Monday, October 6th – Tõstamaa High School in Tõstamaa Manor

12.00 Opening of the festival
BOALANDIA – Patrik Thomas, Mathias Reitz Zausinger (Brazil, Germany)

18.00 Dancing and singing from Dawn to Sunset
DAWN DANCERS – Anush Hamzehian & Flavio Nani 52′ (France, Italy)
SENEGAL: A ROUND TRIP DREAM – Marcos Gualda 88′ (Senegal, Spain)
ETV2 – CIRCUS TUOMENTO – Veli Granö (Finland) 74’ 2025

Tuesday, October 7th – Sütevaka High School in Pärnu (Day of Doc Arts)

9.30 – 16.00
BOALANDIA – Patrik Thomas, Mathias Reitz Zausinger (Brazil, Germany)
THE BASEMENT – Roman Blazhan (Ukraine, France)
SHANGRI-LA – Seoyeon Ha & Leon Meschede (Mongolia)
ROOTS UNEARTHED – Baran Ismail Ulas (Türkiye, Estonia)
ULLA – Ábel Szeszler (Finland, Estonia)
CRONOPIO – Dāvis Cipsts (Latvia, Estonia)
A SHAMAN’S TALE – Beata & Michail Bashkirovs (Russia, France, Czech Republic, USA) 74’

ETV2
ALL IS WELL – Petra Lataster-Czisch (Holland, Ukraine) 70’

Wednesday, October 8th – Sütevaka High School in Pärnu

17.00 RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR – Jasna Krajinovic 80’ (Belgium, France, Iraq)

At Apollo Theatres in Estonia – Spirit of Ukraine

16.30
WOMEN SOLDIERS OF UKRAINE – Michał Przedlacki (Ukraine, Poland)
THE BASEMENT – Roman Blazhan (Ukraine, France)

19.30
QUEENS OF JOY – Olga Gibelinda (Ukraine, France, Czech Republic)

ETV2
WHERE WE USED TO SLEEP – Matthäus Wörle 82’ (Germany, Romania)

Thursday, October 9th – Festival Palace in Pärnu

17.00
THE AMAZONE – Emilie Maréchal & Camille Meynard (Belgium, France)
DAWN DANCERS – Anush Hamzehian & Flavio Nani (Italy, France)

ETV2
DAUGHTER OF CHENGIS – Kristoffer Poulsen

Friday, October 10th
Festival Palace in Pärnu

Docs by Students
14.30
SHANGRI-LA by Seoyeon Ha & Leon Meschede, Mongolia
ROOTS UNEARTHED by Baran Ismail Ulas, Türkiye, Estonia
ULLA by Ábel Szeszler, Finland, Estonia
CRONOPIO by Dāvis Cipsts, Latvia, Estonia

17.00
ALL IS WELL by Petra Lataster-Czisch, Holland, Ukraine 70′
Meeting with authors of the documentary

19.00
WHISPERS by Zagros Manuchar, Finland 23′
A SHAMAN’S TALE by Beata & Michail Bashkirovs, Russia, France, Czech Republic, USA 70’
GOODLANDS by Vladimir Perovic, Montenegro 84’
ETV2
DAD’S LULLABY by Lesia Diak, Ukraine

Saturday, October 11th
Festival Palace in Pärnu

Docs nominees for the best artistic achievement
10.00
TOWER by Kullar Viimne, Estonia 87′

12.00
THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE WHO WILL COME KNOCKING by Maja Novaković, Montenegro 84′

14.00
SHEPHERD by Louis Hanquet, France 70′

18.00
AWARD CEREMONY of the XXXIX PFF

20.00
Docs for youth
UNDER FIRE by Jérémie Lamouroux 39′ France – Belgium, France 2024 40’
BOALANDIA by Patrik Thomas, Mathias Reitz Zausinger, Brazil, Germany

Sunday, October 12th
Festival Palace in Pärnu

10.00 Awarded films
12.00 Awarded films
14.00 Awarded films

Spirit of Ukraine
16.00
WOMEN SOLDIERS OF UKRAINE by Michał Przedlacki, Ukraine, Poland
THE BASEMENT by Roman Blazhan, Ukraine, France

18.00
QUEENS OF JOY by Olga Gibelinda, Ukraine, France, Czech Republic

Wednesday, October 15th
Estonian National Museum in Tartu

12.00–17.00 International Think Tank on audiovisual expo of indigenous cultures
HOMECOMING by Suvi West, Anssi Kömi, Finland, Norway
IRABU OF THE KUDAKA ISLAND, OKINAWA by Okada Kazuo, Suzuki Yuki, Japan
GATHERING FIREWOOD by Liivo Niglas, Siberia, Estonia
HERDING CALVES by Riivo Niglas, Siberia, Estonia

Thursday, October 16th
Museum of History in Pärnu

HOMECOMING by Suvi West, Anssi Kömi, Finland, Norway
IRABU OF THE KUDAKA ISLAND, OKINAWA by Okada Kazuo, Suzuki Yuki, Japan
DRIVING THE CALVES by Liivo Niglas
GATHERING FIREWOOD by Liivo Niglas

Friday, October 17th
Heimtali Museum

17.00–20.00
SHEPHERD by Louis Hanquet 70′
DAWN DANCERS 52′ 2025

Saturday, October 18th
Estonian National Museum in Tartu

Day of survival of indigenous peoples
11.00
IN THE WARP AND WEFT OF NOMADS by Samira Alizadehghanad, Iran, Germany 30′
A SHAMAN’S TALE by Beata & Michail Bashkirovs, Russia, France, Czech Republic, USA 74′

13.00
WHISPERS by Zagros Manuchar, Finland 23′
GOODLANDS by Vladimir Perovic, Montenegro 84′

15.00
HOLDING UP THE SKY by Pieter Van Eecke, Brazil, Belgium, Netherlands 82′

17.00
YUPUMA by Verónica Castro with collaboration with Kawá Huni Kuin, Brazil, Portugal 70′

Sunday, October 19th
Estonian National Museum in Tartu

Science and Arts Intertwined
11.00
DISASTER by Olga Orzechowska, Poland 29′

13.00
DOCTOR ON A TRIP by David, Czech Republic, Brazil 84′

15.00
STORK DREAMS by Elodie Lélu, Belgium 62′

17.00
THE AMAZONE by Emilie Marechal & Camille Meynard, Belgium 75′
DAWN DANCERS by Anush Hamzehian & Flavio Nani, France, Italy 52′

This program is flexible for those authors who are planning to attend the festival and their masterpieces should be screened at a better time. Just write to us and we’ll try to find the best time and place.
Hope to meet all of you in Pärnu or Tartu soon!
Mark Soosaar, Chief of the festival

Winners of the XXXVIII Pärnu Film Festival

Matthew Lancit, Olga Semak ja Marta Kovářová

Awards of XXXVIII Pärnu Film Festival

DEMIURGE

by Olga Semak, Ukraine
Estonian People’s Award
Voted by the audience of Estonian Television
The prize was ethnographic blanket weaved by Christi Kütt

PLAY DEAD!

By Matthew Lancit, France, Portugal, Canada
with GRAND PRIZE of the festival
as the best artistic achievement
The winner was chosen by a five-member jury consisting of Anna Hints, Marina Shkarupa,
Tushar Prakash, Dane Dodds, Silvia Lotman
The prize was ethnographic blanket weaved by Christi Kütt

BON VOYAGE

by Karine Birgé, Belgium
Special mention of the festival jury in the category of best artistic achievement

THE DAIRY GARDEN

by Marc Weymuller, France
Special mention of the festival jury in the category of best artistic achievement

WE WANT TO LIVE HERE

by Aleksandrina Turcan, Ukraine
The best doc for youth
The decision of the jury of the students of Sütevaka Humanitarian High School
The prize was a carpet embroidered by Riina Pull

CYBORG

by Carey Born
United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, USA
The best science film
The winner was chosen by the jury of the Estonian Academy of Young Scientists
The prize was a carpet embroidered by Riina Pull

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MY DAD

by Marta Kovářová
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Special mention of the jury of the Estonian Academy of Young Scientists as the best portrait of a scientist

ROMAN TOI BEAUTIFUL SONGS

by Kalli Paakspuu
Canada
Special mention for brilliant recording of Estonian music history

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