TALLINN: Estonia reached a 20 year high in cinema attendance in 2011, with 2.5 m tickets sold at an average price of 4.1 EUR, an increase of 100,000 tickets over 2011.
Estonian public broadcasting ERR reported that 332 feature-length films were released in 2012, establishing another record.
Thirteen feature films and 33 full-length documentaries were produced in Estonia in 2012. The country had a domestic hit with the adventure comedy Mushrooming (All Film), which had nearly 74,000 admissions, putting it in fourth place. The film accounted for almost 20% of admissions for Estonian films.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.