World premiere

Tree of Eternal Love

Local title
Kiik, kirves ja igavese armastuse puu
Director
Meel Paliale
Country
Estonia
Year
2021
Programme
International Youth Competition Programme
Genre
Comedy

Kiik, a young car mechanic stuck between the gears of life, finds out that his girlfriend's heart has been won over by a new handsome man. To get rid of the pain haunting his soul, Kiik asks his filmmaker best friend to join the adventure, with the final clause to cut down the tree of eternal love. The journey to the mystical tree becomes thorny, intriguing and criminal.

“Tree of Eternal Love” is a humor-spiced debut feature film by new generation filmmakers from Estonia - Meel Paliale and Urmet Piiling.

Director
Meel Paliale
Screenwriter
Meel Paliale, Urmet Piiling (2)
Producer
Rain Rannu, Tõnu Hiielaid (2)
Cast
Urmet Piiling (2), Herman Pihlak, Marko Matvere, Andrus Vaarik, Jan Uuspõld, Egon Nuter, Mihkel Raud, Franz Malmsten, Hanna-Ly Aavik, Pirte Laura Lember, Toomas Tross, Valter Uusberg, Raivo Hein
Director of Photography
Markus Mikk
Editing
Meel Paliale
Production Design
Urmet Piiling (2), Meel Paliale
Production
Tallifornia
Sound
Breth Bachmann, Joonas Taimla
World sales
Tallifornia
Distribution
Estonian Theatrical Distribution OÜ
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English
Director
Meel Paliale

Meel Paliale 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

2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening131101 / Kiik, kirves ja igavese armastuse puud
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsMarkus Mikk - DoP, Meel Paliale - Writer-Director, Urmet Piiling - Writer-Actor
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