Skin of a Mandarin

9.5
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 17 min
  • Premiere: 2023. November 9.

The film delicately follows 25-year-old Anna, whose mother has died suddenly. She wants to send her Orthodox mother on her last journey according to customs, but she runs into bureaucratic rules that do not allow Anna to dress her departed mother herself. This conflict brings her together with Maria, a 45-year-old funeral home worker, who in this story represents the hidden fears of death and grief on a deep emotional level.

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Art

Allan Appelberg

Production Design

Allan Appelberg

Graphic Designer

Erki Kase

Assistant Art Director

Lauri Koppel

Assistant Art Director

Eva Reiska

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Ugnius Tuleikis

Director of Photography

Mihkel Aan

Digital Imaging Technician

Fidelia Regina Randmäe

Assistant Camera

Ingvar Heamägi

Focus Puller

Herkki-Erich Merila

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Jaanus Vahtra

Costume Design

Merlit Veldi

Makeup Designer

Janne Muttlik

Makeup Artist

Crew

Tiina Teras

Translator

Tanel Aumere

Catering

Directing

Jaanika Arum

Director

Salme-Riine Uibo

Assistant Director

Triin Kadaja

Script Supervisor

Editing

Lighting

Pau Vélez

Gaffer

Mihkel Ernits

Electrician

Remi Reimund

Electrician

Diego Barajas

Electrician

Production

Tiina Savi

Producer

Kaido Kivitoa

Location Coordinator

Ivar Heinpalu

Location Coordinator

Sound

Mart Kessel-Otsa

Sound Designer

Sofia Zaitseva

Original Music Composer

Mart Kessel-Otsa

Sound Recordist

Jevgeni Berezovski

Boom Operator

Mart Kessel-Otsa

Foley Artist

Harmo Kallaste

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Harmo Kallaste

Sound Editor

Writing

Jaanika Arum

Screenplay

Anti Naulainen

Script Consultant

Art

Allan Appelberg

Production Design

Allan Appelberg

Graphic Designer

Erki Kase

Assistant Art Director

Lauri Koppel

Assistant Art Director

Eva Reiska

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Ugnius Tuleikis

Director of Photography

Mihkel Aan

Digital Imaging Technician

Fidelia Regina Randmäe

Assistant Camera

Ingvar Heamägi

Focus Puller

Herkki-Erich Merila

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Jaanus Vahtra

Costume Design

Merlit Veldi

Makeup Designer

Janne Muttlik

Makeup Artist

Crew

Tiina Teras

Translator

Tanel Aumere

Catering

Directing

Jaanika Arum

Director

Salme-Riine Uibo

Assistant Director

Triin Kadaja

Script Supervisor

Editing

Lighting

Pau Vélez

Gaffer

Mihkel Ernits

Electrician

Remi Reimund

Electrician

Diego Barajas

Electrician

Production

Tiina Savi

Producer

Kaido Kivitoa

Location Coordinator

Ivar Heinpalu

Location Coordinator

Sound

Mart Kessel-Otsa

Sound Designer

Sofia Zaitseva

Original Music Composer

Mart Kessel-Otsa

Sound Recordist

Jevgeni Berezovski

Boom Operator

Mart Kessel-Otsa

Foley Artist

Harmo Kallaste

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Harmo Kallaste

Sound Editor

Writing

Jaanika Arum

Screenplay

Anti Naulainen

Script Consultant