Vivian Säde
Directing
August 10, 1997
28 years old
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Biography
Vivian Säde (born August 10, 1997) is an Estonian screenwriter, director, and producer.
She founded Moondustfilms in 2018 to produce her film and TV projects. Säde wrote, directed, and co-produced Estonia's first queer coming-of-age comedy-drama series "Kalamaja Blues“ for Yle. Premiering in 2023 and set in Tallinn’s Kalamaja district, its second season will be released in 2025 in collaboration with Yle and ERR. The project began after Säde participated in MIDPOINT Institute’s Smash Cut workshop in 2022.
Her short film "Mari, Sweetie,“ produced by Volia Chajkouskaya at Allfilm, won the F-Weird Pitch at the Finnish Film Affair 2024 and the Radiator IP Sales Award at the Baltic Pitching Forum 2023. Filming begins in August 2025.
Säde graduated cum laude with a BA in Audiovisual Media from Tallinn University’s Baltic Film and Media School and earned an MA in Screenwriting, also cum laude, from Screen Academy Scotland. She is a member of the Estonian Association of Audiovisual Authors.