As a filmmaker and cartoonist I tell stories - and travelling is where stories happen.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I finally have a place of my own that I can share.
And, as experience has shown, I continue to travel, so it might be helpful to find some contacts from here.

Interests

Cinema, literature, hiking, slavic cultures.

• literature
• dining
• movies
• music
• hiking
• animation
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - everything pretty much. Some long-time favourites include: The Doors, KINO, Nirvana, Otava Yo, Nina Simone, Yma Sumac, La Rue Ketanou, Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg, DDT, The Kinks, Novelle Vague, Gogol Bordello, Eels, The Byrds, Janis Joplin, Vennaskond, Del Shannon, etc.

Movies - I watch a lot of animations. But of live-action cinema my favourite directors include Ivan Vyrypaev, Emir Kusturica, Veit Helmer, Wes Anderson, Andrey Konchalovskij, Baz Luhrmann, Milos Forman, Kirill Serebrennikov, Roy Andersson.

Books - some favourite authors: Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Sishkin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, J. D. Salinger, Daniil Kharms, Sigrid Undset, Daniel Kehlmann, Venedikt Jerofeyev, Mehis Heinsaar, August Gailit, Karel Capek.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once touched my elbow with my tongue, but no-one saw it.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: animation, Estonian, some more animation
Learn: new languages, new landscapes, new tastes
Share: food, stories, music

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good company and bad anecdotes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Russian Federation