Culture

“Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”, a feature documentary by Estonian film director Anna Hints, has been selected to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2023; the film focuses on women who come together in the protective darkness of the smoke sauna, an important part of the Estonian cultural heritage. A co-production between Estonia, France and Iceland, this […]

The Estonian parliament passed a bill on 7 December geared at marking 30 January as the Estonian Literature Day and a flag day, and updating the list of flag days by introducing the Estonian Song and Dance Festival Day and Estonian Youth Song and Dance Festival Day. The amendments to the Public Holidays and Days

The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Olari Elts, will give concerts in Paris, Munich and Nuremberg from 1 to 4 December. Estonia’s leading orchestra will give concerts at Meistersingerhalle in Nuremberg, Germany, on 1 December, La Seine Musicale in Paris, France, on 2 December and Isarphilharmonie in Munich, Germany, on 4 December. The orchestra,

Ilmar Taska, an Estonian filmmaker and writer, represented Estonia at the European Literature Night 2022 in New York City; Taska also introduced his new novel, “The Call of Elysium”. New York has been a crossroads of cultures for decades. One such example was the European Literature Night in New York City on 16 November. Some

On 21 and 22 November, an international movie music seminar, called “Music Meets Film”, is to take place in the framework of the Black Nights’ Film Festival, held annually in Tallinn, Estonia, since 1997; the opening day will culminate in an extraordinary 60-minute concert during which composer William Goldstein will in real-time and in front

Citizens of foreign countries who have arrived in Estonia with a long-stay visa, or the D-visa, can until the end of the year participate in free cultural events, within the framework of which counseling seminars supporting adaptation to Estonian life are also held. The events, organised by the government-backed New in Estonia programme, will take

Friday, 18 November sees the opening of “Arvo Pärt… and a Littlemore” in Oxford, the largest festival dedicated to the Estonian composer’s work in the UK to date. Taking place across the city until 25 November, the festival will feature British premieres of several of Pärt’s works performed by acclaimed interpreters, the organisers said. The

“Melchior the Apothecary. The Executioner’s Daughter”, the third instalment of “Melchior the Apothecary” medieval crime trilogy, had its world premiere at the Cottbus Film Festival in Germany on 11 November. According to Bernd Buder, the programme director of the Cottbus Film Festival, the trilogy is “an incredible crime story: a high level of production, the films are extremely authentic, exciting and

The Narva Art Residency in the namesake Estonian border town is announcing its next open call to welcome artists and creatives for residency in 2023. The Narva Art Residency, NART for short, established in collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Art and the Estonian culture ministry, is a unique cultural space that initiates and facilitates