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Estonian Film And Television Awards
The Estonian Film and Television Awards (EFTA) are the national film industry awards that honor achievements in cinema and television. They were launched in 2017 and are organised by the Estonian Film Institute, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Eesti Media. Two 21-person juries select nominees in 24 categories (12 for film, 12 for television respectively) whereas in a second voting round the winners are determined by both juries. The first edition was held on 12 March 2017 and saw ''The Days that Confused'' winning the award for Best Picture. The second edition was held on 2 April 2018 with the film ''November'' dominating the film categories by winning Best Picture, director, Actress and five other awards. On September 2 2020 ''Truth and Justice'' was the first film that won in all the five major film categories picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. Categories Film * Best Film * Best Documentary * Best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonika Siimets
Moonika Siimets (born 7 May 1980) is an Estonian film director who has directed award-winning documentaries, television series and short films. In 2010, she received the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for ''World Champion'' and ''Trendy Dog''. Her first feature film ''The Little Comrade'' (''Seltsimees laps'') remained the top film in Estonia for five weeks, attracting 100,000 viewers. Biography Born on 7 May 1980 in Tartu, Moonika Siimets matriculated from the Forselius High School in 1999 and went on to study Estonian literature and folklore at the University of Tartu. From 2002, she studied at the Department of Audiovisual Art at Tallinn University, majoring in directing in 2006. In parallel, she attended classes at the University of Central Lancashire under the Erasmus Programme. She completed her studies in Los Angeles at the Judith Weston Studios. From 2004, Siimets worked on a number of documentary films at Estonian Television and directed the series '' Selgeltnägijate tule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tambet Tuisk
Tambet Tuisk (born 23 May 1976) is an Estonian actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1976 births Living people Estonian male film actors {{Estonia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priit Loog
Priit is an Estonian masculine given name, cognate to English Fred or Frederick and to German Friedrich. People named Priit include: *Priit Aavik (born 1994), swimmer * Priit Aimla (born 1941), writer, poet, humorist and politician *Priit Herodes (born 1948), heraldist *Priit Kasesalu (born 1972), programmer and software developer * Priit Kolbre (1956–2006), diplomat * Priit Kolsar (born 1976; better known as Cool D), rapper * Priit Loog (born 1984), actor * Priit Narusk (born 1977), cross-country skier * Priit Pallum (born 1964), diplomat *Priit Pärn (born 1946), cartoonist and animation director * Priit Pedajas (born 1954), actor and theatre director *Priit Pikamäe (born 1973), lawyer and President of the Supreme Court of Estonia *Priit Pius (born 1989), actor * Priit Pullerits (born 1965), journalist * Priit Salumäe, cyclist * Priit Sibul (born 1977), politician * Priit Suit (1881–1942), politician * Priit Suve (1901–1942), lawyer and politician * Priit Tasane (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter. Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laine Mägi
Laine Mägi (born Laine Michelson-Adamson; 3 February 1959) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress, dancer and choreographer and dance pedagogue who began her career as a teenager. She is the founder of the Laine Mägi School of Dance, based in Pärnu. Early life Laine Michelson-Adamson was born in Kehra to Peeter and Elli-Anniki Michelson-Adamson (''née'' Pennie). She has one brother who is two years younger. Her first cousin is actress Terje Pennie-Kolberg. She became interested in ballet at an early age and began taking lessons at the Tallinn Ballet School at age nine, taking the train from Kehra to Tallinn. She made her debut at the Estonia Theatre at the age of ten in a stage production of Astrid Lindgren's ''Pippi Longstocking''. She later had to abandon ballet classes in 1973 due to poor health. From 1976 until 1981, she performed as a dancer in various venues throughout Tallinn. She attended secondary school in Tallinn, graduating in 1977, then enrolling in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priit Võigemast
Priit Võigemast (born 18 April 1980) is an Estonian film, television and stage actor. Between 2002 and 2007 he has performed in the Ugala, Tallinna Linnateater and other theatres. He is probably best known for the role of Henn Ahas in the 2002 war drama ''Names in Marble (film), Names in Marble''. He was married to actress Evelin Võigemast. Biography Theatre performances * 2002: "Niskamäe kired" – Antti * 2003: "Ullike ootamatuste saarelt" – Ingel * 2003: "Minu pere ja muud loomad" – Gerald Durrell * 2003: "Kevade" – Lesta * 2003: "Koturnijad ehk Kui nalja ei saa, siis meie ei mängi" – Mees, Peremees, Põis * 2003: "Toomas Nipernaadi" – Toomas Nipernaadi * 2003: "Thijl Ulenspiegel" – kuningas Felipe, vaim * 2004: "80 päevaga ümber maailma" – salapolitseinik Fax * 2004: "Aarete saar" (''Treasure Island'') – Jim Hawkins (character), Jim Hawkins * 2005: "Suvi" – Tõnisson * 2005: "Lõõmav pimedus" – Carlos * 2005: "Anna Karenina" – krahv Aleksei Kiril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Isotamm
Ingrid Isotamm (born 3 May 1979) is an Estonian stage, film, radio and television actress. Early life and education Ingrid Isotamm was born in the small borough of Palamuse in Jõgeva County in 1979. Her father was Gunnar Isotamm (1948–2003) and her mother is Lea Isotamm (''née'' Kaukver). Both of her parents were authors. She graduated secondary school from the Oskar Luts Palamuse Gymnasium in 1997. Afterwards she studied acting under the supervision of actor and teacher Andres Noormets at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy in Viljandi, graduating in 2001. Stage career In 2002, Isotamm became engaged as an actress at the NUKU theatre (the Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre; formerly the Estonian State Puppet Theatre) in Tallinn. She has appeared in a number of roles at the NUKU in stage productions of works by such authors and playwrights as: Shakespeare, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, Ivar Põllu, Gianni Rodari, Judy Upton, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Külli Kang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take It Or Leave It (2018 Film)
''Take It or Leave It'' ( et, Võta või jäta) is a 2018 Estonian drama film directed by Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot Erik, a 30-year-old construction worker, receives a surprise visit from his ex-girlfriend. Unready to be a mother to their newborn daughter, she asks him to take full custody or she will put the child up for adoption. Cast *Reimo Sagor - Erik *Liis Lass - Moonika *Epp Eespäev - Evi (Erik's Mother) *Egon Nuter - Mati (Erik's Father) * Viire Valdma - Imbi (Moonika's Mother) *Nora Altrov - Mai (baby) *Emily Viikman- Mai (age 3) *Adeele Sepp - Katrin * Andres Mähar - Sven * Eva Koldits - Liisu *Indrek Ojari - Toomas *Kristjan Lüüs - Marko *Steffi Pähn - Evelin *Jane Napp - Mia *Albert Tiigirand - Otto * Marin Mägi-Efert - Jaana *Edi Edgar Talimaa - Kaspar *Mait Malmsten - Boss *Priit Võigemast - Lawyer *Hilje Murel - Pediatrician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Õnne 13
Õnne 13 is an Estonian dramatic TV series that airs on ETV. The series first aired on 30 October 1993 and was written by Astrid Reinla and as of 1996 by Teet Kallas Teet Kallas (born 6 April 1943, Tallinn) is an Estonian writer and former politician, most notable for voting for the Estonian restoration of Independence. Life and work Kallas attended middle school in Tallinn from 1954 to 1962. He left the scho .... Rainer Kerge. Vabandage, proua, kas see maja on Õnne tänav 13?'. Õhtuleht, 27 September 2008. Since 1997, the series is produced by BEC (Baltic Video OÜ), which has also produced '' Pehmed ja Karvased'', ''Kodu Keset Linna'', and ''Ohtlik Lend''. The series takes place in the fictional town of Morna and features an ensemble cast. Cast Viewership :1 ''Position in Estonia's viewership.'' :2 ''Percentage of total Estonian viewership watching. ''From TNS Emor's Estonian TV polling. References External links * Estonian television series 1993 Estonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Days That Confused
''The Days That Confused'' ( et, Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse) is a 2016 Estonian comedy-drama film directed by Triin Ruumet. The film stars Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. and Klaudia Tiitsmaa. Plot Allar (Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr.), a disaffected man from rural Estonia is on a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia in the late 1990s trying to discover purpose and meaning in his life. Cast * Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. as Allar * Juhan Ulfsak as Juulius * Jaanika Arum as Nele * Taavi Eelmaa as Pontu * Klaudia Tiitsmaa as Maria * Juss Haasma as Mattias * Liina Vahtrik as Maarika * Kait Kall as Pets * Kristjan Lüüs as Andres * Reimo Sagor as Toomas * Kethi Uibomägi as Riina * Merlyn Uusküla as Jaana * Ott Aardam as Herko * Igor Maasik as Uncle Bella * Katariina Tamm as Katariina * Kaisa Selde as Kaisa * Rita Kender as Merli * Joosep Jürgenson as Young Uncle Bella * Henry Mandel as Maarek * Liina Vahtrik as Maarika * Hendrik Toompere Jr. as Jaak * Merle Palmiste as Mari * Margus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
