Selection of Estonian films at arthouse cinema in Madrid

 

The opening movie of the film days, Ilmar Raag’s ‘A Lady in Paris’, commemorates Jeanne Moreau, who left us in 2017. That remained her last key role in cinema. Urmas E. Liiv’s ‘Ghost Mountaineer’ and Vallo Toomla’s ‘Pretenders’ bring out a new trend in Estonian cinema. At the heart of these films are the stories of a small circle of friends and the directors have added some features that are characteristic of genre and horror films. The last movie in the programme is Veiko Õunpuu’s ‘Free Range’, a playful and provocative story of creative people in pragmatic everyday situations.

‘Ghost Mountaineer’s’ actor Hanna Martinson will present the films and meet with the audience.

‘ESTilo nórdico’ is the only regular Estonian film event in the Spanish-speaking cultural space.

The film days are organized by the Estonian Institute in co-operation with Filmoteca Española and the Estonian Ministry of Culture’s programme Estonian Culture in the World, with the support of the Cultural Endowment’s audiovisual endowment, the Estonian Film Institute and the Embassy of Estonia in Madrid.

Film programme

December 10

A Lady in Paris (Una dama en París) 2012, 95 min
Frannce (TS Productions) / Estonia (Amrion)
Director Ilmar Raag

December 12

Ghost Mountaineer (El montañero fantasma) 2015, 103 min
Estonia (Kopli Kinokompanii)
Director Urmas E. Liiv

December 13

Pretenders (Los farsantes) 2016, 102 min
Director Vallo Toomla
Estonia (Amrion) / Lithuania (Studio Uljana Kim) / Latvia (Locomotive Productions)

December 14

Free Range 2013, 100 min
Director Veiko Õunapuu
Estonia (Homeless Bob)

Facebook page of the film days: https://www.facebook.com/estilonordicomadrid/

‘ESTilo nórdico’ trailer
https://vimeo.com/244557879
https://youtu.be/PQ20bm04ysw

Contact:
Karlo Funk
karlo.funk@estinst.ee