The Circle

Südamering

MS12

Genre

Documentary

Director

Margit Lillak

Run time

1h 34min

The film follows a group of adults and their children who in the summer of 2014, decide to leave their customary life arrangement and start the first eco-conscious community in Estonia. Combining their savings, they buy an old manor, 3750 square meters of half-decayed

buildings along with 33 hectares of agricultural land. Before them, the manor accommodated a nursing home. Five families move in – 12 adults and 6 children. Their experiment was inspired by spreading movement of eco-communities, in order to try out in a smaller constellation a new life arrangement that concentrates on non-violent harmonic relationships, co-operation, nature conservancy, permaculture and small human footprint. First, you have to demolish the mainstream society model starting from nuclear family and education to general consumption. The documentary by Margit Lillak follows the dramatic developments in a community in the

period of five years, from honeymoon to collapse.

Genre

Documentary

Director

Margit Lillak

Run time

1h 34min

The film follows a group of adults and their children who in the summer of 2014, decide to leave their customary life arrangement and start the first eco-conscious community in Estonia. Combining their savings, they buy an old manor, 3750 square meters of half-decayed

buildings along with 33 hectares of agricultural land. Before them, the manor accommodated a nursing home. Five families move in – 12 adults and 6 children. Their experiment was inspired by spreading movement of eco-communities, in order to try out in a smaller constellation a new life arrangement that concentrates on non-violent harmonic relationships, co-operation, nature conservancy, permaculture and small human footprint. First, you have to demolish the mainstream society model starting from nuclear family and education to general consumption. The documentary by Margit Lillak follows the dramatic developments in a community in the

period of five years, from honeymoon to collapse.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

2019

Global distributor

Allfilm OÜ

Local distributor

Allfilm OÜ

In cinema

2/3/2020