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In the Crosswind

In the Crosswind (Estonian: Risttuules) is a 2014 Estonian drama film directed by Martti Helde. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] The film is about the forced deportation by Stalin's Soviet Union of an Estonian family to Siberia in the June deportation. It is based on a real-life diary from the period and uses a long sequence of "living tableaus" for the main narrative to invoke the frozen nature of traumatizing events in an individual memory.[3]

In the Crosswind
Film poster
Directed byMartti Helde
Written byMartti Helde
Liis Nimik
StarringEinar Hillep
Music byPärt Uusberg
Release date
  • 28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryEstonia
LanguageEstonian
Box office$ 20 705[1]

Cast

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Production

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Filming took place at the Tapa Central Polygon,[4] Sirgala, Kabala Railway Station,[5] Viljandi County, Järva-Jaani Rural Municipality, Rae Rural Municipality, near Rakvere, Sillamäe and elsewhere.

In the spring of 2011, the film crew visited the documentary film forum "Docs in Thessaloniki" in Greece and found a co-producer from Austria and a foreign distributor there.[6] Nearly 600 people participated on the film's production, who were also selected through a competition from nearly 2,000 people.[7]

Release

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The film's international premiere took place in September 2014 at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. The film's American premiere took place in January 2015. The film was also screened in Sweden, Turkey and France.[8]

In 2014, 18,063 people went to see the film in Estonian cinemas.[9]

Festival Participation

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Awards

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  • 2012 Kaljo Kiisa Young Filmmaker Scholarship to Martti Helde for the films "Külm on" and "Risttuules"
  • 2014 Tallinn Dark Nights Film Festival Awards: Best Cinematography Award to Erik Põllumaale (in the international competition program), Best Estonian Feature Film (Trident competition program), Federation of Film Clubs (FICC) Award for Don Quixote
  • 2014 Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland), Ecumenical Jury Award
  • 2014 Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece), Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement
  • 2014 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (Germany), Cinema Owners' Recommendation Award
  • 2014 Estonian Film Journalists' Association Film of the Year Award: cash prize 2000 euros and a bronze statue of the Virgin Mary[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "In the Crosswind (2014)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "'In the Crosswind': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Vuntus, Heiki (22 March 2012). "Tapa keskpolügoonil filmiti filmi "Risttuules"". Eesti Elu. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Tuumalu, Tiit (5 September 2011). "Piltuudis: Kabala raudteejaamas lavastati küüditamist". Kultuur (in Estonian). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Raidsalu, Tea (14 June 2011). "Liikumatud pildid meenutavad 70 aasta tagust õudusteööd". Sakala (in Estonian). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Korsten, Teet (26 March 2012). ""Risttuules" jätab maailma seisma". Põhjarannik (in Estonian). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Kressa, Kaarel (7 January 2015). "„Risttuules" edu võti on uudne esteetika ja masse kõnetav lugu". Eesti Päevaleht. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Kinolevi 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Neitsi Maali sai "Risttuules", valiti ka parim filmiajakirjanik ja välisfilm". ERR (in Estonian). 6 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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