in a high pile of mattresses, but instead of being comfortable, his sleep is disturbed by the peas hidden between the mattresses. Is “Somnium” a dream or a sleep-like waking world?

Director
Rebecca Ossaar, Saara Lotta Krusell, Maia Tüür, Lotta Johanna Viks
Screenwriter
Rebecca Ossaar, Saara Lotta Krusell, Maia Tüür, Lotta Johanna Viks
Cast
Hele-Riin Hunt, Liisbeth Laanisto, Mona Viilup, Maya Bachmann
Cinematographer
Rebecca Ossaar, Saara Lotta Krusell, Maia Tüür
Choreographer
Saara Lotta Krusell
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Twilight

Local title
Hämarik
Director
Liisa Maria Tischler
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

You don't have to know someone for long to feel their mark on your life. Sometimes all it takes is a few minutes or an hour to make a difference. Even those who pass through our lives only for a short time can later turn out to be as important as the loved ones we meet every day. Success doesn't always depend on how long someone is with us, but rather on the mark they leave.

Director
Liisa Maria Tischler
Cast
Kirke Loo Parts, Maia Tüür
Cinematographer
Liisa Maria Tischler
Choreographer
Liisa Maria Tischler
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

tight toss

Local title
ahas heit
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

Open and close. It will stick. Together and apart. Will leave. And the body flies – the body falls, the shadow fades, and the face pales.

Cast
Annabel Piirma, Berit Pikner, Greta Lis Pung, Grete Kukk, Grittel Kastan, Julia Koneva, Karmen Teesi Pregel, Kertu Olivia Tõntson, Laura Kurg, Laura Lisette Lepvalts, Mari-Liis Kurg, Marianne Anderson, Mirtel Põlluäär, Paulina Prangli, Roberta Uusmaa, Sofia Timakova
Cinematographer
Roman Burkovski
Choreographer
Julia Koneva
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Woven Together In Time

Local title
Ajas kokku kootud
Director
Elise Nora Pruun
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

Creation connects not only time and like-minded people but also the seemingly unconnected ones. Striving for a common goal or allowing non-targeted hits, we create bridges between worlds. “I came to visit you yesterday and... I will cherish tomorrow's memories.” Does living another day prove I can see the future?

Director
Elise Nora Pruun
Cast
Marleen Kallas, Arabella Matilda Ling, Hanna Saara Hiir, Adeliina Pärn, Kristin Pruuli, Aleksander Erstu
Cinematographer
Aleksander Erstu
Choreographer
Marleen Kallas
Production
MTÜ Hõlmik
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Frabe

Local title
Värvi
Director
Lisette Arminaits
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

Humans as a white background. How contact and body connection paint the whole of us. What happens when our bodies feel each other, the warmth around us begins to paint a picture of us.

The film was made as part of the curriculum of the ETA Dance School in the dance film course. Rūta Ronja Pakalne, a teacher from the ETA Dance School, helped guide the film.

Director
Lisette Arminaits
Cast
Lotta Johanna Viks, Liisa Maria Tischler
Cinematographer
Lisette Arminaits
Choreographer
Lisette Arminaits
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

cold oppression

Local title
külm ike
Director
Saara Lotta Krusell
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

The goal is to convey a feeling, a feeling of the cold, its heaviness as well as its brightness, the moment when the fog glides along the sea, the sea foam is replaced by ice, and we as people merge into one. The darkness of winter buries everything, we are wrapped in thick layers, afraid of the cold and freezing. Winter gives us brightness, eye candy – ice, snow-white snow – only for a little while.

Director
Saara Lotta Krusell
Cast
Hele-Riin Hunt, Roosimari Kruus
Cinematographer
Saara Lotta Krusell
Choreographer
Saara Lotta Krusell
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

Party Butterfly

Local title
Peoliblikas
Director
Lisette Arminaits, Krete Karolin Kõrvek
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

Who? Where? When? What happens in an abandoned building when the doors are closed? The former souls of the building appear and tell their stories. As they dance, they fill the space that was once their home.
The film was made as part of the ETA Dance School's film course.

Director
Lisette Arminaits, Krete Karolin Kõrvek
Cast
Karoliine Hirmat, Reio Leinus, Ando Temmo, Helerin Türk
Cinematographer
Lisette Arminaits, Krete Karolin Kõrvek, Martin Reitalu
Choreographer
Krete Karolin Kõrvek
Production
Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

US

Local title
MEIE
Director
Elisabeth Teener
Country
Estonia
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Just Film x Koolitants
Genre
experimental film
Subject
dance

How much we actually fall for and are influenced by opinions. How much of what I do is what I actually want and how much do I do for norms and a sense of belonging – do a lot and stand out! Work! Work! Work! Then you are good and worthy of recognition!?
Sometimes the sense of self disappears in all of this, I no longer perceive boundaries. Abundance of information. Competing for something unattainable. We create an impression of ourselves on others all the time. We want to appear businesslike, go-getters. brave, good... Sometimes you get fed up with it all and don't want to be or appear any way or meet anyone's expectations!

Director
Elisabeth Teener
Screenwriter
Elisabeth Teener
Cast
Kaisa Kattai, Sandra Väizene, Karmen Teesi Pregel, Elisabeth Teener
Producer
Anna Liis Põder
Cinematographer
Kaisa Nele Hendla
Choreographer
Elisabeth Teener
Runtime
Language
no dialogue