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The Last Phantoms (12+)

Estonia, The Netherland, Russia, Finland, , 2006, colour, 58 min.
Director: Marianna Kaat
Documentary feature about ardent fans’ outlook on the unique and world-famous Russian ballet. Five ballet fans are under the hypnotic influence of the Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg. They have visited ballet performances for over half a century and were the witnesses and custodians of the triumph of the glorious past. But now they are forced to gaze at the ballerina's poor techniques and the general downfall of once-privileged Russian art. This is a story about passion, immortality and elevation of spirits.

AWARDS

Special notice award of the festival «Novoye Kino 21 Vek» (2006, Russia)

Marianna Kaat

Marianna Kaat

was born and lives in Estonia, Tallinn. She graduated from the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy in Russia in 1986 with a PhD. Until 1991 she worked as a script editor and a director for Eesti Telefilm and thereafter as the acquisition manager for Estonian Television. In 1998 she founded her own production company Baltic Film Production. Marianna is the member of European Documentary Network (EDN); she is also the member of Estonian Producer’s Union, Estonian Film Union and Estonian Journalists Union. She was awarded the name of The European Trailblazer.

FILMOGRAPHY

“Now Not Only Off-shore”, 1989; “In Your Own Words”, 1990; “The Last Phantoms”, 2006; “Black Nights FF”, “Pit No 8”, 2010; “A Working Title: Wunderkind”, 2012.
Estonia, The Netherland, Russia, Finland, , 2006, colour, 58 min.
Director: Marianna Kaat
Documentary feature about ardent fans’ outlook on the unique and world-famous Russian ballet. Five ballet fans are under the hypnotic influence of the Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg. They have visited ballet performances for over half a century and were the witnesses and custodians of the triumph of the glorious past. But now they are forced to gaze at the ballerina's poor techniques and the general downfall of once-privileged Russian art. This is a story about passion, immortality and elevation of spirits.

AWARDS

Special notice award of the festival «Novoye Kino 21 Vek» (2006, Russia)