Ilmar Raag

Ilmar Raag (born 1968) is the writer and director of the most successful film ever made in Estonia - "Class" (2007), which was sold to 91 countries, received a national Oscar nomination, won 25 awards from 70 festivals, and developed into a successful multi-awarded TV-series. Ilmar’s filmography also includes „Une Estonienne à Paris“ (Locarno FF, Estonia-France-Belgium, 2012), „Kertu. Love Is Blind“ (Warsaw FF, 2013) and „I Won’t Come Back“ (Tribeca FF, Nora Ephron Jury Special Mention, Estonia-Russia-Finland-Kazakhstan, 2014).

Ilmar has an MA in screenwriting from Ohio University and has worked as an expert for EURIMAGES and MEDIA Plus and Member of the Board of Directors of Estonian Film Foundation, and professor of Liberal Arts in Tartu University. Ilmar is also an acclaimed columnist in the biggest dailies, lecturer and requested media consultant, in 2016-2017 he participated in the UN mission MINUSMA in Republic of Mali as interpreter.