Red carpet: “Mother” (“Ema”) – 2016 Tribeca Film Festival

The international premiere of “Mother” (“Ema” in Estonian) took place at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. From left to right, the all-female team behind the film: screenwriter Leana Jalukse, director Kadri Kõusaar and producer Aet Laigu. (photo by Ekaterina Golovinskaya / Meniscus Magazine)

Kadri Kõusaar’s first film, “Magnum” (2007), was the first Estonian work in competition at the Cannes Film Festival (“Un Certain Regard”). (photo by Ekaterina Golovinskaya / Meniscus Magazine)

According to an official statement about the film, “Mother” (“Ema”) is a “darkly comic, crime mystery set in small-town Estonia [that] centers on Elsa, the full time caretaker of her comatose son, Lauri, and the locals, who are abuzz with rumors about who shot Lauri and why. But in this tight-knit town, where everyone seems to know everyone and everything except for what’s right under their nose, the world’s clumsiest crime may go unsolved.” (still courtesy of Silversalt PR)