Lioness (Emalõvi), dir. Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo, drama/thriller, 95’, Estonia/Latvia/Germany, 2024
Helena is a strong and very competent paramedic who has no difficulty handling the practical details of everyday life. But the fact that she has emotionally abandoned her daughter remains invisible to her. When the smart but lonely 15-year-old Stefi stops going to school, stays out all night, joins a violent gang and ends up in hospital after an overdose, a desperate plan forms in Helena’s mind. She plans to kidnap Stefi and lock her up in the family’s old summerhouse. But Stefi goes missing from the hospital, trapping Helena somewhere between sanity and madness.
International Premiere Warsaw International Film Festival, October 2024
Scriptwriter Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo
Cinematographer Erik Põllumaa
Production Designer Laura Dišlere
Sound Director Seppo Vanhatalo
Main Cast Katariina Unt
Producer Ivo Felt
Production Company Allfilm
In Co-production with Ego Media (Latvia), Heymathafen Film (Germany)
Co-producers Guntis Trekteris, Sebastian Weyland, Manfred Giesecke, Toomas Illi
Supported by
Estonian Film Institute
Estonian Cultural Endowment
National Film Centre of Latvia
Hamburg Film Fund
Contacts
Guntis Trekteris
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