Genre: short films, Estonian filmmakers

Duration: 1h 24min

 

“Fire Beneath the Ashes” is a collection of short films that spends an evening in a cheap hotel, walks to and from work in a small town weighed down by everyday worries, strips itself bare in a traditional Vana-Võromaa smoke sauna, casts light on the darker side of family relationships in an Indian slum, and finally listens to pounding radio beats in a 19th‑century farmhouse. Vividly distinctive settings and diverse stories find common ground in a shared tangle of emotions. A moldy loaf of bread may set a story in motion, or being left naked together, or a camera found at the dump — yet the constant thread is the heartache we all bravely, and stubbornly, carry.

 

Tickets can be bought from the internet or at Kai.

 

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Country: Estonia

Directors: Silvia Lorenzi, Elisabeth Kužovnik, Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash, Katariina Aule

Language: Estonian, English, Hindi, Mandarin

Subtitles: Estonian, English

Distribution: Homeless Bob

 

We also invite everyone to visit the exhibition “Exploded View” at Kai Art Center gallery, where new and recent works by Estonian artist Paul Kuimet and Norwegian artist Magnhild Øen Nordahl consider the relationship between visual representation and the lived experience of spaces and objects.

 

When visiting both the exhibition and the film screening on the same day, a combo ticket is available for €15 (discounted €10). The gallery is open until 18:00, so with a combo ticket we kindly ask you to visit the exhibition before the film screening begins.