Estonie Tonique Celebrates Nation's 100th Filmmaking Anniversary
The Estonie Tonique culture festival in France will run a special program to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Estonian movie making.
During the program, running from November 23 through December 5, nine feature-length Estonian fiction films will be screened, six of which have been named by the Film Critics Association as the nation's top feature films of the past 100 years.
All movies will be screened at the Cinematheque Fracaise in Paris, the largest film archive in the world.
The program, titled Les 100 ans du cinema estonien, will be opened by an Estonian silent movie classic, the War-of-Independence-themed "Young Eagles" by Theodor Luts, which dates back to 1927.
In addition to full features, movie buffs will be treated to a number of short fiction and documentary films produced in Estonia and can get acquainted with the works of the country's animation filmmakers.
Ingrid Teesalu