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PROGRAM
of the
XX Pärnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival.


MUSEUM OF NEW ART IN PÄRNU, 10 Esplanaadi St.

Sunday, July 2nd
18.00 Opening ceremony
Hommage a Lennart Meri: The Winds of Milky Way, 1977, 50'

Monday, July 3th
21.30 Great Creators
Portrait of Artist As His Muse by Etienne Desrosiers, Canada, 2005, 10'
Constant, Before Leaving by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele, The Netherlands, 2005, 70'

Tuesday, July 4th
21.30 Great Creators
Berlin Diary by Ester Amrami, Germany, 2005, 15'
When Silence Sings by Irina Goldstein, Germany, 2005, 93'

Wednesday, July 5th
21.30 Great Creators
Broken, Continually by Mahmood Yarmohammadlou, Iran, 2005, 25'
From the Inside Out by Jan Willem Meurkens, Colombia/USA/The Netherlands, 2005, 88'

Thursday, July 6th
21.30 Lifestyles
Taimagura Grandma by Yoshihiko Sumikawa, Japan, 2005 110'

Friday, July 7th
21.30 Lifestyles
Snow-White Blacknoses by Sylviane Neunschwander-Gindrat, Switzerland, 2006, 86'

Saturday, July 8th
21.30 Great Creators
Art In Dialogue: New York - Estonia by Annette Solakoglu, USA, 2006, 46'
Living With Van Gogh by Jeroen Neus, The Netherlands, 2005, 53'

Sunday, July 9th
21.30 Great Creators (Santiago Calatrava):
The Socialist, the Architect And the Twisted Tower by Fredrik Gertten, Sweden, 2005, 59'

Monday, July 10th
21.30 Music in Docs
Old Songs And Cranks by Raj Yagnik, UK, 2005, 10'
Fat Cake by Leslie Dektor, South Africa, 2005, 26'
Musafir by Cédric Dupire and Pierre-Yves Perez, France, 2005, 84'

Tuesday, July 11th
21.30 Hommage a Lennart Meri:
Voices of Kaleva, 1986, 50'
The Sons of Torum, 1988, 56'

Wedneday, July 12th
21.30 Music in Docs
Concert Yiddish Soul, Nathalie Rossetti and Turi Finocchiarro, Belgium/France, 2005, 43'
My Name Is Albert Ayler by Kasper Collin, Sweden, 2005, 79'

Thursday, July13th
21.30 Great Creators
The Magic of Fellini by Carmen Piccini, USA, 2002, 55'

Friday, July 14th
21.30 Great Creators
Stardust: the Bette Davis Story by Peter Jones, USA, 2006, 89'

Saturday, July 15th
21.30 Hommage a Lennart Meri:
The Shaman, 1977-97, 17'

22.00 Concert and award ceremony


PÄRNU VANALINNA SCHOOL, 26 Nikolai St.

Sunday, July 2nd
21.00 Estonian People's Award 2005
Do You Love Me? by Lars Westman, Denmark, 2004, 49'

Monday, July 3th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
The Clown Children by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway, 2005, 7'
Angel's Fire by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Peru, 2006, 13'
Before Flying Back to Earth by Arunas Matelis, Lithuania/Germany, 2005, 52'

16.00 Docs for Kids:
I'm Charlie Chaplin by Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 2005, 9'
When We Were Tigers by Catherine Kunze and Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark, 2005, 21'
Day And Night by Sivan Arbel, Israel, 2005, 51'

18.00 Docs Made by Israeli Kids:
Serial of films True Life-Stories by Ramla Youths
Accept Me as I Am by Vicki Weinstein, Israel, 2004, 12'
I'm Just 18 by Marua Abu Sukhon, Israel, 2004, 14'
In This Life by Mirey Beri, Israel, 2004, 14'
Indian Movie by Natali Rajpurker, Israel, 2004, 14'
Just So by Zoe Abiev, Israel, 2004, 14'
Love on the Brink by Hasid Hasidov, Israel, 2004, 14'
Micha's Honor by Micha Gilkrov, Israel, 2004, 14'
Motherless Haya by Haya Zelka, Israel, 2004, 14'
My Alligator Farm by Adva Saig, Israel, 2004, 14'
Plague of the First Born by Guy David, Israel, 2004, 14'

21.00 Those Who Seek Happiness:
A Love Apart by Bettina Haasen, Germany, 2004, 52'
Love Letters From A Children's Prison by David Kinsella, Norway, 2005, 50'

Tuesday, July 4th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
I'm Strong by Anneloek Sollart, The Netherlands, 2004, 15'
Bread by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Guatemala, 2005, 5'
Ayla, The Tsunami Girl by Wilma Ligthart, The Netherlands, 2005, 15'
My Name Is Liu Xiaotian by Chistoffer Brekne, Denmark, 2006, 53'

16.00 Docs Made by Kids from Rakvere:
I am Famous by Kristiina Pundi, Estonia, 4'
The Street by Ringo Ramul and his friends, Estonia 22'
Liisbeth by Tuuli Korsar, Estonia28'
etc.

18.00 Lifestyles:
Farm Life in Val Badia by Andrea Lanzi, Italy, 2006, 40'
The Grandparents by Ioana Joca, UK, 2005, 35'
The Ascetic Eye by Praveen Kumar, India, 2006, 59'

21.00 Personalities and Community Portraits:
The Smoke by Vladimir Perovic, Serbia&Montenegro, 2006, 26'
Ballad About Home by Jacek Knopp, Poland, 2005, 48'
Chicken Elections by Goran Radovanovic, Serbia, 2005, 48'

Wednesday, July 5th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Shahin by Minna Lindroos, Finland, 2004, 14'
Sweet Monster by Marco De Stefanis, The Netherlands, 2005, 10'
Samantha by Juul Bovenberg, The Netherlands, 2005, 15'
Jolieke by Suzanne Raes, The Netherlands, 2005, 15'
Boys by Menna Laura Meijer, The Netherlands, 2005, 29'

16.00 Those Who Seek Happiness:
Tailor-made Dreams by Marco Wilms, Germany, 2006, 85'

18.00 Rituals:
Sky Burial by Ellen Bruno, USA, 2005, 12'
Badal by Ibtisam Mara'ana, Israel, 2005, 52'
The Mundane And The Mythical by Ruma Ghosh, India, 2003-2004, 55'

21.00 Personalities and Community Portraits:
Once Upon A Time...by Olena Boyko, Ukraine, 2005, 17'
Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi, UK, 2005, 104'

Thursday, July 6th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Lima's Streets by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Peru, 2006, 13'
Offside by Daniel Sivan and Dorit Tadit, Israel, 2005, 15'
Nima by Annelies Kruk, The Netherlands, 2004, 15'
Whiteout. A Journey Beyond The Shadow by Wojciech Szumowski, Poland, 2005, 58'

16.00 Rituals and Beliefs:
Sky Burial by Ellen Bruno, USA, 2005, 12'
Tootie's Last Suit by Lisa Katzman, USA, 2005, 97'

18.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
Twelve Months by Christer Magnusson, Sweden, 2004-2005, 49'
Welcome to New York by Bettina Perut and Ivan Osnovikoff, Chile/Spain/Italy, 2005, 77'

21.00 Music for Yourself:
Julgi by Liivo Niglas, Estonia, 2005, 27'
A Voice Between Earth And Sky, Mark Soosaar, Estonia, 2006, 48'

Friday, July 7th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
I'm Charlie Chaplin by Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 2005, 9'
The Yemenites by Cyril and Metodi Matut, Spain, 2004, 13'
Lost Children by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz, Germany, 2005, 97'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
Afanassi by Liina Triškina, 2006, 36'
Discover A Rich Corner In the Universe by Jaan Tootsen, 2005, 27'

18.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
Getting Back by Maciej Adamek, Poland, 2004, 24'
EXIT The Right to Die by Fernand Melgar, Switzerland, 2005, 85'

21.00 Lifestyles and Rituals:
Ballküre by Sandra Van Slooten, Germany, 2005, 3'
Marsh Bell by Farhad Mokhtari, Iran, 2005, 12'
Kiran Over Mongolia by Joseph Spaid, USA, 2004, 86'

Saturday, July 8th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Circumcision in Transition by Kazuyo Minamide, Japan, 2005, 36'
Gatos (Cats) by Gali Meiri, Israel/Brazil, 2005, 56'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
The Island With Two Faces, Kerttu Soans, 2005, 28'
Last Man Standing by Arko Okk, 2005, 52'

18.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
Gestures. Reconciliation...by Chingiz F. Rasulzadeh, Russia, 2005, 10'
Once Upon A Time...by Olena Boyko, Ukraine, 2005, 17'
The Shutka Book of Records by Aleksandar Manic, Serbia, 2005, 78'

21.00 Personalities and Portraits:
Under The Open Sky by Arman Yeritsan, Russia, 2004, 39'
A Person De Leo N. by Alberto Vendemmiati, Italy, 2005, 85'

Sunday, July 9th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Vanuatu- Bungee's Coming Home by Malgorzta Lupina and Bronislawa Nowicka, Poland, 2005, 20'
I'm The Greatest by Boudewijn Koole, The Netherlands, 2005, 25'
Today Is Just Like Yesterday by Lotje Ijzemann, The Netherlands, 2005, 25'
The School Mini Bus by Katinka de Maar, The Netherlands, 2005, 25'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
On The Other Side of Leprosy by Vahur Laiapea and Peeter Simm, 2006, 57'

18.00 Personalities and Community Portraits:
The Angelmakers by Astrid Bussink, Hungary/Scotland/The Netherlands, 2005, 33'
Sisters In Law by Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi, UK, 2005, 104'

21.00 Rituals and Lifestyles:
Flour On The Skin by Raj Yagnik, Spain/UK, 2005, 24'
Do You Want The Elephant Music by Leslie Dektor, USA, 2005, 17'
In Search of The Hamat'sa: A Tale of Headhunting by Aaron Glass, USA, 2004, 33'
The Embrace of Memory by Joel Calero, Peru, 2004, 50'

Monday, July 10th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Punam by Lucian Muntean, Serbia&Montenegro, 2005, 27'
César & Zain by Larry Levene, Spain, 2004, 85'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
In the Footsteps of Middendorff by Liina Trishkina and Riho Västrik, Estonia/Russia, 2006, 80'

18.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
The Rapa Nui Had A Dream by Gerard Bonnet and Philippe Ray, France, 2005, 54'
Tailor-made Dreams by Marco Wilms, Germany, 2006, 85'

21.00 Lifestyles:
Cycles of Repetition: An Homage In Observation by Deborah Wing-Sproul, USA, 2004, 3'
Philosophy of One Man by Pawel Jurga, Poland, 2004, 24'
The Last Maternal Tribe by Xiaochuan Li, China, 2003, 40'

Tuesday, July 11th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Deported by Katarina Johansson and Ulrika Widmark, Sweden, 2005, 46'
Before Flying Back to Earth by Arunas Matelis, Lithuania/Germany, 2005, 52'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
A Family Pattern by Kert Grünberg, 2005, 27'
Fun For Five Female by Marko Raat, 2005, 50'

18.00 Rituals And Beliefs:
Marzavan by Kayvan Majidi, Iran, 2005, 19'
The Road That Nga Built by Aleksandr Olkov, Russia, 2005, 26'
Traditional Running of Bulls by Vicente Jimenez, Spain, 2005, 56'

21.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
Monologues by Aleh Dashkevich, Belarus, 2005, 30'
The Cemetery Club by Tali Shemesh, Israel, 2006, 90'

Wedneday, July 12th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Sweet Monster by Marco De Stefanis, The Netherlands, 2005, 10'
Hiding Places by Mariella Harpelunde Jensen, Denmark, 2005, 15'
My Grandmother's House by Adan Aliaga, Spain, 2005, 80'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
Julgi by Liivo Niglas, 2005, 27'
Memories Denied by Imbi Paju, Estonia/Finland, 2005, 60'

18.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
Gatos (Cats) by Gali Meiri, Israel/Brazil, 2005, 56'
The Shutka Book of Records by Aleksandar Manic, Serbia, 2005, 78'

21.00 Those Who Seek Happiness And Community Portrait:
Twelve Months by Christer Magnusson, Sweden, 2004-2005, 49'
Love Letters From A Children's Prison by David Kinsella, Norway, 2005, 50'

Thursday, July13th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Train Trip In India by Catherine Kunze and Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark, 2005, 11'
Love And Broken Glass by Suvi Andrea Helminen, Denmark, 2006, 35'
Can You Die In Heaven? by Erlend E. Mo, Denmark, 2005, 57'

16.00 New Estonian Documentaries:
National Sport by Madli Lääne, 2005, 28'
Trip With Light Baggage by Kullar Viimne, 2006, 58'

18.00 Rituals:
In Search of The Hamat'sa: A Tale of Headhunting by Aaron Glass, USA, 2004, 33'
Kiran Over Mongolia by Joseph Spaid, USA, 2004, 86'

21.00 Those Who Seek Happiness:
Smiling In A War Zone by Magnus Bejmar and Simone Aaberg Kaern, Denmark/Sweden/Germany/Finland, 2005, 78'

Friday, July 14th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
Angel's Fire by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Peru, 2006, 13'
When We Were Tigers by Catherine Kunze and Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark, 2005, 21'
Circumcision in Transition by Kazuyo Minamide, Japan, 2005, 36'
Schoolyard by Judith Vreriks and Marc Schmidt, The Netherlands, 2005, 25'

16.00 Personalities And Those Who Seek Happiness:
The Queue by Kimmo Yläkäs, Finland, 2005, 13'
A Person De Leo N. by Alberto Vendemmiati, Italy, 2005, 85'

18.00 Personalities And Community Portraits:
The Clown Children by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway, 2005, 7'
We Are The Faithful by Michael Kock, Germany/Switzerland, 2005, 9'
Tailor-made Dreams by Marco Wilms, Germany, 2006, 85'

21.00 Those Who Seek Happiness:
100% Human by Trond Winterkjaer and Jan Dalchow, Norway, 2004, 52'
Linda & Ali. Two Worlds Within Four Walls by Lut Vandekeybus, Belgium, 2004, 94'

Saturday, July 15th
14.00 Docs for Kids:
The Holidays by Marina Razbezhkina, Russia, 2005, 52'
Someday My Prince Will Come by Marc Isaacs, UK, 2005, 50'

16.00 Those Who Seek Happiness:
Philip And His Seven Wives by Marc Isaacs, UK, 2005, 70'
Glass Kisses by Olaf Koelewijn and Edwin Bakker, The Netherlands, 2005, 50'

18.00 Retrospective screening of films by Asen Balikci:
Winter in Ice Camp (Grand Prize of the Pärnu Film Festival 1987)

21.00 Those Who Seek Happiness:
Under The Open Sky by Arman Yeritsan, Russia, 2004, 39'
The Devil's Miner by Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson, Germany/USA, 2004, 82'

 

Sunday, July 16th

14.00 Awarded Films

16.00 Awarded Films

 


HAAPSALU, EVALD OKAS ART MUSEUM, 24 Karja St.
Tuesday, July 18th
16.00 Docs for kids:
I'm Charlie Chaplin by Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 2005, 9'
Angel's Fire by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Peru, 2006, 13'
Sweet Monster by Marco De Stefanis, The Netherlands, 2005, 10'
The Clown Children by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway, 2005, 7'
Punam by Lucian Muntean, Serbia&Montenegro, 2005, 27'
When We Were Tigers by Catherine Kunze and Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark, 2005, 21'

18.00 Portrait of a great painter:
Constant, Before Leaving by Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele, The Netherlands, 2005, 70'

Wednesday, July 19th
16.00 Docs for kids:
Circumcision in Transition by Kazuyo Minamide, Japan, 2005, 36'

18.00 Portrait of a great architect (Santiago Calatrava):
The Socialist, the Architect And the Twisted Tower by Fredrik Gertten, Sweden, 2005, 59'

Thursday, July 20th
16.00 Docs for Kids:
Ayla, The Tsunami Girl by Wilma Ligthart, The Netherlands, 2005, 15'
Can You Die In Heaven? by Erlend E. Mo, Denmark, 2005, 57'

18.00 Art of living in countryside:
Snow-White Blacknoses by Sylviane Neunschwander-Gindrat, Switzerland, 2006, 86'


VILJANDI ART MUSEUM, 4 Linnu St.
Tuesday, July 11th
16.00 Great Creators:
The Magic of Fellini by Carmen Piccini, USA, 2002, 55'

Tuesday, July 18th
16.00 Rituals:
The Smoke by Vladimir Perovic, Serbia&Montenegro, 2006, 26'
In Search of The Hamat'sa: A Tale of Headhunting by Aaron Glass, USA, 2004, 33'
Vanuatu- Bungee's Coming Home by Malgorzta Lupina and Bronislawa Nowicka, Poland, 2005, 20'

18.00 Rituals:
Kiran Over Mongolia by Joseph Spaid, USA, 2004, 86'

Wednesday, July 19th
16.00 Docs for Kids:
I'm Charlie Chaplin by Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 2005, 9'
Angel's Fire by Marcelo Bukin, Spain/Peru, 2006, 13'
Sweet Monster by Marco De Stefanis, The Netherlands, 2005, 10'
The Clown Children by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway, 2005, 7'
Punam by Lucian Muntean, Serbia&Montenegro, 2005, 27'
When We Were Tigers by Catherine Kunze and Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark, 2005, 21'

18.00 Childish Adults:
We Are The Faithful by Michael Kock, Germany/Switzerland, 2005, 9'
Once Upon A Time...by Olena Boyko, Ukraine, 2005, 17'
Tailor-made Dreams by Marco Wilms, Germany, 2006, 85'

Thursday, July 20th
16.00 Life in arts:
Do You Want The Elephant Music by Leslie Dektor, USA, 2005, 17'
Broken, Continually by Mahmood Yarmohammadlou, Iran, 2005, 25'
Under The Open Sky by Arman Yeritsan, Russia, 2004, 39'

18.00 Life in Arts (Santiago Calatrava):
The Socialist, the Architect And the Twisted Tower by Fredrik Gertten, Sweden, 2005, 59'

Friday, July 21th
16.00 Klezmer:
Yiddish Soul by Nathalie Rossetti and Turi Finocchiarro, Belgium/Italy, 2005, 53'

18.00 Jazz:
Fat Cake by Leslie Dektor, South Africa, 2005, 26'
My Name Is Albert Ayler by Kasper Collin, Sweden, 2005, 79'

Saturday, July 22th
16.00 Folk Music from India:
Musafir by Cédric Dupire and Pierre-Yves Perez, France, 2005, 84'

18.00 Klezmer:
Concert Yiddish Soul by Nathalie Rossetti and Turi Finocchiarro , Belgium/France, 2005, 43'

19.00 Music for Yourself:
Julgi by Liivo Niglas, Estonia, 2005, 27'
A Voice Between Earth And Sky, Mark Soosaar, Estonia, 2006, 48'


HEIMTALI RAHVAMAJA

Tuesday, July 18th at 20.00
Sky Burial by Ellen Bruno, USA, 2005, 12'
Philosophy of One Man by Pawel Jurga, Poland, 2004, 24'
Snow-White Blacknoses by Sylviane Neunschwander-Gindrat, Switzerland, 2006, 86'

Wednesday, July 19th at 20.00
Marsh Bell
by Farhad Mokhtari, Iran, 2005, 12'
Farm Life in Val Badia by Andrea Lanzi, Italy, 2006, 40'
The Ascetic Eye by Praveen Kumar, India, 2006, 59'

Thursday, July 20th at 20.00
Taimagura Grandma
by Yoshihiko Sumikawa, Japan, 2005 110'


MANIJA ISLAND

Friday, July 7th at 20.00
The Grandparents
by Ioana Joca, UK, 2005, 35'
Snow-White Blacknoses by Sylviane Neunschwander-Gindrat, Switzerland, 2006, 86'

Saturday, July 8th at 20.00
Marsh Bell by Farhad Mokhtari, Iran, 2005, 12'
Sky Burial by Ellen Bruno, USA, 2005, 12'
Sweet Monster by Marco De Stefanis, The Netherlands, 2005, 10'
Circumcision in Transition by Kazuyo Minamide, Japan, 2005, 36'

Friday, July 14th at 20.00
Old Songs And Cranks by Raj Yagnik, UK, 2005, 10'
Farm Life in Val Badia by Andrea Lanzi, Italy, 2006, 40'
Twelve Months by Christer Magnusson, Sweden, 2004-2005, 49'