POFF Black Nights Hosts Legal, Distribution Workshop

TALLINN: The East European Film Alliance (EEFA, eefa-eu.org) Training Network will hold its final workshop of 2011 on 25-28 November at the POFF Black Nights Film Festival. The workshop will…
23-11-2011

FESTIVALS: The External World Wins Animated Dreams

The winners of the awards of 13th Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams (www.anima.ee) were announced on Saturday, 19 November 2011, at the award ceremony in Sõprus Cinema, Tallinn. The Grand…
22-11-2011

Estonia Funds Film Commission

TALLiNN: Enterprise Estonia, the country's enterprise and export support agency, will finance the launch of an Estonian film commission. The initial investment in setup and operational costs for the first…
11-11-2011

Estonian "Folk Film" Premieres

TALLINN: A year-long project, initiated by Kinobuss, culminates on Friday, 11.11.2011, with the premiere of the full-length feature film That's IT!, made together by more than 1500 professional and amateur…
10-11-2011

FESTIVALS: Black Nights Announces Competition Films

TALLINN: Twelve films will compete in the Black Nights Baltic feature film competition, which runs 18-30 November 2011 (www.poff.ee). Another 17 films will compete in the EurAsia competition, and ten…
09-11-2011

Baltic Event Sets Coproduction Market

The 10th anniversary of Baltic Event (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and the seventh annual Co-Production Market held in Tallinn from 29 November 29 - 2 December 2011 features 12 projects from 9 countries.
07-11-2011

PRODUCTION: Une Estonienne à Paris (Veel üks croissant) in Postproduction

TALLINN: Estonian director Ilmar Raag takes on French cinema classics by casting Jeanne Moreau in the lead role of his upcoming feature Une Estonienne à Paris (Veel üks croissant), currently…
20-10-2011

Finnish Best Seller Films in Estonia

TALLINN: Purge, a Finnish film based on a national best-selling novel, is currently in production in Estonia where the entire shoot will take place.
19-10-2011

Estonia Wins Anim'est Prize

BUCHAREST: Estonian animation director Ulo Pikkov won the main prize of the 6th Anim'est festival of animated film for Body Memory.
19-10-2011

Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot Adapted by Estonian Director Rainer Sarnet

An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel, The Idiot (Idioot) by Estonian director Rainer Sarnet screened in the Flash Forward section of the Busan International Film Festival. The film, produced by…
18-10-2011

Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot adapted by Estonian Director Rainer Sarnet

An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel, The Idiot (Idioot) by Estonian director Rainer Sarnet screened in the Flash Forward section of the Busan International Film Festival. The film, produced by…
18-10-2011

Estonia Ponders New Film Commission

TALLINN: Estonia could launch preparations for setting up a Film Commission before the end of the year if the financing bid of the country's export promotion agency Enterprise Estonia prove…
10-10-2011

FESTIVALS: Worldfilm Call for Documentary Entries

The 9th Worldfilm ( www.worldfilm.ee) festival to be held 19-25 March 2012 in Tartu, Estonia, is accepting entries through 17 October 2017, with an extended deadline for world premieres.
02-10-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Deadline: Baltic Event Co-Production Market

The 10th film market Baltic Event, held annually in Tallin, Estonia, invites European filmmakers who seek financing and presenting. If you are interested in your project entering the co-production market,…
23-09-2011

Lotte Sequel Opens Strong in Estonia

TALLINN: Lotte and the Moonstone Secret, an Estonian-Latvian children's animated feature film, drew 9,658 film-goers in its opening weekend, making it the fifth largest Estonian domestic film launch in 10…
31-08-2011

PRODUCTION: The Russians of the Isle of Crows in Postproduction

TALLINN: Sulev Keedus's social documentary The Russians of the Isle of Crows is in postproduction with a premiere scheduled for autumn 2011.
11-08-2011

PRODUCTION: The Land of Love in Postproduction

TALLINN: Liivo Niglas is in post-production with The Land of Love, his second documentary (after Yuri Vella's World) featuring the Siberian indigenous reindeer herder, writer and activist Yuri Vella, who…
04-08-2011

Estonian Ad Prices Rise

TALLINN: Advertising prices grew 21.6% in Estonia in the first half of 2011, compared to the same period in 2010.
31-07-2011

Estonia Adds Animation Workshop

TALLINN: Animated Dreams, the Estonian animation film festival, will introduce the first training and networking platform, AnimaCampus Tallinn, 15-19 November 2011.
14-07-2011

FESTIVALS: Animated Dreams Call for Submissions

TALLINN: Animated Dreams (16-20 November 2011, www.anima.ee), the oldest and largest animated film event in Estonia, is accepting film submissions through 15 August 2011.
01-07-2011