Kaspar Jancis

Kaspar Jancis (born May 8, 1975) is an Estonian director of animated films, musician, composer. Kaspar Jancis was born in Tallinn as the son of Latvian pianist Valdis Jancis and Estonian ballet master, dancer and screenwriter Mai Murdmaa. Jancis' brother Rainer Jancis is a professional musician. He studied at Tallinn University and at Turku Arts and Media School, learning filmmaking. He has published one children's book: Kapten Morten lollide laeval ('Morten on a Ship of Fools'; 2010).

Villa Antropoff (2012)

A condom found on an African beach is an impulse for a black man to set off on a dangerous sea journey to Europe, in search of a better life. Meanwhile, Villa Antropoff hosts a typical international wedding party which, with every drink and every drug fix, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Vladimir Leschiov
CAST:  Juuli Lill  •  Kaspar Jancis  •  Nancy Phelps

A condom found on an African beach is an impulse for a black man to set off on a dangerous sea journey to Europe, in search of a better life. Meanwhile, Villa Antropoff hosts a typical international wedding party which, with every drink and every drug fix, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Vladimir Leschiov
CAST:  Juuli Lill  •  Kaspar Jancis  •  Nancy Phelps

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)

DIRECTION:  Priit Pärn  •  Olga Pärn
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis

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)

DIRECTION:  Priit Pärn  •  Olga Pärn
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis

Piano (2015)

Marta hauls a piano home from a used music shop. She almost succeeds. Albert tries for the thirtieth year already to tell Paula that he loves her. He almost succeeds. Paula wants to respond to Albert in the same vein. She almost succeeds. Police commissioner Kits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Juuli Lill

Marta hauls a piano home from a used music shop. She almost succeeds. Albert tries for the thirtieth year already to tell Paula that he loves her. He almost succeeds. Paula wants to respond to Albert in the same vein. She almost succeeds. Police commissioner Kits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Juuli Lill

Frank & Wendy (2004)

Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even sillier than the agents themselves. Frank and Wendy, for whom saving the world is their daily work, achieve both mental ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Ülo Pikkov  •  Priit Tender
CAST:  Peeter Oja  •  Jan Uuspõld  •  Janne Ševtšenko  •  Anne Reemann

Two American secret agents - Frank and Wendy - are sent to the world's hotbed of danger, known as Estonia. Estonia is a silly place, perhaps even sillier than the agents themselves. Frank and Wendy, for whom saving the world is their daily work, achieve both mental ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Ülo Pikkov  •  Priit Tender
CAST:  Peeter Oja  •  Jan Uuspõld  •  Janne Ševtšenko  •  Anne Reemann

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018)

Morten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he finds himself on his makeshift model ship sailing through a flooded cafe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Susie Power  •  Cian Patrick O'Dowd  •  Ciarán Hinds  •  Brendan Gleeson

Morten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he finds himself on his makeshift model ship sailing through a flooded cafe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Susie Power  •  Cian Patrick O'Dowd  •  Ciarán Hinds  •  Brendan Gleeson

Teofrastus (2018)

A tale of freedom and compassion, set in the 1980s Soviet Estonia, as experienced by a cat and recounted by its owner. Cat Teofrastus lives a homeless life at a train station. One day, he is offered a home by a family living in a nearby countryside house. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Kibus
CAST:  Aleksei Turovski  •  Maili Metssalu  •  Margus Grosnõi  •  Kaspar Jancis

A tale of freedom and compassion, set in the 1980s Soviet Estonia, as experienced by a cat and recounted by its owner. Cat Teofrastus lives a homeless life at a train station. One day, he is offered a home by a family living in a nearby countryside house. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergei Kibus
CAST:  Aleksei Turovski  •  Maili Metssalu  •  Margus Grosnõi  •  Kaspar Jancis

A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts (2019)

The people are awaiting someone special. Someone special is born: a grown man in a suit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucija Mrzljak  •  Morten Tšinakov
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis

The people are awaiting someone special. Someone special is born: a grown man in a suit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucija Mrzljak  •  Morten Tšinakov
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis

The Wild Swans (1987)

Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helle Karis
CAST:  Katri Horma  •  Juris Žagars  •  Andrejs Žagars  •  Ines Aru

Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helle Karis
CAST:  Katri Horma  •  Juris Žagars  •  Andrejs Žagars  •  Ines Aru

Men at Arms (2005)

Year 1208. The first Eastward enlargement of Europe is under way. Brutal forces of the Teutonic Order are steadily marching on. In their path live a simple and peaceful people, whose main pastimes include cultivating the earth, singing and, if possible, doing both ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaaren Kaer
CAST:  Ott Sepp  •  Mirtel Pohla  •  Uku Uusberg  •  Argo Aadli

Year 1208. The first Eastward enlargement of Europe is under way. Brutal forces of the Teutonic Order are steadily marching on. In their path live a simple and peaceful people, whose main pastimes include cultivating the earth, singing and, if possible, doing both ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaaren Kaer
CAST:  Ott Sepp  •  Mirtel Pohla  •  Uku Uusberg  •  Argo Aadli

Marathon (2006)

In a marathon running, a criminal hides among the runners, after blowing up a statue in the central square.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Sergo Vares  •  Inga Salurand  •  Risto Kübar  •  Ülo Pikkov

In a marathon running, a criminal hides among the runners, after blowing up a statue in the central square.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Sergo Vares  •  Inga Salurand  •  Risto Kübar  •  Ülo Pikkov

Crocodile (2009)

Ex opera singer works as a Crocodile in a shopping center. Until a femme fatale arrives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Andres Köster  •  Juuli Lill  •  Janek Joost  •  Kaspar Jancis

Ex opera singer works as a Crocodile in a shopping center. Until a femme fatale arrives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Andres Köster  •  Juuli Lill  •  Janek Joost  •  Kaspar Jancis

Cosmonaut (2020)

An old cosmonaut now lives his life in his flat, the same way as he lived it in a space station. He still does heroic missions, and misses his close relatives. His relatives see it differently. Is this old man capable of dealing with society's norms?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Siiri Kuus

An old cosmonaut now lives his life in his flat, the same way as he lived it in a space station. He still does heroic missions, and misses his close relatives. His relatives see it differently. Is this old man capable of dealing with society's norms?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Siiri Kuus

Weitzenberg Street (2002)

A man dreams of a woman. The woman is, in turn, interested in someone else. The man abandons his attempts to attract the woman's attention because he has discovered a new object of desire. The woman, in turn, becomes interested in the man. The man, though, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Margus Prangel  •  Egitha Zeno

A man dreams of a woman. The woman is, in turn, interested in someone else. The man abandons his attempts to attract the woman's attention because he has discovered a new object of desire. The woman, in turn, becomes interested in the man. The man, though, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaspar Jancis
CAST:  Kaspar Jancis  •  Margus Prangel  •  Egitha Zeno

Eeva (2022)

It’s pouring rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucija Mrzljak  •  Morten Tšinakov
CAST:  Lucija Mrzljak  •  Kaspar Jancis  •  Draško Ivezić

It’s pouring rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucija Mrzljak  •  Morten Tšinakov
CAST:  Lucija Mrzljak  •  Kaspar Jancis  •  Draško Ivezić

Tiiu and Dragon (2022)

Aunty Tiiu is hosting a dance party at her house and is thrilled when for once more than 3 people show up! Unfortunately the guests are all there because of a dragon attack, but Aunty Tiiu's best friend Marta has asked them to keep it a secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teresa Juksaar
CAST:  Tiina Tõnis  •  Merle Talvik  •  Lauri Nebel  •  Peeter Kaljumäe

Aunty Tiiu is hosting a dance party at her house and is thrilled when for once more than 3 people show up! Unfortunately the guests are all there because of a dragon attack, but Aunty Tiiu's best friend Marta has asked them to keep it a secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teresa Juksaar
CAST:  Tiina Tõnis  •  Merle Talvik  •  Lauri Nebel  •  Peeter Kaljumäe