Toys and Totems

Some objects in our lives are more significant than others, be they ritual artefacts or childhood toys. Their life-stories intertwine with our own. Reflecting to and from their significant objects, children create reality, and so can grown-ups. The film, with its documentary stories, stop-motion animation and associative imagery, pays tribute to the humans’ bittersweet yearning for divine re-connection and transformation. Playing is a cosmological act that can make anything possible. (Estonian Film Institute)