With Latvia's recent Oscar win for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, the British Film Institute has put together a list of ten of the best films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It's good to see Estonia's Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023), Tangerines (2013) and Sundial (2023) among the list. To view the full list of Baltic films, please click here.
Ilus Eesti, beautiful Estonia. My family's homeland. Estonia's countryside and people have an endearing gentleness about them which you fall in love with slowly and imperceptibly. I have nothing but respect and admiration for Estonians' courage and determination to survive despite centuries of repression, tyranny and foreign occupation. This blog aims to promote Estonian news, history and culture and seeks to enlighten readers about everything this unique country has to offer.