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Autumn Ball
''Autumn Ball'' () is a 2007 Estonian drama film directed by Veiko Õunpuu, adapted from Mati Unt's 1979 novel of the same name. The film depicts six desolate people of different yet similar fates in characteristically Soviet pre-fabricated housing units ( khrushchyovka).Catsoulis, Jeannette (2009-06-03).Going Down in Estonia: Alienation Frozen in Place" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on 2009-10-05. It premiered at the 64th Venice International Film Festival The 64th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra ..., where it won the Horizon Award. Cast * Rain Tolk as Mati * Taavi Eelmaa as Theo * Tiina Tauraite as Ulvi * Maarja Jakobson as Laura * Mirtel Pohla as Jaana * Sulevi Peltola as August Kaski * Iris Persson as Laura's daughter * Juhan Ulfsak as Maurer * Ivo Uukkivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veiko Õunpuu
Veiko Õunpuu (born 16 March 1972, in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies ''Autumn Ball'' (''Sügisball'', 2007) and '' The Temptation of St. Tony'' (''Püha Tõnu kiusamine'', 2009). Õunpuu's films are usually slow-paced artistic movies with eccentric characters. Film work In 2006 he wrote and directed the independent short film '' Empty'' (''Tühirand''). In 2007 he adapted Mati Unt's novel ''Autumn Ball'' (''Sügisball'') that won the Horizon Award at the 64th Venice International Film Festival, which remains the highest international recognition an Estonian film has ever received. In 2010 Õunpuu's second feature drama '' The Temptation of St. Tony'' (''Püha Tõnu kiusamine'') screened in Sundance Film Festival. The film was selected as Estonia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. His third feature "Free Range" Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taavi Eelmaa
Taavi Eelmaa (born 15 June 1971) is an Estonian stage and film actor. Biography Career Born and raised in Tallinn, he is the son of actor Aleksander Eelmaa and Reet Eelmaa. Taavi Eelmaa began studies at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 1996. Among his graduating classmates were Karin Tammaru, Ain Prosa, René Reinumägi, Indrek Saar, Tarvo Sõmer, and Ardo Ran Varres. After graduating, he worked for six years at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn, and from 2002 to present at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn. Eelmaa made his screen debut in 1993 in the Rainer Sarnet-directed short film ''Merehaigus'' (English: ''Seasickness'') and has gone on to appear in roles in numerous Estonian films. Among his more memorable roles were as Theo in the 2007 Veiko Õunpuu-directed drama ''Sügisball'' (English: ''Autumn Ball''), inspired by Estonian writer Mati Unt's novel of the same name, and as the title character in Õunpuu's 2009 black comedy ''Püha Tõnu kiusam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Drama Films
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2007 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', which was just marginally ahead of '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020. Evaluation of the year In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of '' Den of Geek'' said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katariina Unt
Katariina Unt (born Katariina Lauk; 6 December 1971) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actress. Early life and education Katariina Unt was born in Tallinn. Her mother is interior decorator Malle Lauk and her father is artist Tõnu Lauk, who works mainly with metals. The youngest of four siblings, she grew up mostly in Pärnu. She graduated in 1990 from Pärnu Hansa Secondary School, then completed her studies in Tallinn at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Drama School in 1994 (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Her graduating classmates included Mait Malmsten, Ain Mäeots, Liisa Aibel, Ago Anderson, Indrek Sammul, and Andres Puustusmaa. Stage career Between 1994 and 2001, she was engaged at the Tallinn City Theatre. Following her departure, she worked for a while as a freelance actor, performing at the Estonia Theatre, Endla Theatre and the Kuressaare Town Theatre, among others. In 2007, she joined the VAT Theatre in Tallinn, where she still cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Uukkivi
Ivo Uukkivi (born 11 October 1965) is an Estonian stage, film, radio, and television actor, television producer and, under the nickname Munk, founder of and singer with the punk band Velikije Luki. Early life and education Ivo Uukkivi was born in Tallinn. He was one of two siblings. He is a 1980 graduate of Tallinn 2nd Secondary School (now, Tallinn Secondary School of Science). Afterward, he attended Tallinn Polytechnic School, graduating in 1984. He is a 1992 graduate of the Tallinn Conservatory's (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) Performing Arts Department. Uukkivi's diploma production roles include Snug in William Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Man in Purple in Mati Unt's ''Emperor Nero's Private Life''. Among his graduating classmates were Merle Palmiste, Kristel Leesmend, Andres Raag, Kaili Närep, Jaanus Rohumaa, Üllar Saaremäe, Dan Põldroos, Sten Zupping, Tiina Mälberg and Garmen Tabor. Career Stage In 1991, Uukkivi made his st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juhan Ulfsak
Juhan Ulfsak (born 18 April 1973 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. Since 1998 he has been an actor in the theatrical group at Von Krahl Theatre. He has also acted in several films, including Autumn Ball, Sügisball (Autumn Ball). His father was actor Lembit Ulfsak. Selected filmography * 2005 ''Shop of Dreams, Stiilipidu'' (feature film; role: Erki) * 2006 ''The Power of Fear'' (feature fil; role: Head sheriff) * 2006 ''Ruudi'' (feature film; role: Beauty contest host) * 2007 ''Jan Uuspõld läheb Tartusse'' (feature film; role: Valev) * 2011 ''The Idiot (2011 film), Idioot'' (feature film; role: Ippolit) * 2012 ''Seenelkäik'' (feature film; role: Zäk) * 2012 ''Üksik saar'' (feature film; role: Olaf, professor's son) * 2015 ''Roukli'' (feature film) * 2016 ''Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse'' (feature film; role: Juulius) * 2017 ''Mehetapja/Süütu/Vari'' (feature film; role: Aleksander Kross (Süütu)) * 2017 ''Miami (2017 film), Miami'' (feature film; role: Eduard) * 2018 ''Eia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirtel Pohla
Mirtel Pohla (born 28 January 1982) is an Estonian stage, film and television actress. Early life and education Mirtel Pohla was born in Tartu. She attended secondary school at the Tartu Karlova Gümnaasium, graduating in 2000. Afterward, she applied to and was accepted at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 2004. Stage career Between 2004 and 2006, she was engaged as an actress at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. In 2005, she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Elsa Seebalt in a staging of Andrus Kivirähk's ''Adolf Rühka lühikene elu''. From 2006 until 2014 she was an actress at Theatre NO99 in Tallinn. In 2012, Pohla was awarded the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Estonian Annual Theatre Awards; and was nominated for the same category in 2013. In 2014, she left the Theatre NO99 but has returned as a guest actress. She has also performed at the Vanemuine theatre in Tartu and several other theatres throughout E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarja Jakobson
Maarja Jakobson (born 8 December 1977) is an Estonian television, stage and film actress whose career began in the late 1990s. Early life and education Maarja Jakobson was born in Tartu in 1977. She is distantly related to 19th-century writer and politician Carl Robert Jakobson, who played a pivotal role in the Estonian national awakening. She graduated from the 15th Secondary School of Tartu (now, the Tartu Descartes Lyceum) in 1995 and enrolled at the University of Tartu to study German for a year before enrolling in the performing arts department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn in 1996 to study acting under the direction of theatre pedagogue and stage director Ingo Normet, graduating in 2000. Among her graduating classmates were actors Kersti Heinloo, Margus Prangel, Eva Püssa, Katrin Pärn, Tambet Tuisk, Piret Simson and directors Urmas Lennuk, Tiit Ojasoo and Vahur Keller. In 2002, she graduated ''cum laude'' from Estonian Academy of Music and Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiina Tauraite
Tiina Tauraite (born on 2 June 1976 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress. In 1998 she graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since then, she has worked as a theatre actress at Von Krahl Theatre. Besides theatre roles she has appeared in a number of films (most notably The Temptation of St. Tony (2009), Autumn Ball ''Autumn Ball'' () is a 2007 Estonian drama film directed by Veiko Õunpuu, adapted from Mati Unt's 1979 novel of the same name. The film depicts six desolate people of different yet similar fates in characteristically Soviet pre-fabricated ho ... (2007) and the 2016 film The Spy and the Poet) and television series (Elu keset linna (2012) and Screwed in Tallinn in 1999). Besides her native Estonian, Tauraite is fluent in English, Russian and Finnish. Filmography * 2008: '' Sügisball'' * 2009: '' The Temptation of St. Tony'' * 2011: '' Idioot'' * 2016: ''Kala-kala'' * 2016: ''Luuraja ja luuletaja'' * 2018: ''Omad'' *2019: ''Colours in Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rain Tolk
Rain Tolk (born 9 June 1977 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor, screenwriter and film director. Since 2002 he has been the director, screenwriter and producer in the company Kuukulgur Film. Selected film roles and directed films * 2006 ''Tühirand'' (feature film; role: Mati) * 2007 '' 186 Kilometers'' (feature film; director, role: Hippie) * 2007 '' Sügisball'' (feature film; role: Mati) * 2008 ''Sauna A sauna (, ) is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire. A thermometer in a sauna is used to meas ...'' (feature film; role: Rogosin) * 2009 '' The Temptation of St. Tony'' (feature film; role: Kleine Willy) * 2010 '' Sky Song'' (animated film; role: voice) * 2017 ''Paha lugu: Kokkulepe'' (feature film; director) * 2017 ''Paha lugu: Varakevad'' (feature film; director) * 2017 ''Litsid'' (television series; role: Mister Tamm) * 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
