Estonian holidays, festivals, cultural events
The seven best films are aired by
Estonian TV during the festival. From these seven outstanding documentaries the audience selects the Estonian People's
Award winner. The award is delivered by the President of Estonia or the speaker of the Riigikogu (parliament) at the closing
night of the festival.
The annual film festival has been run from its inception by Mark Soosaar, internationally recognised filmmaker.
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Schooldance
The School Dance festival, which is organised by the Estonian Dance Agency. This is the most popular and prestigious
festival, with the biggest number of young participants in Estonia. Its aim is to motivate young people to express themselves
through dance and movement. The young people and their supervisors must create the dances performed in School Dance.
School Dance focuses on finding and developing young talented dancers as possible future professionals, in order to help to