Cinema of Estonia
| Cinema of Estonia | |
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Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn
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| Number of screens | 74 (2010) |
| • Per capita | 6.3 per 100,000 (2010) |
| Main distributors |
Forum Cinemas As 54.0% Acme Film Oü 36.0% Kuukulgur Film Oü 4.0% |
| Produced feature films (2011) | |
| Fictional | 8 (61.5%) |
| Animated | 1 (7.7%) |
| Documentary | 4 (30.8%) |
| Number of admissions (2011) | |
| Total | 2,346,000 |
| • Per capita | 1.96 (2012) |
| National films | 236,000 (10.1%) |
| Gross box office (2011) | |
| Total | €9.17 million |
| National films | €472,000 (5.1%) |
Cinema in Estonia is the film industry of the Republic of Estonia. The motion pictures have won international awards and each year new Estonian films are seen at film festivals around the globe.
The first "moving pictures" were screened in Tallinn in 1896. The first movie theater was opened in 1908. First local documentary was made in 1908 with the production of a newsreel about Swedish King Gustav V’s visit to Tallinn.
The first Estonian documentary was created by Johannes Pääsuke in 1912 that was followed by a short film Karujaht Pärnumaal (Bear Hunt in Pärnumaa) in 1914. The first movie studio in Estonia, Estonia Film Tartus (The Tartu Studio of Estonia Film), was established by Johannes Pääsuke (1892–1918). Pääsuke produced documentaries, short films and pictures of Estonian nature for the Estonian National Museum. Karujaht Pärnumaal (Bear-Hunt in Pärnu County, 1914) was the first fictional short film made in Estonia. In total, eight films made by J. Pääsuke have survived and are stored at the Estonian Film Archives.
The first full-length feature film was made in 1924 Shadow of the Past directed by Konstantin Märska and produced by his Konstantin Märska Filmiproduktsioon (Konstantin Märska Film Production). Two feature films by Märska have survived: Vigased pruudid (1929) and Jüri Rumm (1929). Theodor Lutsu Filmiproduktsioon (the Film Production of Theodor Luts Studio) was established by Theodor Luts and his wife Aksella Luts, who produced documentaries and feature films. His Noored kotkad (Young Eagles) (1927) is generally regarded as the cornerstone of Estonian cinema. Luts was also responsible for directing the only Estonian sound feature made before Soviet era, an Estonian-Finnish co-production Päikese lapsed (1932). Luts moved to Finland to work as a cinematographer immediately after finishing the film, and never returned to Estonia. Smaller film production studios in Estonia included Siirius Film and K.Kalamees Tartu.
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