11.09 | 15:00 (EEST)

For free, upon registration

Priit will talk on the creation of his film HOTEL E (1992). How he got the idea, the structure of the film, filling the basic structure with events, solutions for style of animation and visual design as well as describe the work process. The master class will be moderated by Ukrainian animation director Mykyta Lyskov.

HOTEL E (1992). 

In every wall that separates, one can find a door. A door which connects. Victor finds such a door.  Faceless, nameless Victor is prepared to go. Yet every departure is also an arrival. Every arrival, however, is not a return. Victor has begun a dangerous game…

In 2010 in connection with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ASIFA (International Animated Film Association), the ASIFA 50 on 50 competition was announced with the aim of determining the 50 most noteworthy animated films that have been created over the past half-century during which the International Animated Film Association has operated. The jury selected the 51 most noteworthy films (two films with equal point totals shared 15th place) from among the 852 films that were initially entered. Hotel E took 36th place.

Priit Pärn is the legend of international animated film. He began his career in a courageous and rebellious way, deep in the times of Communism, when Estonia was one of the Soviet republics.  His achievements prove that animated film is a discipline which can successfully deal with essential and difficult political and social issues and human condition. He can give the form of film expression even to the shameful, hidden features of the human psyche. He enjoys respect and trust in the international artistic community, and by his artistic activity and the results of his teaching, he contributes to make little Estonia a radiating cultural superpower. The respect and trust of his fellow countrymen helps him to do it, as Professor Jerzy Kucia describes the Dragon of Dragons laureate.

Often, the films by Priit Pärn comment upon political systems and movements or the condition of the society. He rejects images soothing to the eye and instead chooses vivid colors which worry and annoy the viewers. His unique style, characterised by black humor and surrealism, became an inspiration for a new generation of young film-makers.