HOMING BEYOND

2022

“Homing Beyond” ("Põlvkond piiri taga") is a documentary about young people who have left Estonia for various reasons.

At the heart of the film is a generation who came of age after Estonia joined the European Union and who decided to go abroad to work, study or explore the world. But years later, returning to Estonia is often not as easy. The new place of residence often offers attractive career prospects and better living conditions, and important close relationships have developed. People fall in love and get married, find new comfort zones, and ways to step out of them again.

“Homing Beyond” brings to the viewer a story about Estonians with colorful destinies living in different parts of the world, who honestly and openly share their personal stories, thoughts, and feelings about migration, belonging, and roots.

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Director and writer: Terje Toomistu

Cinematographer: Aivo Rannik 

2nd cinematographer: Aleksandr Heifets

Edited by: Madli Lääne

Composer: trent hawkins (Karl Potisepp) 

Sound design by: Indrek Soe

Colorist: Mart Raun

Graphic design by: Margus Tamm

Post-production: Luxfilm

Producer: Terje Toomistu 

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Produced by Cece Film

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HD/2K   5.1/2.0    28'

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Supported by Estonian Film Institute (Filipp Kruusvall), Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Public Broadcasting (Viola Salu) and Postimees Fund (Terje Toomistu’s Noor-Eesti grant). The film is produced in collaboration with the University of Tartu’s Department of Ethnology as part of Terje Toomistu’s project “Young Estonians Abroad” (www.eva.ut.ee).