''Lotte from Gadgetville'' (, ) is a 2006

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

n feature-length

animated film Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

directed by

Heiki Ernits Heiki Ernits (born 24 March 1953) is an Estonian animator, illustrator, and film director. He graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of arts and crafts. He has created 19 animated films and illustrated over 30 children's ...

and Janno Põldma. The film's characters first appeared in '' Lotte reis lõunamaale'' (''Lotte Goes South''), an Estonian animated TV series consisting of 13 five-minute episodes. In 2007, the film was awarded the Latvian Film Prize for best animated feature film. In 2011, a sequel was released: ''

Lotte and the Moonstone Secret ''Lotte and the Moonstone Secret'' () is a 2011 Estonian animated film directed by Heiki Ernits Heiki Ernits (born 24 March 1953) is an Estonian animator, illustrator, and film director. He graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute a ...

''. The films and their characters proved so popular in their homeland, that a theme park, Lottemaa (Lotte Village Theme Park), opened in Reiu,

Häädemeeste Parish Häädemeeste () is a municipality located in Pärnu County of Estonia. Häädmeeste literally means "(place) of good men" in Estonian. Nigula Nature Reserve is partly located in Häädemeeste Parish. The largest river in the parish is the Ran ...

, Estonia.

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Lottemaa - Lotte Village Theme Park English Homepage
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