Vivian Säde
Directing
Biography
Vivian Säde (born August 10, 1997) is an Estonian screenwriter, director, and producer. She founded Moondustfilms in 2018 to produce her film and TV projects. Säde wrote, directed, and co-produced Estonia's first queer coming-of-age comedy-drama series "Kalamaja Blues“ for Yle. Premiering in 2023 and set in Tallinn’s Kalamaja district, its second season will be released in 2025 in collaboration with Yle and ERR. The project began after Säde participated in MIDPOINT Institute’s Smash Cut workshop in 2022. Her short film "Mari, Sweetie,“ produced by Volia Chajkouskaya at Allfilm, won the F-Weird Pitch at the Finnish Film Affair 2024 and the Radiator IP Sales Award at the Baltic Pitching Forum 2023. Filming begins in August 2025. Säde graduated cum laude with a BA in Audiovisual Media from Tallinn University’s Baltic Film and Media School and earned an MA in Screenwriting, also cum laude, from Screen Academy Scotland. She is a member of the Estonian Association of Audiovisual Authors.
Known For
In Kalamaja, Estonia, two couples—Olli and Sofi, and Moonika and Jan—find their relationships tested by love, trust, and the unpredictable nature of being in your 20s. As Olli struggles with the weight of her parents' disapproval, cracks begin to form in her once-idyllic romance with Sofi. Meanwhile, a sexual health scare throws Moonika and Jan into uncertainty, pushing Moonika to seek comfort in unexpected places—including a chaotic speed dating event. As tensions rise and hard truths come to light, both couples must decide—will facing reality bring them closer or tear them apart for good?
Kalamaja Blues
Johannes, a young Ingrian Finn, grows up in Soviet Estonia with his liberal student mother and pro-Soviet grandmother. The boy's life is revolutionized when he experiences first love and his mother decides to leave for Finland.
Goodbye Soviet Union
A film about three sisters who have reached different turning points in their lives. Liis, who has just graduated from high school, discovers that the future planned with her boyfriend is not so certain. Elder sister Karin, the first victim of her parents' expectations, tries to cope in today's sexist business environment. Jane, the youngest of the sisters, tries to resist the pressure of her party animal friend to prove herself as someone who she is not. During one fateful night, secrets and feelings that none of them wanted to admit to themselves before are revealed.
Kids of the Night
A woman in a self-destructive cycle, discovers that her apartment is mysteriously filling with water. To save herself, Mari must delve into her subconscious and confront what has surfaced.
Mari, Sweetie
What would you do if your crush was about to marry someone else? ‘’It’s About a Wedding’’ is the story of a sarcastic novelist burdened with unrequited love and a deadline.
It’s About a Wedding
Anna, a high-tech pick-up artist who helps awkward men to seduce lonely women in high-class bars on cold evenings in Tallinn. She can play the game of sex and love like a professional, she knows just what to say to manipulate anyone into doing what she wants (or consenting to what she wants). But Anna's own love life is far from perfect and she cannot see that she is being manipulated, too.