The Estonian submission for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards will be Elmo Nüganen’s 1944. The selection was made from amongst the Estonian full-length feature films that were released theatrically between 1st October 2014 and 30thSeptember 2015 and screened for at least 7 consecutive days.
1944 premiered domestically on 15th February 2015 and garnered the highest opening week audience figures in Estonian film history with 44,879 spectators. Since that time the film has surpassed 100’000 spectators. The only other film to have achieved this feat is Nüganen’s previous film Nimed marmortahvlil (Names in Marble).
