Estonian films premiere at the East End Filmfestival in London
19.04.2008 - 20.04.2008
Estonian films will be shown in London during the East End Filmfestiavl - Autumn Ball at the cinema Rich Mix on 19 April and Class at Genesis on 20 April.
Ilmar Raag, the Director of Class will be present at the screening.
More information: www.eastendfilmfestival.com
The Class
Klass
Estonia, 2007, 97 Minute Running Time
Brutal bullying catalyzes a high school massacre in this harrowing teen drama. Like Elephant, it's inspired by the Columbine tragedy, but unlike Gus Van Sant's film, The Class posits a rationale for the violence.
DIRECTOR: Ilmar Raag
Producer: Riina Sildos
Autumn Ball
Sügisball
This Estonian film talks about six inhabitants of Soviet-era tower blocks whose lives touch together, and who are all united by a feeling of loneliness. The young writer, Mati, lurks outside the window of his ex-wife and unsuccessfully approaches other women. August Kask is a bachelor-barber living a drab life who takes to a little girl, but his approaches are misconstrued as pedophilia. The single mom, Laura, watches a sappy soap opera on TV and pushes away men’s advances because she cannot trust them. Maurer, the architect, thinks about the wellbeing of humanity, but has forgotten his own wife, who, in turn, looks for solace in the coatroom attendant Theo. Women like Theo, but due to his low social status, they don’t take him seriously.
„Autumn Ball“ tells a tale of human seclusion and the incapability to reach others. But you also find humor and the absurd, and the properly attuned viewer might even find oneself laughing out loud. If I were to define the film, I would say that „Autumn Ball“ is a pitch black comedy about loneliness, despair and hope.
DIRECTOR: Veiko Õunpuu
 
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