Liis Nimik

Directing

Liis Nimik

Born

1979-10-30 (47)

Place of birth

Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Liis Nimik is an Estonian-based documentarian, film editor and producer. She graduated from the Baltic Film and Media School in Tallinn and is a partner in a production company Alasti Kino. Her films are known from strong storytelling, empathy and experimenting with fiction film tools. Liis is also schooled and valued film editor – having edited major festival circling Estonian art house features during past years – Roukli (2015, premiere Palic, Tokyo FF) by Veiko Õunpuu and In The Crosswind (2014, premiere TIFF). The latest documentary she produced - Lenbri Uudu by Eeva Mägi (2017), was premiered in DOKLeipzig. Liis is teaching documentary film and editing and is also a member of the Esto…

Known for

The Wayfarers poster
NR

This is the story of three different generations of Siberian Estonian women whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, however, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly built their lives. 170 years later, the situation has reversed: who has already "got used to life here", but for whom, on the eve of the war, it is the last time to return to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.

The Wayfarers

2024

A Loss of Something Ever Felt poster
NR

Documentary about the search for Lauri, an Estonian drug addict who left for Colombia

A Loss of Something Ever Felt

2021

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway poster
5.3

CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR simulation, their mission quickly turns into a delirious trap, far more complex than expected, as the fabric of reality starts unraveling around them.

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

2020

Lembri Uudu poster
NR

Until the restoration of independence of Estonia in 1991, a collective farm operated in the village of Pähkla in Saaremaa, which employed almost all the villagers. Lembri Uudu also worked there as a tractor driver. After the collapse of the collective farm, most of the villagers lost their jobs and Uudu died. Sometimes, however, it happens that a person's real life force comes out only after his death.

Lembri Uudu

2017

Sundial poster
NR

Sundial takes us on a journey through the mists of the Estonian countryside. In each house whose door Liis Nimik opens, live people who have chosen to carve their existence at the fringes of modernity. Far from our tumultuous world, the rhythm of life is tranquil and peaceful. Here, humans seem to have found their place, living in harmony with nature.

Sundial

2023

The Weight of All the Beauty poster
NR

A man walks through a forest and sits in a house. Around him, the spirits of the past roam.

The Weight of All the Beauty

2019

Behind the camera

The Wayfarers poster
NR

This is the story of three different generations of Siberian Estonian women whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, however, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly built their lives. 170 years later, the situation has reversed: who has already "got used to life here", but for whom, on the eve of the war, it is the last time to return to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.

The Wayfarers

2024

A Loss of Something Ever Felt poster
NR

Documentary about the search for Lauri, an Estonian drug addict who left for Colombia

A Loss of Something Ever Felt

2021

A Loss of Something Ever Felt poster
NR

Documentary about the search for Lauri, an Estonian drug addict who left for Colombia

A Loss of Something Ever Felt

2021

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway poster
5.3

CIA agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the perilous mission of destroying “The Soviet Union!" As they enter the system using a VR simulation, their mission quickly turns into a delirious trap, far more complex than expected, as the fabric of reality starts unraveling around them.

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway

2020

Lembri Uudu poster
NR

Until the restoration of independence of Estonia in 1991, a collective farm operated in the village of Pähkla in Saaremaa, which employed almost all the villagers. Lembri Uudu also worked there as a tractor driver. After the collapse of the collective farm, most of the villagers lost their jobs and Uudu died. Sometimes, however, it happens that a person's real life force comes out only after his death.

Lembri Uudu

2017

Sundial poster
NR

Sundial takes us on a journey through the mists of the Estonian countryside. In each house whose door Liis Nimik opens, live people who have chosen to carve their existence at the fringes of modernity. Far from our tumultuous world, the rhythm of life is tranquil and peaceful. Here, humans seem to have found their place, living in harmony with nature.

Sundial

2023

Sundial poster
NR

Sundial takes us on a journey through the mists of the Estonian countryside. In each house whose door Liis Nimik opens, live people who have chosen to carve their existence at the fringes of modernity. Far from our tumultuous world, the rhythm of life is tranquil and peaceful. Here, humans seem to have found their place, living in harmony with nature.

Sundial

2023

Sundial poster
NR

Sundial takes us on a journey through the mists of the Estonian countryside. In each house whose door Liis Nimik opens, live people who have chosen to carve their existence at the fringes of modernity. Far from our tumultuous world, the rhythm of life is tranquil and peaceful. Here, humans seem to have found their place, living in harmony with nature.

Sundial

2023

The Weight of All the Beauty poster
NR

A man walks through a forest and sits in a house. Around him, the spirits of the past roam.

The Weight of All the Beauty

2019