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The Hiroshima International Animation Festival to have a special Estonia focus

Silver Tambur / August 18, 2018

The Hiroshima International Animation Festival, held biennially in the namesake Japanese city, is to have an intensive focus on Estonian animation this year. The festival was inspired by the city’s tragic history. Hiroshima was the first city targeted by a nuclear weapon near the end of World War II and the city suffered immensely. To inspire thoughts […]

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An Estonian-Canadian-Croatian collaboration is up for a European animation award

Maria Ulfsak / November 27, 2017

“Manivald”, a 13-minute animation directed by Chintis Lundgren and co-produced by Canada, Croatia and Estonia, is a nominee at the European Animation Awards competition. This article is published in collaboration with the Estonian Film Institute. Directed by Estonian-born Chintis Lundgren, the animation is a tragicomic story of the 33-year old Manivald who gets into a confusing

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Estonian animation wins three awards in Brazil

Silver Tambur / June 21, 2017

An Estonian short animation, “The Master”, was awarded with prizes for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Script at the International Animation film festival Lanterna Mágica in Goiânia, Brazil. The goal of the Lanterna Mágica film festival, that took place from 13-18 June, is to offer the audience high quality short and feature length animation

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Ülo Pikkov combines animation and documentary

Maria Ulfsak / December 5, 2016

Estonian filmmaker Ülo Pikkov’s newest puppet animation film, “Empty Space”, presents a story forged in the dreams of a father hiding from the Soviet terror. The animation is a reconstruction of a vision on the backdrop of the anxieties of the 1950s in the Soviet Union. This article is published in collaboration with the Estonian

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Estonian animation studio holds cartoon workshops for Estonian-American children

Sten Hankewitz / May 10, 2016

An Estonian animation studio is holding workshops in the United States for Estonian-American children who want to learn about creating animations. The project is a brainchild of the Estonian animator, Kreeta Käeri, who has been building puppets and doing stop-motion animation since 2006. “Animation speaks to everyone in a way that’s very accessible. Even the

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Estonian animator Riho Unt wins the jury award at the Annecy Film Festival

Silver Tambur / July 1, 2015

The Estonian veteran film director, Riho Unt, won the jury award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (AIAFF) for his animation, “The Master”. The award is considered the second most important at the festival and was handed over to Unt by Jeff Small, the president of DreamWorks Studios. In a slight twist, the jury

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Priit Pärn given lifetime achievement award at Krakow

Silver Tambur / June 3, 2015

The Estonian maker of animated films, Priit Pärn, was honoured with the Dragon of Dragons award for his entire creative output at the 55th Krakow Film Festival on 2 June. Since 1998, the Dragon of Dragons award has been given by the Krakow Film Foundation Programme Council, the organiser of the Krakow Film Festival, in

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Estonian animation “House of Unconsciousness” wins Grand Prix at the Holland Animation Film Festival

Silver Tambur / March 24, 2015

“House of Unconsciousness”, an Estonian animation about “the dreams of chimney sweepers”, has won a Grand Prize at the Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF). The animation, directed by Priit Tender, is a psychedelic drama about a chimney sweeper and a burning woman. The film is apparently based on a long-term study of the dreams that

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Estonian animation wins a grand prix in Norway

Silver Tambur / November 12, 2014

“Pilots on the way Home”, an animation by Priit and Olga Pärn, took home a grand prix prize from the Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2014, held in Norway. The film, made in collaboration between the National Film Board of Canada and Eesti Joonisfilm (Estonian Animation), depicts the journey of three pilots, who, having suffered the loss

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Estonian animated cartoon “Lotte and the Moonstone Secret” notches up more international awards

Estonian World / October 15, 2013

Estonian animated cartoon “Lotte and the Moonstone Secret”, directed by Heiki Ernits and Janno Poldma, has won two prizes at a children’s and youth film festival Kinojazda that took place in Poland at the end of September. The film that is also very popular in Estonia won the audience’s prize in the Best Film category

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