World premiere
The Story of Estonian Skateboarding
Skateboarding, with its all-encompassing lifestyle, personal expression, creativity, and rebellious spirit has grown into something more than just doing tricks in Estonia. Skaters repeat in unison, “Skateboarding has given me everything.” Skateboarding is their life. Skateboarding is freedom. This is the story of a scene spanning five decades in Estonia, from the boards made with clay wheels in Võru in the 1980s to today’s youth, for whom the whole world is open.
Recommended age 12+
Ivar Murd was born in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. He has lived in Finland, Denmark and the USA. Ivar graduated in 2013 from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Department of Audiovisual Arts, majoring in directing (magna cum laude). He was awarded the 2021 Estonian Cultural Endowment’s annual Audiovisual Arts prize for “u.Q.” (director) and “Lil Eesti” (producer), and in 2022 he received the EFTA for Best Editing Director for “u.Q.” He is one of the organisers of the Mägede Hääl music festival. Since 2020, he has been the CEO of cinema Sõprus.
Kristus elab Siberis (2015), Tuhamäed (2017), Lil Eesti (2021), Küte (2021), Onu Arvo (2022), Seljad (2023), Kihnu Maraton (2023)
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