OUR MEMBERS
OUR MEMBERS
STELLAR FILM
ESTONIA
COMPANY PROFILE
Stellar Film is one of the leading production companies in Estonia, established in 2015 and run by Evelin Penttilä and Johanna Maria Paulson. Our films have been shown at numerous festivals around the world, such as TIFF, Sundance, Hot Docs, Palm Springs IFF, Black Nights IFF, Cameraimage IFF, Fantastic Fest and many others. Our goal is to tell encouraging and inspiring stories that are spiced with witty humor but at the same time do not shy away from depicting the tragedies of life. We aim at bringing Estonian talent to the world, but also participating in intriguing international films.
COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
THE MISSILE 2024
Format: Feature Film
Director: Miia Tervo
Premiered at Göteborg FF (Göteborg, Sweden) 2024
THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT 2024
Format: Short Film
Director: Anna Hints
Won the Baltic Producers Media Award at Baltic Pitching Forum 2021 (Vilnius, Lithuania). Premiered at
Tampere FF (Tampere, Finland) 2024: International Competition
HIT BIG 2022
Format: Feature Film
Director: J.P. Valkeapää
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinn, Eesti) 2022: Official Selection – Competition
DEAR PASSENGERS 2022
Format: Short Experimental Film
Director: Madli Lääne
Premiered at Palm Springs International Short Fest (California, USA) 2022. Has participated in more than
10 festivals, among them Aspen 32. Shortfest (Colorado, USA) 2023, Busan International FF (South Korea)
2023 (Special Mention of the Jury). Won the Best Baltic Short Film award at the 27th Riga International Short
FF 2ANNAS (Riga, Latvia) 2023 and Best Short Film award at Estonian Film and Television Awards
(Tallinn, Estonia) 2023.
THE SLEEPING BEAST 2022
Format: Feature Film
Director: Jaak Kilmi
Has Participated at more than 15 festivals among them: Giffoni FF (Naples, Italy) 2022 and GOA –
International FF of India 2022: World Panorama. Won the award of the Junior Jury at SCHLINGEL FF in
2022, Audience awards at Filem’On FF in 2022, Best Feature Film at JUNIORFEST in 2022, Audio-visual
arts annual award From the Cultural Endowment of Estonia in 2023. Was nominated at EFTA for 8 different
categories and won the best scriptwriter and best editor award.
FOR TOMORROW PARADISE ARRIVES 2021
Format: Short Documentary
Director: Anna Hints
Has Participated in more than 5 festivals among them Love & Anarchy FF (Helsinki, Finland) 2021 and
Hot Docs Shorts (USA) 2022.
HELENE 2020
Format: Feature Film
Director: Antti Jokinen
Premiered at Shanghai FF in 2020 and won the Cameraimage Silver Frog Award in 2020.
MARIA'S PARADISE 2019
Format: Feature Film
Director: Zaida Bergroth
Participated in Toronto International FF in 2019
BAD HAIR 2019
Format: Short Film
Genre: Horror
Director: Oskar Lehemaa
Screenplay: Oskar Lehemaa
Participated in more than 60 festivals among them: Sundance FF (USA) 2020, Tampere FF (Finland)
2020 and BIFAN – Bucheon International Fantastic FF (South Korea) 2020. Has won 10 awards, among
them the Silver Méliés award at HÕFF 2019; Gold medal at Fantasia (Montreal, Canada) 2019; Best Short Film at Fantastic Fest (Austin, USA) 2019