Visit Estonian Film Database
Where can you find information about movies made in Estonia?
The place is Estonian Film Database (). Information about actors, film makers, new upcoming films, it`s only a small list of what you can actually find there.
Films and other productions of BFM students are also listed there – it is a great place to keep an eye on Estonian film industry and BFM works.
More about the page:
The coding instructions of the electronic database have been prepared. Each film is described as thoroughly as possible. The attributes of films contain data about the subject, genre, authors, cast, production team, locations, producers, copyrights and distributors of films and about the technical parameters of films, as well as the bibliography of films, references to the reviews, articles, books published about films and the makers of films, digitised frames and pictures from films, trailers and promotional clips, scripts, memories of the makers and other interesting details. The content of films is coded in a way which would enable to search films by content, people, time, events and locations in the web. All films are thoroughly equipped with keywords, which enable thorough content and subject searches. All filmmakers will be given their personal websites, which will provide an overview of their creative careers and filomographies.
The electronic national filmography will be prepared stage by stage in the period from 2011–2020. The first part of the database and the web interface will be made available to the public at the end of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Estonian film in the year 2012 on December 12. Then, fully completed data of all full length feature films produced in Estonia throughout 100 years the complete data about the newsreels and documentaries made between 1912–1940 (a total of approximately 1100) will become available, as well as data of television and student films. The rest of the entries are partial and will be completed during the next five years.
MTÜ EFA is managed by Reet Sokmann, film producer at F-Seitse, as a project manager, and Hagi Shein, the Head of the Media Department the Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, as the editor-in-chief. The IT specialist is Jaanus Loitmaa.
Film producers and creators, and those interested in films can contribute to the creation of the database and the reliability of its content. The same goes for other people interested in cooperating with us and helping us and with whom MTÜ EFA is already in close cooperation.
E-mail: efa@efa.ee, phone +372 6015982
Olari Oja