CYCLE: DIRECTOR

From 15.11. To 21.11.2021.

19. Zagreb Film Festival

Leeni Linna

Independent Estonian director and writer. She founded production company Linna Films. She graduated from the New York Film Academy and has directed several short films: Personal Space (2005), Taksojuht (2013), A Call Above the Clouds (2020) and A Wish Upon a Satellite (2021).

Filmography

Films by this director

A Wish Upon a Satellite

(Laika, Estonia, 2021)

Directed by: Leeni Linna

PHOTOGRAPHY: Daniel Lindholm

Synopsis:

Young Otto’s parents promised him a dog for his tenth birthday. But before they could fulfil their promise, there was a tragedy and Otto lost his parents. When he sees a shooting star the night before his tenth birthday, he once again makes a wish. But the star continues falling and crashes into the woods behind his grandmother’s house. In the forest, Otto discovers a spacecraft. When its hatch opens, a small dog comes out with Laika written on its collar. Knowing his grandmother is afraid of do...

color, 17'

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