New cuts in film funding

Estonia's government on Thursday, February 12, moved to cut over €500 million from the 2009 state budget which is expected to decrease annual subsidies for the Estonian Film Foundation, the…
15-02-2009

Estonia commissions post-prodution study

A consortium of public and private film organisations has commissioned a study on the feasibility of setting up an audiovisual post-production cluster in Tallinn to boost Estonia's film services exports.
09-02-2009

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio, travels to Berlin

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio, an Estonian-Russian co-production to be released on March 12, is presented at this year's Berlin European Film Market as a previously unheard-of-genre piece: a juvenile musical…
04-02-2009

Vasha arrives in cinemas

Vasha, an Estonian-German-Finnish-Irish co-production, was released in cinemas in Estonia on January 23.
27-01-2009

Estonia announces 2008 box office results

Estonia witnessed a stable year at the box office in 2008, with two domestic films in top 10 and the total number of admissions staying on par with the preceding…
15-01-2009

Estonian Box Office National Hit: December Heat

The number one national box office hit in Estonia in 2008, December Heat by debut director Asko Kase, gathered close to 60,000 admissions, beating a string of Hollywood blockbusters.
18-12-2008

Estonian Box Office National Hit: December Heat

The number one national box office hit in Estonia in 2008, December Heat by debut director Asko Kase, gathered close to 60,000 admissions, beating a string of Hollywood blockbusters.
18-12-2008

Estonian breakout director: Rene Vilbre

2008 was the breakout year for the Estonian director Rene Vilbre whose second feature I Was Here screened at this year's Karlovy Vary East of the West section and climbed…
17-12-2008

Actor in the Spotlight: Rasmus Kaljujarv

2008 brought a new poster boy to the Estonian cinema in the person of Rasmus Kaljujarv, the lead role in the box office hit I Was Here.
16-12-2008

Hunger wins Black Nights festival in Tallin

The 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announced that the English-Irish prison drama Hunger has won the Grand Prix in the EurAsia competition.
10-12-2008

Baltic Event Co-Production Market Announces Slate of Projects

The Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which begins December 1st, announced a slate of 12 projects chosen from the Baltics, Scandinavia, Central-Eastern Europe, and Russia.
25-11-2008

Tallinn Black Nights announces competition

The 12th Black Nights Film Festival has announced its competition programme, with 18 films selected for the EurAsia competition programme.
19-11-2008

Estonia nominates I was here for foreign-language Oscar

I Was Here by Rene Vilbre was chosen as Estonia's entry to compete for this year's best foreign language Oscar award.
29-10-2008

Shooting begins on The Temptation of St. Tony

Venice winner Veiko Ounpuu has begun shooting on his second feature film, The Temptation of St. Tony, in Estonia.
22-10-2008

December Heat burns budgets for Estonian films

The highest ever budgeted Estonian feature film, December heat by debut director Asko Kase, premieres October 17 across Estonia, while budget shortages are dampening the film's roll out and advertising…
15-10-2008

Estonia invests in MTV ad campaign

The Estonian government is spending EEK 11.4 million (730,000 Euros) on an advertising campaign on the internationally recognized music channel MTV.
08-10-2008

With economic downturn, Estonia cuts film subsidies

With the economic growth stalling, Estonia is reducing its state film financing this year and faces further cuts in coming years.
30-09-2008

Estonian distributor Katrin Rajasaare,Tallinnfilm

Katrin Rajasaare lists "myths and their deconstructions" as her hobby, so perhaps it's fitting that she directs Tallinnfilm, the former Soviet-era manopoly monolyth that de-mythified into Estonia's sole art-house distributor…
23-09-2008

Autumn Ball wins grand prix in Anapa

Veiko Ounpuu's Estonian box office hit and Venice Orrizonti winner Autumn Ball picked up the Kinoshok grand prize, the critics' award, and the press prize at the Anapa film festival…
22-09-2008

I Was Here tops Estonia’s box office on first weekend

The Karlovy Vary East of the West competition film I Was Here, directed by Rene Vilbre, premiered on Friday, September 12, and shot to the top of Estonian box office…
16-09-2008