Disco and Atomic War Estonia / Finland
2009, 80min.
Producer: Kiur Aarma, Director: Jaak Kilmi, Script: Kiur Aarma, Jaak Kilmi, Director of Photography: Manfred Vainokivi, Composer: Ardo Ran Varres, Editor: Lauri Laasik
Cast: Gerda Viira, Oskar Vuks, Toomas Pool, Jaan-Joosep Puusaag, Einar Kotka, Aleksandr Aug, Birgit Veemaa
Disco and Atomic War tells the story of a strange kind of information war, where a totalitarian regime stands face to face with the heroes of popular culture. And looses. Western popular culture had an incomparable role shaping Soviet children's world-views in those days – in ways that now seem slightly odd. Finnish television was a window to a world of dreams that the authorities could not block in any way. Though Finnish channels were banned, many households found some way to access the forbidden fruit. Disco and Atomic War offers its own version of recent history, mixing spy games into a human tragicomedy.
Awards
Best Documentary (Warsaw FF, 2009), New Vision Award 2010 (Rome Independent FF, 2010)
Production Company
Eetriüksus
Kiur Aarma
Phone: +372 565 1560
E-mail: kiur.aarma@neti.ee
| Kilmi, Jaak Jaak Kilmi (born in Talinn, Estonia)
He began studying cinematography in 1992 at the Talinn Pedagogical University Film Department, choosing directing as his main optional subject. During the six years of studies, he made three short films: Aguli-Ellinor, Ta-Ram Ta-Ram and Külla Tuli. The last one won the Grand Prix du Jury at the 1998 Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, as well as awards at a number of other festivals (Angers, Oberhausen, Potsdam, Stuttgart). Following the completion of his studies, Jaak Kilmi directed two other short films: Tähesoit and The Human Camera. He is a member of the Estonian Film Critics Union and writes articles for the professional press.
Filmography
Big Sister (2000), Beauty of the Fatherland (2001), Eternal Smile (2003), A Living Force (2003), The Art of Selling (2006), Other: Choose Order (2004), Revolution of Pigs (2004), Touched by the Unknown (2005), The Elusive Miracle (2006), Disco and Atomic War (2009)
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