Tallinn
01.07.2012
In their long and colourful history the Baltic States have geographically and culturally oscillated between affiliations to the Russian and the Scandinavian sphere of influence. So it is no wonder that Vallo Toomla's stunningly beautiful short film MORBUS seems like a brain-child of both
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02.04.2012
Regionale Entwicklungsförderung für und durch Kreativquartiere jenseits der vieldiskutierten innerstädtischen Hotspots – dies ist das Anliegen von Creative Urban Renewal in NW-Europe, kurz CURE. Im Mittelpunkt der Konferenz in Kettwig standen so die geförderten creative zones in Hagen, Brügge
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17.03.2012
We witness a boxing match through the lens of a vintage silent film era style: The material is sepia-toned and yellowed; there are inconsistencies in brightness and speed, as if the camera (or the projector) were cranked by hand; from the soundtrack we hear a vaudeville piano music jingling akin to
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09.12.2011
When we remember events from our past, we reconstruct, reshape and reorganize them in order to give them meaning. Also, we forget about 90% of it all. Then when we tell the story of our life, we leave out even more, all the boring bits, and we construct an interesting narrative in the hope of
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09.12.2011
Please tell us something about yourself: When and how did you decide to become a filmmaker? ObsessionI was born in Estonian Soviet Socialists Republic. Survived the collapse of the Soviet Union and stayed to live in Estonia as a stateless person. During my childhood I studied music, singing,
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05.12.2011
Please tell us something about yourself: When and how did you decide to become a filmmaker? Silent FilmIt started very early. We lived on a farm and my father was an amateur filmmaker, and as he had several cameras at home I had the chance to play with them. I made my first sketches at the age
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21.11.2011
A desolate neighbourhood, covered in slow and sleet. Ravens loiter on the fence-posts, the low-rise social housing in the background looks terrifying because it looks real: This is where lives slowly trickle away. So it's no wonder really that the marriage of Karin and Riho is on the rocks.
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14.11.2011
A blurry vision of big city lights. A young woman with high heels and lipstick, ready for a romantic evening, stands outside a restaurant lighting herself a cigarette, an image like Edward Hopper's “Nighthawks“. We hear a stylish synthesizer score reminiscent of Vangelis.
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03.11.2011
When and how did you decide to become a filmmaker? I went to a high school specializing in media studies, where we learned the basics of journalism, made interviews, tried reporting and also learned how to use a camera. One time me and my classmate decided to make a short film and that’s
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03.11.2011
When and how did you decide to become a filmmaker? Before film school I studied theology in Tartu University but I was very fond of acting and theatre. So I was an actor in the Tartu University Theatre. Several times I was invited to act in student films made by BFM film students. When I was
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