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Poland: New Estonian short film "Priceless" in Warsaw

University of Warsaw The Chair of Hungarian Studies
ul. Browarna 8/10 Varssavi Poland
29.02.2012 10:30

The director of the new film is Heigo Lepla and producer Silver Siilak. It is an action film about the values of life, which should be easily understood by Estonians.

The new director of the Estonian Institute is Monika Larini

Estonian Institute
Suur-Karja 14, 10140 Tallinn, Estonia
27.02.2012 - 31.03.2012

Monika Larini won the open competition and starts work on the 27th of February 2012.

Hungary: premiere of the film "Spring" in Budapest

Estonian Institute in Hungary
1055 Budapest, Falk M. u. 22. fe. 2. Budapest Hungary
23.02.2012 18:30 - 20:30

As a homage to Oskar Luts, whose 125th anniversary was celebrated in January, the film club shows "Spring", made after the book of the same name (1970). The film is among the best of Estonian film classics, depicting the everyday life of children at a village school in a humorous vein.

Poland: 150 years of the popular editions of the Estonian national epic "Kalevipoeg"

University of Warsaw The Chair of Hungarian Studies
ul. Browarna 8/10 Varssavi Poland
16.02.2012 09:45

The lecture explains the background of the national epic and introduces the work of F. R. Kreutzwald as the compiler of the epic.

Finland: Photographic exhibition "Look in the Mirror" in Helsinki

Estonian House in Helsinki
Suvilahti, Sörnäisten rantatie 22 Helsinki Finland
16.02.2012 - 13.03.2012

The exhibition "Look in the Mirror" offers an overview of the winners of an international photography competition of the same name.

Free places at Estonian language and culture summer courses 2012

Estonian Institute
Suur-Karja 14, 10140 Tallinn, Estonia
13.02.2012 00:00 - 26.03.2012 00:00

In the framework of the Programme of Academic Studies of Estonian Language and Culture Abroad The Estonian Institute offers foreign students (enrolled at non-Estonian universities) free places at Estonian language and culture summer courses organised by Estonian universities in 2012.

Finland: Estonia-Finland chatroom

Estonian House in Helsinki
Suvilahti, Sörnäisten rantatie 22 Helsinki Finland
06.02.2012 18:00 - 20:00
13.02.2012 18:00 - 20:00
20.02.2012 18:00 - 20:00
27.02.2012 18:00 - 20:00

The chatroom is meant for everybody who wishes to practice their spoken Estonian or Finnish - an hour of Estonian and an hour of Finnish, every Monday at 6 p.m. in Estonian House.

Estophilus Scholarship

Estonian Institute
Suur-Karja 14, 10140 Tallinn, Estonia
20.01.2012 - 01.03.2012

The Estonian Institute offers scholarships to holders of a doctoral degree or Master’s or Doctoral students who are citizens of a foreign state and are studying at a university abroad, to write a research paper on an Estonia-related topic or to gather material for it.

The Estonian Institute in Sweden is closed down / Estniska Institutet stänger sin representation i Sverige

Estonian Institute
Suur-Karja 14, 10140 Tallinn, Estonia
01.12.2011 - 31.03.2012

The Estonian Institute in Sweden was founded in 1999 and closes its doors for economic reasons on 31 December 2011 / Estniska Institutet i Sverige grundades år 1999 och stänger sin verksamhet pga ekonomiska svårigheter fr.o.m. den 31 december 2011.

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