TMW x Cinema Sõprus Film Programme: u.Q.

From Soviet-era punk rebellion to brutalist concrete, surrealist fantasy portrait and zombie folk conquering the world — TMW's and Kino Sõprus' film programme takes you on a wild ride through the past and present of Estonian pop culture. Screenings are followed by conversations with the filmmakers and participants.

Sat, 11 Apr, 17.30

u.Q.

Director: Ivar Murd

Language: estonian

Subtitles: english

The film will be followed by a discussion by Ivar Murd and musicians & cast members Mart Avi and Florian Wahl.

An award-winning documentary about musician Uku Kuut and his mother, jazz and soul diva Marju Kuut — aka Maryn E. Coote — takes viewers on a geographical, political and musical journey. Illustrated by a pop-infused collage of home footage, interviews and stylised photographs, the mother-and-son duo travel from the Soviet Union to a recording studio in Los Angeles, via high school in Sweden, and back to the newly independent Estonia. With visuals that propel the story through their dynamism and unpredictability as it moves through different, niche musical subgenres, Uku and Marju’s life story is a veritable Greek comedy captured on 8mm, VHS and Betamax tape.

🎫Tickets: kinosoprus.ee

This is a special event. Admission is by separate ticket ONLY. Neither the TMW festival pass nor the PRO pass grants access to this screening.