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The first full-length film, Savvusanna s Sisters , by Anna Hints, an Estonian-French-Icelandic collaboration, has received a $40,000 production grant from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund. 1,100 projects from all over the world applied for support, while 18 were shortlisted.
The producer Marianne Ostrat said that the competition for support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund is very intense. It is one of America s most important independent filmmaking organizations. There were 1,100 applications by filmmakers around the world. Of the 18 projects selected, only three have both film directors and producers from Europe, Ostrat said.
She added that going through such a tight selection is a huge recognition and feedback that the film is touching and its completion is considered important. A large number of documentaries supported by the Sundance Institute will be screened at the world s most important film festivals and nominated for an Oscar.
photo: Allfilm
TALLINN: The year 2020 was an extraordinary year for the Estonian film industry. The coronavirus pandemic had a devastating effect on the industry and cinema attendance all over Europe. However, on the positive side, the local market share of Estonian films rose to a record high, garnering 26.72% of the total number of cinema admissions. The per capita rate of cinema going in Estonia was still relatively healthy at 1.35.
The most watched film was Christopher Nolan’s
Tenet, which was partly filmed in Estonia. For most of the year, Estonia kept its cinemas open, with special security measures and conditions of keeping cinema halls half full.