Documentary “Homing Beyond” (“Põlvkond piiri taga”) by Terje Toomistu is screened in New York Estonian House on May 22nd at 3 p.m. Screening is followed by the discussion with the author.
Event is free, please register here latest on May 16th.
“Homing Beyond” is Terje Toomistu’s documentary about young people who have left Estonia for various reasons. At the heart of the film is a generation born after Estonia joined the European Union and who decided to go abroad to work, study or explore the world. But years later, returning to Estonia is often not as easy. The new place of residence often offers attractive career prospects and better living conditions, and important close relationships have developed. People fall in love and get married, find new comfort zones and ways to step out of them again. “Homing Beyond” brings to the viewer a story about Estonians with colorful destinies living in different parts of the world, who honestly and openly share their personal stories, thoughts and feelings about migration, belonging and roots.
WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY TERJE TOOMISTU / EDITED BY MADLI LÄÄNE / CINEMATOGRAPHER AIVO RANNIK / 2nd CINEMATOGRAPHER ALEKSANDR HEIFETS / COMPOSER TRENT HAWKINS / SOUND DESIGN BY INDREK SOE / COLOURIST MART RAUN / POST-PRODUCTION LUXFILM
29 minutes, with English subtitles
© 2022 Terje Toomistu & Cece Film In collaboration with the University of Tartu’s Department of Ethnology. Supported by Postimees Fund/ Terje Toomistu’s Noor-Eesti research grant; Cultural Endowment of Estonia; Estonian Film Institute/Filipp Kruusvall; Estonian Public Broadcasting/Viola Salu