Nukufilm, established in 1957, is the largest stop-motion animation studio in Northern Europe, distinguished by its studio size, technical resources, and team of professional employees. The studio features a 400 m² soundstage for classical puppet animation, dedicated pavilions for cut-out animation, and fully equipped workshops for puppet, decoration, and prop making, along with office spaces and storage facilities. All puppets are produced in-house using Nukufilm expertise and technologies, with continuous exploration of new methods and innovations. Its puppet makers, prop makers, and set builders bring decades of experience, capable of fulfilling the most demanding design requests. Nukufilm works are regularly screened in competition programs at film festivals worldwide. While the studio primarily produces art-house short films, it has also completed several feature-length projects over the years.
Contacts:
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nukufilm.ee/en
Kerdi Oengo has been the executive producer of the stop-motion animation studio Nukufilm since 2003. She holds an MA degree in economics and has attended several television and animation production workshops across Europe. Over her career, she has produced or managed more than 50 animated shorts, as well as two internationally co-produced feature-length animations – Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange and Captain Morten and the Spider Queen. In 2023, the short film Koerkorter (Dog Apartment) was officially shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. She has also lectured on production at the Estonian Academy of Arts’ animation department and the Baltic Media School. Oengo is a member of the Board of the Estonian Animation Association, the Council of the Estonian Filmmakers Association, and the Board of the European Animation Awards (Emile Awards)