Wild South in Estonian Cinemas

As part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, the short film collection “The Wild South” will be released in Estonian cinemas on May 5. The films will bring viewers eight unique stories from Tartu and Southern Estonia by well-known filmmakers from Estonia and award-winning documentarians abroad. The films capture the tricks and mysteries…

Watch the trailer of “Wild South” short film collection

Check out the programme of Tartu 2024!

The European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 has announced the cultural programme for next year!

Photo journey: Jaan Tootsen “How to make a film with a goat?”

There are some thoughts that I have been carrying with me for a long time. Then a ray of light and a refreshing rain comes on these thoughts; a moment and a window of opportunity. Tartu 2024 Arts of Survival woke my thoughts and sprouted an acorn hidden in my grandmother’s medicine cabinet. I’ve been…

Photo journey: Maria Aua “Zone”

The text is written by the film “River and a Cat” director Maria Aua. Photos by the author & Aivar Tõnso. In the spring of this year, I took time off and lived in the city of good ideas for two consecutive months to develop my short film idea there. I have never stayed in…

Photo journey: Ülo Pikkov’s “Sewing Machine”, recorded with a 16mm camera, tells the story of Pechory through the fate of his great-grandmother

Author: Ülo Pikkov / Photos: Hanna Bender The text is written by the film director Ülo Pikkov. Sewing Machine is a film about the town of Pechory (Petseri) and its people, told through the life story of my great-grandmother. She was born in 1899 in Pechory, and in 1917, the revolution threw her world into a…

Eight filmmakers to capture the life of Southern Estonia

Tartu 2024 Arts of Survival Documentaries has selected eight filmmakers to capture Southern Estonia on the topic of “Arts of Survival”, the artistic concept of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. The selected authors will present Tartu and Southern Estonia in artistically exciting ways. The international directors will bring an external perspective, while Estonian filmmakers…

Einari Paakkanen: Singing is revealing and tells something about us

Text by: Einari Paakanen Earlier this year, I directed my fourth documentary film Karaoke Paradise, which explores the meaning of music and the mental landscape of us Finns who love to sing karaoke. There is a particularly revealing element in the act of singing: we can’t hide our emotions when we sing. Also, not only…