"8 views" is an eastern art tradition where one place (primarily the area around Lake Biwa in Japan) is described through eight motifs, among which are scarlet, snow, sailboats returning home in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, gust of wind, flight of forest geese. These motifs frame eight intertwining tragic love stories, the setting of which are modern Russian fishing villages of old believers on the border of Estonian-Russian settlements and cultures by Lake Peipsi. The spiritualization of everything living and inanimate from Japanese animism, the eroticism of shunga and the humble language of prayer merge into a spiritual and magical world of a small community, where one still believes that one is connected with everything.
Directing | Marko Raat | Director |
Writing | Marko Raat | Writer |
Production | Ivo Felt | Producer |
Production | Dora Nedeczky | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Õun | Makeup Artist |
Production | Liina Prii | Casting |
Production | Misha Jaari | Co-Producer |
Production | Mark Lwoff | Co-Producer |
Production | Johanna Trass | Line Producer |
Art | Jaanika Jüris | Art Direction |
Art | Kristo Kukk | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Reet Aus | Costume Design |
Art | Eliisabet Merete Leppoja | Set Dresser |
Sound | Karri Niinivaara | Sound Designer |
Sound | Ranno Tislar | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Enar Tarmo | Stunt Coordinator |
Art | Kristina Lõuk | Production Design |
Sound | Laura Hynninen | Music |
Costume & Make-Up | Liisi Põllumaa | Makeup Designer |
Directing | Kadri Kask | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Kertu Köösel | Second Assistant Director |
Sound | Tanel Tänna | Boom Operator |
Art | Asko Linno | Standby Property Master |
Lighting | Tõnis Tuuga | Gaffer |
Visual Effects | Panni Gyulai | Animation |
Camera | Toorion Ojaperv | Key Grip |
Camera | Kailo Sinivee | Key Grip |
Camera | Ingvar Heamägi | First Assistant Camera |
Camera | Reino Kuber | Second Assistant Camera |
Camera | Sten-Johan Lill | Director of Photography |
Camera | Helari Saaremäe | Third Assistant Camera |
Camera | Frank-Leander Sapego | Second Assistant Camera |
Camera | Frank Saunanen | Second Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Robert Vain | Electrician |
Lighting | Tristan Luige | Electrician |
Camera | Piret Krustok | Digital Imaging Technician |
Lighting | Andres Arukask | Electrician |
Writing | Max Dauthendy | Novel |
Editing | Jaak Ollino Jr. | Editor |
Sound | Jakob Juhkam | Original Music Composer |
Art | Kaspar Sellin | Graphic Designer |