tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110078092011-11-26T21:14:12.229+02:00"The position of Estonian film in society has, throughout ages, resembled the function of a fool at the king's court - nobody takes him seriously, he is ridiculed, even hated; at the same time, however, everyone is aware that he reflects courtly life in a distorted way."Katlinnynoreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11007809.post-1127411240796562252005-09-22T20:46:00.000+03:002006-11-14T03:32:08.419+02:00

Kallis sõber läks ära New Yorki. Ütles, et tahab saada tõeliseks filmirežissööriks ja pakkis asjad. Nüüd on ära kaugel ja elab põnevat elu. Tuult tiibadesse Sulle! Kel huvi, tsekagu tema tegemisi siin. Dreams can come true!

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Pean ütlema, et olin meeldivalt üllatanud avastades, et siia leheküljele satuvad ka praegu veel inimesed...mis sest, et viimase sissekande tegin kuid tagasi. Igatahes mõtlesin, et üllatan neid inimesi, kes seda siin tsekkavad ja kirjutan midagi uut.Nimelt teemat ei pidanud kaugelt otsima. Üle-eile helistas mulle sõber ja ütles, et temal kutsed Eesti lugude (ETV tellimusel Eesti elu kajastavad

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George W. Bush’s visit to Riga (our dear neighbour country's capital) on 6th and 7th of May messed up the shooting schedule of Estonian-German feature film “All Fed Up”. One might ask how is that possible?! Well…it all started because Riga doesn’t have enough hotel vacancies (hmm, seems rather strange considering it has population of more than 700,000 people and it’s not even tourist season?)…and

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We just made it to the cinema by the time “Shop of Dreams” opened. Although I was afraid of having to watch a real chick flick, then for my relief I was wrong. I remember my friend saying before : "Even if it is a chick flick it’s still worth watching an Estonian film....so let's go!" (and my friend is he rather than she). But in the end neither of us was disappointed. The film was a surprise in

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Jõudsime täna kinno just täpselt "Stiilipeo" alguseks. Olgugi, et arvasin, et tegu on puhta naistekaga, ei olnud see aimdus (loe: kartus) päris tõene. Mu sõber ütles veel, et isegi kui on naistekas, siis Eesti filmi peaks ju sellegipoolest vaatama. Ja pettuma ma ei pidanud, sest film üllatas mind positiivselt ja ainult positiivselt. Nimelt on üle pika aja üks suht korralik eesti mängufilm

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I know this news might not have much to do with Estonian Film as such, yet I have to keep reporting about my school-mates achievements to keep you all posted... So one of my many talented course mates Juris Kursietis (hope Juris you don't mind me spreading the word ;-) is doing post-production of documentary of R.E.M fans. The documentary follows two fans from different age groups and film

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7. aprillil, ehk siis juba homme kl 18:00 esilinastub kinos Sõprus Liina Triškina uus dokumentaalfilm „Afanassi“ . See on film vene vanaisast ja eesti lapselapsest. Huvitava perspektiiviga filmi märsõnaks on kontrastid - kaks erinevat maailmavaadet, kaks erinevat tausta...Liina Triškina on noor filmitegija, kes haridust omandanud nii Ebeltofti Euroopa Filmikolledžis Taanis kui ka Kataloonia

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Viimasel üha enam on hakanud Sõpruse kino näitama välismaiste filmide ees kohalike noorte talentide lühifilme. Nii näiteks sattusin üle pika aja kinosse Sõprus ja nägin Ove Mustingu lühifilmi “30 minutit vaikust” François Ozon’i filmi “5 x 2 – viis korda kaks” ees. Ja olin meeldivalt üllatanud.“30 minutit vaikust” valmis “Large” projektiraames, mis koondab 8 erinevate maade noorte

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You might want to check out "Shop of Dreams" fabulous new web-site, before the movie will be released on April, 15th.

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So this is something that all film-students have been waiting for... In movie theatre Sõprus the Manifest Film Week will take place from April, 1st - April, 6th. The audience can see the first and student-years' films (from period of 1993-2005) of today's top Estonian film directors such as Jaak Kilmi, Marko Raat, etc. Also, all the film directors are present themselves at the premieres to

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Märt Sildvee "Parema elu nimel" on stressist ja depressioonist rääkiv dokumentaalfilm, mis tõstatab küsimuse, kas stress on ikkagi normaalne nähtus või anomaalia. Piisavalt huvitav teema ja kuuldavasti ka päris intrigeerivalt käsitetud Sildvee poolt. "Parema elu nimel" uurib lähemalt, mida tähendab elada medikamentide mõju all. Kas uurimine on edukas olnud, seda võivad kõik ise vaatama minna

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Maybe the new school will enhance film-making in the Baltics?!So finally this has happened…the Baltic Film and Media School was established and the official agreement was signed today, on March, 28th 2005. The BFMS is initially a joint institution of current Concordia Audentes University Media department and Tallinn Pedagogical Media department. The board of new school consists of representatives

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Just today I came across an interesting link, which gives you all the information you need to know about good Estonian films. If interested, definitely check this link of good Estonian films out!

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That poster caught my attention today in CC-Plaza, when one of my foreign friends asked: Who is that on the picture? Gwyneth Patrow?!Well, it's actually a poster of the new Estonian film that will be released on April, 15th. The English title is "Shop of Dreams".(Oh, and it's not Gwyneth Paltrow, but an Estonian actress called Maarja Jakobson and she along with Anne Reemann and Evelin Pang will

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30. märtsil algavad Eesti-Saksa ühistööna valmiva uue mängufilmi “Kõrini!” võtted, mis kestavad 4. maini. Režissöör Peeter Simmi käe all valmiv road-movie esilinastub esialgse plaani kohaselt Eestis selle aasta oktoobri lõpus.Film “Kõrini!” jutustab tragikoomilise loo keskeakriisis vaevlevast saksa pikamaa-autojuhist Kaminskyst (mängib Heio von Stetten), kes teeb oma viimase reisi Eestisse, et

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The shooting of a new Estonian feature film will start on March, 30th 2005 until May, 4th 2005. Estonian-German collaboration film's preliminary title is "All Fed Up". Film will be directed by Peeter Simm, and such Estonian actors Maarja Jakobson, Rasmus Kaljujärv will act among others in the film.The film is said to be a road-movie, shooting locations include Estonian as well as Germany."All Fed

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Animated films of Priit Pärn:1977 IS THE EARTH ROUND?1978 AND PLAYS TRICKS1980 SOME EXERCISE IN PREPARATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIFE 1982 THE TRIANGLE1984 TIME OUT1987 BREAKFAST ON THE GRASS1988 Commercial spot SWITCH OFF THE LIGHTS1992 HOTEL E1995 18951995 Commercial spot DELISS1996 Commercial spot ABSOLUT PÄRN1996 FREE ACTION1998 NIGHTS OF CARROTS2003 KARL AND MARILYN2005 FRANK AND WENDY

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Priit Pärn - talented, eh?Priit Pärn is probably the best screenplay writer for animated films in Estonia in current days. His most recent work was scripting the animation “Frank and Wendy” which has just been released in cinemas in Estonia. So who is that talented animated film maker?He was born on August, 26 in 1946 in Tallinn. Although he graduated from Tartu University with Biology degree he

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Frank and Wendy take over Estonia.A new Estonian cartoon “Frank and Wendy” will be premiered in Coca-Cola Plaza this Friday. The cartoon tells a story of two American secret agents who find themselves in a weird place called Estonia. Such politicians as Bush, Putin and Chirac will be criticised in this film. The film-makers confirm it was their intention to do a politically incorrect film. The

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The new DVD "Film Selection of Film-students" was released today. DVD with 8 films produced either by film-students or recent graduates got premiered in cinema Sõprus. Films include the cream top of the film-students' last year works such as Piret Saarepuu's cartoon“Selling the Ox”, Tanel Toom's feature film “2.68“, Marianne Kõrver's documentary “Death in Venice”. All the films have English

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Yesterday story with extremely high “news-value” was in the focus of different Estonian media publications. The price of Estonian biggest cinema CocaCola-Plaza was high in discussions. TV 3 officially announced that Estonian cinema price is now among the highest in the whole Europe, that makes us to be in the second place after Denmark and just before Finland. Although I found it silly that issue

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Good news for all Estonian Film fans...Estonian Film Festival will take place from 11th of March - 19th of March ( so that is from coming Friday already). And the week has been divided according to the categories : such as Portray films' Sunday or Newcomers Tuesday (March, 15th), when films from Future Hopes will be shown. I just have to mention that some of my university mates have their films

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The Magic Cat (actor Ott Sepp) in Röövlirahnu MartinI saw a clip of Röövlirahnu Martin in a culture program OP yesterday. And found out a few interesting facts about that film. For instance that the Magic Cat is actually not a cat, but an actor Ott Sepp who plays the role of a cat...confusing, I know!Well, they say everything is possible in kids' films, so you never know... Maybe I should go and

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Tampere short film festival is the biggest in Norht-Europe and this year it will take place for the 34 time from 3.–7. March 2005.This year two Estonian films were chosen to be in international program as well. These films are Rao Heidmets’ “Instinct” and Priit Pärn’s “Karl and Marilyn”. Both are animated films.Also, a film made in Estonia by British director Daniel Ellitott “Fender Bender” will

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A few days ago, Estonian Film Foundation established statistics about the most popular films in Estonian cinemas last year. 141 films was rated according to the number of cinema visitors. Quite a few domestic films made it to the list. The top of all films was the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (surprise-surprise!) that was viewed by 73, 100 people, followed by some other American '

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On 24th of February, new Estonian children’s feature film ’Röövlirahnu Martin’ was released in cinemas across the country. It’s about a boy (Madis Ollikainen) who always ends up being the guilty one when something goes wrong in school. Everything changes, when he comes across the Magic cat ( Ott Sepp), who becomes his friend. Film was directed by Rene Vilbre, and scripted by Mihkel Ulman ja

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Today, on Estonian Independence day at 10.45 a.m ETV screened a film on the events of August 1991, when Estonia gained it’s independence. The film was scripted and directed by Ilmar Raag. I was strongly recommended to watch it by several Estonian media and film-related people . So I did, not being sure what to expect from it. I was afraid that I would not feel so strong relation with the events

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It has become apparent that in a small country like Estonia, the film industry can only exist as a prestigious cultural sector. Not many Estonians, let alone foreigners know, what's going on in Estonian film-market. As people are not aware of what's happening in this field, many may think that the market is simply non-existant. This belief, of course is very untrue. I am not sure whether we can

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