Riho Unt

Riho Unt (born 15 May 1956 in Kose-Risti) is an Estonian animated film director, scenarist, artist. In 2001 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, V class

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)

DIRECTION:  Jan Švankmajer  •  Bill Plympton  •  Kihachiro Kawamoto  •  Mati Kütt  •  Jiří Barta  •  Priit Pärn  •  Pavel Koutský  •  Osamu Tezuka  •  Sally Cruikshank  •  Dušan Vukotić  •  Borivoj Dovniković 'Bordo'  •  Hardi Volmer  •  David Ehrlich  •  Candy Kugel  •  Joško Marušić  •  Riho Unt  •  Renzo Kinoshita  •  Nikola Majdak  •  Maureen Selwood
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An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan Švankmajer  •  Bill Plympton  •  Kihachiro Kawamoto  •  Mati Kütt  •  Jiří Barta  •  Priit Pärn  •  Pavel Koutský  •  Osamu Tezuka  •  Sally Cruikshank  •  Dušan Vukotić  •  Borivoj Dovniković 'Bordo'  •  Hardi Volmer  •  David Ehrlich  •  Candy Kugel  •  Joško Marušić  •  Riho Unt  •  Renzo Kinoshita  •  Nikola Majdak  •  Maureen Selwood
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North Dragon (2007)

With the help of Põrguneitsi, the mythological virgin of hell, a young man saves the world. When he later comes to understand that he has not changed anyone's attitude, he leads the world to ruins again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Robert Annus  •  Riina Maidre  •  Lee Trei  •  Anne Paluver

With the help of Põrguneitsi, the mythological virgin of hell, a young man saves the world. When he later comes to understand that he has not changed anyone's attitude, he leads the world to ruins again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Robert Annus  •  Riina Maidre  •  Lee Trei  •  Anne Paluver

The Master (2015)

A dog, Popi, and a monkey named Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home. But one day it becomes clear that he’s not going to be coming home anymore. From that day their mutual lives begin. While he is actually smarter and stronger than his simian companion, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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A dog, Popi, and a monkey named Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home. But one day it becomes clear that he’s not going to be coming home anymore. From that day their mutual lives begin. While he is actually smarter and stronger than his simian companion, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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Hing sees (2002)

A little boy and his big dream - toy soldiers with souls, who would close their eyes, when dying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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A little boy and his big dream - toy soldiers with souls, who would close their eyes, when dying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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Saamuel's Internet (2000)

Part of the puppet film trilogy "Gabbage Head," the film features the main character - the stubborn and selfish peasant Saamuel - and his loyal partner Pink Piglet. The actions take place in Internet, into where Saamuel and his Piglet get by accident. Saamuel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt  •  Piret Sigus
CAST:  Aarne Üksküla  •  Andrus Vaarik  •  Anne Veesaar  •  Lembit Ulfsak

Part of the puppet film trilogy "Gabbage Head," the film features the main character - the stubborn and selfish peasant Saamuel - and his loyal partner Pink Piglet. The actions take place in Internet, into where Saamuel and his Piglet get by accident. Saamuel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt  •  Piret Sigus
CAST:  Aarne Üksküla  •  Andrus Vaarik  •  Anne Veesaar  •  Lembit Ulfsak

Mary and the Seven Dwarfs (2017)

Having spent her entire life behind the convent walls, old and dignified nun Mary decides to fulfill her childhood dream. The only obstacle on her way is her fragmentary, almost non-existent memory. Mary is afraid that her ultimate dream may turn out to be a sin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Anu Lamp

Having spent her entire life behind the convent walls, old and dignified nun Mary decides to fulfill her childhood dream. The only obstacle on her way is her fragmentary, almost non-existent memory. Mary is afraid that her ultimate dream may turn out to be a sin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Anu Lamp

The Enchanted Island (1985)

A fairytale about the awkward Kohmits who frees his people from an evil spell. Based on the motifs from a Chukchee fairytale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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A fairytale about the awkward Kohmits who frees his people from an evil spell. Based on the motifs from a Chukchee fairytale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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Springfly (1986)

Based on A. H. Tammsaare´s short story "The Fly, the Cockroach and the Spider" this animation weights the problem ethics in human relationships.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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Based on A. H. Tammsaare´s short story "The Fly, the Cockroach and the Spider" this animation weights the problem ethics in human relationships.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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The War (1987)

The protagonist of the film is the Bat living in an old mill and fighting rats and crows. It’s the war fought by disproportioned forces, where the battle is won by cleverness, skill and cunning. Somewhere outside the mill another war is fought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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The protagonist of the film is the Bat living in an old mill and fighting rats and crows. It’s the war fought by disproportioned forces, where the battle is won by cleverness, skill and cunning. Somewhere outside the mill another war is fought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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Cabbage Head (1993)

A parody of a classical action film. The sequence of events is launched by a huge cabbage growing on a plot of land that belongs to a poor Estonian peasant woman. This super-cabbage attracts adventures from America, China and Soviet Russia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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A parody of a classical action film. The sequence of events is launched by a huge cabbage growing on a plot of land that belongs to a poor Estonian peasant woman. This super-cabbage attracts adventures from America, China and Soviet Russia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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Back to Europe (1997)

A parody of the classic adventure film genre. Farmer Samuel , has just become free from the Soviet Union and is in no hurry to join the European Union. Rather, he forces Europe to reckon with him – raising adventures and dangerous situations  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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A parody of the classic adventure film genre. Farmer Samuel , has just become free from the Soviet Union and is in no hurry to join the European Union. Rather, he forces Europe to reckon with him – raising adventures and dangerous situations  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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Brothers Bearhearts (2005)

The heroes of the film are three bear cubs from the cult painting by Ivan Shishkin "Morning in a Pine Forest". After losing their painter mom, the three brothers Henry, Vincent, and August appear in Paris, the City of Light every creator dreams of. All attempts to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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The heroes of the film are three bear cubs from the cult painting by Ivan Shishkin "Morning in a Pine Forest". After losing their painter mom, the three brothers Henry, Vincent, and August appear in Paris, the City of Light every creator dreams of. All attempts to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
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Miriam by the Lake (2017)

Miriam goes camping with her family and her chicken, on the lakeside. But a chicken was not made just for swimming and sunbathing. It was made to get in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt  •  Sergei Kibus
CAST:  Eva Püssa  •  Marta Püssa  •  Hans Matthias Andreas  •  Ants Andreas

Miriam goes camping with her family and her chicken, on the lakeside. But a chicken was not made just for swimming and sunbathing. It was made to get in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt  •  Sergei Kibus
CAST:  Eva Püssa  •  Marta Püssa  •  Hans Matthias Andreas  •  Ants Andreas

The Wings (2019)

Freak inventor Jaan's far fetched dreams about ascending to the clouds are about to materialize when he's joined by the great Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci's spirit. Instead, Jaan's wife Lisa, neglected by the crazy genius, gets metamorphosed into a winged ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Juuli Lill  •  Andrus Vaarik  •  Argo Aadli

Freak inventor Jaan's far fetched dreams about ascending to the clouds are about to materialize when he's joined by the great Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci's spirit. Instead, Jaan's wife Lisa, neglected by the crazy genius, gets metamorphosed into a winged ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Juuli Lill  •  Andrus Vaarik  •  Argo Aadli

Lili (2008)

A herd of war-torn and hungry rats tries to get an answer to the question of who is Lili Marleen from a mortally wounded young soldier stuck in a projectile funnel. Is it a reminder of first love or first relationship with a prostitute earning her daily bread? Lili ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Hele Kõrve  •  Jarmo Murumaa  •  Anu Lamp  •  Veiko Tubin

A herd of war-torn and hungry rats tries to get an answer to the question of who is Lili Marleen from a mortally wounded young soldier stuck in a projectile funnel. Is it a reminder of first love or first relationship with a prostitute earning her daily bread? Lili ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Hele Kõrve  •  Jarmo Murumaa  •  Anu Lamp  •  Veiko Tubin

Happy Birthday (2011)

"Happy Birthday" is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot. Does the robot manage to break the formed dogmas and convert the religion into his favour or will the status quo remain firm?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Tõnu Oja  •  Priit Võigemast

"Happy Birthday" is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot. Does the robot manage to break the formed dogmas and convert the religion into his favour or will the status quo remain firm?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riho Unt
CAST:  Tõnu Oja  •  Priit Võigemast

Primavera (1998)

PRIMAVERA is a three dimensional film featuring puppets that work in the so called telescope system which tries with the help of stylised images to visually depict the great variety existing in nature, the food chain and variations in the reproduction of different ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
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PRIMAVERA is a three dimensional film featuring puppets that work in the so called telescope system which tries with the help of stylised images to visually depict the great variety existing in nature, the food chain and variations in the reproduction of different ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer  •  Riho Unt
CAST: