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€1.412 million are being shared among the new features by Triin Ruumet, Marko Raat and Mart Kivastik. In the first round of production subsidies announced for 2021, the Estonian Film Institute (Efi) has decided that €1.412 million will be shared amongst three features. The first of these is Dark Paradise (Tume paradiis), the second feature directed by Triin Ruumet and produced by Elina Litvinova, of Tallinn-based production company Three Brothers. The film takes the viewer into the hedonistic life of a young female student who secretly yearns for true intimacy. The film gives a sharp and fresh perspective on the life of young people in relation to the modern Estonian family as well as to Estonian society in general. Dark Paradise is an Estonian-French co-production. Ruumet’s previous feature, The Days That Confused, took home the Special Jury Prize at the 2015 edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where...

An increased cash rebate and co-production boom has resulted in a strong Estonian line-up for this year’s Tallinn Black Nights.

The Estonian film industry is picking up momentum, seeing an increase in domestic film admissions as well as a selection of awards around the festival circuit.

In Berlin earlier this year, the Estonian Film Institute (Efi) announced a cash rebate for foreign productions including full length features, documentaries and television series, which has in turn prompted a spike in the number of co-productions.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is reaping the benefits with a strong line-up of Estonian films across several of their programme sections

Estonian Film Competition

Seven films are in contention for the Estonian Film Award, which grants a winning feature €3,200 in prize money to be shared between the director and the producer:

Triin Ruumet’s The Days That Confused (above), a coming-of-age story set in late 1990s Estonia, is already...