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Flying Free (2004)

Original title: Elluastujad

Documentary Duration 27:09

Nele and Anneli are inseparable friends. One of them is a bit radical punk-girl, another above the average looking heart-breaker. Their different social backgrounds don’t interfere with their relationship. These girls feel the forming stratification and upheavals of Estonia’s changing society. They are smart, but they do not obey the rules. They are energetic, open-minded and eager to express their thoughts loudly. They take life at its fullest, living for the present day, not for one to come. The film follows their last spring in high school together combining girls’ intimate and immediate video journal with precise, stylistically professional camerawork.

Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

Keywords: graduates of upper secondary school | uncertainty | coming of age | turning point in life | buoyancy | wisdom | preparations for the party | graduation ceremony of an upper secondary school | education | intimacy | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Allfilm
Film Category Observation, Documentary
Text / Dialogue Estonian, Russian
Subtitles Estonian, English
Duration 27:09

First releases

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  • Premiere: 10.09.2004, Kino Sõprus, Tallinn, Estonia

Festivals, awards, nominations

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  • Participation, Baltic Sea Documentary Forum, 2004

Partners and Sponsors

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