Ilmar Raag
Рождение : 1968-05-21, Kuressaare
История
Estonian film director, screenwriter, media executive and columnist Ilmar Raag was born in Kuressaare, Estonia. He grew up in Kuressaare and also graduated high school there. In 1997 he graduated University of Tartu and in 1999 he received M.A. degree in screen writing from Ohio University. In 1997 Raag made his directorial debut an amateur film Tappev Tartu (1998). After that he find himself working in TV management and in 2002-2005 he served as CEO of Estonian National Television (ETV). In 2005 he directed television movie August 1991 (2005) (TV) and also wrote screenplay for another TV movie. In 2007 Raag wrote and directed critically acclaimed film Klass (2007). In 2008 he adapted screenplay from a Sass Henno's novel for Mina olin siin (2008).
Director
Erik is convinced he has a stone for a heart. That’s why he doesn’t mind that his parents have no time for him, or that he is bullied at school, or that he has no real friends. When his family moves to a villa they inherited, he is confronted by Maria whom Erik's parents want to kick out along with her father. Maria refuses to move and promises to make Erik's life a living hell. As a last attempt to defeat Erik, Maria goes to look for her mother who disappeared two years ago. Together they end up on a fantastical journey to the In-Between-World and Erik learns how hard it really is to wear a heart of stone.
Director
Аня — красивая успешная девушка, учится в аспирантуре, читает лекции по Байрону, и у нее роман с профессором, но в один момент ее жизнь переворачивается, и чтобы избежать ложного обвинения, она убегает, прикинувшись подростком-беспризорником. Маска тинэйджера и знакомство с такой же отчаянной, но действительно маленькой Кристиной обращает бегство девушки в новый путь: заново пережив отрочество, Аня начисто переписывает свою жизнь.
Writer
30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a postcard to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk.
Director
30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a postcard to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk.
Screenplay
Anne leaves Estonia to come to Paris as a caretaker for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago. Anne soon realizes that she is not wanted. All Frida wants from life is the attention of Stéphane, her younger former lover. Stéphane, however, is desperate for Anne to stay and look after Frida, even against the old lady's will. In this conflict of strangers, Anne will find her own way…
Director
Anne leaves Estonia to come to Paris as a caretaker for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago. Anne soon realizes that she is not wanted. All Frida wants from life is the attention of Stéphane, her younger former lover. Stéphane, however, is desperate for Anne to stay and look after Frida, even against the old lady's will. In this conflict of strangers, Anne will find her own way…
Writer
September is a film about the complicated choices of simple people. The internationally renowned Estonian author, Jaan Kross (1920-2007) was arrested in 1944 by the Nazis. A year after the Soviet forces entered Tallinn and he was arrested again. The accusation was the same both times: conspiracy with the underground independence revolutionaries. Based on the author's journal, pieces from his oeuvre and interviews, the film creates a story about a few monumental weeks in Tallinn, in September 1944.
Director
September is a film about the complicated choices of simple people. The internationally renowned Estonian author, Jaan Kross (1920-2007) was arrested in 1944 by the Nazis. A year after the Soviet forces entered Tallinn and he was arrested again. The accusation was the same both times: conspiracy with the underground independence revolutionaries. Based on the author's journal, pieces from his oeuvre and interviews, the film creates a story about a few monumental weeks in Tallinn, in September 1944.
Screenplay
У Расси — 17-летнего ученика элитной школы, живущего отдельно от родителей — есть несколько заветных мечтаний. Мечта о семье, любви и… впрочем, для того чтобы подзаработать, он соглашается продавать наркотики. Это втягивает его в круговерть событий, которую он уже не в силах контролировать
Producer
Обычная эстонская школа, выпускной класс. Парень по имени Йозеп постоянно терпит насмешки и издевательства со стороны одноклассников. Никогда не отвечая на выпады, он провоцирует их заходить в глупых «шутках» всё дальше и дальше, до тех пор, пока за него не заступился один из бывших насмешников — Каспар. В классе начинается противостояние, которое постепенно накаляется, приближая неминуемую развязку…
Writer
Обычная эстонская школа, выпускной класс. Парень по имени Йозеп постоянно терпит насмешки и издевательства со стороны одноклассников. Никогда не отвечая на выпады, он провоцирует их заходить в глупых «шутках» всё дальше и дальше, до тех пор, пока за него не заступился один из бывших насмешников — Каспар. В классе начинается противостояние, которое постепенно накаляется, приближая неминуемую развязку…
Director
Обычная эстонская школа, выпускной класс. Парень по имени Йозеп постоянно терпит насмешки и издевательства со стороны одноклассников. Никогда не отвечая на выпады, он провоцирует их заходить в глупых «шутках» всё дальше и дальше, до тех пор, пока за него не заступился один из бывших насмешников — Каспар. В классе начинается противостояние, которое постепенно накаляется, приближая неминуемую развязку…
Writer
As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, there is a condition: somebody must kill the man who was her lover all those years ago.
Lõhmus
The 6 short films of "Tabamata ime" are based on Edward Vilde's play of the same name first published in 1912. Vilde's play is about a young piano player Leo Saalep, who returns to his homeland Estonia to give a concert, and whose alleged international breakthrough has given him the long awaited role of putting Estonian culture on the map in the eyes of the local culture elite.
Man in the Hallway (uncredited)
Three friends return from a vacation and discover that the TV studio they work for has gone bankrupt - so they decide to start their own costume renting business.
Writer
August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, all hopes for independence seem to be lost. People in the only local television station, ETV, are facing their own choices.
Director
August 1991, military coup d'etat in Moscow. When Soviet tanks are on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, all hopes for independence seem to be lost. People in the only local television station, ETV, are facing their own choices.
Mati is an assistant in TV studio. Patiently he has waited for his time to become a TV star but seems that he has to wait forever. One day an alien called Tipp is sent on Earth (by its chief Tapp) to find out the purpose of Estonian children's TV show "Tipp and Tapp". Tipp nestles himself inside Mati's brains that leads the man to unpredictable actions.
Writer
Liina is a young actress at Vanemuise Theatre who gets Tiina's part in the new, postmodernist version of the play "Werewolf" by August Kitzberg. The theatre is haunted and the rehearsals seem to be cursed, artificial blood becomes real blood. The play won't be complete before the murder mystery is unsolved - and Liina is being taken back to the old theatre legends and intrigues of the past century.
(segment "Estonia: Euroflot")
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Development Producer
Молодой охотник Ника отправляется в Сибирь, где становится участником драматических событий — отвергнутая им пятнадцатилетняя красавица из местного племени, Гитя, вонзает себе нож в живот. А после того, как Ника убивает медведя, его повсюду начинает преследовать медведица, перевоплощаясь время от времени в бессловесную дикарку…
Producer
Half the film was shot with a video camera taken from a television station without permission, the cast and staff were unpaid, and the script was written as a screenwriting class assignment.
Voltaire
Half the film was shot with a video camera taken from a television station without permission, the cast and staff were unpaid, and the script was written as a screenwriting class assignment.
Director
Half the film was shot with a video camera taken from a television station without permission, the cast and staff were unpaid, and the script was written as a screenwriting class assignment.
Writer
Half the film was shot with a video camera taken from a television station without permission, the cast and staff were unpaid, and the script was written as a screenwriting class assignment.
«Злобные германские империалисты» осуществляют тайную операцию по развалу Российской империи. Для этой цели в Россию засылается вождь большевиков Владимир Ульянов. На всякий случай агенту «Ленину» готовится замена из числа двойников. Один из поддельных вождей оказывается значительно качественнее настоящего...
