Coronavirus unsurprisingly causes 2020 cinema attendance in Estonia to fall dramatically, but Estonian films still prove popular amongst local audiences.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES 2020
| MONTH/ROUND | DATE | DECISION |
| JANUARY | ||
| Minority co-production | January 7 | February 5 |
| „Estonian Stories“ and portrait documentaries production | January 14 | February 12 |
| Short fiction and documentary production | January 21 | February 19 |
| FEBRUARY | ||
| Animation development & production | February 4 | March 16 |
| Documentary development & production | February 11 | March 31 |
| MARCH | ||
| Feature film development; Script development | March 3 | April 13 |
| Domestic film distribution | March 3 | April 1 |
| Experimental film production | March 24 | April 22 |
| MAY | ||
| TV mini-series development | May 12 | June 30 |
| Animation development & production | May 19 | June 30 |
| AUGUST | ||
| Feature film development; Script development | August 18 | September 28 |
| Domestic film distribution | August 18 | September 16 |
| Documentary development & production | August 25 | October 13 |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| European film distribution | September 1 | September 21 |
| Minority co-production | September 15 | October 14 |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Animation development & production | October 20 | November 30 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| Domestic film distribution | November 17 | December 16 |
| DECEMBER | ||
| Feature film production | December 1 | January 20, 2021 |
| WITHOUT DEADLINES | ||
| Events | 30 days | |
| Education | 30 days | |
Subtitles for persons who are hard-of-hearing Audio-descriptions for the visually impaired | 30 days | |
Research & digitalizing | 30 days |
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“A Winner is Seen at the Start” wins the 2021 edition of When East Meets West
The Kazakh project “A Winner is seen at the Start” is the winner of the 5.000 EUR Film Center Serbia Award at the 11th edition of When East Meets West. The debut film of the writer-director Zhannat Alshanova is produced by Yevgeniya Moreva for Almaty-based Steppe by Steppe. The story follows 19-year-old Mila, who joins an experimental swimming school, but after the death of a teammate, a series of revelations come to light. The film also received the Pop Up Film Residency Award, and Alshanova was also crowned with the European Women’s Audiovisual Network Award for the Best Woman Director, which was given out for the fifth year in a row at WEMW.
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