EUFF: ESTONIA | THE LITTLE COMRADE
Sunday December 08, 2019 from 04:00 PM to 05:39 PM
Ottawa, CA
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Event Details
Moonika Siimets, 2018 | 99 minutes
Based on the autobiographical novels of Leelo Tungal, THE LITTLE COMRADE presents the Stalinist occupation of Estonia through the eyes of a 6-year-old girl. When Leelo’s (Helena Maria Reisner) mother is arrested for having “nationalist tendencies” and sent to a prison camp, she tells her daughter to be a good girl as she leaves. This instruction greatly affects Leelo’s comprehension of the adults in her family, and her tumultuous, rapidly changing environment; a point of view that is carefully conveyed through cinematographer Rein Kotov’s thoughtful photography. The feature-length debut of esteemed documentarian and short filmmaker Moonika Siimets, THE LITTLE COMRADE treats its dark and heavy subject matter with the hope and lightness of a child.
Presented with English subtitles.
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Canadian Film Institute
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The Canadian Film Institute, incorporated over 82 years ago in 1935, organizes a number of popular and exciting film festivals and events in the Ottawa area, including the European Union Film Festival, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, and the Latin American Film Festival.
The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) was incorporated in 1935 as a federally-chartered, non-governmental, non-profit cultural organization. It is the oldest film institution in Canada and the second oldest film institute in the world.
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Where and When
Ottawa Art Gallery | Alma Duncan Salon
50 Mackenzie King Bridge
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA
K1N0C5
Start Date: 2019-12-08 16:00:00
End Date: 2019-12-08 17:39:00