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Maria Kivirand

Biography

  • Maria Kivirand was born 1986 in Tallinn Estonia. During high school she started to study music and theatre and from there she got inspiration to study filmmaking. In 2005 she went to Spain to study language and culture. In 2006 she came back to Estonia to study film and media. She graduated Baltic Film and Media School Bachelors degree in Audiovisual Media and now studying Masters in Documentary and Television course. She has been producer, director and editor to different short documentaries and fiction films. Filmography as director: short documentary “Urban Tundra” (2011), “Viis nostalgiale”/Mood for Nostalgia” (2012), “Lauküla koit”/”Koit from Lauküla” (2012), “Armastus käib kõhu kaudu”/”The Other Side of the Plae”(2013), “Mängur”/”HDTanel” (2015).

Partners and Sponsors

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