The Shadow of Dawn
Eha Vari
OLGA STALEV I 2024 I Estonia I 14:52 min
Folkloric Fantasy I Estonian w/ English subititles I Philippine Premiere
OPENING SHORT FILM I MALIGPOT FANTASTIKA
After rejecting a lovesick Woodcutter, Dawn is kidnapped by servants of a Beast. Desperate, she releases her shadow to find help. The Shadow follows a strange bird to a forest Witch, who reveals the Beast is the cursed Woodcutter, punished for killing a bird in anger. The Witch warns Dawn will die at sunrise without her shadow. To save them both, the Shadow must enter the Beast’s dream and confront the man beneath the curse.
SCREENING SCHEDULE
AUGUST 29, 2025 I FRIDAY
5 PM I CENTRO DE TURISMO
FREE I Intermission gap after Opening Films
co-presented with Sentro Rizal Filipinas
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CENTRO DE TURISMO & MUSEO INTRAMUROS
Old San Ignacio Church, Arzobispo St, Intramuros, Manila, 1002 Metro Manila
Stop motion director, animator, and prop maker, born in 1989. After graduating school in 2008, she began her studies in Estonian Academy of Arts, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Animation. During her study she also was an Erasmus student in FAMU, Czech republic. In 2012 she started her stop motion career at Nukufilm studio, first as prop- and puppet maker and then as animator. In early 2018 she was invited to work on “Vanamehe Film” feature project at BOP animation studio. Since 2016, Olga has been teaching stop motion animation at Estonian Academy of Arts.
