Home » Film Categories

The Idiot (2011)

Original title: Idioot

Based on the novel "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Feature film | Drama Duration 132:00

Festivals, awards, nominations

  • Prize, Annual Award of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2012, Rainer Sarnet and Mart Taniel
  • Prize, Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2011, Special Prize - Actress of The Year: Katariina Unt
  • Award, PÖFF - Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), 2011, Tridens Baltic Film Competition - Best Cinematographer: Mart Taniel; Official Competition EurAsia
  • Award, European Film Festival (Palić, Serbia), 2012, International Critic’s Jury Award for Best Film in Parallels & Encounters Programme
  • Participation, Busan International Film Festival (South Korea), 2011, Flash Forward Competition; World premiere
  • Participation, Göteborg Film Festival (Sweden), 2012, Section Visionaries; European premiere
  • Participation, Cinema Mundi International Film Festival (Brno, Czechia), 2012
  • Participation, Kino pavasaris - Vilnius International Film Festival (Lithuania), 2012
  • Participation, Festival L’Europe Autour de l’Europe (France), 2012
  • Participation, Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy (Finland), 2012, Programme: Tere Eesti!
  • Participation, Kolkata International Film Festival (India), 2012

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm