
Sander Joon
Directing
Biography
Sander Joon is an Estonian animation director. His films Velodrool (2015), Moulinet (2017), and Sounds Good (2018) have traveled to festivals such as Annecy, DOK Leipzig, Ottawa, Go Short, Stuttgart, Fredrikstad, Kaboom, and GLAS. Besides films, he has animated a music video for Tommy Cash, participated in a popular commercial for Rick and Morty, and has been a VJ to numerous events. Sander is also teaching traditional animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His latest film, Oscar-qualifying Sierra (2022) is now traveling the film festivals around the world.
Known For

It's Christmas Eve, and Peter is itching to hit the countryside and claim his gifts from Santa. But upon arrival, he's shocked to find that a sinister Robo-Santa has replaced the real Santa Claus, scheming to ruin the holidays. To complicate matters, Gerda opens a gateway to the Frog Kingdom, abandoning her friends at their most critical moment. Now, Peter and his crew must confront and defeat this mechanical impostor or Christmas is doomed forever!
Christmas in the Boonies

An outrageous road movie about The Old Man and his grandkids in a 24 hour race against time to stop a milky madman hell bent on killing his prized cow to save the world.
The Old Man Movie

Based on Andrus Kivirähk's books "Poo and spring", "Carnival and Potato Salad" and "Ghost and Facebook", the film tells about longing, friendship, love, family and fears, which often have big eyes. The adventures of the strange characters are spiced with the characteristic warm and bold humor of Kivirähk, wittily weaving together the boundless fantasy of children and the living conditions of the modern world.
Poop, Spring and Others

An addicted biker runs out of cigarettes. He joins a race to get more, but has to take help from some peculiar people in the audience to stay in the competition.
Velodrool

A father and his son are losing the race. To win, the boy turns himself into a car tyre. Sierra looks at toxic masculinity through dark irony, while pulling us into the surreal car racing world. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, this animated black comedy includes fragments of a stop motion film animated by the director's father during Soviet Estonia.
Sierra

The cycling season is nearing its grand finale. During the final race, the two men in the lead are competing for more than the Grand Trophy; they are fighting for the affection of a lady and fulfilment of their erotic fantasies. Meanwhile, the small port town prepares for the arrival of a large ocean liner and its dashing captain. Inspired by the art of Vasko Lipovac, Veljko Popović collaborated with his Lemonade3d Studio to create an animated short marked by unique aesthetics. Painted in vivid colours of summer and with a dash of the erotic, it is a comedy that captures the spirit of a small Mediterranean town.
Cyclists

Türna, who lives with other chav's in a small village community in Estonia, leaves his pregnant wife Tiina to God. Aapo, who lives in Paide, begins to suspect that he is not a human, but an ant. Beefeater is weighed down by an itchy headgear. Penguin's relationship breaks up when his wife cheats on him with a walrus. He decides to leave his native place. Other penguins follow him. The paths of all of them cross in Türna's home village, on the solstice night.
Solstice
Butterflies, frogs and flies celebrate love in all its colors.
Trailer: Love

Short animation by Sander Joon
Bænkevarmer
Guided Missiles is a short animated film created by Erasmus exchange students.
Guided Missiles

"Roots" tells six very personal stories - a first, big love, the loss of a child, ageing, infidelity, fragile relationships with close ones. Six different views on what our family and environment has left in us and what we leave behind.
Roots

First vanquish the opponent and then embark on the quest to find whatever is at the end of the line that tethers him to this world.
Moulinet

A young woman is struggling with memory loss. One night, aliens barge into her room and connect her to an array of machines to study her brain. Once inside, they all discover her fading memories that blend into her dreams in a melancholic and psychedelic trip. Reality becomes subjective as she tries to make sense of what’s left.
Phosphenic Archives

A boom operator attempts to record the noise mushrooms make in this semi-experimental animation inspired by the world of sounds.