The Maggot Feeder (2012)
Original title: Ussinuumaja
A Chukchi folk tale
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...
The Maggot Feeder is an ancient Chukchi folk tale. It takes us on a journey to the darkest alleys of the human mind.
Director: Priit Tender
Main Data
View all| Production Firm(s) | Eesti Joonisfilm |
| Color | color |
| Film Category | Animation, Cartoon |
| Text / Dialogue | Estonian |
| Subtitles | English |
| Duration | 15:28 |
Crew
View all| Producer | Kalev Tamm |
| Director | Priit Tender |
| Screenwriter | Priit Tender |
| Cinematographer | Tauno Ööbik | Marje-Ly Liiv |
| Art Director | Priit Tender |
| Animator | Marje Ale | Karina Golovin | Ülle Metsur | Tarmo Vaarmets |
| Composer | Olga Letykai |
| Editor | Priit Tender |
Cast
View allLeading roles
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Taavi Eelmaa
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Elina Reinold
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Mari Lill
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Ülle Kaljuste
Jutustaja
Supporting roles
First releases
View all- in cinema: 1.11.2012, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn, Estonia
- at other places: 25.08.2012, Provideniye, Chukotka Autonomous Region, Russia
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Prize, Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2012, Animation Film of the Year: Priit Tender
- Prize, Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS (Latvia), 2013, Best Baltic Film
- Award, ReAnimania - Yerevan International Animation Film Festival (Yerevan, Armenia), 2013, Special Award by Armenian Cinema Union
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