Sügisball / Autumn Ball
How close can we get to others? Is it possible to live a life completely devoid of love? Can someone , who has experienced what a fragile state of affairs shared happiness is, trust another again? What can be said about life anyway? Some chosen moments from the life of six people living in a huge sprawling conurbation of tower blocks built during the soviet era. The gently stylised and indifferent world of “Autumn Ball” is steadily advancing towards winter and will not give any answers to these questions. What this world can demonstrate though is the possibility for laughter even there, where hope has long since become a sparse commodity. „Autumn Ball” is not exactly a comedy but it will not hurt you to go and see it anyway.
Awards
- Venice International Film Festival / Orizzonti Award for Best Film
- European Film Festival ESTROIL – International Competition / Special Jury Prize
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival – International Competition / Veiko Õunpuu, Best Director
- Bratislava International Film Festival – Debut Competition / Veiko Õunpuu, Best Director
- Black Nights Film Festival – International Competition, / Special Jury Prize, Best Actress: Maarja Jakobson
- Estonian Films Competition / Best Estonian Film, FICC Award; Estonian Film Critics’ Award – Best Estonian Film 2007
- Marrakech International Film Festival – International Competition / Grand Prix
- Festival Premiers Plans d’ANGERS – International Competition / Best Original Music
- Transylvania International Film Festival – International Competition / Mart Taniel, Best Cinematography
- Cinema Jove International Film Festival – International Competition / Luna de Valencia Oro
- Arsenals International Film Festival – Baltic Competition / Best Feature Film
- “Kinoshock” Film Festival – International Competition / „Golden Vine“ for Best Feature Film; „Slon“ prize of Critics and Cinemas Union; Film Critics Main prize
- Brussels New Movie Festival – International Competition / Grand Prix
- Annual Award of Estonian Cultural Endowment / Award of the Year – for the Creative Collective of the Film of the Year: Veiko Õunpuu, Mart Taniel, Ülo Krigul, Katrin Kissa
- Virgin Maali / Estonian Association of Film Journalists’ Annual Award