The Invisible Fight had its international premiere in August 2023, in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival. Sarnet’s kung fu comedy has also been screened at the Love & Anarchy Film Festival in Helsinki, Fantastic Fest and Sitges, and it was also the opening film at the RIGA IFF.  Soon, the film will run in the Feature Film Competition of the 33rd FilmFestival Cottbus (7-12 November 2023.).

The Invisible Fight takes place in the 1970s Soviet Union, when young hooligan Rafael becomes a target of kung fu robbers while serving as a border guard on the border of the Soviet Union and China. After returning home, Rafael finds his way to a monastery and meets Orthodox monks, whose skills are even cooler than those of the Chinese. Here begins Rafael’s comical journey to the invincible humility, a journey full of temptation, faith, love and joy.

Produced with a budget of 2.7 m EUR, the film was shot in Estonia, Greece and Latvia as a coproduction between Estonia’s Homeless Bob Production, Latvia’s White Picture, Helsinki-filmi from Finland and Neda Film from Greece.

The film was funded by the Estonian Film Institute, the National Film Centre of Latvia, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Greek Film Centre, Eurimages, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Tallifornia Film Fund, and the film funds of the co-producing countries. 

In Estonia, The Invisible Fight will be theatrically released on 8 December 2023.

The international sales representative of the film is Level K from Denmark.