Estonian Cinematographer in Hollywood Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Montreal-born Estonian cinematographer Alar Kivilo, who has been active mainly in Hollywood since 1997, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Awards on November 27 at this year’s annual Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in Tallinn.
Throughout his decades-long career, he has shot most of Hollywood’s biggest stars and his Oscar-nominated films include “The Blind Side” (2009), “A Simple Plan” (1998), and the short subject Oscar winner “Boys and Girls” (1984).
KODA Has Arrived in the U.S.
Kodasema is now accepting orders for their prefabricated micro homes in North and South America.
After receiving years of inquiries from across the Atlantic, Estonian design firm Kodasema is finally making their award-winning prefab KODA homes available in North and South America—and orders can be shipped within just 16 weeks, Dwell.com writes.
Estonia Applies for Arctic Council Observer Status
Estonia officially submitted an application to become an observer on the Arctic Council on November 9.
As the northernmost non-Arctic state, “Estonia is willing and ready to take on the responsibility of contributing to the arctic’s sustainable and technological development,” Foreign Minister Reinsalu said.
Interior Minister Mart Helme Resigns
Minister of the Interior Mart Helme resigned on November 9.
The move follows comments made the previous day regarding the recent U.S. presidential elections.
Mart Helme and Finance Minister Martin Helme, along with MEP Jaak Madison (all EKRE, the Conservative People’s Party) said on their TRE radio talk show that the results of the U.S. presidential elections are falsified and Joe Biden becoming president would mark America’s decline, Delfi reported on Sunday.
