Sundial / Päikeseaeg (Estonia, 2023) poetic documentary, 65 min, en subtitles. Directed by Liis Nimik, written by Liis Nimik, Anti Naulainen, filmed by Erik Põllumaa

In rural Estonia, closely observed seasons of farming, homesteading and childrearing reveal life's daily rhythms as a harmonic chorus of nature and community where the world is in balance and every living thing has a unique purpose.

In the periphery countryside of Estonia, humans and every living being compose an orchestra, where everyone has their place in co-creation of the humble rhythm of earth.

In nature everything is in balance. In the circle of life, which never ends, everyone has their task - plants and mushrooms, insects and animals... This diverse orchestra always ainds its rhythm. Recognizing the distinctiveness of being human, this ailm looks at what are our possibilities to take part of that co-creation of nature. For nearly seven years of exploring the periphery countryside of Estonia, this journey brings to the foreground the daily rhythms of ordinary people, composing an analogue gospel of a microcosm, which has consciously or unconsciously rejected the central, arrogant doctrine of human exceptionality.

Filmmaker Liis Nimik continues the best traditions of Baltic poetic documentaries and has a sensitive eye for capturing a portrait of Estonian periphery countryside close to the Russian border. Through a collection of ethereal portraits of people tending the aire, horses and dogs quietly resisting the winter aields and trees that hide the timid rays of the sun before falling down, the ailm makes us feel that time has collapsed and just a single and playful spirit decides about our collective creativity, past and future.