Awards & Shorts night - FILMIST Estonian Film Festival

  • March 16, 2024 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
  • Innis Town Hall

    2 Sussex Avenue
    Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J5
Ticket Price (CAD) $0.00-$20.00 This event is now over
Description

Awards ceremony & Screening of FILMIST Stuudio films

FILMIST Stuudio participants premiere their short-form documentaries from the Stuudio week, complete with Awards Ceremony.

Dog Apartment /// Koerkorter

Multiple award-winning and Oscar nominated and shortlisted absurdist drama about a former male ballet dancer and his relentlessly barking apartment in the suburban wasteland.  Surreal stop motion animation inspired by an Andres Ehin poem about mundane daily routine that has ... gone to the dogs.

Absurdidraama elu hammasrataste vahele jäänud meesbaleriinist ja tema haukuvast korterist:  saatuse keerdkäigud on pagendanud balletisolist Sergei elama linnalähedasse kolhoosi. Siin peab ta oma igapäevast võitlust rutiini, koduloomade ja alkoholiga.

Without dialogue 14 min (2022)

Director: Priit Tender

Production: Nukufilm

Nightingale / Ööbik

Autumn 1944 in Tallinn, Estonia; German forces retreat as the Russian army settles in. Young soldier Aleksei is sent from the frontline to work in a prison filled with Estonian political prisoners.  He catches the beautiful voice of Saale who sings from the other side of the prison walls. He learns that the Russian military police plans on capturing Saale.

Noor sõdur Aleksei hakkab Patarei vangla valvuriks 1944.a. sakslaste taganemisega, ning müüride tagant jõuab Saale kaunis lauluhääl nii poliitiliste vangide kui ka Aleksei kõrvu.  Miilits plaanib Saale kinnivõtmist ja Aleksei on otsuse ees.

In Estonian, Russian with English subtitles, 22 min

Director: Leeni Linna

Production: Allfilm

What Would You Take? / Mille Sina Võtaksid?

Home.  Your home. Your memories. Your belongings. And just like that it's all gone.  Here are the stories of twelve people from Ukraine who suddenly had to leave their home, taking only the bare essentials and a cherished belonging that speaks to their life.

Kodu. Sinu kodu. Sinu ruum. Sinu mälestused. Sinu asjad. Silmapilk ja see kõik on kadunud.  Lood kaheteistkümnest ukrainlasest, kes pidid ootamatult oma kodust lahkuma, võttes kaasa vaid esmavajaliku ja mõne olulise asja, mis kõneleb nende mahajäetud elust.

In Ukrainian, English, Russian with English subtitles, 23 min

Director: Heilika Pikkov

Production: Silmviburlane

 

Date & Time

Sat., Mar. 16, 2024 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Venue Details

Innis Town Hall

2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J5 Innis Town Hall
Estonian Arts Centre