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How not to make a documentary (2023)

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Students film | Comedy Duration 9:57

How not to make a documentary

The director of this film explains the story of his failure to make a documentary for film school and how he arrived at making this film itself. He explains his emotional state and aspirations and how they got crushed both by himself and the people he wanted to make a film with. He outlines the emails he sent between himself and his documentary candidates and the mistakes he made during the process of trying to create a documentary. By the end, he has given up on both the documentaries he attempted to create and decided to go with a passion ...

Director: Olivers Keiss

Keywords: failure | film director | creative dissatisfaction | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) TLÜ Balti filmi, meedia ja kunstide instituudi (BFM) audiovisuaalse meedia õppekava
Film Category Students film, Short
Genre Comedy
Text / Dialogue English
Subtitles English
Duration 9:57

Crew

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Director Olivers Keiss
Cinematographer Yelyzaveta Vysochyn
Editor Olivers Keiss

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm