Martinus Klemet has studied fine arts (BA) and animation (MA) at the Estonian Academy of Arts where he currently works as a tutor. His films In the Air (2009), Fatcula (2016) and Face Recognition (2021) have screened at numerous international festivals including Fredrikstad, Odense, Bogotá, Calgary, Sitges and many more. Besides films, he has directed music videos, commercials and infomercials. Yummy is his seventh professional short as a director.

Aurelia Aasa started as a film journalist and has written hundreds of articles on film, including short animation. In 2019 she was named the Film Journalist of the Year by the Estonian Association of Film Journalists. With her production company AAA Creative she focuses on projects that are bold, fresh and lined with dark humour. AAA’s productions include dark animated comedy Sierra (dir. Sander Joon, 2022) which travelled to more than 170 film festivals and was acquired by The Criterion Channel, ARTE, YLE etc. It was the first Estonian animation shortlisted at the Oscars. Currently, she’s on the festival circuit with a trippy virtual cat adventure Miisufy (dir. Liisi Grünberg, 2023). Her upcoming projects include an animated short Yummy (dir. Martinus Klemet, 2024) that explores the depths of a tragic love story. She is also developing an animated feature comedy with multi-awarded animation director Sander Joon. Besides running her company, Aurelia Aasa is an animation production lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Comment end