Estonian Stories. World Champion
Eesti lood. Maailmameister, Estonia, 2009, 38 min, Beta SP, Adventure and Sports, Portrait
83-year old Herbert Sepp was schooled during first Republic of Estonia, he was taken to Siberia as a young boy and he returned, but there the common grounds with his contemporaries end. Herbert stands on his head, does handsprings and he is the best Estonian senior sportsman in pole-vault in his age group. Herbert's achievements already include a silver medal from European Championships. But, Findland is preparing to host World Senior Championship games and his dream is to place his name next to a World Champion title and break the world record in pole-vault. Herbert is not afraid to dream, but does he have what it takes to make the dreams come true?
Director:
Moonika Siimets
Producer:
Aivo Spitšonok, Mari Kallas
Screenplay:
Aivo Spitsonok
Director of photography:
Ants-Martin Vahur
Sound:
Jüri Sooäär
Editor:
Andreas Lenk
Languages:
Estonian
Subtitles:
English
Osakond
(Production company)
Tartu mnt. 63
10115 Tallinn, Estonia
Arsenals, Latvia 2010
Official Selection -
Silverdocs, USA 2010
International Documentary, Short and Animated Film Festival "Message to Man", Russia 2010
Jury Special Mention -
Expresion en Corto Short Film Festival, Mexiko 2010
Silhouette Short Film Festival, France 2010
Vilnius Documentary Film Festival, Lithuania 2010
Best Baltic Documentary -
Riga International Film Forum Arsenals, Latvia 2010