Madli Lääne (born 1977) has studied film in Estonia (Baltic Film and Media School), in Germany (Internationale Filmschule Köln) and in Cuba (Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV San Antonio de los Baňos). Last year she was selected for Berlinale Talent Campus as a young promising documentary filmmaker. Madli has directed seven documentary films and is also working as an editor. In 2007 her film “Ready! Steady! Go!” won the title of the Best Estonian Short Film at the Sleepwalkers festival.