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  • Island Lives Mar 23

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    Aka Since the Trolls Have Been Made Redundant and It Is Fine to Pose Against a Three-Wheeled Car in the Absence of a Four-Wheeled One


    Lauri Laanisto reflects on Winter Light and One Year’s Reminder

  • Women with Stories Mar 21

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    Liisa Ojakõiv on Red hair and Black coffee

  • Alto do Minho Breathes and Crackles Mar 21

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    Terje Toomistu on Alto do Minho

  • Worldfilm Festival in Terevisioon Mar 17

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    Watch one of the festival managers Siim Angerpikk and the chief editor of ETV2 talking about this year’s festival in Terevisoon: http://etv.err.ee/index.php?05629907&video=7056#.UUYlRFeaU_j

  • Orania Mar 17

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    We are happy to announce that Orania by Tobias Lindner (2012) will be screened at our festival next week. Orania has beed awarded as Best Documentary film at Dreamland Film Festival as well as at Jozi Film Festival.

  • Submissions call for the official programme of the 10th Worldfilm documentary film festival Aug 15

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    Dear colleagues and friends, we are glad to open the submissions call for the official program of the 10th Worldfilm festival to be held at March 18th-24th 2013 in Tartu, Estonia.

  • Impressions Apr 02

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    Sergei Kleyn is sharing his perceptions on some of the films that he found thought provoking

  • Violinists Mar 31

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    Terje Toomistu about Alex Gentelev's film

  • Self-appointed Indians, and the others Mar 24

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    Mele Pesti thoughts about "In Absentia" (dir: Tareq Daoud) and "Indians like us" (dir: Sylvie Jacquemin)

  • Lost Down Memory Lane Mar 23

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    Film director Erik Strömdahl shares his thoughts about Klara Van Es's film

  • The Personal is Political: Kurdish Lover Mar 22

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    Terje Toomistu thoughts about Clarisse Hahn's film

  • Sensing life: The Man from Jupiter Mar 22

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    by Terje Toomistu

  • On Regilaul... my initial thoughts Mar 21

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    First impressions by Kadi Pilt

  • A forgotten pleasure – watching Stéphane Breton’s "Them and Me" Mar 21

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    by Daniel Allen

  • How to catch the invisible on camera? – A matinée with Mihály Hoppál, a noted shamanism researcher Mar 21

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    Monday morning’s sleepy blur not quite blinked from the eyes and the festival has not been officially opened yet. All the brave new worlds being promised to us by the festival film programme are just about to begin to unfold; nevertheless the seminar hall of the Estonian National Museum is full of people who are united by their eager curiosity for the otherworldly. And in this time precisely these other worlds one gets access to through the drums and power of a shaman. The realms of mysticism, healing, liberation … alas invisible.

  • And the World begins again! Mar 20

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    The foundation stone of the 9th Worldfilm festival was laid Sunday night at an informal ceremony at Suudlevad Tudengid (the Kissing Students) restaurant.

  • Volunteers' meeting 2012 Mar 07

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    On the 5th of March in the Estonian National Museum

  • Submissions call for the official programme of the 9th Worldfilm documentary film festival Aug 07

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    Dear colleagues and friends, we are glad to open the submissions call for the official program of the 9th Worldfilm festival to be held at March 19th-25th 2012 in Tartu, Estonia.

  • Fire, people and life Apr 03

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    Mele Pesti reflecting over "Fire Burn Babylon", "Holy Fire", and "Reborn in Westphalia"

  • The trains don't come here anymore... Apr 01

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    Mele Pesti on Jorge Pelicano's film "Stop, listen, look"

  • Walking in the park with Alyssa Mar 26

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    Reflections about Alyssa Grossman's film "In the Light of Memory"

  • Wednesday's thoughts Mar 25

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  • Peruvian cuisine has designs on the world Mar 25

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    Mele Pesti on „Cooking Up Dreams“

  • A Happy funeral tour in Cameroon Mar 24

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    Mele Pesti writes about the film "Funeral Season"

  • Tuesday's thoughts Mar 24

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  • From the Worldfilm retrospective Mar 24

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    This year, our retrospective is about Estonian filmmaker Mark Soosaar

  • Reflections on “Contours of Sound” Programme Mar 24

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    by Carlo Cubero

  • The beggining is made Mar 21

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  • A deep bow to a great person Mar 16

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    Kaisa Sammelselg on Worldfilm 2011 pre-event

  • Flying from Tartu to The World Apr 04

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    A few words from festival manager Taavi Tatsi

  • Stop thinking! It's getting hot! Apr 02

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    Stories from the sauna:

  • Shepherdess of Clouds Mar 31

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    Terje Toomistu writes about a world premier at Worldfilm

  • Heaven Earth – tourism and a herbal drink Mar 30

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    Terje Toomistu writes about ayahuasca culture in Peru

  • Longing for Beauty Mar 30

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    Fin/Estonian Mika Keränen writes about Prisoners of the Ground

  • Hunters' stories in a disappearing language Mar 29

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    World premiere at the Worldfilm festival: Liivo Niglas's Itelmen Stories

  • At work in the sky Mar 27

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    The visual feast of The Solitary Life of Cranes

  • Dharma Bums in the Digital Age Mar 27

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    A film by Minna Hint: Inside or Outside

  • Thursday at the festival Mar 26

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    Estonian poet Mathura writes about his visit to the festival

  • Festival look-alikes Mar 26

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    Photographic moments from the festival

  • The infinite ocean between our voices Mar 25

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    Terje Toomistu writes about Poet's Salary

  • Spice Island through the prism of music Mar 25

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    Mari Kalkun writes about "Zanzibar Musical Club"

  • New trend in ethnographic cinema? Mar 25

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    Casado's Legacy: Reflection by Carlo A. Cubero

  • Shaman Tour, painful but honest Mar 24

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    Terje Toomistu writes about “Shaman Tour”

  • Into the Heart Mar 24

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    Mika Keränen writes about “Heart of the Country”

  • Chillout cinema Mar 24

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    Since Tuesday evening Worldfilm festival has also been available in a softer, more horizontal, version in the form of the chillout cinema.

  • Filmmaking from the point of view of the heart Mar 24

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    Eva Toulouze writes on the Leonard Kamerling retrospective

  • Old people's beautiful lives Mar 23

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    Special programme: ageing experiences

  • ...Worldfilm begins... Mar 22

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    The first festival guests have arrived in Tartu.

  • Worldfilm Appetisers on ETV2 Mar 20

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    Last chance to see: some of last year's films on Estonian TV

  • The Art of Cooking Mar 19

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    Last Wednesday's film evening in Genialistide Klubi was introduced by Patrick McGinley, and here he tells us how it went:

  • Volunteers' meeting Mar 11

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    Wednesday was the first meeting of Wordfilm festival volunteers…

  • A Holy Man or a Fool? Mar 05

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    Michael Yorke's Holy Men and Fools is shown at the Genialists Club, Tartu.

  • Worldfilm is blogging... Mar 04

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    After the long, dark (and white) winter, the world is again about to become colourful...

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