Archive for the ‘Estonia’ Category

EAST Galerii

October 13th, 2010

EAST Galerii, in Tallinn, Estonia, provides artists a space to freely exhibit their work, host live music and facilitate other arts oriented activities and interests. It is also headquarters to the Servataguse Muusika series of experimentalish music, but you can also expect to find cult cinema nights, open mic nights, musicians of all genres and idioms, exhibitions of artists (young or old, trained or untrained), niche music nights, performance art nights, etc… Spontaneity of exhibitions and performances is encouraged over a well booked schedule. Giving life, growth and support to all manner of living art forms and pursuits.

EAST in Facebook

Pikk tn 36, Tallinn

Estonia Galleries Places

Center For Contemporary Arts, Estonia (CCAE)

October 13th, 2010

Center For Contemporary Arts, Estonia (CCAE) acts as an expert institution in international cooperation projects related to the contemporary art scene in Estonia.

CCAE was established in 1992 as part of the Soros network, and has been operating as an independent foundation since 1999 primarily funded by the Estonian Ministry of Culture.

CCAE works on collaborative projects both with local and international partners. To get an overview of our most recent activities, click the newsletter True Guardian.

Our office on the 3rd floor of the Tallinn Art Hall is open for the following purposes in general:
a) to gather and disseminate information about contemporary art in Estonia
b) to help initiate projects both at home and abroad which would expand the presence of professional contemporary Estonian artists in the international arena
c) to provide project-based scholarships for local artists to exhibit abroad, and research-based scholarships for foreign curators to work here
d) to provide the impetus for (ex)change in local art critical discourse – to produce and distribute publications about contemporary visual art projects from Estonia
e) to host foreign curators, critics, art historians or artists in our office in order to expand exchanges and the international network
f) to act as the official representative of the Republic of Estonia at the international art exhibition La Biennale di Venezia

www.cca.ee

Vabaduse väljak 6
10146 Tallinn
Estonia

Estonia Grants Organizations

Estonian Media Artists Union

October 13th, 2010

The Estonian Media Artists Union (MARTU), established in 2006, is a non-profit association which unites media artists in Estonia, boosting their ‘voice’ in society and promoting a wider recognition of this field. MARTUs main objective is to develop cooperation between artists and to support theoretical research in media art. It is also important for MARTU to promote and show Estonian media art outside of Estonia.

www.martu.org

Estonia Organizations

Culture Factory Polymer

October 13th, 2010

During the Soviet era Polymer was a toy factory. In 1994, the company closed this branch of activities, leaving a large building in a state of abandonment. A few years later, a group of artists, intrigued by this big empty space, decided to turn it into their studio space. Step-by- step, other artists and musicians joined wishing to use these spaces for creating, for rehearsing…

Nowadays the factory disposes of 3000sq m of space, dedicated to creation and dissemination. Retaining the original flair of the of the building, and keeping its authenticity, concrete production facilities have been transformed to incorporate new spaces for living, artist studios and an environment for alternative cultural events.

Polymer has evolved into a place for international artist residencies and the diffusion of ideas and energy. Within the walls of the building live together about 30 artists and organizations, working in diverse artistic fields. Constituted as a non profit organization, Polymer works as a platform and as a venue for different events and activities, offering a new space for alternative culture in Tallinn. Public events take place regularly, involving resident artists and guest artists, both Estonian and International.

Polymer is an organization involved in local life and open to the exterior. Polymer leads different cultural and social actions at a local level, and has developed partnerships in Tallinn, throughout Estonia and within Europe. Polymer is a member of Trans Europe Halles, a network founded in 1983 bringing together 40 independent culture centres in Europe.

Polymer International Artist in Residency program is developped in close cooperation with Art Container Gallery and Estonian Media Artists’ Union, both organizations having their workspace in Polymer.

www.kultuuritehas.ee/residency

Estonia Organizations Places Residencies

MÄRZ project space

October 13th, 2010

MÄRZ is new initiative located  in Tallinn old town, Olevimägi 7, which focuses on establishing a self-initiated, non-institutional open cultural project space in the center of Tallinn. It is an attempt to create a loose helping umbrella for cultural production and promotion in the capital city where the cultural life is highly institutionalized and tends to be restricted according to division of separate cultural fields. The project brings together people from different fields – art, architecture, urban studies, design, music, theater, contemporary dance, social sciences, gay, lesbian and queer activists, in order to foster creative collaboration and mutual exchange of ideas and information. The project space will work on the principle of seriality which enables bringing together very different agents, events and issues while retaining them their clearly distinguishable character.

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Estonia Places

MoKS

October 13th, 2010

MoKS – Center for Art and Social Practice, is a non-profit artist-run project space in Estonia situated in the rural community of Mooste.

MoKS main activities include:

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Estonia Organizations Places Residencies

Baltic Event

October 13th, 2010

December 1 – December 3, 2010

The largest regional film market, and best place to meet the Baltic film industry, BALTIC EVENT, will take place for the ninth time this year. And for the sixth time, the Baltic Event Co-production market brings together intriguing, challenging, and promising projects with the best producers from the region and representatives of international sales and distribution companies.

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Estonia Market

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

October 13th, 2010

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is a unique event combining a feature film festival with the sub-festivals of animated films, student films and children/youth films. The festival aims to present Estonian audiences a comprehensive selection of world cinema in all its diversity with the emphasis on European films, providing a friendly atmosphere for interaction between the audience, Estonian filmmakers and their colleagues from abroad.

The 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival takes place from 19 November to 5 December 2010.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival consists of the main programme, four sub-festivals, as well as film and co-production markets:

Black Nights Film Festival main programme (24 November - 5 December) – International competition programme EurAsia and Tridens Baltic feature film competition. Informative side programmes include fiction and documentary features from previous 2 years, retrospective of a filmmaker, genre or studio, and focus on a country.

Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers (20 - 24 November) – International competition of student films from previous 2 years – fiction, documentary or animation films; national competition of Estonian short films and special programmes.

Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams (19 – 23 November) – Competition of short animations from previous 2 years. Additional non-competitive programmes include a retrospective of a filmmaker and focus on a country.

Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film(19 – 28 November) – Competition of children’s films and youth films. Non-competitive special programmes.

Nokia Mobile Phone Film Festival MOFF (1 September - 3 December) – Competition of short films made with mobile phones.

Black Market Industry Screenings (1-3 December) - regional cinema and audiovisual market focusing on the new films from the neighbouring regions and smaller film industry countries: Central and Eastern European countries, Nordic countries, Russia and countries like Georgia, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyztan, Tadjikistan.

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Photo by Janis Jurkovskis

Estonia Festivals

Baltic Film and Media School

October 13th, 2010

The Baltic Film and Media School (BFM) at Tallinn University is the only higher-educational institution in northern Europe teaching film, television and media studies in English.

BFM offers hands-on three-year BA and two-year MA programs, as well as courses in:

* Electronic media and television production
* Public relations
* Mass communications and media
* Directing
* Producing
* Screenwriting
* Sound Design
* Editing
* Cinematography
* New media technologies and processes

Classes are currently taught by academics and professionals from Europe and North America. Students start their first year of studies with practical tasks and assignments, and eventually graduate with an internationally accredited university degree. BFM offers a well-equipped study and production environment in the vibrant capital city of Tallinn, which is the largest city in Estonia. BFM courses are geared towards providing essential practical media skills to enter today’s changing media landscape right after graduation.

www.bfm.ee

BFM trailer in Youtube

Education Estonia

KLIK!ESTONIA//KLÕPS

October 2nd, 2010

KLIK!ESTONIA//KLÕPS is an animation festival featuring a fine selection of animations from the KLIK!AMSTERDAM

festival plus some interesting & original stuff from Estonian animators. The Festival program features a large number of short animations and two animated feature length films.

Festivals homepage, festival on Facebook.

Estonia Festivals