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The Pearlman (2006)

Original title: Pärlimees

Animation Duration 12:00

A smart leader can keep the culture of his nation ingenous for a long time,but he is helpless against the interchange of genes.

Director: Rao Heidmets

Keywords: enticements | passing of time | anthropology | archaeological findings | battle of survival | reanimate | detachment | tribe | identiteedi säilitamine | eternalness | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Nukufilm
Film Category Animation, Puppet
Text / Dialogue Estonian, English
Duration 12:00

First releases

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  • on filmfestival: 24.11.2005 Preview Screening, PÖFF: Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia
  • in cinema: 20.04.2006, Cinema Sõprus, Tallinn, Estonia
  • on television: 23.05.2006, ETV, Estonia

Festivals, awards, nominations

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  • Award, FESANCOR - Chilean International Short Films Festival (Santiago, Chile), 2006, Best International Animation
  • Award, TINDIRINDIS - International Animation Film Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania), 2006, Special Mention Diploma
  • Prize, To Save and Preserve - International Ecological Television Festival (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia), 2007, Jury's Special Prize - for Original Approach to the Theme of Eternity in Animation

Partners and Sponsors

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