Viola
English title: The Violin
- Studio
- Eesti Joonisfilm
- Distributor
- Eesti Joonisfilm
Synopsis
Life proceeds according to its everyday routine on an isolated island in the middle of a sea of sadness. A burnt-out violinist performs a tragicomic number with his dancer wife. And then a one-handed chairman takes his first steps... toward a more humane future.
Characters
Violinist, Dancer
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Priit Tender
Producing
- Producer
- Kalev Tamm, Linda Sade
Writing
- Writer
- Priit Tender
Animation
- Animator
- Marje Ale, Eve Tramberg, Eda Kurg, Tarmo Baarmets
Music
- Music
- Tõnu Kõrvits
Editing
- Editor
- Priit Tender
Crew
- Photography
- Ruth-Helene Kaasik, Meeli Küttim
- Design
- Priit Tender
- Art Director
- Priit Tender
- Sound
- Mati Schenberg
Production notes
The production of this film was supported by the Estonian Film Foundation and Estonian Culture Endowment.
Awards
Best Film/Grand Prix, Animerte Dager, Nordic and Baltic Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway, 2000.
Special International Jury Prize, International Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan, 2000
Special International Jury Prize, International Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan, 2000
Reviews
Viola
This is a lovely piece that i really enjoyed watching. i found the music very suitable for the cartoon.
i would love to be able to watch it again if someone could find it.