The Bank by Rainer Sarnet, Juhan Ulfsak, Marianne Kõrver, Jan-Erik NõgistoTALLINN: The British distributor Videoplugger has sold the high-end Estonian drama series The Bank / PANK to MHz Networks to air in North America in Estonian with English subtitles.
The series is produced by Paul Aguraiuja for Estonian rising content creator Itamambuca Filmproduction. The 1.5 M EUR production received 781,000 EUR in support from the Estonian Film Institute.
The series has been selected to screen in competition at the Geneva International Film Festival taking place in early November 2018.
The plot follows the rise of an Estonian bank during the turbulent 90's just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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