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I Was Here (2008)

Original title: Mina olin siin

Based on the novel "I Was Here. The First Arrest" by Sass Henno

Feature film | Youth | Drama Duration 94:00

Seventeen-year-old Rass is involved in the group where drinking, drugs, broken families and skipping school are everyday things. Rass is convinced that he will get out of it, even if he can count only on himself - his mother is dead, he has drifted apart from his father, and his girlfriend Säde is unemployed. For love, faithfulness and trust, Rass is ready to get money from criminal sources. When Rass owes a large sum of money to his cheating business partner, the young man will accept an offer by drug dealer Olari. When after the first fifteen doses Rass is ...

Director: René Vilbre

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s)	Amrion, Helsinki-filmi (Finland)
Color	color
Sound	sound
Film Category	Full length feature, Feature film
Genre	Youth, Drama
Text / Dialogue	Estonian
Subtitles	Estonian
Duration	94:00

Crew

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Producer	Riina Sildos \| Aleksi Bardi
Director	René Vilbre
Screenwriter	Ilmar Raag
Cinematographer	Mait Mäekivi
Art Director	Jaagup Roomet
Costume Designer	Anu Lensment
Composer	Rainer Jancis \| Jimi Tenor
Sound Designer	Olger Bernadt \| Horret Kuus
Editor	Joona Louhivuori
Writer of Adapted Work	Sass Henno

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First releases

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in cinema: 11.09.2008, Coca-Cola Plaza, Tallinn, Estonia
on television: 09.09.2011, ETV, Estonia
on filmfestival: 08.08.2008, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic

Festivals, awards, nominations

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Award, Annual Award of AV Division of Estonian Cultural Endowment (Estonia), 2008, Best Feature Film of the Year
Award, DetectiveFEST - International Festival of Detective Films and Television Programs on Law-Enforcement Themes (Moscow, Russia), 2009, Category: Crime and Punishment - Winner
Participation, OSCAR - The Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (USA), 2008, Foreign Language Film - National Nominee