Awards of the XXXX Pärnu Film Festival are distributed!

Awards of the XXXX Pärnu Film Festival are distributed!

The 40th Pärnu Film Festival awarded two Grand Prizes for The Best Artistic Achievement

SOUTH OF WINTER, LIES THE SNOW

by Sebastian Vidal Campos (Chile)

The award is an ethnographic blanket embroidered by Riina Pull.

THREE CHANTS

by Krzysztof Nowicki (Poland)

The award is an ethnographic souvenir embroidered by Riina Pull.

Members of Jury: Kersti Uibo, Mirjam Matiisen, Kullar Viimne, Lauri Kärk, Jaan Tootsen, Jaak Elling

Estonian People’s Award

Since the three film collections were all very close to the top spot, our competition is not like sports, where every second counts. Therefore, we decided to present three Estonian People’s Awards, which went to the following authors:

THE LAST PROMETHEUS OF DONBAS

by Anton Shtuka (Ukraine)

voted by the audience of Estonian Television, votes in the cultural portal of Estonian National Broadcasting

The award is an ethnographic blanket embroidered by Riina Pull.

FORGET ABOUT CINEMA!

by Arantzazu Gómez Bayón (Finland, Spain)

voted by the audience of Estonian Television, votes in the cultural portal of Estonian National Broadcasting

The award is an ethnographic blanket embroidered by Riina Pull.

PAIKAR

by Dawood Hilmandi (Netherlands, Greece, Iran, Afghanistan)

voted by the audience of Estonian Television, votes in the cultural portal of Estonian National Broadcasting

The award is an ethnographic blanket embroidered by Riina Pull.

The Best Art doc

NOT WITHOUT YOU

by Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster (Netherlands)

as the Best Portrait of an Artist

Jury for Art Docs: Viggo Wallenskjöld (Finland), Marina Škarupa (Ukraine), Urmo Raus (Denmark)

The Best Science Film

The award for the best science film will be presented on October 20 at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu.

The award will be presented by the Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia, Kristina Kallas.

Selected by the editors of the magazine Eesti Loodus (Estonian Nature): Katre Palo, Piret Pappel, Toomas Kukk

The award is an ethnographic blanket embroidered by Riina Pull.

The Best Film on the Survival of Indigenous Peoples

The award for the Best Film on the Survival of Indigenous Peoples will be presented on October 20 at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu.

Selected by researchers from the Estonian National Museum: Pille Runnel, Karin Leivategija, Maido Selgmäe

The award is an ethnographic souvenir embroidered by Riina Pull.