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Winners of the XXXVIII Pärnu Film Festival
In the year 2025,
our special focus will be on indigenous peoples and their disappearing cultures.
Discover the Filmmaker Within You!
We continue the workshops started last winter, teaching young people to create witty short films using video material collected on their smartphones. By teaching audiovisual language, we give the younger generation the ability to communicate with the world in a universally understood visual and auditory language. The creation of short films (up to 3 minutes) will be linked to sending greetings for special occasions (Christmas, New Year, Independence Day). Prizes are planned for the best short films!
The trainers and jury are experienced filmmakers from Pärnu County: Jaak Elling, Joosep Matjus, Sulev Keedus, Kersti Uibo, Mark Soosaar.
It has been found that Saturday mornings are the best time when students are free from regular school and extracurricular activities. Therefore, group lessons will take place every Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in a dedicated space at the Museum of New Art in Pärnu. For participants coming from farther away (Metsküla, Kihnu, Tõstamaa), we offer training at a time convenient for them.
Workshops at the Museum of New Art:
- February 1, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
- February 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
- February 15, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
- February 22, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
- March 1, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
- March 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
- March 15, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
Each workshop lasts 2×45 minutes.
The deadline for submitting films to the jury is March 25, 2025.
Submit your films to: festival@chaplin.ee
Awards will be announced on March 30, 2025.
Awards:
- Best short film: 200 euros
- Three incentive prizes: 100 euros each
For more information: Mark Soosaar, tel +372 502 4947, marksoosaar@hotmail.com
Welcome to Pärnu Film Festival!
XXXIX Pärnu Documentary and Science Film Festival will take place on October 5–12, 2025 in Pärnu
and on air of Estonian Television, followed October 13–19, 2025 in other locations of Estonia. The awarded
docs will be screened at the Estonian Art Museum in Tallinn as well as at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu.
We await submissions from all over the world. In the year 2025, our special focus will be
on indigenous peoples and their disappearing cultures.
Early submission’s entry fee is 10 euros up to April 1, 2025.
Late submission’s entry fee from April 2 to June 1, 2025, is 20 euros.
The selection committee will announce their decision latest by August 1, 2025.
We hope to compose a powerful program of docs of high artistic and scientific quality. From the very
beginning, our focus has been on folk arts, disappearing cultures as well as future of young people.
In the time of bloody wars, we seek docs with messages for a peaceful world.
Before submitting your film, please read and accept Regulations of our festival.
- Read through festival regulations Regulations
- Pay your submission 10 or 20 eur via Pay/Pal
- Fill in and submit the entry form that you will receive after payment
- Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2025!
AWARD CEREMONY of the XXXVIII PFF
The festival began at the former Tõhela dairy on October 6, 2024.
Tõhela rahvamaja
The festival awards ceremony took place on October 13 at the Festival Palace in Pärnu.
The festival continued from October 15 to 20 at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu and Heimtali Community Center and concluded at the Kõpu dairy.
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Kõpu meierei
Kõpu meierei seanss
Heimtali rahvamaja
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PÄRNU FILM FESTIVAL 2023
AWARDS
NO HERO AT ALL by Michal Kawecki, Poland – the Estonian People’s Award voted by the audience of Estonian Television.
!AITSA by Dane Dodds, Denmark – GRAND PRIZE as the best artistic achievement.
REMAINS by Linus Mork, Denmark – as the best science film.
AMONG US WOMEN by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt and Daniel Abate Tilahun, Germany – as the best doc on survival of indigenous peoples.
HELL`S STOKER by Kullar Viimne, Estonia – as the best full length art doc.
CARPENTER by Xelil Sehragerd, Kurdistan – as the best short art doc.
TELL ME MY STORY by Maciej Miller, Poland – as the best short film.
CALLS by Ming-Wei Chiang and COQ AU VIN by Ville Seppänen – as the best student docs.
DOCTOR APA by Ibadilla Adzhibaev, Kyrgyzstan – with the special mention for an outstanding recording of survival of native peoples.
WHAT`S HECUBA TO HIM by Peteris Krilovs and Iveta Budrevica, Latvia – with the special mention for the high artistic and human value.
LANDSCAPE AFTER HOLODOMOR by Yuri Tereshchenko, Ukraine – with the special mention for the high historical recording.
DANS LES BRA by Nathalie Rosetti, Belgium – with the special mention for a very warm message to human beings.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Michal Kawecki (left) – winner of the Estonian People’s Award for the documentary NO HERO AT ALL.
Dane Dodds (right) – winner of the GRAND PRIZE as the best artistic achievement for !AITSA.
AWARD CEREMONY of the XXXVII PFF
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