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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

Festivals, awards, nominations

  • 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
  • Participation, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czechia), 2008, International competition: East of the West
  • Participation, Riga International Film Festival (Latvia), 2008, Baltic competition
  • Participation, Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy (Finland), 2008
  • Participation, Kaunas Film Festival (Lithuania), 2008
  • Participation, SCHLINGEL - International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences (Chemnitz, Germany), 2008
  • Participation, Braunschweig International Film Festival (Germany), 2008
  • Participation, FilmFestival Cottbus (Germany), 2008
  • Participation, Scanorama - Nordic Film Forum (Vilnius, Lithuania), 2008
  • Participation, Chennai International Film Festival (India), 2008, Programme of Baltic films
  • Participation, Estonian Film Days in St Petersbourg (Russia), 2009
  • Participation, Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (Norway), 2009
  • Participation, New Europe Film Festival (Edinburgh, Great Britain), 2009
  • Participation, East End Film Festival (London, Great Britain), 2009
  • Participation, Nashville Film Festival (Tennesee, USA), 2009
  • Participation, Eurocine 27 - European film preview, 2009
  • Participation, Brooklyn Film Festival (USA), 2009
  • Participation, ALE KINO!- International Young Audience Film Festival (Poznan, Poland), 2009
  • Participation, Moscow International Film Festival (Russia), 2009
  • Participation, Brooklyn Film Festival (USA), 2009
  • Participation, Cannes Film Festival (France), 2009
  • Participation, Nashville Film Festival (Tennesee, USA), 2009
  • Participation, East End Film Festival (London, Great Britain), 2009
  • Participation, Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (Norway), 2009
  • Participation, Days of European Film (Czechia), 2009
  • Participation, PÖFF: Just Film - Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), 2008
  • Participation, Braunschweig International Film Festival (Germany), 2008
  • Participation, Valencia International Action and Adventure Film Festival (Mostra de Valencia, Spain), 2008, Informative section
  • Participation, Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy (Finland), 2008
  • Participation, Riga International Film Festival (Latvia), 2008
  • Participation, FilmFestival Cottbus (Germany), 2008
  • Participation, AFI EU Film Showcase (Silver Spring, Washington D.C., USA), 2008
  • Participation, EU Film Festival (Chicago, USA), 2009
  • Participation, Nashville Film Festival (Tennesee, USA), 2009
  • Participation, Eurocine 27 - European film preview, 2009
  • Participation, Brooklyn Film Festival (USA), 2009
  • Participation, JUNIORFEST - International Festival for Children and Youth (Czechia), 2009
  • Participation, Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival (South Africa), 2010, Programme of Baltic films

Partners and Sponsors

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