Weremoose - the old man and the moose
Photo: Riho Västrik
Translation: Liis from forum
On Thursday, April 30, the nature film “The weremoose” – the old man and the moose - will be shown in KUMU Art Museum in Tallinn.
Indians believe that the moose are benevolent meadow spirits. For more than 30 years Harri (77) has studied the moose and their emotional life. With time a particular meadow where the moose come every year for their mating rituals has become his favourite observation place. The moose man knows this wetland as his own hand. Over the years he has named more than 40 special places there, and come to know many of the moose whom he meets again and again. Walking with the moose in the meadow and talking to them in “moose language” has become a special ritual for Harri. To an observer it may seem bizarre when a man “pricks his ears” to the animals and imitates their sighing and groaning, but for Harri this is the dream of his life, a dream of being embodied as a moose.
“The weremoose” is Joosep Matjus’s first full-length film. “It may be that I have already made the most important film of my life with this”, Harri’s grandchild Joosep says.
“This is not a traditional nature film”, the producer, Riho Västrik, comments. “This is a magic tale with exceptional nature photos, and with them this young man will have a place in the history of Estonian nature films”.
See an introduction to the film:
Director and camera operator: Joosep Matjus
Cutting and editing: Katri Rannastu
Music: Sven Grünberg
Producer Riho Västrik
Distributor: OÜ Vesilind
Format: 16:9 HD
Length: 43 min
More information:
Riho Västrik
Tel. 6009972
e-mail: riho.vastrik@vesilind.ee
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