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461 articles available in total starting from 18/12/2002. Last article published on 10/09/2025.

Sander Maran • Director of Chainsaws Were Singing

Interview: Sander Maran • Director of Chainsaws Were Singing

"I wanted this balance between naughty and nice"

The Estonian director talks about his feature debut, awarded at the recent Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival  

08/05/2024 | HOFF 2024

Review: Kelly – Someone Else’s Dream

Review: Kelly – Someone Else’s Dream

Helen Lõhmus and Leana Jalukse’s documentary looks into the abuse suffered by young freestyle skier Kelly Sildaru, ruthlessly coached by her father  

29/04/2024 | Hot Docs 2024

Chainsaws Were Singing – and scooping awards at Estonia's Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Chainsaws Were Singing – and scooping awards at Estonia's Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Sander Maran’s feature debut has been named Best Estonian Genre Film, while the short Wander to Wonder was also rewarded at the Estonian genre festival  

29/04/2024 | HOFF 2024

Helmut Jänes • Festival and programme director, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Interview: Helmut Jänes • Festival and programme director, Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

“All of our films show the colourful world of genre”

HÕFF’s festival and programme director, also known as Doctor Frankenstein, hopes his audience will get to dress up and discover some good genre flicks  

26/04/2024 | HOFF 2024

Rainer Sarnet’s absurdist comedy The Invisible Fight wins big at the Estonian Film and Television Awards

Rainer Sarnet’s absurdist comedy The Invisible Fight wins big at the Estonian Film and Television Awards

Anna Hints’ acclaimed doc Smoke Sauna Sisterhood has scooped four statuettes, including the Awards for Best Documentary and Best Director  

16/04/2024 | Festivals | Awards | Estonia

Liis Nimik  • Producer, Klara Films

Interview: Liis Nimik • Producer, Klara Films

“I don't think documentary filmmakers should be going around trying to save the world”

The Estonian producer explains why it's important for documentary creation to start from home and to see what is around us  

18/03/2024 | Emerging Producers 2024

Jaak Kilmi’s The Shadow in post-production

Jaak Kilmi’s The Shadow in post-production

The new feature follows a struggling poet and unlikely detective in Estonia, the “Wild West” of the Tsar's crumbling empire in the 1890s  

07/02/2024 | Production | Funding | Estonia

MIDPOINT Series Launch and Development Executive Training extend their calls

MIDPOINT Series Launch and Development Executive Training extend their calls

The training programme aimed at individuals from Central and Eastern Europe will take place across 2024, hosting sessions in both the Czech Republic and Estonia; the new deadline is 15 January  

10/01/2024 | MIDPOINT 2024

Eeva Mägi  • Director of Mo Mamma

Interview: Eeva Mägi • Director of Mo Mamma

“Watching cinema is like having butterflies in my stomach – it’s a feeling I would like to elicit with my films”

An intriguing new voice in Estonian cinema, the director reveals some of the secrets behind her deeply touching and personal movies  

23/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Niki Nikitin  • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

Interview: Niki Nikitin • Curator, Critics' Picks, Tallinn Black Nights

"The Critics' Picks section represents global diversity in every sense, especially in the artistic and geopolitical realms"

The curator breaks down the second edition of the festival's new competitive strand devoted to powerful and artistically outstanding works that might otherwise be overlooked  

22/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics' Picks

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