Janno Põldma (born 7 November 1950 in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

) is an

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n film director and children's writer. Since 1973 he has worked in

Tallinnfilm Tallinnfilm () is the oldest surviving film studio in Estonia. It was founded as Estonian Culture Film in 1931, and was nationalized in 1940 after Estonia was integrated into the Soviet Union. During the first year of Soviet occcupation (1940 ...

Studio. He has filmed about 20 animated films, mostly

Priit Pärn Priit Pärn (born 26 August 1946 in Tallinn) is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals. Pärn formerly worked as a plant ecologist; his car ...

's films.

Works

Films

* '' Tom and Fluffy'' * ''The Boy Who Did Not Want To Be an Actor'' * '' Ladybirds' Christmas'' * '' Lotte from Gadgetville'' * ''Lotte As a Detective'' * ''

Lotte and the Moonstone Secret ''Lotte and the Moonstone Secret'' () is a 2011 Estonian animated film directed by Heiki Ernits Heiki Ernits (born 24 March 1953) is an Estonian animator, illustrator, and film director. He graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute a ...

'' * ''

Lotte and the Lost Dragons ''Lotte and the Lost Dragons'' () is a 2019 Estonian-Latvian animated film directed by Janno Põldma and Heiki Ernits (who is also head animator), in a co-production between Joonis Films and Rija Films. It is the fourth film in the Lotte film se ...

Children's books

* ''1985: "Judo Boys"'' * ''Ladybirds' Christmas'' * ''

'' * ''The Lotte ABC Book'' (with

Heiki Ernits Heiki Ernits (born 24 March 1953) is an Estonian animator, illustrator, and film director. He graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of arts and crafts. He has created 19 animated films and illustrated over 30 children's ...

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References

Living people 1950 births Estonian film directors Estonian animated film directors Estonian children's writers Estonian male writers 20th-century Estonian writers 21st-century Estonian writers Tallinn University alumni Writers from Tallinn Film people from Tallinn {{Estonia-writer-stub