MO PAPA

Eugen, 28, is released from prison after serving ten years for causing his younger brother’s accidental death, a tragic act rooted in his unresolved trauma from parental abandonment. Now left with only his estranged father and childhood friends from the orphanage, Stina and Riko, he longs for reconciliation. But the scars of abandonment pull him into destructive patterns. Mo Papa explores a devastating cycle of trauma where love blurs with self-hatred and forgiveness is blocked by the weight of blame.

“Mo Papa was not written; it was felt, breathed, and lived. It emerged from the echoes of real voices, from fragments of stories whispered in the corridors of a psychiatric clinic where I once worked. There, I saw how life hands some children an inheritance of silence, a script they never chose—one of abandonment, of closed doors, of wounds that never seem to heal. They are born into a box with no key, carrying burdens they never asked for, trapped in cycles of trauma not of their making. This film is a testament to them. It is raw, unpolished, and unapologetically human – crafted not from meticulous planning, but from deep collaboration and shared belief. Mo Papa is the second chapter in our Mo movement, a movement that refuses to conform. It stands for cinema that is instinctive, urgent, and free. We believe that film does not need grand budgets or years of scripted perfection – only the unbreakable spirit of those who dare to create.”

DIRECTOR: Eeva Mägi. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sten-Johan Lill. EDITING: Jette-Krõõt Keedus. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Allan Appelberg. COSTUME DESIGN: Ulvi Tiit. MUSIC, SOUND: Tanel Kadalipp. CAST: Jarmo Reha, Rednar Annus, Ester Kuntu, Paul Abiline. PRODUCERS: Sten-Johan Lill, Eeva Mägi. <p>CONTACT: Eda Koppel <b>eda.koppel@poff.ee</b></p>