World premiere

Rolling Papers

Local title
Pikad paberid
Original title
Pikad paberid
Director
Meel Paliale
Country
Estonia
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
International Youth Competition Programme
Genre
drama, comedy, youth film
Subject
individual vs society, friendship, soul-searching

Sebastian’s workday is shaken up by an unexpected friendship.

A film that follows Estonian youth as they figure out life in their twenties, dealing with uncertainties and searching for purpose.

Sebastian, working as a store clerk, finds his ordinary workday shaken up when he meets Silo, a free-spirited wanderer. Together they smoke weed and dream of a one-way ticket to Brazil. “Rolling Papers” explores the lives of young adults, united by their uncertainty about the future and a longing for a purposeful existence.

Recommended age 14+

Director
Meel Paliale
Screenwriter
Meel Paliale
Cast
Mihkel Kuusk, Karl Birnbaum, Maria Helena Seppik, Edgar Vunš, Juhan Soon
Producer
Rain Rannu, Tõnu Hiielaid, Urmet Piiling
Cinematographer
Markus Mikk
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English
Director
Meel Paliale

Meel Paliale (1998) is a filmmaker from Tallinn who has been making films since elementary school. In 2022, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in Photography. His first feature, Tree of Eternal Love (2022), premiered in the International Youth Competition Programme at the BNFF and was later invited to festivals such as Cottbus and Helsinki IFF. “Rolling Papers” is his second feature film.

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Screenings

1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening061104 / Pikad paberid
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsMeel Paliale (Director, Screenwriter), Markus Mikk (Cinematographer), Mihkel Kuusk (Cast), Karl Birnbaum (Cast), Edgar Vunš (Cast), Jasmin Kulagina (Production design)
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1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening091104 / Pikad paberid
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsMeel Paliale (Director, Screenwriter), Markus Mikk (Cinematographer), Mihkel Kuusk (Cast), Karl Birnbaum (Cast), Edgar Vunš (Cast), Jasmin Kulagina (Production design)
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Hall Electric Cinema, TARTU
Screening154102 / Pikad paberid
SubtitlesEnglish
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