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Director Anu Aun has graduated with BA from TV Directing and completed postgraduate studies in Film Directing in Baltic Film and Media School. Anu has produced and directed two feature films, several short films and documentaries. Anu’s latest feature Phantom Owl Forest reached over 147 000 viewers in domestic cinemas. Her short film Shift (2010) was selected to more than 70 international film festivals and won 17 prizes from all over the world. Anu’s debut feature The Polar Boy (2016) was developed in Torino Film Lab and Nipkow Program. The film screened in Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival official competition, Cairo International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and many others. Anu is currently in production with creative documentary Walker on Water.
Maria Avdjuško was born on May 9, 1968 in Tallinn. She is an actress graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1990. She has been working in Estonian Youth Theatre (1990-1992) and Estonian National Theatre (1992-2014). From 2015 she has been working as film producer and director in Taska Films and in Ugri Film.