SIERRA

Directed by Sander Joon
Estonia | 16 minutes | 2022 | no dialog

Father and his son are losing the folkrace. In order to win, a boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.

Credits

Director: Sander Joon
Screenplay: Sander Joon
Artist: Sander Joon
Animator: Henri Veermäe, Valya Paneva, Teresa Baroet, Sander Joon
Background artist: Hleb Kuftseryn
Music: Misha Panfilov
Editing: Sander Joon
Sound Desing and mix: Matis Rei

Producer: Erik Heinsalu, Aurelia Aasa

Sander Joon

Festivals & Awards
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

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Sander Joon

Biography: Sander Joon uses animation to create surreal worlds with a dash of humour. His films have previously travelled to festivals such as Annecy, DOK Leipzig, Ottawa, Go Short, Stuttgart, Fredrikstad, Kaboom, Supertoon, Animateka and GLAS. He has attended the Open Workshop artist residency in Viborg twice and is now teaching animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts, where he has received a master’s degree in animation. Besides films he has animated a music video for Tommy Cash, participated in a popular commercial for Rick and Morty and has been a VJ to numerous events. Sander also worked as a 2D artist for the multi-awarded film The Old Man Movie (2019). His previous short Sounds Good (2018) won awards from Stuttgart, Fredrikstad, SUPERTOON and PÖFF Shorts.

Filmography:
2022 Short animation “Sierra”. 15’57”. Director and animator.
2018 Short animation “Sounds Good”. 9’50”. Director and animator.
2017 Short animation “Moulinet”. 5’51”. Director and animator.
2015 Short animation “Velodrool”. 6’12”. Director and animator.