Erik Põllumaa

Erik Põllumaa

Nacimiento : 1985-01-11, Tartu, Estonia

Perfil

Erik Põllumaa

Películas

That's How It Is
Director of Photography
Film takes the viewer into the world of men living in small towns in Estonia, showing their everyday thoughts and concerns.
Dark Paradise
Director of Photography
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
Dreaming Arizona
Director of Photography
Where does the dream begin and reality end? In Dreaming Arizona, this is the question both for the central figures and for the viewer. Known for his staged documentaries, Danish director Jon Bang Carlsen has five American teenagers from a small town in Arizona reenact their own lives—past, present and future.
Machina Faust
Director of Photography
Takes a look at the life of the talented musician and composer, saxophonist Maria Faust. The film closely follows the birth of three works and how Maria's personal experiences are reflected in her work.
Resistance is Futile
Director of Photography
Two young men come to visit their friend, who, after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, spends his daily life in a remote country house. Spending a seemingly peaceful day together, the two young friends leave their friend with the hope that he will recover soon.
The Diary of Vaino Vahing
Director of Photography
When love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.
For Tomorrow Paradise Arrives
Director of Photography
The world is suffering from the flood of food waste, to save the environment and the future of their children, young mothers decide to feed their families by diving into the dumpsters of enormous supermarkets.
Rain
Director of Photography
The film follows 12-year-old Ats, whose older brother Rain unexpectedly returns to the family home in a small seaside town to face their authoritarian father Kalju and their mother, a woman on the verge of losing love. Ats is a witness to the clash between his father and brother, two stubborn men from different generations with radically different views of the world.
Verba Dierum: A Year with Marju Lepajõe
Director of Photography
People wander around looking for their lives that will always remain unattainable. This film is about Marju Lepajõe, who was a classical philologist, a religious historian and a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Tartu. With a witty charm, Marju reflects on the modern world, where the need and the ability to deal with a subject matter in depth have become insignificant. Even universities, temples of erudition and culture, are losing their intellectual aspect. Where can a scholar find their place in these unfavourable circumstances? The viewers get a chance to follow Marju on her path towards refined wording and personal truth. This is an encounter that broadens the mind, offers comfort and inspires
Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway
Director of Photography
Los agentes de la CIA Palmer y Gagano tienen la misión de destruir un virus de ordenador llamado "Soviet Union". Deciden entrar en el sistema usando la realidad virtual, pero la misión se convierte en una trampa.
Scandinavian Silence
Director of Photography
A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.
Take It or Leave It
Director of Photography
La mañana de un sábado cualquiera, Erik recibe la llamada de su exnovia, a la que no ve desde hace seis meses. Sorprendido, por lo que escucha, el obrero sin queda sin palabras: la chica está a punto de dar a luz. Aunque dice no estar preparada par ser madre, Erik no está del todo convencido de dar a la niña en adopción.
Portugal
Director of Photography
Karina and Martin are in a pleasent relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviours can shake it’s rush. Life is good. Perhaps it’s this perfection and frequent patterns that make them finally pose a question – is everything to be expected in life? This is a story about following the yearning of your soul. Longing for something other than the present and having the courage to be deliberately lost.
Telephone
Director of Photography
In the Russian city of Barentsburg, the miner, Viktor, lives. At 78 degrees north, he lives a life of isolation far from his son Tolik. Viktor is losing hearing, and in the unforgiving Arctic landscape, his reality is about just one thing - a connection.
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Director of Photography
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.
Delusion
Director of Photography
Tras haber tomado una difícil decisión, Anna y Juhan se sienten incapaces de seguir con sus vidas. Van a pasar unos días en la residencia veraniega de unos amigos,donde ofrecen cobijo a una pareja que se ha visto sorprendida por la tormenta. La pareja da por supuesto que la casa pertenece a Anna y Juhan y ellos no hacen nada para sacarles del error. En lugar de eso, aprovechan sus nuevos roles y empiezan a verbalizar su resentimiento mutuo ante los dos extraños. Pretenders es un drama psicológico sobre las verdades e ilusiones de una relación.
Roukli
Director of Photography
Two men on the run cause chaos in a small community that is on the brink of getting swallowed by war.
Superbia
Director of Photography
If you've been hit, one day you'll hit back. If you aren't loved, you won't love anyone, either.
In the Crosswind
Director of Photography
14 de junio de 1941. Sin previo aviso, decenas de miles de personas en Estonia, Letonia y Lituania son expulsadas de sus hogares. El objetivo de esta operación -llevada a cabo por orden del líder soviético, Joseph Stalin- es purgar los países bálticos de sus habitantes nativos. Erna, estudiante de filosofia, felizmente casada y madre de una hija pequeña, es deportada a Siberia.
Free Range
First Assistant Camera
Tras ser despedido de su trabajo en un periódico por escribir una crítica destructiva de una célebre película, Fred, un aspirante a escritor, se entera de que su novia está embarazada.
Is It You?
Director of Photography
A phone rings in the night. A man makes a mistake and picks it up.
Todos los músicos son bastardos
Director of Photography
En sus mejores sueños, el personaje principal de esta película, Leila (Riina Maidre), es una cantante resplandeciente. Sin embargo, toda su energía y talento se gasta en relaciones que carcomen su alma, sustancias que alteran la mente y exhibiciones glamorosas. Heleri desafía las reglas. Al jugar con las posibilidades del arte del cine, lleva al espectador a un universo incómodo donde el límite entre la realidad y la ilusión es increíblemente delgado. Este es un mundo que es familiar para todos los que en algún momento de su vida tuvieron que crecer y admitir que soñar no es suficiente por sí solo. Y quien tenga independientemente de que haya elegido soñar.
The Idiot
First Assistant Camera
A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness. Based on the book by F. Dostojevski.
The Temptation of St. Tony
Clapper Loader
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control of his life.
Lioness
Director of Photography
When a 15-year-old rebellious Stefi goes missing, her mother Helena has nothing left to lose anymore – why cling to sanity when madness offers a chance for reconciliation and love?