Priit Tender
Priit Tender (born (born February 7, 1971 in Tallinn) is an Estonian animator and animated film director. His animation films have won numerous prizes from international animation film festivals. Since 2019, he has been the head of the animation department of the Estonian Academy of Arts.
The Maggot Feeder (2012)
A man decides to kill his wife because she can’t have children. He builds a stone house on the seashore and starts to grow maggots in it. When the maggots are as thick as a wrist, he invites his wife for a walk on the beach… (more)
A man decides to kill his wife because she can’t have children. He builds a stone house on the seashore and starts to grow maggots in it. When the maggots are as thick as a wrist, he invites his wife for a walk on the beach… (more)
Bird Flu (2016)
It's about a man, a snake, a drunk penguin and the disappearance of birds. It's about an apple tree and apples, roots and rootlessness. It's about paradise and being expelled from it. (more)
It's about a man, a snake, a drunk penguin and the disappearance of birds. It's about an apple tree and apples, roots and rootlessness. It's about paradise and being expelled from it. (more)
House of Unconsciousness (2015)
This film is based on a long-term study of the dreams of chimney sweepers. The most frequently encountered images have been selected from the abundant material available and the script was created on the basis of those images. Statistics support the claim that this ... (more)
This film is based on a long-term study of the dreams of chimney sweepers. The most frequently encountered images have been selected from the abundant material available and the script was created on the basis of those images. Statistics support the claim that this ... (more)
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)
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)
Orpheus (2019)
Orpheus can enchant everyone with his music, even animals and plants. His song can also rescue his beloved Euredice from the underworld, under one condition - Orpheus must reach the land of the living before looking to see if his love is following him. (more)
Orpheus can enchant everyone with his music, even animals and plants. His song can also rescue his beloved Euredice from the underworld, under one condition - Orpheus must reach the land of the living before looking to see if his love is following him. (more)
Gravity (1996)
Our hero Udo embarks on something that can imagine a hike. Along the way, he meets some mildly absurd characters. (more)
Our hero Udo embarks on something that can imagine a hike. Along the way, he meets some mildly absurd characters. (more)
Viola (1999)
A burnt out violinist performs a morbid show every night with his dancer wife. (more)
A burnt out violinist performs a morbid show every night with his dancer wife. (more)
Fox Woman (2002)
The film is based on a legend of the Mapuche Indians. It is the story about a fox that goes to heaven to visit her uncle, but gets cruelly cast down. In the film the personification of animals provides this slightly absurd legend with social context. (more)
The film is based on a legend of the Mapuche Indians. It is the story about a fox that goes to heaven to visit her uncle, but gets cruelly cast down. In the film the personification of animals provides this slightly absurd legend with social context. (more)
Dog Apartment (2022)
Bad fortune has deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolkhoz. Here he's having his mundane fights against routine, domestic animals and alcohol. (more)
Bad fortune has deported a ballet dancer Sergei to a suburban kolkhoz. Here he's having his mundane fights against routine, domestic animals and alcohol. (more)