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Games For Teenagers (1985)

Original title: Naerata ometi

Also known as "Well, Come On, Smile". Digitally remastered in 2012

Based on the novel "Stepmother" by Silvia Rannamaa

Feature film | Drama Duration 82:43

Festivals, awards, nominations

  • Award, USSR Film Festival (USSR), 1986, Main Prize - Best Director: Leida Laius and co-director Arvo Iho; Best Screenplay: Marina Šeptunova
  • Prize, Annual Award of Tallinnfilm (Estonia), 1985, Director Leida Laius; Co-director and DOP Arvo Iho
  • Award, Estonian SSR Film Festival (USSR), 1986, Main Prize for Best Feature Film; Best Children's and Youth Film Award; Best Production Design: Tõnu Virve; Best Original Music: Lepo Sumera; Best Actress: Monika Järv
  • Award, European Film Festival INTEGRATION YOU And ME (Koszalin, Poland), 1986, Journalists and Film Critics Wojciech Wiszniewski Special Award - for socially meaningful and mature piece of artistic creation; Polish Youth Magazine "Walka Mlodych" Award
  • Award, "Sovetski Ekran" contest (USSR), 1986, 2nd Place
  • Award, BERLINALE - Berlin International Film Festival (Germany), 1987, Berlinale UNICEF Prize
  • Award, International Film Festival for Young People (Paris, France), 1987, Best Actress - Veronique Baroin Prize: Monika Järv
  • Award, Créteil International Women's Film Festival (France), 1990, Jury's Prize Graine de Cinéphage
  • Participation, FIPRESCI Symposium in Repino (USSR) , 1986
  • Participation, Estonian Film Days in Helsinki (Soome), 1987
  • Participation, La Rochelle International Film Festival (France), 1989
  • Participation, Estonian Film Days in Lisbon (Portugal), 2023
  • Participation, Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Germany), 2023

Partners and Sponsors

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