halla@halla.ee
HALLa
VISUALS
WHAT IS HALLA
HALLA VISUALS is a a new moving image company founded by
cinematographer Heiko Sikka e.s.c. and director Jan Erik Nõgisto.
Film makers with a combined 40 years of experience from film rolls to digital cinema. We work across commercials, digital content, branded film and music videos - bringing a quiet, emotional precision to every frame.
No fixed process. No preferred format. No brakes on creativity.
Just the right approach for the work in front of us.
Just the perfect, meticulously curated crew for every job.
WORK OUR PEOPLE HAVE DONE BEFORE HALLA WAS CREATED
What happens when Jan Erik and Heiko work together — a personal collection of collaborative projects before the creation of HALLA, some of which have picked up awards along the way.
A few years' worth of moving image — Jan Erik's personal portfolio before the creation of HALLA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER | CREATIVE DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
Frames gathered over the years — Heiko's personal cinematography portfolio before the creation of HALLA
WHY IS HALLA CREATED
HALLA is founded on a simple belief - the best creative decisions are made in service of the work in front of us,
not in service of maintaining what already exists.
We are building a studio with a modern structure and boutique atmosphere centred around the work at hand.
We have nothing to protect, no methods to defend,
and no interest in repeating ourselves.
We bring a polite, balanced work ethic, precision to detail
and above all - an uncompromised will for quality.
MEET OUR PEOPLE...
Jan Erik and Heiko lead every project from concept to final frame directing, shaping and owning the creative output.
Around them, a trusted circle of collaborators joins when the work calls for it,
matched to the project or the client's vision.
HEIKO SIKKA e.s.c.
CINEMATOGRAPHER | CREATIVE DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
heiko@halla.ee
Heiko shoots close. A DoP with feature films and many commercials behind him, his visual instinct is raw and intimate.
A style built on the belief that the most honest frame is always the one that gets near enough to make actors forget the camera exists.
JAN ERIK NÕGISTO
CREATIVE DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
jan@halla.ee
Producer & Creative Director with a precise mind and a steady hand, translating the logic of the brief into the language of the image, while keeping the rawness of the moment intact.
A director across short film, TV and mostly - advertising, Jan Erik has built a body of internationally recognised, award-winning work over two decades. The formats change. The standard - elevates.
...AND SOME OF THE TALENTS WE COLLABORATE WITH
ALVAR REINUMÄGI
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Alvar is a seasoned producer with credits across award-winning films and high-end ad shoots. He brings sharp precision to budgeting, license acquisition and overall project management.
JOHANNES MAGNUS AULE
DIRECTOR
Aule is an Estonian film and advertising director. Trained at the National Film and Television School in the UK, he brings a cinematic eye to commercials and music videos
TRISTAN LUIGE
DIRECTOR
Tristan came up through the lighting and camera departments across Europe before stepping into directing. His work blends bold camera movement and strong visual craft with a personal, story-driven sensibility.
DIRECTOR of your choice
DIRECTOR
We have spent years getting to know the best directing talent in Estonia. If you have someone in mind, say the name. If you need a recommendation, we have one. Either way, we make it happen.
FABO TOTH
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Fabo is a cinematographer with a rare instinct for light and a visual intelligence that is precise without being cold. His work spans commercial and branded content with a maturity that goes well beyond his years. One of the most compelling young eyes entering the field today.
ANNELI ARUSAAR
production designer
Anneli transforms spaces for celebrated cinema and premium commercial sets. Her vast portfolio is defined by a deep artistic vision and a collection of prestigious awards.
KÄRT HAMMER
style and zeitgeist consultant
Kärt is an internationally celebrated interdisciplinary artist with curated exhibitions from Tallinn to Paris. She is also a precision-level costume designer to many films, theater productions, music videos and loads of commercials.
KEN OJA
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER
Ken is a stills photographer with a distinctive eye for raw emotion and a visual style that is rugged, sharp and immediately recognizable. He has shot for major brands across the board.
EMER VÄRK
AI coordinator and live event video artist
A theatre video artist and live event conceptualist, Emer brings trained expertise in AI and video mapping to every space he works in. Few people think in dimensions the way he does.
you, who you are currently reading this
Good at your work?
We are constantly looking for people to collaborate with. If you feel your work should be featured here, drop us a line and be one of us.
WHAT DO WE BRING TO THE TABLE?
SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT
We create content with a rhythm: four videos a month, more, less, whatever the strategy demands. At this time the distribution and the media planning comes from you and we will provide you with high quality content. Every piece is built with the hooks, the pacing, and the visual language that actually holds attention online. We bring the filmmaker's eye and fold in the best tools available. It doesn't look like content. It looks like something worth watching.
CONCEPT TO SCREEN
Not every project starts with an agency.
If you come to us with an idea that needs shaping, we'll help you develop it, prepare it and then shoot it. After it's ready, we help you upload or deliver it to where you need it to be. But what if in the middle of the process we come to a conclusion with you that what you actually need is a full agency setup, strategy, concept, the works - we'll connect you with the right people. We've built those relationships over years, and we know who's worth your time. Good work finds its way to the right hands. We just help it get there faster.
CLASSIC AGENCY MODEL
The classic model. We know it cold. The idea and the client come from the agency. We come in with a treatment, make sure it flies within the budget, and take it all the way: casting, crew, shoot, edit, sound mix, grade, delivery. We know how to keep a client confident and a production on track. Fast, familiar, done right.
MUSIC VIDEOS
We've made them. We've won awards for them. And after a brief pause, we're ready to make them again. If you have a track that deserves more than a lyric video and a decent lighting setup, let's talk. This is the work we do for the love of it — and it shows.
FOOD and PRODUCT VIDEO
If the brief is taste, texture, craving. This is what we do very well. Food, liquids, packshots, the full range. We know how to make something look like you can't stop thinking about it. The desire we put on screen is real, even when the hunger wasn't there a second ago.
STILL PHOTOS ON THE SAME DAY
Video agencies rarely offer this. Most find it awkward to bolt a photo session onto a film shoot. We don't.
CUTSCENES and GAME CINEMATICS
Your world, your rules — we just make it real. We film live actors and visualize the footage to match the aesthetic of your game, whatever that looks like. Gritty, stylized, photorealistic, otherworldly.
The performance is human.
The rest is whatever it needs to be.
AI CINEMATICS
We treat AI not as a shortcut, but as a new creative language — and we've spent serious time learning to speak it fluently. This service exists for the ideas that live beyond the reach of conventional production: the location that can't be permitted, the cast that can't be assembled, the world that simply doesn't exist yet.
Using referenced real-world locations and performance-referenced casting, we build AI films that feel visually grounded and narratively intentional — not experimental, but cinematic. All talent and location usage is handled with rights agreements in place, giving you a clean, deployable asset.
What separates our work here is the craft underneath it. Every AI cinematic is built on a proper screenplay, a dramaturgical spine, and the same branded storytelling principles we bring to any live production. The AI is the brush. The thinking is still entirely ours.
PRODUCTION SERVICE
Running a shoot in Estonia — local or international? We handle it. Locations, castings, crew, permits, logistics. You focus on the creative. We make sure the machine runs.
CONTACT US:
Halla Visuals OÜ
Tallinn, Põhja-Tallinna linnaosa, Peetri tn 11, 10415
HALLA@HALLA.EE