FESTIVALS: Estonian Animated Festival Accepting Submissions
TALLINN: Animated Dreams (www.anima.ee), the oldest and biggest Estonian animation film festival, is accepting submission through 15 August 2011. The festival takes place 16-20 November 2011.
FNE at DISCOP Budapest 2011: Estonia
TALLINN: Estonia's three national broadcasters, public broadcaster Estonian TV (ETV, etv.err.ee, operated under ERR which also runs a national radio network),and foreign-owned commercial channels TV3 (www.tv3.ee) owned by Modern Times…
Estonia Announces 2011 Film Grants
TALLINN: The Estonian Ministry of Culture announced funding support for the production of five film projects being shot as international coproductions with the involvement of Estonian producers. The ministry's total…
Kanal TV Announces June Launch in Estonia
TALLINN: Estonian TV channel Kanal 2 will add a third channel to offerings, Kanal 12, scheduled to begin broadcasts on 8 June 2011. Kanal 2 added a women's channel, Kanal…
Estonian Films in Cannes
The Estonian film delegation is now situated in a new location at Cannes: Pantiero, pavillion 212, Estonian Films. A complete list of Estonian screenings and events follows:
Estonia Promises to Boost Film Sector
TALLINN: Estonia's new government has signed a coalition agreement that promises to develop the technical infrastructure of Estonia's film industry and support the distribution of domestic films. The agreement also…
Estonian Comedy Opens Strong
TALLINN: Cormorants (English title: Farts of Fury), a spoof story of a reunion of a sixties rock band rolled out on 18 March 2011 and scored 10,166 admissions on its…
Fox Establishes Estonian Company
TALLINN: FOX International Channels (FIC) annouonced on 9 March 2011 the founding of FOX International Channels Estonia OÜ, a Tallinn-based regional headquarters servicing the Baltic region. The new company will…
Baltic Film and Media School in Tallinn Builds Postproduction Centre
The Tallinn-based international Baltic Film and Media School (BFM) has started construction of its new building in the centre of city, to be completed by early 2012, which will also…
Estonia Lines Up 2011 Premieres
TALLINN: Estonia is a looking forward to a near-record number of feature releases by domestic directors in 2011. Seven films are set for releases, compared to just 2 in 2010,…
Toom Receives First Estonian Oscar Nod
TALLINN: Central Europeans will be pinning their Oscar hopes on a young Estonian filmmaker. Tanel Toom (age 28) has received the first ever Estonian nomination for an Oscar award with…
Estonia Scores Record Admissions in 2010
TALLINN: Estonia's cinema admissions rose by 16% in 2010, amounting to a record-breaking 2.1 million, or a healthy 1.59 admissions per capita. The figure marks the best result since the…
Estonia Announces Digital TV Tender
A new tender for a public digital TV license has been announced by Estonia's Ministry of Culture.
FNE 2010 Year in Review:Estonia Prepares for a Leap
Dismal figures, promising prospects. This sums up Estonian film industry's going in the turbulent 2010 year. While public financing, domestic rollout and admission stats have been in a nadir for…
Estonian Funding Stays Stable for 2011
Estonia's public financing for film looks set to remain unchanged from the painfully reduced level of 2010. Altogether, the three major public sources for film financing - the Estonian Film…
EEFA Awards Four Projects in Tallinn
TALLINN: The East European Film Alliance (www.eefa-eu.org) awarded four projects in the final session of the EEFA Training Network 2010 during Black Nights Film Festival at Tallinn.
Tallinn Black Nights FF Winners
TALLINN: The 14th Tallinn Nights FF (19 November - 5 December 2010) worked hand in hand with the European Film Awards this year which were held in Tallinn on 4…
Estonia Baltic Event Special: Estonian Coproductions
TALLINN: Out of 21 features produced in Estonia over the last 4 years, over half were shot in international co-production. Estonia is committed to cinematic co-productions, although sometimes more out…
Estonia Baltic Event Special: Baltic Event Sees Record Growth
TALLINN: The 9th Baltic Event (be.poff.ee) taking place 1-3 December 2010, will be its largest to date, with 16 coproduction market projects, 250 international guests, and additional screenings and works-in-progress…
Estonia Baltic Event Special: A record 4 Estonian films vie for Oscar shortlist
Estonia nominated a record-breaking three films for this year's Acadey Awards, plus a fourth one competing as this year's student film Oscar winner.
