Daniel, a brilliant but emotionally scarred physicist, has abandoned the search for meaning in love after the heartbreak of losing his high school sweetheart, Emma. Disillusioned with human connection, he places his trust solely in science, believing that the answers to life’s mysteries lie in logic and reason. When new neighbors, Anna and Kristo, move in across the street, Daniel finds himself intrigued by Anna’s unconventional yet insightful perspective on life. In a brief encounter, Anna challenges Daniel's lost faith in humanity, suggesting that people are like light.
This idea of light as a metaphor for human connection resonates with Daniel, but he takes it to an extreme, gradually retreating further into his isolation. His obsession with light grows, and he starts conversing with a nightlight left on the street by the previous tenants, spiraling into a world where reality and imagination blur. As the boundaries between the two begin to dissolve, Daniel’s belief in human connection weakens, and he becomes convinced that the only truth to be found lies in the physical light itself.
In this poignant exploration of the human condition, Tired Light delves into the struggle between logic and emotion, offering a glimpse into the fragile nature of human connection and the cost of losing touch with it.
SANDER REBANE
HENESSI SCHMIDT
MARTEN KUNINGAS
Tired Light is a poetic meditation on meaning, isolation, and the quiet beauty of human connection. Told through emotion, imagery, and sound rather than plot, it invites the viewer to feel rather than follow—to sit in the in-between spaces where truth reveals itself like light in the dark.
Kati Jägel-Paal is an Estonian filmmaker and video artist with over 15 years of experience in the music and entertainment industry. After studying film in Manchester, she became a renowned video artist, shaping the visual language of major music-related TV shows and events in Estonia.
Her debut feature, Tired Light, is a deeply personal exploration of isolation, obsession, and the fragile beauty of human connection. With a distinct visual style influenced by an admiration for light as both a physical and symbolic force, Kati draws inspiration from auteurs like Terrence Malick, embracing poetic storytelling and dreamlike imagery.
Having built a career in the intersection of music, design, and moving images, Kati Jägel-Paal now brings her cinematic vision to the world of narrative filmmaking, capturing the fleeting, luminous moments that define what it means to be human.
Writer & Director
Kati Jägel-Paal
Producers
Aivar Hannolainen
Kati Jägel-Paal
Triin Siim
Executive Producer
Kati Jägel-Paal
Cast
Sander Rebane
Henessi Schmidt
Marten Kuningas
Ukku Habakukk
Jeanette Žhurzha
Yvonne Lagle
Hendrik Soon
Oliver Kennik
Tiina Saar-Veelmaa
Cinematographer & editor
Kati Jägel-Paal
Production designer
Isabel Napa
Costume designer
Kristin Liias
Unitr production manager
Aivar Hannolainen
1st assistant director
Triin Siim
Camera operator
Ragne Nikkel
Focus puller
Ailar Uffert
1st assistant camera
Rasmus Mölder
2nd unit camera operators
Hans Põlluste
Eerik Vija
Drone operator
Hans Põlluste
Gaffer
René Jõhve
Set lighting technician
Marko Grinfeld
Production sound mixer
Sten Paal
Make up artist
Piret Kaljuste
Supervising sound editor
Sten Paal
Graphic designer
Artur Talpsepp
Colorist
Kati Jägel-Paal
Background artists
Aavo Irval
Allan Mõts
Andrias Tuuling
Anette Kallasmaa
Anne Saunpere
Anneli Koppel
Annika Rannamets
Anton Zahharov
Arsete Elberg
Artur Talpsepp
Ave Irval
Eerik Vija
Eliise Reispass
Eliise Renser
Eliise Rosenfeld
Evelina Nõmme
Gert Jõgiste
Helika Evelyn Moll
Helena Tooming
Helina Tooming
Hendrik Nõmmeots
Henry Soome
Hugo Reinik
Janek Sõrmus
Kadri Jürisoo
Kateryna Popova
Krislin Palumaa
Laura Kleidov
Leena Reispass
Liisa Palumaa
Maarja Lember
Mait Peetsalu
Marelle Vaino
Maria Jerilova
Marie Urvik
Mattias Johannes Kahar
Mattias Meimre
Merike Lapimaa
Merike Värik
Olesja Prants
Sandra Mikk
Sergii Bilous
Siim Reispass
Sten Palling
Triin Bõstrov
Ülle Adamson
Ülle Jõema
Ülle Parksepp
Valerii Popov
Special thanks
Alex Ott
Alice Aleksandridi
Andrus Seppam
Artur Talpsepp
Arvo Jägel
Georg Paal
Hendrik Soon
Janek Valgepea
Johannes Vedru
Kaupo Kuusemäe
Kirill Pavlov
Kristel Pikhof
Lauri Lehtsaar
Leana Jalukse
Merje Uppin
Neeme Kuningas
Olesja Prants
Raido Seppam
Risto Iljas
Sander Rohtla
Vladislav Bolmatov
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