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Northern Starfish (2014)

Original title: Põhjatäht

Animation Duration 14:13

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Mattias Mälk

Born on 25 September 1987 in Tallinn. Studied animation in 2006–2012 at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Made his first animated film Saturday Matinée (2008) and animated the puppet film On the Wrong Side (2009) as an undergraduate. He completed his second animated film Tuutu the Wisecracker (2011) to complete his master’s studies.
He has worked as a television serial character animator and as the art director and 3D modeller for the animated film XYZtopia. In addition, he has illustrated and drawn comics, and he has taught animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts and at the Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences. He began work at Eesti Joonisfilm Studio in
2013 as the director of the animated film Põhjatäht (The Northern Starfish).
Films:
2011 TUUTU THE WISECRACKER (7’41” / Estonian Academy of Arts)
2008 SATURDAY MATINÉE (4’56” / Estonian Academy of Arts)
2014 NORTHERN STARFISH (14’13” / Eesti Joonisfilm)

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