u.Q. (2021)
To understand the international phenomenon of Uku Kuut means to understand the ability of different musical niches, sub-genres and hidden creative explosions to not only exist, but flourish, completely independently of the mainstream. Kuut’s life, mothered by Maryn E.Coote (who you may know as the Estonian jazz diva Marju Kuut), took him from the Soviet Union to a refuge in Sweden, music studios in Los Angeles, back to a re-independent Estonia and later, fighting ALS, to loudspeakers all around the world.
Director:
Ivar Murd
Writer:
Ivar Murd
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Lukas Tolk as Uku |
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Ruben Tolk as Uku |
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Florian Wahl as Uku |
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Mart Avi as Uku |
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Rain Tolk as Uku |
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Helina Risti as Marju |
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Maria Minerva as Marju |
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Heidy Purga as Marju |
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Maryn E. Coote as Marju |
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Sten Saluveer as Sten-Kristjan |
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Ivar Murd as Herbert Murd |
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Margus Õunapuu as Cousin of Saaremaa Elmo |
| Directing | Ivar Murd | Director |
| Production | Margus Õunapuu | Producer |
| Camera | Uku Kuut | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ivar Murd | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Margus Õunapuu | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ivar Murd | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helina Risti | Costume Design |
| Writing | Ivar Murd | Screenplay |
| Sound | Markku Tiidumaa | Sound Designer |
| Art | Jaanika Jüris | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mare Bachman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mare Bachman | Hairstylist |