Estonians in Canada

EstDocs documentary film festival in Toronto celebrates 10 years

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EstDocs (the Estonian documentary film festival in Toronto) celebrates its 10th year of bringing Estonian-themed films to audiences; this year’s festival takes place from 16-21 October. EstDocs is an audience festival and juried competition featuring films that have a connection to Estonia. The festival features top documentary filmmaking talent from Estonia and around the world. The EstDocs mission […]

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Canadian couple discovers Estonia’s “best kept secret”

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“Estonia’s Best Kept Secret” is a road-trip story about a song, a country and a beautiful grand piano – and the winner of the third prize at EstDocs 2013, the annual Estonian documentary film festival and competition in Toronto. A few years ago, the Canadian couple, Mike Dell and Kimberly Bagayawa, became acquainted with Estonia – by virtue of Katre Viilvere,

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Estonian Independence Day in pictures – London, New York, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney

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Expat communities celebrated Estonian Independence Day all around the world. We bring you a selection of pictures of the celebrations from London, New York, Chicago, Toronto and Sydney.   London (at Westminster Cathedral Hall)   New York (at New York Estonian House)   Chicago (at Chicago Estonian House)   Toronto (at Toronto Estonian House)  

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EstDocs 2013: showcasing new filmmaking talent and binding diaspora Estonians

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EstDocs 2013, the annual Estonian documentary film festival and competition in Toronto, has come to its conclusion. Already in its 9th year, the festival drew in over 1,500 audience members to witness Estonian filmmaking talent, old and new, on the big screen in venues across the city. The Jury Award went to Heilika Pikkov’s “Flowers

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Estonian documentary film festival EstDocs returns to Toronto (video)

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EstDocs is an annual not-for-profit Estonian documentary film festival and competition held in Toronto, Canada, that presents stories from Estonia. Its mission is to provide a 360-degree perspective on Estonian history, politics, arts, culture, sport and other subjects. Established in 2004 and so far visited by over 12,000 film lovers, EstDocs has raised the profile

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Porridge, cabbage and dirt: understanding Estonian humour through food and film

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Lisa and Kristen Dobbin are Estonian-Canadian sisters from Toronto. In 2012, they relocated to Tartu to try and become a little more like their Estonian grandmother. This is the second part in their series of articles, Lessons in Estonian culture for beginners. The first part can be found here and the third one here. We

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A Canadian in the Tartu University Academic Women’s Choir

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A Canadian-Estonian Krista Kais-Prial writes about her experience in the University of Tartu’s Academic Women’s Choir in Estonia. The first time I saw the Tartu University Academic Women’s Choir performing live was last summer in Toronto. The concert was lovely – the repertoire was beautiful, the ladies in the choir seemed to be really into

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An Estonian in Hollywood: interview with a cameraman Alar Kivilo

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Alar Kivilo has been dubbed in Estonia as “our main man in Hollywood”. Renowned cameraman Kivilo is active both in television as well as motion pictures, and he has been inducted into the prominent American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Interview by Martin Oja II Born in Canada, he currently resides in Los Angeles and enjoys

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