Eating Time
TITLE
Eating Time
DIRECTOR
Mari Kivi
COUNTRY
Estonia
YEAR
2025
DURATION
16′
GENRE
Animation
Eating Time
After an explosion, an elderly woman finds herself in a shoemaker's workshop. She embarks on a journey through a labyrinth of floors, living simultaneously in the here and now and in the dusty past. On her journey to her childhood, she meets her past self and passes through rooms of her memory lane. As a young girl, she swallowed a key that opened a door to an endless maze of passageways. Once trapped in a room of the past, she must perform an equivalent eating ritual to trigger a time shift and continue her journey through long corridors and more rooms. Back in childhood, the woman tries to eat her way through time again, but the inexorable rhythm of the machinery of life keeps on ticking.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Mari Kivi
Director and artist Mari Kivi was born on 17 October 1984. In 2010 she graduated from Pallas University of Applied Sciences in Tartu with a degree in painting and in 2018 she graduated from the Department of Animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts (BA, cum laude). Her diploma films ‘Food Chain’ and ‘Contact’ were screened at several international festivals (Annecy, KABOOM, Mecal Pro, Stuttgart, IndieLisboa, Primanima, Etiuda&Anima, London International Animation Festival, AJAYU, Animateka, Palm Springs, Fredrikstad, PÖFF Shorts and many others). In 2019, ‘Food Chain’ was shortlisted in the top 10 in the BAFTA student film category. From 2017 to 2021, Mari worked in the Department of Animation of the Estonian Academy of Arts. From 2019 to 2021, she was a member of the board of the Estonain Animation Association, organizing the Estonian Animation Year ‘Tuganov-Raamat-Pars’. In 2021, she founded the international animation festival Animist Tallinn. In addition to filmmaking, Mari has participated in several exhibitions and illustrated posters, albums and books. She currently works as an animator and artist at the publishing house Avita.
- DirectorMari Kivi
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Kerdi Oengo, Märt Kivi
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleEating Time
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originEstonia
- Country of filmingEstonia
- LanguageNo Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Mari Kivi
Director and artist Mari Kivi was born on 17 October 1984. In 2010 she graduated from Pallas University of Applied Sciences in Tartu with a degree in painting and in 2018 she graduated from the Department of Animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts (BA, cum laude). Her diploma films ‘Food Chain’ and ‘Contact’ were screened at several international festivals (Annecy, KABOOM, Mecal Pro, Stuttgart, IndieLisboa, Primanima, Etiuda&Anima, London International Animation Festival, AJAYU, Animateka, Palm Springs, Fredrikstad, PÖFF Shorts and many others). In 2019, ‘Food Chain’ was shortlisted in the top 10 in the BAFTA student film category. From 2017 to 2021, Mari worked in the Department of Animation of the Estonian Academy of Arts. From 2019 to 2021, she was a member of the board of the Estonain Animation Association, organizing the Estonian Animation Year ‘Tuganov-Raamat-Pars’. In 2021, she founded the international animation festival Animist Tallinn. In addition to filmmaking, Mari has participated in several exhibitions and illustrated posters, albums and books. She currently works as an animator and artist at the publishing house Avita.
