„Wounds of Afghanistan“ is a film about Estonian men currently in their forties whose lives were changed forever during the period of 1979-1989 when Estonians were forced to fight with the Soviet army in Afghanistan. When twenty-year old, they were sent by the Soviet authorities to the Afghan War where no-one had ever left as a winner. This was a a war for foreign country and unknown purposes. Every man tried to escape – few succeeded.
The heroes of the film are the artist Aivar Simson – Simson from Seaküla - and Leino Juhkam. The first one lost his nerves in ...
Director: Ivar Heinmaa
Crew
View all| Producer | Riina Sildos |
| Director | Ivar Heinmaa |
| Screenwriter | Margit Kilumets |
| Cinematographer | Ivar Heinmaa |
| Composer | Mallar Prandi |
| Editor | Rainer Kask | Ivar Heinmaa |
| Content Editor | Margit Kilumets |
First releases
View all- in cinema: 26.05.2006, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn, Estonia
- in cinema: 2.12.2007, Ciné Lumière, London, United Kingdom
Festivals, awards, nominations
View all- Prize, Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2005, Mission Prize
- Award, Estonian Film Days (Estonia), 2006, Award for Outstanding Work
- Nomination, Virgin Maali - Estonian Association of Film Journalists' Annual Award (Estonia), 2005, The Film of the Year 2005
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