BIWA JÄRVE 8 NÄGU
8 VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA
Trailer
Only Hanaka returns from the fateful trip. The girl, by this pointalmost no longer a child, holds fast to a promise she made to her best friend: never to grow up. Yet a budding passion that can no longer be suppressed causes her to falter. Just likeother protagonists in these eight stories who struggle to maintain their emotional balance, such as a grieving teacher, a fisheries inspector from afar, and a taciturn icon painter, each connected to the lake in their own unique way. Inspired by the classic Eight Views of Lake Biwa—a famous cycle of poetic landscape paintings depicting Japan's largest lake—director Marko Raat transposes its meditative imagery to an Estonian fishing village. Between reality and legend, an evocative mosaic emerges of guilt, metamorphosis, and the spirits that dwell deep within us.
Text: Emily Macrander
Tue 04.11. I 16:30 GLAD-HOUSE I original version with English subtitles + simultaneous German translation
Wed 05.11. I 13:00 KAMMERBÜHNE I original version with English subtitles + simultaneous German translation
Marko Raat
Sten Johan Lill, E.S.C.
Karri Niinivaara
Kristina Lõuk
Jakob Juhkam
Cast & Crew
Hanake: Elina Masing
Õnne: Tiina Tauraite
Sora/Olger: Jan Uuspõld
Roman: Hendrik Toompere
Mark Lwoff, Misha Jaari – Bufo
Marko Raat - Marko Raat is Estonian writer-director, active in the fields of both arthouse fiction film anddocumentary since 1999. He has a vast background in theatre directing, TV productions andin fine art. His latest feature length documentary FUNERAL DIARIES (2019) premiered atDok.Fest Munich and was the opening film of DocPoint Tallinn. His most recent short film ACHAIRMAN’S TALE (2015) had its debut at the International Art Exhibition of la Biennale diVenezia. His last feature length fiction film THE SNOW QUEEN (2010) had been developedat SOURCES2 and premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival. Marko premiered hisfresh feature film 8 VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA at IFFR 2024. He’s currently working on his nextdocumentary project, I’M A BIRD NOW.
