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Andres SÖÖT
Андрес СООТ
Andres SÖÖT
USSR (Estonia), 1970, 17mn
Colour, documentary
The Kingdom of Ice
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Ледяная страна
Le Royaume des glaces
Ledianaya strana
Other titles :
Jääriik
Directed by :
Andres SÖÖT
(Андрес СООТ)
Writing credits :
Mati KASK
(Мати КАСК)
Cinematography :
Mati KASK
(Мати КАСК),
Andres SÖÖT
(Андрес СООТ)
Music :
Arvo PART
(Арво ПЯРТ)
Production :
Таллинфильм / Tallinfilm
Plot synopsis
Andres Sööt depicts Antarctica as a pure aesthetic phenomenon; The silence, the ice formations, the luminous reflections are cradled by the notes of Arvo Pärt, who worked extensively on film music while his personal creations were censored.
Selected in the following festivals or events :
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Baltic Poetics: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
, Paris (France), 2026
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Baltic Soviet films
, (kinoglaz.fr), 2026