Veiko Ăunpuu (born March 16, 1972, in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball (SĂźgisball, 2007) and The Temptation of St. Tony (PĂźha TĂľnu kiusamine, 2009). Ăunpuu's films are usually slow paced artistic movies with eccentric characters. In 2006 he wrote and directed the independent short film Empty (TĂźhirand). In 2007 he adapted Mati Unt's novel Autumn Ball (SĂźgisball) that won the Horizon Award at the 64tâŚ