Rao Heidmets

Directing

Rao Heidmets

Born 1956-09-15 · Pärnu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Rao Heidmets (born September 15, 1956 in Pärnu) is an Estonian animated film director, producer and scenarist. In 1982 he started to work at Tallinnfilm. In 1991 he established his own production company Rao Heidmetsa Filmistuudio. Since 2002 he is a film director in Nukufilm. In 2005 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, V class

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Inherent Obligations poster
NR

Short film from Rao Heidmets about voyeurism, violence and media. Mixing live action with stop motion animation.

Inherent Obligations

2008

Inherent Obligations poster
NR

Short film from Rao Heidmets about voyeurism, violence and media. Mixing live action with stop motion animation.

Inherent Obligations

2008

The House Spirit poster
9.0

A greedy fox steals the presents from Santa’s sleigh.

The House Spirit

1991

Noblesse Oblige poster
7.5

Balancing on the borders of the real and the unreal the film strives to express the monotony of this world, its illusory character, and emphasize the lack of spirituality in everyday routine.

Noblesse Oblige

1989

Noblesse Oblige poster
7.5

Balancing on the borders of the real and the unreal the film strives to express the monotony of this world, its illusory character, and emphasize the lack of spirituality in everyday routine.

Noblesse Oblige

1989

The Pigeon Lady poster
7.0

A fun and educational story about the nature of goodness. It's not just a natural and self-evident part of our lives, but a force that helps overcome many obstacles that come our way in life.

The Pigeon Lady

1983

Living Room poster
8.0

Film about conflict between young and old generations. In this animated film with live actors the protagonist is a girl, who is brought up by her grandfather. He lives in a strictly regulated world where animate as well as inanimate creatures have fixed places, which are marked by chalk on the living-room floor. Anything surpassing those borders is mercilessly scarped out of the film strip. The young girl, in whom the primal forces of nature are awakening, learns from her grandfather’s fading sexuality. She starts to scrape the filmstrip as well, to change the world according to her own will. What will she draw instead of her past childhood?

Living Room

1993

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Life Stories

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Life Stories

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Life Stories

2007

Troublemaker Tommy poster
NR

There are too many people and animals at the zoo. Everybody is very pleased with the situation, especially the animals. The woods are forbidden. None of the adults dare go into the woods. The children, however, find themselves there. When it turns out no one is going to rescue them from the woods, the children won't give up, but start building a machine that would help them.

Troublemaker Tommy

2021

Troublemaker Tommy poster
NR

There are too many people and animals at the zoo. Everybody is very pleased with the situation, especially the animals. The woods are forbidden. None of the adults dare go into the woods. The children, however, find themselves there. When it turns out no one is going to rescue them from the woods, the children won't give up, but start building a machine that would help them.

Troublemaker Tommy

2021

The Pearlman poster
3.0

A smart leader can keep the culture of his nation homogeneous for a long time, but he is helpless against the interchange of genes.

The Pearlman

2006

The Pearlman poster
3.0

A smart leader can keep the culture of his nation homogeneous for a long time, but he is helpless against the interchange of genes.

The Pearlman

2006

The Dwarf Tree poster
8.0

Before Christmas, a curious world of elves wakes up. Snow-white elves make gifts from snow and ice. During the work, the elves themselves become colorful - their world acquires a sense of beauty and existence.

The Dwarf Tree

1991

The Dwarf Tree poster
8.0

Before Christmas, a curious world of elves wakes up. Snow-white elves make gifts from snow and ice. During the work, the elves themselves become colorful - their world acquires a sense of beauty and existence.

The Dwarf Tree

1991

Code poster
NR

The development of nature is controlled by the genetic chain. Life goes on as the information code is stored in the gene chain. Every living being tries to indulge and laze. Unfortunately, development doesn't happen this way. The gene chain only rusts. Progress will only be made if there is an urgent need for it. The protagonist's rusty gene chain only starts working when the fear of death arises. What code is hidden in the human gene chain becomes clear during development. Mankind has debated the meaning of life for a long time, not knowing that it has long been found. What everyone is striving for is collectively creating strange patterns. After that, we become the starting point of a new gene chain again.

Code

2021

Code poster
NR

The development of nature is controlled by the genetic chain. Life goes on as the information code is stored in the gene chain. Every living being tries to indulge and laze. Unfortunately, development doesn't happen this way. The gene chain only rusts. Progress will only be made if there is an urgent need for it. The protagonist's rusty gene chain only starts working when the fear of death arises. What code is hidden in the human gene chain becomes clear during development. Mankind has debated the meaning of life for a long time, not knowing that it has long been found. What everyone is striving for is collectively creating strange patterns. After that, we become the starting point of a new gene chain again.

Code

2021

No artwork available
7.0

Human being is the slave of his imagination. It is a long and complicated journey of finding one's way out of it, and it requires a good memory.

Oracle is Born

2011

Instinct poster
5.0

What happens when the Maker loses control over his creation and it starts to obey its own will?

Instinct

2003

Instinct poster
5.0

What happens when the Maker loses control over his creation and it starts to obey its own will?

Instinct

2003

Idyll poster
6.0

In life, there are good things and important things. And then there are vital things. If you want to survive, you must not let comfort dull your instincts: you must fight for life long before war reaches your doorstep. And if war is already at your door, drawing the curtains won’t help, and it might just happen that the most sensible advice comes from where you least expect it – for example, from a life-experienced parrot.

Idyll

2025

Theatre Papa Carlo poster
8.0

A totalitarian society destroys itself, sooner or later the people cannot take it anymore and then, over papa Carlo's body, a path to the doors of freedom is laid.

Theatre Papa Carlo

1988

Theatre Papa Carlo poster
8.0

A totalitarian society destroys itself, sooner or later the people cannot take it anymore and then, over papa Carlo's body, a path to the doors of freedom is laid.

Theatre Papa Carlo

1988