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But as the retreat\u2019s ancient folk rituals take a sinister turn, Carl and Emma\u2019s discover they have become part of a sacrificial rite.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe setting for \u2018Birth\u2019 came about very organically. It simply made sense to tell a story about pregnancy in an environment literally teeming with life: the Estonian forest,\u201d Lehemaa told\u00a0<em>Variety<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIf you lie on the forest floor in Estonia in spring, you can practically feel life pulsating through the ground and in every fresh leaf and branch. Nature also opens the door to folk horror, a subgenre particularly well suited to be-careful-what-you-wish-for stories about relationships, family, and ancestry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe film is produced by Stellar Film, run by Evelin Penttil\u00e4 and Johanna Maria Tamm, with Tallifornia Film Fund recently coming on board, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLehemaa, also behind Sundance selected short \u201cBad Hair\u201d and stop-motion comedy \u201cThe Old Man Movie,\u201d isn\u2019t afraid of extreme imagery. \u201cBirth\u201d will mark his first collab with Estonian cinematographer Elen Lotman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve never shot this extensively in nature before, so that\u2019s something I\u2019m especially excited about.\u00a0Together, we\u2019re looking for a balance between the tightly composed frames that have defined my work so far and a more free-flowing camera style,\u201d he noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn \u201cBirth,\u201d he\u2019ll also play with gender roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI sincerely believe pregnancy and childbirth are nature\u2019s greatest miracles. At the same time, they\u2019re also profoundly grotesque and terrifying. \u2018Birth\u2019 explores both sides of that paradox\u2026 Perhaps one a little more than the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4161\">BBC Warns of \u2018Real Jeopardy\u2019 as License Fee Base Erodes Despite Record-Breaking Content Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHe added: \u201cParenthood is also shaped by deeply ingrained gender expectations, and I\u2019m interested in gently poking at those assumptions and questioning the roles we take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWhile he\u2019s drawing on Estonian folklore for inspiration, he said, the goal is to create a \u201cmysterious new cult that\u2019s unique to our story.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cSeeing the story from an outsider\u2019s perspective heightens the mystery surrounding the enigmatic Estonian cult at its center,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cI\u2019m already looking forward to creating some messed-up scenes that will permanently sear themselves into audiences\u2019 brains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs Stellar Film is already \u201d in active dialogue with producers in Scandinavia and Ireland,\u201d according to Evelin Penttil\u00e4, the aim is to position \u2018Birth\u2019 as a \u201chigh-visibility European genre film, capable of traveling from leading festivals to global distribution.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWith Oskar\u2019s uncompromising artistic vision and our shared commitment to delivering elevated genre cinema, we are confident that this project will leave a lasting impression on audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=4160\">Webtoon Productions, Espotlight Forge First-Look Pact for Spanish-Language Wattpad Adaptations (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Bad Hair&#8217; director Oskar Lehemaa joins forces with Tallifornia Film Fund on body horror &#8216;Birth&#8217; produced by Stellar Film and presented at Fronti\u00e8res.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3383,889,3384,3385],"class_list":["post-4165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","tag-birth","tag-fantasia-film-festival","tag-frontieres-market","tag-stellar-film"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rosemary Who? 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