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Vivian Sade
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WriterWriterDirectorWriter, Director
Profession:
Writer, Director
Company:
Moondustfilms
Country:
Estonia
Vivian Melder (artist name - Vivian Säde) is an Estonian screenwriter, director, and producer. She founded Moondustfilms in 2018 to produce her film and TV projects. Säde wrote, directed, and co-produced Estonia's first queer coming-of-age comedy-drama series Kalamaja Blues for Yle. Premiering in 2023 and set in Tallinn’s Kalamaja district, its second season will be released in 2025 in collaboration with Yle and ERR. The project began after Säde participated in Midpoint Institute’s Smash Cut workshop in 2022. Her short film Mari, Sweetie, produced by Volia Chajkouskaya at Allfilm, won the F-Weird pitch at the Finnish Film Affair 2024 and the Radiator IP Sales Award at the Baltic Pitching Forum 2023. Filming begins in August 2025. Säde graduated cum laude with a BA in Audiovisual Media from Tallinn University’s Baltic Film and Media School and earned an MA in Screenwriting, also cum laude, from Screen Academy Scotland. She is a member of The Estonian Association of Audiovisual Authors.
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Sloppy
Estonian small-town girl Manna's world is rocked when her boyfriend breaks up with her on the same day as her long-divorced parents announce their re-engagement. It also happens to be her 18th ...
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Vivian Sade
The Emancipation of Ann Kees
Set in 2001, 15-year-old Ann discovers her mother’s teenage diary, uncovering family secrets that drive her to run away to a friend’s abandoned cottage in a forgotten Estonian seaside town. Joined ...
The Emancipation of Ann Kees
Set in 2001, 15-year-old Ann discovers her mother’s teenage diary, uncovering family secrets that drive her to run away to a friend’s abandoned cottage in a forgotten Estonian seaside town. Joined ...
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