FNE at Black Nights FF 2014: Competition: I Won’t Come Back by Ilmar Raag

19-11-2014

FNE at Black Nights FF 2014: Competition: I Won’t Come Back by Ilmar Raag

By Martin Aadamsoo

I Won’t Come Back by Ilmar Raag

TALLINN: I Won’t Come Back (Ya ne vernus, Ma ei tule tagasi) directed by Estonian helmer Ilmar Raag competes for the Tridens Estonian Film Prize at the Black Nights film festival running through 30 November 2014.

The film is a coproduction between Russia (CTP Film Company), Finland (Helsinki Filmi), Estonia (Amrion), Belarus (Belarus-film) and Kazakhstan (Kazakhfilm) The film’s budget was an estimated 1.5 million euros, of which the Estonian Film Institute provided a total of 90,000 EUR for production and distribution. The film was also supported by Eurimages.

I Won’t Come Back made its festival premiere in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the special prize of the jury. It won the top prize of the feature film competition at the third edition of the Let’s CEE Film Festival. The film follows Anya, a young graduate student, and Kristina, an orphan, on their road-trip to Kazakhstan to find Kristina’s grandmother.

Production information:

Amrion OÜ
Nurme 45
11616 Tallinn
Estonia
Tel/fax: +372 677 6363
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http://www.amrion.ee

Credits:

Director: Ilmar Raag
Script: Jaroslava Pulinovitš
Cinematography: Tuomo Hutri
Set designer: Anastasja Karimulina
Costume desinger: Natalia Sokolova
Sound: Natalia Sokolova
Editor: Tambet Tasuja
Producers: Sergei Seljanov, Aleksi Bardi, Riina Sildos, Oleg Silvanovitsh, Viktorija Shamlikashvili
Cast:Polina Pushkaruk, Viktoria Lobacheva

Published in Estonia