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Run by Miyu Distribution, the channel features dozens of striking festival films, including award winners and Oscar nominees.

photo: Allfilm TALLINN: The year 2020 was an extraordinary year for the Estonian film industry. The coronavirus pandemic had a devastating effect on the industry and cinema attendance all over Europe. However, on the positive side, the local market share of Estonian films rose to a record high, garnering 26.72% of the total number of cinema admissions. The per capita rate of cinema going in Estonia was still relatively healthy at 1.35. The most watched film was Christopher Nolan’s  Tenet, wh...

4 North A and Beyond Noh. Maybe that’s just because this community has long been partial to a hermetic existence. This year’s Oscar-qualifying shorts offer a mildly accurate overview of the international festival circuit during the last couple of years (some of them debuted in 2019). Since the big-studio films are going to get oodles of promotion and attention, let’s focus on a handful and a half of lesser-known films (in no particular order) that Academy voters should take some time to...