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Andris Gauja: “Stretching my mind around Tartu”
Latvian minds have a long history of going to Tartu to try and make themselves for an inch brighter. It was the second half of the Nineteenth century when many of the New Latvians, as they are called now, went to the Tartu University seeing it as a promising place of education. And it didn’t…
Read moreJerzy Sladkowski: Breathing With Nature
It’s incredible how South Estonians are connected with nature. All of their everyday activities are in rhythm with nature, it’s amazing! And your mixed forests – in Sweden you won’t find that kind of symbiosis. – Jerzy Sladkowski Polish-Swedish documentary film director Jerzy Sladkowski was the first Tartu 2024 Arts of Survival Documentaries resident from…
Read moreTartu 2024 Arts of Survival Documentaries opens an international film competition
The Tartu 2024 foundation, Estonian Film Institute and NGO Tartu Filmiselts invites filmmakers to take part in a creative contest looking for ideas for short films capturing Southern Estonia. The aim of the contest is to find different topics and authors who will present Tartu and Southern Estonia in artistically exciting ways. The short films…
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