Maksim Golomidov - 1st cameraman
Max asks: "Can my Top 5 film list describe me?

1. Andrei Tarkovsky's Films
2. Wong Kar Wai's Films
3. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's Films
4. Three Extremes: Dumplings; Going Home
5. My own Films, why not

Yes, it can, Max!

Johannes Arro - 2nd cameraman
Date of Birth: 22th of May, 1985
 
He is currently studying at the Baltic Film and Media School. 
  
His words exactly: "It seems weird to write about myself, I guess others could characterise me better. However, if it is necessary to write about what I think about movies, then as you can see from my top 5, I am not much of an "arty" type of film specialist. I'm ruined by Hollywood! Good camera work is the thing I look for in the movies."

Johannes is more of a person of deeds than unnecessery words.
  
Top 5 Film list:
1. Living in Oblivion (Tom DiCillo)
2. Snatch (Guy Ritchey)
3. Black Hawk Down (Sir Ridley Scott)
4. City Of God (Fernando Meirelles)
5. Match Point (Woody Allen)

Peter Kilkenny - assistant cameraman

Peter describes himself: "I'm a student with high aims and little hopes of reaching them all, but thats what keeps me driven. I particularly enjoy twenty hour working days filled with blood, sweat and tears. At the end of this project I've been
able to walk away with confidence, a number of new colleagues and friends
and a huge smile on my face. What more could I ask for?"

Peter proved right!
  
His all time top 5 films would have to be:
5. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Goodbye Lenin
3. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
2. The Usual Suspects
1. High Fidelity

Alis Mäesalu - lighting
Date of Birth: 17th of February, 1979
 
She was born in Pärnu. In 2003 she garduated from Tartu Higher Art School, specialising in photography. Since then she has mainly been in France, taking part in several (audio)visual projects. From the autumn of 2005 she has been doing her Master degree in cinematogarphy in Toulouse Ecole Superieur d'Audiovisuel, France.

She is Estonian, speaks French fluently and English with a lovely French accent.
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Empty House (Kim Ki-duk)
2. The City of Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
3. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovski)
4. What have I done to Deserve this? (Pedro Almodovar)
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)

Sten-Erik Toos - lighting assistant
Date of Birth: 5th of February, 1986
 
Well, he gets very easily excited about activities and situations. Then he gets tired of the activities and the situations for a moment... and then he gets excited again about the same things. He watches about 2-3 films a day. He talks non-stop, especially if the subject has anything to do with the movies.

These were actually his own words, the crew has witnessed only the first and third phases. Well done, Sten-Erik!
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Solyaris (Andrei Tarkovsky)
2. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
3. Ariel (Aki Kaurismäki-)
4. C`est Arrive Pres de Chez Vouz (Remy Belvaux)
5. The Good,the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone)

Antti Mäss - sound operator and sound postproduction
Date of Birth: 21st of of February, 1979
 
He has studied sound engineering for film and video in the University of Tallinn. At the moment he is studying cultural management in Universitas Tartuensis Viljandi Culture Academy. As a hobby he develops konverter.ee, a web-portal dedicated to quality sound and does music in a group called "El Roboticos Digitablos". He is also an executive director of art-squat gallery "NLG".

He is the man with many talents!
 
Important: ambient / tube-amplifiers / listening to the space / nature / peace
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)
2. Lost Highway (David Lynch)
3. The Bow (Kim Ki Duk)
4. 1895 (Priit Pärn)
5. Immortel (Enki Bilal)
..and all the rest from these directors.

Valerie Volmier - sound operator

She has been studying cinema in France for three years and sound for two years in ESAV school in Toulouse, France.

She can beat you in song guessing game anytime!
  
5 top Films :
1. Darwin's Nightmare
2. Delivrance
3. Devil in the Flesh (1947)
4. The Mirror
5. Donnie Darko

Eva-Maria Gramakovsky - set designer

Eva's humor is as sharp as Gillette Mach3 Turbo. Basically the best a filmmaker can get.

Top 5 Films:
1. "Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events" Brad Silberling
2. "The return" Andrei Zvyagintsev
3. "Stalker" Andrei Tarkovsky
4. "Somnambuul" Sulev Keedus
5. "Hero" Zhang Yimou

Olivia Osik - set designer
Date of Birth: 8th of December, 1980  

Olivia says about herself:
"I am like glass - I reflect and I'm seethrough.
In the mornings I reflect the sun or the clouds.
During the day, other people.
In the evening the dusk.
And at night the dreams reflect on my face."

She is right about that!
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Scent of a Woman
2. Frida
3. The Hours
4. Amelie
5. American Beauty

Daria Kornijenko - Russian script supervisor
Date of Birth: 5th of January, 1986  

Daria reveals her secret: "I would like to live a different life every day: change my name, mood, voice, attitude and looks. I'm afraid it has not been possible so far..."

Well, it has been completely our luck then, because she is already perfect now! And mysterious.
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Scarlet Diva (by Asia Argento)
2. Goddess (by Renata Litvinova)
3. La Fille sur le Pont (by Patrice Leconte)
4. Mon Ange (by Serge Frydman)
5. La Repentie (by Laetitia Masson)
Helena Sikk - timecode lady
Date of birth: 25th of February, 1986
 
She says: "Deep down in my heart I am a gypsy. Or Spanish. I choose both." We say: "Calm surface over deep waters."
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Amelie 
2. Matchpoint
3. Lolita
4. Sin City
5. Girl, Interrupted

Merlit Miländer - make-up

There is a rumor that Merlit was already a professional even before she was born. She can make-up during the night shootings, attend different Summer concerts and plays around Estonia and can still remain the most positive person on the set (though the competition to the position was high!) - all at the same time. Small remark, Estonia is a small country in Europe, ca 45 000 squermeters in total. But this does not diminish Merlit's value at all.

Top 5 Films:
"The Beach"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Kill Bill" 1 ja 2 - very bloody
"Yellow Mask" - the legendary children horror movie in Estonia

Karmen Hännile - responsible for continuity
Date of Birth: 5th of August, 1984
 
Karmen's words exactly: "I am a positive and strong character. Free as a bird. At the moment I love most of all what I study. I despise injustice. If I see it anywhere and it bothers me, then I am ready to defend the weaker just like a mother lion.
I consider myself lucky, as I have achieved a lot what I have wanted to and some of my dreams have come true too."

She is out there, be aware!
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Non-Hollywood films
2. Blow
3. Good Will Hunting
4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
5. Kevade (Spring - Estonian classic)

Tarmo Rajaleid - editor
Date of Birth: 22th of December, 1982
 
Second year master student in the Baltic Film and Media School studying film editing. 

Tarmo is the king! (of film equipments, editing, etc.)
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Citizen Kane
2. Die Hard
3. 2001: Space Oddysse
4. Memento
5. and... Detour (Thanks, Tarmo!)

Yuliya Sokolova - on location editor
Date of Birth: 19th of January, 1985

She is currently finishing her BA in the Baltic Film and Media School, in Tallinn, Estonia; specialising in Audiovisual Media.
 
She prefers to enjoy everything she does. Filmmaking is in her list of pleasant and important things. For us all!
 
Her current top 5:
1. Jules et Jim (Truffaut)
2. The Red Desert (Antonioni)
3. Crime and Punishment (Kaurismäki)
4. Theorem (Pasolini)
5. The Bow (Kim Ki-Duk)

Mari-Liis Kapustin - PR team
Date of Birth: 12th of August, 1978
 
She has taken part in the creation of several brands. She says it is in a way exciting and interesting to keep the brand, following its evolution through time and developing it in the area of marketing but also in the field of communication. 
 
She values creativity in speech and writing, in picture and in sound. Her hobby is photography, where she likes to capture memorable moments that stand out from the ordinary. Mari-Liis knows what she doing.
 
Top 5 Films:
1. The Horse Whisperer
2. English Patient
3. Men Don't Cry
4. City Lights
5. The God Father (trilogy)

Anne Luhäär - PR team

She likes to run down the stares as fast as she can, she likes to imagine that sometimes life is a fairy-tale, she is addicted to shopping and she hates that watermelon has seeds inside. But she can PR.
 
Top 5 Films:
1. K-PAX
2. Four Rooms
3. Memento
4. Love Actually
5. Pretty Woman
Laura Põldma - PR team
Date of Birth: 1st of September, 1985
 
She loves talking and listening to interesting people, and talented people, and close people. She loves good company and good wine and good books. She loves dancing, gorgeous shoes and travelling, loves black and white photos and theatre. She loves smiling and the people who smile back. She is one of the kind!
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Love Actually
2. Chocolate
3. Forrest Gump
4. Snatch
5. Catch Me If You Can

Kaja Kilk - PR team
Date of Birth: 17th of April, 1976
 
She is a media student in the Baltic Film and Media School. At the moment she has taken time off from the duties of a product manager and raises a one-year-old daughter at home. She dedicates her spare time to reading, painting and doing different sports. She enjoys challenges and loves to be in the company of honest, sincere and cheerful people.

She is very important since she is raising the next generation "Detour" fan at home.
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
2. As Good as It Gets
3. Scent of a Woman
4. Thomas Crown Affair
5. Siin me oleme ("Here we are" - Estonian classic)
Anete Daubure - PR team
Date of Birth: 12th of February, 1986
 
She is Latvian just like her parents and her grandparents are pure Latvians - just in case you wonder. She studies PR and adores movies. She is a total fan of the "Sex and the City" because it is a fairy-tale for grown-up girls. She believes that the most important thing in life is to find the aim and to succeed in it. We agree!
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Amelie
2. Lucky Number Slevin
3. Mr & Mrs Smith
4. Detour (Thanks, Anete! It is one rank higher than Tarmo has.)
5. Match Point

Helen Melesk - photographer
Date of Birth: 2nd of July, 1980

You can know a photographer through her photos.
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Paha Maa (Aku Louhimies)
2. Funny Games (Michael Haneke)
3. Das Experiment (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
4. Howl´s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. Shadows in Paradise (Aki Kaurismäki)

Maido Juss - photographer

He likes music, photography and movies.
 
Right now he is studying at the Estonian Art Academy, major in photography. Remember his name!
 
Top 5 Films:
1. Blade Runner
2. Ying xiong
3. Ghost In the Shell
4. Fear and Loathing In las Vegas
5. Huo Yuan Jia

Riho Tammert - driver

Riho is a man with many talents in capital letters.

Marian Väinsar - catering

Marian was the youngest in the crew. Stayed awake during all the night shootings and never complained. Respect and learn!

Matthias Hofmeister - 3rd cameraman

 

Martti Koskela - set designer's assistant
Date of Birth: 15th of July, 1982
 
A fourth year Finnish media student, studying in Tallinn, Estonia. A founding member of the crispy pop group "Pekka ja Martti" (www.hot.ee/pekkajamartti). Also a cat owner. And also a hidden advertising organiser. But we are gladly offering this advertising space for Martti for his effort. Take a look at the www.hot.ee/pekkajamartti but stay in tuned also at www.estonianfilm.com! 

Top 5 Films:
1. One point O
2. Pi
3. The Machinist
4. Naked Lunch
5. The Man Without a Past