Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival

Apologies for delayed answer this year. THE LIST OF DOCS SELECTED FOR THE PROGRAM OF XXXV PÄRNU FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY - JUNE 14TH EVENING AROUND 21.00(GMT). PLEASE, TAKE A LOOK AT www.chaplin.ee Pärnu International Documentary Film festival founded in 1987, is the oldest film festival in Estonia. The initiators of the festival was the writer and president of the Republic of Estonia Lennart Meri and documentary film maker Mark Soosaar. The aim of the festival in general is to support cultural survival of peoples. Only documentary films and videos of high value and quality, recording human activities in social, historical or ecological context are accepted for competition screenings. The festival is held during July, every year. The Pärnu Film Festival is only festival in the world where all country may act as a jury. Seven films on a selected theme are broadcast during the festival by the public channel, Estonian TV, and after the televoting of the audience, the Estonian People's Award is delivered to the author of documentary beloved by Estonian people.