- Occupation
Producer, Director - Country
Estonia
Okk Arko
The End of Poetry
The End of Poetry conjures up a picture of bygone times and men. It's a glance from the future into the past, depicting the flag-flying days in Estonia. There is a contemporary Painter, a Writer, a Historian, a Soldier, a Teacher, a Scientist and a Composer. It might well happen that these characters open up to reveal their beliefs. But it might equally be the case that these conundrums are left for the viewer to decipher on their own. Where poetry ends, history begins.
The Bus
The Bus The Tallinn-Kaliningrad bus crosses three borders during one night: Estonian-Latvian, Latvian-Lithuanian, and Lithuanian Russian. It drives on the territories of four countries. Its passengers need to use four different currencies to pay for toilets or buy sandwiches during the journey. The film analizes the peculiar nature of this situation. During the Soviet times there were no borderguards on this route. And now, when the three Baltic States have joined the EU, history has turned again. “In the bus you exist in different dimensions of the time. The real time is actual for the travel (departure, arrival). Than there is the time of bus – hour in the bus is different from time outside of the bus. As well you have time of your dreams. And you live in the time of history. The running time of the film is short compared to the way from Tallinn to Kaliningrad. What we tried to do is reaching some synchronism of subjective time of bus, people, history.” The reason for making the film is the peculiar nature of this situation. During the Soviet times there were no border guards on this route. Since the three Baltic States have joined the EU, history has changed also. The bus is not just a space on wheels moving through another space, the bus is a short-term home for the representatives of different nations and different social strata.
The Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time
The story of man who lived in 3D times. This is the story of the President of the Estonian Republic. He was a writer, filmmaker, traveler and diplomat who took revenge for his father’s lost generation.
The End of Poetry conjures up a picture of bygone times and men. It's a glance from the future into the past, depicting the flag-flying days in Estonia. There is a contemporary Painter, a Writer, a Historian, a Soldier, a Teacher, a Scientist and a Composer. It might well happen that these characters open up to reveal their beliefs. But it might equally be the case that these conundrums are left for the viewer to decipher on their own. Where poetry ends, history begins.
The Bus
The Bus The Tallinn-Kaliningrad bus crosses three borders during one night: Estonian-Latvian, Latvian-Lithuanian, and Lithuanian Russian. It drives on the territories of four countries. Its passengers need to use four different currencies to pay for toilets or buy sandwiches during the journey. The film analizes the peculiar nature of this situation. During the Soviet times there were no borderguards on this route. And now, when the three Baltic States have joined the EU, history has turned again. “In the bus you exist in different dimensions of the time. The real time is actual for the travel (departure, arrival). Than there is the time of bus – hour in the bus is different from time outside of the bus. As well you have time of your dreams. And you live in the time of history. The running time of the film is short compared to the way from Tallinn to Kaliningrad. What we tried to do is reaching some synchronism of subjective time of bus, people, history.” The reason for making the film is the peculiar nature of this situation. During the Soviet times there were no border guards on this route. Since the three Baltic States have joined the EU, history has changed also. The bus is not just a space on wheels moving through another space, the bus is a short-term home for the representatives of different nations and different social strata.
The Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time
The story of man who lived in 3D times. This is the story of the President of the Estonian Republic. He was a writer, filmmaker, traveler and diplomat who took revenge for his father’s lost generation.
1. Lisa, Go Home! by Oksana Buraja, documentary in post-production;2. Hope (2011) by Arko Okk 3-D short feature film in production;3. Man Who Lived in Three-Dimensional Time (2011) by Arko Okk, 3-D documentary inproduction;4. The End of Poetry (2009) by Arko Okk / Official selection 51. Lübeck Nordic Filmdays;5. Hostage (2006) by Laila Pakalnina / Official selection Locarno IFF 2006 / Bestcinematography at Kinoshok FF, Russia, 2007;6. Pärnography (2005) by Hardy Volmer / Best Estonian film prize at Tallinn PÖFF, 2005 /Estonian Cultural Endowment Annual prize, 2005;7. The Bus (2004) by Laila Pakalnina / Best Baltic film prize at Arsenal FF, Riga 2004 / BestBaltic Documentary prize at Arsenal FF, Riga 2004;8. Intimate Town (2003) by Kristiina Davidjants / The Special Prize at the Yerevan IFF2004;9. The Highway Crossing (1999) by Arko Okk / FIPRESCI prize for the best film in thesection “Northern Lights” at the Stockholm IFF, 1999 / The Best Opera Prima Prize at theMontevideo IFF, 2000.
Acuba Film Production
Tartu mnt.80
10112 Tallinn
Tartu mnt.80
10112 Tallinn