The Polar Boy
premiered on May 13. 2016. The film was directed by Anu Aun and the film stars are Roland
Laos and Jaanika Arum. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between two
young people - Mattias and Hannah. "The Polar Boy" has been supported by Estonian Film
Foundation.
Mattias is a young talented photographer living in Tallinn, who has a dream to become a student
of the Berlin Arts Academy. He is in his final year of school and has to concetrate on studying
before exams, but suddendly he fells in love with a girl. Hannah suffers from a mental disorder
called bipolarity. She has periods of depression and periods of elevated mood and it is quite hard
for her to control her mood swings. An unnormal amount of alcohol and drugs affects her life
and she refuses to face the reality. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove
Hannah, that he can be also just as adventorous and unpredictalble as she is. She does not want
an ordinary lover