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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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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30.12.2011
The idea of a Capital of Culture is not a franchise product which can be put on any given region like a hat, regardless of its structural situation. Each European Capital of Culture is unique and different from the others. But of course there are also several similarities. And they all want to
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27.12.2011
Bringing the laboratory back to 2010LAB! In 2011 we opened our ARTS.LAB and invited media artists, directors and poets to present their works on our platform. The results were amazing. Revisit our projects Been Out, Europe In Shorts and Wow Wow Wow Receiver with contributions from all over the
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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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04.11.2011
2011, Tallinn is European capital of culture. The Estonian capital hosted the international conference Creative Entrepreneurship – for a Competitive Economy from October 19 to 21. At this summit, experts evaluated the chances for small and big countries provided by the creative industry.
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