Moonika Siimets

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Moonika Siimets (born 7 May 1980) is an Estonian film director who has directed award-winning documentaries, television series and short films. [1] In 2010, she received the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for World Champion and Trendy Dog. [2] Her first feature film The Little Comrade (Seltsimees laps) [3] remained the top film in Estonia for five weeks, attracting 100,000 viewers. [4] [5]

Film director Person who controls the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film production

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film.

Biography

Born on 7 May 1980 in Tartu, Moonika Siimets matriculated from the Forselius High School in 1999 and went on to study Estonian literature and folklore at the University of Tartu. From 2002, she studied at the Department of Audiovisual Art at Tallinn University, majoring in directing in 2006. In parallel, she attended classes at the University of Central Lancashire under the Erasmus Programme. She completed her studies in Los Angeles at the Judish Weston Studios. [2] [6]

Tartu City in Tartu County, Estonia

Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia, after Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn.

University of Tartu university in the city of Tartu, Estonia

The University of Tartu is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia, and the only classical university in the country, and also the biggest and most prestigious university in Estonia. It was founded under the name of Academia Gustaviana in 1632 by Baron Johan Skytte, the Governor- General (1629–1634) of Swedish Livonia, Ingria and Karelia, with the required ratification provided by his long-time friend and former student – from age 7 –, King Gustavus Adolphus, shortly before the king's death on 6 November in the Battle of Lützen (1632), during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).

Tallinn University is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education in the country. Both QS World University and Times Higher Education rankings place it among the top 1000 universities in the world.

From 2004, Siimets worked on a number of documentary films at Estonian Television and directed the series Selgeltnägijate tuleproov (Psychic Challenge) in 2008. [6] Her documentaries include Report: Green Estonia (2007), World Champion (2009), Trendy Dog (2010), Another Dimension (2012), Is It You? (Stockholm Film Festival 2013) and Pink Cardigan (2014). [1]

Eesti Televisioon (ETV) is the free-to-air national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.

Bitva extrasensov — The Battle of extrasensory — the Russian TNT TV channel, filmed in the format of the British TV show Britain's Psychic Challenge.

The Little Comrade, her first feature film, was presented at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, receiving the BNK Busan Bank Award. It was later screened at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [5]

Busan International Film Festival Annual film festival held in Busan, South Korea

The Busan International Film Festival, held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held from 13 to 21 September 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea. The main focus of the BIFF is to introduce new films and first-time directors, especially those from Asian countries. Another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent. In 1999, the Pusan Promotion Plan was established to connect new directors to funding sources. The 16th BIFF in 2011 saw the festival move to a new permanent home, the Busan Cinema Center in Centum City. The Busan Cinema Center is an about USD 150 million structure designed by Austria-based architecture collective Coop Himmelblau. The about 30,000 m² Cinema Center includes a 4,000-seat outdoor theatre; four indoor screens under an LED-covered roof; media centre; archive space; and conference rooms; allowing the festival to include industry forums and educational activities.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, or PÖFF, is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. PÖFF is the only festival in Northern Europe or the Baltic region with a FIAPF accreditation for holding an International Competitive Feature Film Program, which places it alongside 14 other non-specialised competitive world festivals including Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, and San Sebastian. With over 250 feature-length and over 250 short films and animations from 80 different countries (2018) screened, and an attendance of over 80,000 (2018), PÖFF is the one of the largest film festivals in Northern Europe. The festival, its sub-festivals and the audiovisual industry platform Industry@Tallinn hosted around 1200 film professionals and journalists in 2018.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Moonika Siimets". Amrion. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Simon, Alissa (3 October 2018). "Busan Film Review: 'The Little Comrade'". Variety. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Alla, Hendrik (3 May 2018). "Moonika Siimets: Eesti film väärib kinos vaatamist" (in Estonian). Postimees Kultuur. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. 1 2 Karajica, Tara (18 December 2018). "Encounter #77: Moonika Siimets" . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Moonika Siimets: Biograafia" (in Estonian). EFIS. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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