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Latvian director Viesturs Kairišs’ short film “Cohabitants” was selected to be part of the world’s largest documentary film festival IDFA
The international premiere of the short film “Cohabitants”, made as part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, will take place in the middle of November at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival IDFA. The film by the Latvian director Viesturs Kairišs conveys the culture and life of Piirissaar. Piirissaar is a tiny Estonian…
Read moreWild South goes abroad!
We are very happy to announce that this week our films will be screened abroad for the first time. The Helsinki International Film Festival “Love and Anarchy” will screen “Artists of Survival” by Jaan Tootsen and “The River and A Cat” by Maria Aua on September 25. Beast Film Festival in Porto invites you to enjoy the special Tartu…
Read moreWild 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…
Read moreCheck out the programme of Tartu 2024!
The European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 has announced the cultural programme for next year!
Read morePhoto 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…
Read morePhoto 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…
Read morePhoto 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…
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