MONTHLY GUIDE The Class Night of the Carrots Karl and Marilyn ESTONIAN FESTIVAL The New World Circus Tour Shop of Dreams APRIL 2012 | ISSUE 33 | EASTERN EUROCHANNEL GUIDE | APRIL 2012 | 1 6 13 17 28 30 32 34 36 Estonian Festival 2 | EUROCHANNEL GUIDE | APRIL 2012 MONTHLY GUIDE | APRIL 2012 | ISSUE 33 Dear Eurochannel friends, TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 Estonian Festival 13 Letters from the East s Easter holidays approach, we at Eurochannel are prepared 17 Highlights Ato deliver our best handpicked European entertainment. We’re 28 Week 1 not even taking a break for the holidays. Call it an obsession of 30 Week 2 32 ours! This April, we’ve decided to go a bit off the beaten path and Week 3 explore the mysterious country of Estonia. 34 Week 4 36 Week 5 Despite its rich culture and vibrant movie industry, Estonia is sometimes overlooked when placed alongside other European nations. It’s a strange phenomenon, considering that Estonia is a modern, cosmopolitan country: For instance, Tallinn, its capital, has the highest index of internet connectivity in Europe. In any case, we decided it’s time to get to know this unique, vibrant culture. With the Estonian Film Festival you will discover their acumen for animated films and gain insight into their ‘modus vivendi’ the award-winning series The Class: Life After. Estonian Festival April also takes us to Eastern Europe, with the Cycle Letters from the East. The films we have chosen are both poignant and dramatic. These timeless films will takes us back into the past to show us how the world has changed, how it continues to change, and how we can affect that change for the better. And of course, we can never forget the music! To celebrate the holiday, we’re going to rock out with the Heavy Metal Gods Cycle Letters from the East themselves: Iron Maiden. But not before partying with the new sensation of the pop in the world: One Direction. All genres are invited! Thanks for your support, One Direction EUROCHANNEL GUIDE PUBLISHED BY Eurochannel, Inc. EXECUTIVE EDITOR Gustavo Vainstein EDITOR-IN-chIEF Joseph de Monvallier ARTWORK Mathieu Servoz-Alonso EDITOR Anna Oboza, Javier Pardo & Cristina Tejada EUROCHANNEL, INC. 235 Lincoln Road # 201 | Miami Beach, FL 33139 Gustavo Vainstein +1-(305)-531-1315 | www.eurochannel.com Eurochannel’s CEO ©2011 | All pictures rights are reserved. EUROCHANNEL GUIDE | APRIL 2012 | 3 film festival linz // 24 - 29 april 2012 [email protected] // www.crossingEurope.at film festival linz // 24 - 29 april 2012 [email protected] // www.crossingEurope.at ESTONIAN FESTIVAL The Class: Life AfterEstonia The aftermath of a mass killing at school Cast Laine Mägi, Liina Joonas and Imre Paabo COUNTRY Estonia GENRE Drama Year 2010 ORIGINAL TITLE Klass, Elu pärast Everybody has a breaking point. When bullied, some people fight back. Others run away. A few, however, bottle up their anger and resentment until it explodes. That was the fate of two high school students by the names of Joseph and Kaspar. Fed up with the constant torment and bullying, they struck back, bringing apocalyptic violence to the halls of their school. The Class: Life After deals with the grim aftermath of a tragedy. In Tailing, the Capital of Estonia, a community was shaken to its core by the senseless violence of one fateful day. This film explores the hard truths of the shooting, revealing both the depths of human depravity, and also the immense tenderness that we can be capable of when all else is lost. Each episode reveals a new perspective as the victims struggle to make sense of the violence, figure out who’s to blame, or just try to rebuild their shattered lives. Nobody was left unscathed by these two shooters. Schoolmates, friends, families, teachers, and even the police must each work their way through the questions left in the wake of such an atrocity. As the community struggles with its grief, more and more secrets about the town come to the light and the dark story behind the violence is slowly revealed. Episode 1 Kerli (Triin Tenso) was just leaving the school canteen when the shooting started. Two of her classmates came in, each wielding a small arsenal of guns: She was the only one allowed to leave before they began their massacre. In the aftermath, when she hears that the police are looking for her, Kerli runs off to stay at her grandmother’s farm, until her grandmother encourages her to go back and sort her life out. She convinces the police that she had nothing to do with the shooting. They believe her, but back at school her problems are just beginning: the classmates who saw her get out believe she was in on the shooting. Those same people who point the finger at Kerli, meanwhile, refuse to own up to all of the times that they tormented the boys, especially that fateful night at the beach just before the shooting. PREMIERE 4/21 at 9:00 PM 6 | EUROCHANNEL GUIDE | APRIL 2012 ESTONIAN FESTIVAL PREMIERE 4/2 at 9:00 PM Estonia Shop of DreamsEstonia A fairytale about dreams and friendship. DIRECTOR Daniel Alfredson CAST Peeter Urbla COUNTRY Estonia GENRE Comedy, drama Year 2005 ORIGINAL TITLE Stiilipidu Synopsis After a collapse of a TV company, Alice (Maarja Jakobson), Ada (Anne Reemann) and Jana (Evelin Pang) pick up the pieces of their lives by opening their own shop. Their store, a costume and make-up shop, is a place where dreams come to life, and their customers demand nothing less than magic with every order. Despite competition and disagreements, they run their business successfully. All is well until suddenly their friendship is tested when a love affair takes a fatal turn. In the devastating fallout, their company closes down and the girls find themselves right back at square one, but they are no less determined to fix what’s been broken all over again. The film provides an intriguing picture of the big city, and the people who are struggling to find their identity within. In Shop of Dreams, three friends return from a nice, broke but eager to get back on her feet, Alice teams up relaxing holiday only to discover that not only have their with her two best friends to start a clothing shop. For jobs been snatched out from underneath them, but that these three ladies, this is the shop of their dreams: a place their whole shop has vanished without warning. This isn’t where they can finally do the work that they love. just a story of unemployment, though. It’s a tale of hope, happiness, friendship, devotion, and even dreams. Alice, played by the outstanding Maarja Jakobson, must deal with the darker side of business, ambition and fame. Directed by the famed Peeter Urbla, Shop of Dreams is the She and her friends struggle to make it in a world where perfect movie for a girls’ night in. It is the story of Alice, a success is hard won and everybody has a price; only TV costume designer who takes a much needed vacation the power of their friendship will see them through the to Portugal. Upon returning, however, she is shocked to challenges they are destined to face. find that the whole TV studio has closed down. Now, PREMIERE 4/2 at 9:00 PM EUROCHANNEL GUIDE | APRIL 2012 | 7 ESTONIAN FESTIVAL Euroshorts EstoniaEstonia Discover the magic of Estonian animation. In Estonia, beautiful animation is a fifty-year tradition. Nestled by the Baltic Sea, this European country has broken new ground in innovative, moving animated films and shorts. This month, Eurochannel is proud to present the best work from the hottest studios in Estonia. It’s an exclusive opportunity to discover the strange and beautiful ways that artists can alter their reality. Program 1 Synopsis The first part of the Euroshorts Estonia includes two 20-minutes-long animated films: Night of the Carrots and Karl and Marylin. Night of the Carrots (PORGANDITE ÖÖ, 1998) DIRECTOR Priit Pärn Nobody can truly predict catastrophes, least of all Diego. But when tragedy strikes the only hope that remains for him is the Night of the Carrots. Karl and Marilyn (Karl ja Marilyn, 2003) DIRECTOR Priit Pärn Karl is tired of the oppressive burden of fame, and he decides to liberate himself from it. As he tries to return to the world of so-called “ordinary people”, he unexpectedly crosses paths with the fame-seeking Marilyn. To his surprise Karl becomes a force that turns Marilyn into an idol to the masses. But not for long. PREMIERE 4/9 at 10:00 PM Program 2 Synopsis The second part of the Euroshorts Estonia includes three 15-minute-long animated films directed by Riho Unt: Having Soul, Brothers Bearhearts and North Dragon. Having Soul (Hing Sees, 2002) DIRECTOR Riho Unt Based on the short story “Living Dolls” by Estonian writer Anton Hansen Tammsaare, “Having Soul” is the story of a little boy and his big dream – He imagines a world toy soldiers with souls, who laugh, cry, and even close their eyes when dying. 8 | EUROCHANNEL GUIDE | APRIL 2012 Brothers Bearhearts (Vennad Karusüdamed, 2005) DIRECTOR Riho Unt Ivan Shishkin’s painting “Morning in a Pine Forest” depicts three bear cubs. These same cubs just happen to be the hero of our story, when the ursine trio of Henry, Vincent and August inexplicably appear in Paris: the hometown of Euroshorts Estonia their creator. North Dragon (Pohjakonn, 2007) DIRECTOR Riho Unt With the help of Põrguneitsi, the mythological virgin of hell, a young man saves the world.