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452 articles available in total starting from 18/12/2002. Last article published on 14/04/2025.

Marko Raat’s 8 Views of Lake Biwa scoops seven accolades at this year’s Estonian Film and Television Awards

Marko Raat’s 8 Views of Lake Biwa scoops seven accolades at this year’s Estonian Film and Television Awards

Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo’s Lioness was also a big winner, snagging the gongs for Best Feature Film and Best Screenwriter  

14/04 | Festivals | Awards | Estonia

Moonika Siimets  • Director of The Black Hole

Interview: Moonika Siimets • Director of The Black Hole

“I’m all about mixing genres: one eye should be laughing and the other one crying”

The Estonian director tells three stories in her new film, which follows people and other creatures looking for love and attention  

08/04 | Night Visions 2025

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas wraps the shoot for his sixth feature, Dice-ching-o-mat

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas wraps the shoot for his sixth feature, Dice-ching-o-mat

The Lithuanian director’s next film promises to be an existential fantasy drama, described in a short and pithy logline as about a "solitary star seeking a constellation"  

08/04 | Production | Funding | Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia

Filming wraps on Ove Musting’s sophomore feature, Pig Slaughter

Filming wraps on Ove Musting’s sophomore feature, Pig Slaughter

The film is set to be a darkly comedic and raw exploration of rural traditions in Southern Estonia, blending absurd situations with a reflection on a vanishing way of life  

20/03 | Production | Funding | Estonia

Review: The Home

Review: The Home

Mattias J Skoglund's effective, modest horror takes full advantage of one of the biggest modern fears: moving into an assisted living facility  

14/03 | SXSW 2025

Mattias J Skoglund  • Director of The Home

Interview: Mattias J Skoglund • Director of The Home

“I wanted to create a tone that would be very raw, intimate and slightly uncanny”

The Swedish director breaks down his indie horror flick set in a retirement home, which is based on a novel by Mats Strandberg  

10/03 | SXSW 2025

Maarja Johanna Mägi  • Actress

Interview: Maarja Johanna Mägi • Actress

"Being free between projects is both scary and exciting — anything can happen"

BERLINALE 2025: The emerging actress, well-known to Estonian audiences given her accessible work on local television, discusses the challenges of the profession  

22/02 | European Shooting Stars 2025

Review: Idyllic

Review: Idyllic

Aaron Rookus’s sophomore feature is a pleasant rollercoaster of emotions, exploring death, grief and life through three generations  

04/02 | IFFR 2025 | Big Screen Competition

Pirjo Honkasalo’s latest endeavour, Orenda, to screen at IFFR, Göteborg and Tampere

Pirjo Honkasalo’s latest endeavour, Orenda, to screen at IFFR, Göteborg and Tampere

The drama, starring Pirkko Saisio and Alma Pöysti, follows two strong-willed women who meet each other and confront their guilt-ridden memories amidst the magical landscapes of an archipelago  

17/01 | Production | Funding | Finland/Estonia/Sweden

EXCLUSIVE: Clip for Aaron Rookus’s IFFR-bound Idyllic

EXCLUSIVE: Clip for Aaron Rookus’s IFFR-bound Idyllic

The life-affirming and humorous drama film depicts three generations of a Dutch family as they question their lives and relationships  

17/01 | Production | Funding | Netherlands/Belgium/Estonia

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