‘Pretenders’’ Vallo Toomla Tempts Italian, Finnish, Lithuanian Partners with Estonian Sci-Fi Romance ‘Beatrice’ Ahead of Haugesund (EXCLUSIVE)

Estonia’s Vallo Toomla – whose debut “Pretenders,” penned by “Compartment No 9”’s Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman, wooed reviewers when it premiered at 2016’s San Sebastian – is due to start filming next spring his sophomore feature “Beatrice.” 

Set in a near-future devastated by climate change, the story of loss, love and hope will be pitched by Stellar Film’s pedigreed producer Evelin Penttilä (“The Exalted”) at the upcoming Nordic Co-Production Market in Haugesund, Norway.

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Winner of the Trieste When East Meet West Lab’s Italian-Baltic co-development award in 2024, the project is co-produced by high-profile Giovanni Pompili for

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