This year, the Design Night festival is seeking the boundaries of design and our film programme follows the same theme. First and foremost, the programme explores the boundaries of Estonian design and introduces and reminds us of what our own people have created.

The programme includes for example portrait films about architects Toomas Rein, Leila Pärtelpoeg, etc. There will also be surprises beyond the boundaries. The film about the most influential post-WW2 industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames is definitely worth checking out (premiere 27.09 at 5pm). 

13.00 "Toys" (52 min, English subtitles)

„Toys“  takes a hand-on approach to the toys and games that shaped the imaginations of today`s creative generation. Child`s play is a fundamental need of every civilization, particularly one that`s wriggling out of the grasp of an authoritarian regime in an effort to maintain a sense of personal freedom and identity. Toys, directed by Andrzej Wolski, is a film about how Polish youngsters of the socialist era discovered independence and liberal thinking with a few twigs and some wire.

The film is the part of the Guide to the Poles documentary series. Five cinematic chapters survey Poland through rock music, fashion, sex, Himalaism and toys that guide audiences through the unique Polish character and spirit.

Produced by The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland

14.00 "Pöide, vaikiv tunnistaja" (54 min) - only in Estonian

15.00 "Ma armastasin ilma peata lõvi" (29 min) - only in Estonian 

16.00 "Architect Toomas Rein" (48 min) only in Estonian 

17.00 "Disainer number üks. BrunoTomberg" (21 min) only in Estonian 

19.00 "Political dress" (61 min, English subtitles) 

“Political Dress” shows how fashion can serve as apolitical statement. Is it possible to be fashionable in a time when shopsstock little else but uniforms? Can one’s appearance be a manifestation ofliberty? In communism times bright colors and tailoring was a personal weaponagainst the dullness of the everyday life. Poland’s subversive style odysseylasted 45 years, culminating in a variety of personal style choices that areunique and highly expressive. 

The film is thepart of the Guide to the Poles documentary series. Fivecinematic chapters survey Poland through rock music, fashion, sex, Himalaismand toys that guide audiences through the unique Polish character and spirit. Producedby The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland.