Priit Pärn
Priit Pärn (born August 26, 1946 in Tallinn) is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals. Pärn formerly worked as a plant ecologist; his career in animation began when he accepted Rein Raamat's proposal to make a design for Kilplased (1974). After a brief apprenticeship in Joonisfilm, he directed his first film Is the Earth Round? in 1977. Pärn's most important films are considered to be Triangle (1982), Breakfast on the Grass (1987), Hotel E (1992), 1895 (co-directed by Janno Põldma, 1995) and Night of the Carrots (1998). Pärn's style is characterized by black humour, playful surrealism and a unique graphic style. His somewhat crude style marked the departure from both Rein Raamat's overtly serious and moralizing films as well as the Disneyesque style propagated by the directors of Soyuzmultfilm. In his footsteps (and occasionally copying his style to a large degree) have followed numerous new generation Estonian film makers, most notably Ülo Pikkov and Priit Tender. Influences of Pärn's graphical style can also be seen in such commercial animated series as Rugrats and AAAHH!!! Real Monsters! directed by Igor Kovalyov. In 2002 Pärn was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Animated Film Association, and he received Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2008. Divers in the Rain (2010), ...
Animated Self-Portraits (1989)
An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation. (more)
An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation. (more)
Hotel E (1992)
A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray. (more)
A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray. (more)
1895 (1995)
1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What inspired them? (more)
1895 is a picture about the life of brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, who have immortalized their names as inventors of cinematography. What inspired them? (more)
Divers in the Rain (2009)
He, the early riser, and she, the early worker, meet only for a kiss goodbye. It's raining. The great ship sinks slowly but surely. The men do their work, the kind of work where there is no room for haste and only one mistake is made. In such a life, the last ... (more)
He, the early riser, and she, the early worker, meet only for a kiss goodbye. It's raining. The great ship sinks slowly but surely. The men do their work, the kind of work where there is no room for haste and only one mistake is made. In such a life, the last ... (more)
Breakfast on the Grass (1987)
Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard Manet that provides the title. (more)
Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard Manet that provides the title. (more)
The Last Relic (1970)
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she ... (more)
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she ... (more)
Pilots on the Way Home
(2014)
Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous and unpredictable course that will ultimately lead them home, they fall prey to visions and must confront the siren ... (more)
Having suffered the loss of their plane, three pilots inexplicably find themselves stranded in the middle of the desert. While following the perilous and unpredictable course that will ultimately lead them home, they fall prey to visions and must confront the siren ... (more)
Karl and Marilyn (2003)
Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary people, after which he crosses paths with fame-seeking Marilyn. Ordinary Karl is the force that turns Marilyn into ... (more)
Karl is tired of the heavy burden of fame that oppresses him and he decides to liberate himself from it. He returns to life among so called ordinary people, after which he crosses paths with fame-seeking Marilyn. Ordinary Karl is the force that turns Marilyn into ... (more)
The Eyeless Hunter. A Khanty Story (2017)
Incensed at his laziness, a shrewd, cunning wife steals the eyes of her husband while he rests instead of hunting. (more)
Incensed at his laziness, a shrewd, cunning wife steals the eyes of her husband while he rests instead of hunting. (more)
Some Exercises in Preparation of an Independent Life (1981)
A sometimes harsh, sometimes goofy look at the routines that give our lives form. (more)
A sometimes harsh, sometimes goofy look at the routines that give our lives form. (more)
The Triangle (1982)
A surreal view of marriage that actually grows funnier as it progresses through its fourteen minutes towards a conclusion that is not unexpected. (more)
A surreal view of marriage that actually grows funnier as it progresses through its fourteen minutes towards a conclusion that is not unexpected. (more)
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter (1982)
Arabella is a daughter of the world's most terrifying pirate captain. She loves her father but also dreams about a life of a usual girl. One day a weird stranger is saved from the sea who will be the only friend of Arabella. At the same time a rival pirate called ... (more)
Arabella is a daughter of the world's most terrifying pirate captain. She loves her father but also dreams about a life of a usual girl. One day a weird stranger is saved from the sea who will be the only friend of Arabella. At the same time a rival pirate called ... (more)
Time Out (1985)
An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown. (more)
An anxious cat, immediately engaged in a flurry of stressful morning activities, works himself into a nervous breakdown. (more)
Night of the Carrots (1998)
Diego the bicyclist waits to check into the PGI hotel, where each room's inhabitant seems more bizarre than the last, and the rabbits on the top floor have discovered the secret of voodoo, using electronics and carrots. Can the rare and unpredictable night of the ... (more)
Diego the bicyclist waits to check into the PGI hotel, where each room's inhabitant seems more bizarre than the last, and the rabbits on the top floor have discovered the secret of voodoo, using electronics and carrots. Can the rare and unpredictable night of the ... (more)
Pärnography (2005)
This inventive documentary about famed Estonian animator Priit Parn is an involving look at his socialist, absurd, sometimes grotesque art in the eyes of Parn himself, his colleagues, and his fans and suggests that Estonia owes its independence to its animation ... (more)
This inventive documentary about famed Estonian animator Priit Parn is an involving look at his socialist, absurd, sometimes grotesque art in the eyes of Parn himself, his colleagues, and his fans and suggests that Estonia owes its independence to its animation ... (more)
Life Without Gabriella Ferri (2008)
A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this, cooped up despondently in his room banging his head against the wall. To get away from the situation, he escapes into a ... (more)
A man and a woman lead a complicated love life, filled with erotic tension and despotic passion. Their son is an involuntary witness to all this, cooped up despondently in his room banging his head against the wall. To get away from the situation, he escapes into a ... (more)
...And Plays Tricks (1978)
A tiny green bear (the Trickster) tries his best to impress a group of animals with his annoying tricks. (more)
A tiny green bear (the Trickster) tries his best to impress a group of animals with his annoying tricks. (more)
I Feel in the Back of My Head... (2007)
Poetic, experimental animated short directed by one of the greatest Estonian cartoonists Priit Pärn. (more)
Poetic, experimental animated short directed by one of the greatest Estonian cartoonists Priit Pärn. (more)