FNE at Tallin Black Nights 2013: Free Range
TALLINN: Free Range, third feature from Venice Horizons award-winning Estonian director Veiko Õunpuu was selected as Estonia’s entry for the 2013 foreign language Oscar nomination despite ciritical domestic response.
FNE at Europa Cinemas Athens 2013: Estonian Kino Artis Wins Best Programming Award
ATHENS: Estonian cinema Kino Artis was awarded the prize for Best Programming of 2013 in the Europa Cinemas network at the 18th Europa Cinemas Conference in Athens held 21-24 November…
FNE at Baltic Event 2013: Project Slate
TALLINN: The annual Baltic Event, kicks off on 27 November this week running for three days in Tallinn presenting slates of projects in four different sections:
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights 2013: Kertu
TALLINN: Kertu by Estonian director Ilmar Raag (The Class, Une Estonienne a Paris) topped Estonian box office for domestic films in 2013 with over 38,000 viewers to date.
FNE at Tallin Black Nights 2013: Tangerines
Tangerines, an Estonian/Georgian coproduction directed by Zaza Urushadze, pitched at Connecting Cottbus 2010, began shooting at the end of 2012 and opened in cinemas in Georgia and Estonia in October…
FNE at Tallin Black Nights 2013 The Arbiter
TALLINN: Kadri Kõusaar’s second film The Arbiter, which had its international premiere in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF, is a morally challenging and difficult…
FESTIVALS: Black Nights 2013 Competition Spans Europe and Asia
TALLINN: The EurAsia main competition of the 17th Black Nights Film Festival running 15 November – 1 December 2013 encompasses European Cannes competitors and debuting Asian directors when the main…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Elina Litvinova
FNE interviews Estonian documentary producer Elina Litvinova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Director of the Estonian Film Institute Edith Sepp
FNE spoke with Edith Sepp who heads the new Estonian Film Institute that replaced the Estonian Film Foundation this year about the challenges ahead for Estonian film and why it…
War Documentary Underscores Estonian Sacrifices
TALLINN: Blood Type, a documentary on the lives of Estonian soldiers serving in Afghanistan, will be marking the final phase of the Baltic country's decade-long commitment when it's released to…
PRODUCTION: Cherry Tobacco Shooting in Estonia
TALLINN: Katrin Maimik’s coming-of-age debut film Cherry Tobacco (Kirsitubakas), written by Andres Maimik, is shooting in Estonian locations through October. It builds on the latter's previous hit comedy Kormoranid. Tobacco…
FNE TV: Riina Sildos, Managing Director, Baltic Event
The B’EST (Baltic Bridge East by West) has just announced its project slate for its second edition to be held in St Petersburg from 11-15 September. FNE asked Riina Sildos,…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West 2013: The Arbiter
TALLINN: Kadri Kõusaar’s second film The Arbiter, making its international premiere in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com), is a morally challenging and difficult…
Record Cinema Attendance in Estonia
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…
EFP Producers on the Move 2013 Kiur Aarma
TALLINN: Kiur Aarma, Estonian film producer, screenwriter and musician had an international hit with the 2009 documentary Disco and Atomic War, which he produced and co-wrote (best documentary at Jihlava…
ScripTeast 2013 at Cannes The Soldier
Estonian scriptwriter Mart Kivastik competes for the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award during the 2013 Cannes IFF with The Soldier, a WWII story about a minor KGB officer who, for the…
FNE Cannes Preview 2013: Estonian Films in Cannes 2013
ESTONIA is glad to meet all friends old and new once again at the Marché du Film market in Cannes. For the first time, we are now situated in the…
Nordic Video Library Launched in Estonia
TALLINN: The Nordic Video Library, a unique online and offline platform presenting Nordic films for educational purposes, was launched in Estonia on 25 March at Tallinn’s Baltic Film and Media…
Estonian Film Institute appoints new management
TALLINN: The board of the Estonian Film Insitute , the country’s main film financing body, has appointed new management. Edith Sepp-Dallas will assume the post of general director, while Piret…
FNE at Berlinale 2013: Estonia at EFM!
Information Courtesy of Estonian Film Foundation BERLIN: ESTONIA is once again proud to present its new titles at the European Film Market. Our location is the same: Martin Gropius Bau,…
