Tuukrid vihmas / Divers in the Rain
Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn
Estonia / 2010 / 23' 20''Screenings
Synopsis
This is a story about an everyday diver and a night dentist. Their kisses are always good-bye kisses. He is a diver and he has to dive. She is tired and has to sleep. But there are no silent places in her dreams. And a big ship is slowly sinking in the rain. Nobody knows when it is time for the last cigarette.
Olga Pärn (1976) graduated as a graphic artist from the Belarussian Academy of Arts in 2000. She worked at Belarusfilm as an art director and sand animator until 2003. After studying at La Poudrière, she moved to Estonia to work at Joonisfilm studio. Together with Priit Pärn, they working as co-artists and co-directors. They have created 7 award-winning animated films. Olga also works as an illustrator and has contributed to over 50 student projects as a tutor and editor.
Priit Pärn was born on August 26, 1946 in Tallinn. He graduated from the Department of Biology at the University of Tartu in 1970, and worked as animated film director in Tallinnfilm Studio since 1976 and at Eesti Joonisfilm Studio since 1994. He has been active as a caricaturist and illustrator since the end of the 1960's and has received a lot of prestigious international awards for his caricatures. From the early 1980s he has been working more and more as freelance graphic artist. Pärn has had over 50 solo graphic exhibitions all over the world. He has made 18 animated films as a director, scriptwriter and art director. He has received more than 80 awards from world`s top festivals, including 22 Grands Prix.
Director
Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn
Production
Eesti Joonisfilm
Screenplay
Olga & Priit Pärn
Storyboard
Olga & Priit Pärn
Sound
Horret Kuus
Music
Erik Satie's Gnossiennes 11. No 5 performed by Hakon Austbo
Editing
Olga & Priit Pärn
Animation
Tarmo Vaarmets, Ülle Metsur, Marje Ale, Annely Põldsaar, Tiina UbarSauter
categories
Baltic Focus - Estonia