Sunday 18 July 2021

Estonian co-production 'Compartment No.6' wins prestigious award at Cannes

The Estonian film industry is celebrating today. The film Hytti No.6 (Compartment No.6) was awarded the second highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival last night - the Grand Prix Prize. Hytti No.6 is an Estonian/Finnish/Russian/German co-production directed by Juho Kuosmanen. The film tells the story of a Finnish woman who is forced to share a small train compartment with a Russian miner as they travel 1100 km across Russia. 


More information can be found here: 74th Cannes Film Festival