Mo Amor

Local title
Mo Amor
Original title
Mo Amor
Director
Eeva Mägi
Country
Year
2026

A tender Estonian fairy tale about love in all its strange and beautiful forms.

A photographer turns a modern fairy tale into a deeply personal story of love, identity, and transformation. Princess Niina is adored by three suitors, yet remains restless, searching for something she cannot quite name. Then she sheds her crown and reveals her true self. Inviting her former lovers to a secluded summer home, the stage is set for a strange reunion where memory, myth, and reality begin to intertwine, old wounds resurface, and love takes unexpected forms.

Director Eeva Mägi on “Mo Amor”: “”"‘Mo Amor’”" is a journey through identity, memory, and the ways we learn to love ourselves and one another. Told as a contemporary fairy tale, the film moves between myth and reality, asking what remains when the roles we have inherited no longer fit. Rather than offering answers, I wanted to create a space where tenderness and uncertainty could exist side by side. It is about the longing to be seen without performance, and about the quiet courage it takes to become oneself.”

Estonian director Eeva Mägi’s previous film, “Mo Papa”, was the Critics’ Picks Opening Film at PÖFF last year and received a Special Mention.

Nikolaj Nikitin

Director
Eeva Mägi
Screenwriter
Eeva Mägi
Producer
Eeva Mägi, Sten-Johan Lill
Cast
Ester Kuntu, Jarmo Reha, Tambet Tuisk, Andres Mähar, Sander Roosimägi, Ivor Mikker
Cinematographer
Sten-Johan Lill
Editing
Jette-Krõõt Keedus
Production Design
Ulvi Tiit, Allan Appelberg
Composer
Tanel Kadalipp
Production
Kinosaurus Film, Kultuurikuur
Sound
Tanel Kadalipp
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Eeva Mägi
Director
Biography

Eeva Mägi (b. 1987) is an Estonian writer and director working in fiction and documentary film. Her short films “Lembri Uudu” (2017) and “The Weight of All the Beauty” (2019) gained international recognition, with the latter longlisted for the Oscars. Her debut feature, “Mo Mamma” (2023), and her second feature, “Mo Papa” (2024), both received a Special Jury Mention at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). In 2026, she was selected for Berlinale Talents, and her fourth feature project, “Mo Tori”, is currently in development at TorinoScriptLab. Mägi initiated the Mo Movement through her Mo films – a film movement that challenges convention and articulates a distinct cinematic language.

Filmography

Mo Mamma (PÖFF, 2023), Kellele ma naeratan? (Who am I Smiling For?, 2023, doc), Mo Papa (PÖFF 2025), Mo Amor (2026)

Screenings

Screening110618 / Mo Amor
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsEeva Mägi (Director), Tanel Kadalipp (Composer, Sound designer), Sten-Johan Lill (Contact person)
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