Who am I Smiling For?
Program:
Documentary competition
Year:
2023
Country:
Estonia
Genre:
Documentary
Duration:
61’
Mari has terminal cancer. That’s on top of fighting for custody of her daughter. In the midst of this all stands Oliver, the ever-smiling 12-year-old son. Mari prepares him for her death, how to talk or even play football with her after she passes away. When that day comes, he continues to share his life with her — not even death can separate them. This is a film about a young boy coming of age and navigating his life in a time of profound and irreversible change, finding his own way to grieve.
Eeva Mägi
Estonian writer-director based in Tallinn (b. 1987), who’s active in the field of fiction films and documentaries. She graduated from Directing Documentaries at the Baltic Film and Media School in 2015.
Eeva received the Young Filmmaker’s Award by the Estonian Cultural Endowment in 2018, then the DocPoint Tallinn Young Filmmaker Award in 2019.
Filmography: Süda Sõrve sääres (2019), 3rd Octave F (2022)
Creative team
Director
Eeva Mägi
Screenplay
Eeva Mägi, Oliver Cypriano
Camera
Sten-Johan Lill
Editing
Kersti Miilen
Music
Tanel Kadalipp
Sound Design
Ranno Tislar
Producer
Kristofer Piir
Production
Allfilm
Cast
Oliver Cypriano, Mari Minn, Urmas Minn, Maie Minn, Martin Minn
Offline film schedule
28.10 |
17:00
Zhovten Cinema | Kinoman
29.10 |
13:00
Zhovten Cinema | Kinoman
