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456 articles available in total starting from 18/12/2002. Last article published on 07/07/2025.

The Estonian Film Institute announces a €1 million budget cut and a new state-of-the-art sound stage

The Estonian Film Institute announces a €1 million budget cut and a new state-of-the-art sound stage

As a result of recent talks with the government, the extra production support provided during the years of Estonia 100 will be kept but reduced by €1 million for 2022  

14/10/2021 | Industry | Market | Estonia

Tallinn announces its First Feature Competition line-up, including a heist musical and a psychedelic ego trip

Tallinn announces its First Feature Competition line-up, including a heist musical and a psychedelic ego trip

The selection features ten world premieres and, as stated by the festival, a “surprising number of funerals”  

13/10/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | First Feature Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn Black Nights competition title Songs for a Fox

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Tallinn Black Nights competition title Songs for a Fox

Retired rock star Kristijonas Vildžiūnas’ fifth feature tells the story of a young singer who, after his lover’s death, locks himself away in a secluded country house  

05/10/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Veiko Õunpuu’s The Last Ones wins big at the Estonian Film and Television Awards

Veiko Õunpuu’s The Last Ones wins big at the Estonian Film and Television Awards

Young Colombian director Carlos Lesmes’ documentary A Loss of Something Ever Felt has scooped the Awards for Best Documentary and Best Editing  

20/09/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Estonia

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the first six titles in its Official Selection

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the first six titles in its Official Selection

The 25th edition of the Estonian festival, unspooling from 12-28 November, will include the world premieres of works by European directors Kristijonas Vildžiūna, György Pálfi and Aku Louhimies  

16/09/2021 | Black Nights 2021 | Competition

Review: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Review: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

VENICE 2021: Rising young Russian actor Yuriy Borisov plays the titular escaped captain in Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova’s thriller set amidst Stalin’s Great Purge  

08/09/2021 | Venice 2021 | Competition

The 9th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum set to put a spotlight on new talents from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden

The 9th edition of the Baltic Pitching Forum set to put a spotlight on new talents from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden

The industry event dedicated to shorts will see the participation of 12 new projects from the three Baltic republics and Sweden  

06/09/2021 | Baltic Pitching Forum 2021

German Golub • Director of My Dear Corpses

Interview: German Golub • Director of My Dear Corpses

“Film is not just art; it’s an act of empathy driven by relationships from both sides of the screen”

German Golub’s short film previously won a Student Academy Award in 2020; he is now bound for Karlovy Vary as part of EFP’s Future Frames  

26/08/2021 | Future Frames 2021

Rasmus Merivoo • Director of Kratt

Interview: Rasmus Merivoo • Director of Kratt

“In some ways, my film is like a nature documentary: you show how little people live, how the world affects them and how they affect the world”

We talked to the Estonian director about his film, which is really for the whole family, even though parents might need to answer some questions after the screening  

10/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

Review: Kratt

Review: Kratt

It’s alive! In his bloody family film, Rasmus Merivoo delivers every workaholic’s biggest nightmare  

06/08/2021 | Fantasia 2021

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