Section: Short Film Competition

VIRAGO

Kerli Kirch-Schneider

Estonia, 2019, 15 Min

The little village of Virago would appear to be bedevilled: one after the other local males die before they are able to reach the age of forty. For their wives this is, for the most part, more a welcome relief than a problem in this black comedy on gender clichés.

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Virago (lat.) – a dominant, powerful woman.

For some Virago is a paradise: the women go efficiently about their work, willingly help one another, and blithely dance and make merry. However not everyone's happy about the mysterious happenings in the village. Thus, it is that Olga leaves no stone unturned in trying to prevent the seemingly inescapable death of her husband.

Director Kerli Kirch Schneider drew inspiration from her ancestral village in VIRAGO, a tribute to her fellow countrymen who met a tragically early end as well as the women who, in spite of everything, managed to keep the community going. DJ

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / Colour

Drehbuch
Kerli Kirch-Schneider

Kamera
Mart Ratassepp E.S.C.

Ton
Ann Reimann

Schnitt
Marion Koppel

Ausstattung
Kaia Tungal

Musik
Ann Reimann

Darsteller
Tiina Tauraite, Juhan Ulfsak

Produzent
Diana Mikita

Produktion
Nafta Films

Kontakt
Interfilm Berlin Management GmbH

Cord Deuppe
Straßburger Str. 55
10405, Berlin
Germany

cord.d@interfilm.de
+49 (0)30 25 94 29 03

Kerli Kirch-Schneider - born in 1985 in Estonia. She is currently completing her PhD in Media Communication at the University of Miami. She has been involved in the medium of film for several years. VIRAGO is her directing debut, for which she also wrote the script. She is currently working on two more scripts for a feature film debut.

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