Documentary

Midsummer’s Day

Jaanipäev
(1978)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Andres Sööt
Producer: Jaak Jürida
Duration: 21 min
Language: Estonian
Subtitle language: English
Available formats: mov
Colour: Black&white

Festivals:

  • Tampere Film Festival (Finland), 2015, Programme: Canon of Short FilmAward, Estonian SSR Film Festival (USSR), 1980, Best Documentary
  • Etats généraux du film documentaire (Lussas, France), 2012, Programme: Doc History: The Baltic States
  • DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland), 2012, Programme: 100 years of Estonian Film
  • Antarctic Short, Documentary and Animation Film Festival (Queen Maud Land, Antarctica), 2011-2012
  • Estonian Film Days (Estonia), 2009
  • BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival (Germany), 1988, Programme: Panorama
  • Nyon International Documentary Film Festival (Switzerland), 1987, Retrospective

Midsummer’s Day tells a story about the celebration of Estonia’s most important holidays in urban conditions. The film, recorded with a hidden camera, vividly depicts the change in the traditional content of Midsummer’s Day.

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