Madli Lääne (Estonia)
The corners, slopes, dead ends, and curves of the Tallinn Cruise Terminal nudge us to ponder the dilemmas of the achievement society. Should we push ourselves into a box or shall we dare to be wrong? Based on the poem of European Poetry Slam Champion 2023 Joonas Veelmaa.
The corners, slopes, dead ends, and curves of the Tallinn Cruise Terminal nudge us to ponder the dilemmas of the achievement society. Should we push ourselves into a box or shall we dare to be wrong? Based on the poem of European Poetry Slam Champion 2023 Joonas Veelmaa.
Director, Writer: Madli Lääne
Producer: Johanna Maria Paulson
Key Cast: Raido Mägi
Madli is an Estonian film director, writer, editor, and lecturer. Madli’s dance film DEAR PASSENGERS (2022) won the Best Short Film at the National Film Industry Awards EFTA, Screendance Award at Leeds International Film Festival in UK, Second Award in MOVES Competition at Short Waves Festival in Poland, Special Jury Mention at Cinedans FEST in Netherlands, Best Choreography for the Screen Award at ZED Festival in Italy and Best Director and Audience Awards at FuoriFormato in Italy among others. YES! is her second dance film and is part of the collection DANCE + CITY. Madli holds an MFA in Film and Media Production from the University of Texas at Austin, USA (2017). She graduated as an editor from ifs international filmschool cologne in 2007 and has since worked as a freelance film editor.
Finalist of the screendance contest La Danza in un Minuto – Beyond One Minute 2025 section
