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North American Premieres of AUTUMN BALL
04.11.2007
AFI FEST in Los Angeles (November 1-11, 2007)
Estonian Film: AUTUMN BALL (Sügisball) (2007)
When:
November 4, 2007 at 9:00 pm
November 7, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Where:
ArcLight Hollywood, 6360 Sunset Boulevard (between Vine and Ivar, with DeLongpre to the south) Los Angeles, CA.
For tickets and full Festival details, please visit: http://www.afi.com/onscreen/afifest/2007/att-gi.aspx
XX. European Union Film Showcase in Washington Metro area (November 1-20, 2007)
Estonian Film: AUTUMN BALL (Sügisball) (2007)
Where:
the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
When:
November 10, 2007 at 1:00 pm at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
November 11, 2007 at 8:15 pm at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
In attendance: Autumn Ball actor Rain Tolk and cinematographer Mart Taniel will meet with audience on November 10.
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910
For tickets and complete program information call: 301-495-6700 or go to http://www.afi.com/silver/new/nowplaying/2007/v4i6/eu.aspx#country
Brief introduction
Original title: Sügisball
Language: In Estonian with English subtitles
Director: Veiko Õunpuu
Scriptwriter: Veiko Õunpuu, based on the novel by Mati Unt
Director of photography: Mart Taniel
Location designer: Ain Nurmelai
Music: Ülo Krigul
Principal cast: Rain Tolk, Taavi Eelmaa, Sulevi Peltola (Finland), Tiina Tauraite, Juhan Ulfsak, Maarja Jakobson, Mirtel Pohla, Iris Persson, Ivo Uukkivi, Katarina Lauk, Paul Laasik, Liina Tennosaar, Viire Valdma
Producer: Katrin Kissa
Produced by: Kuukulgur Film & Homeless Bob Production, www.kuukulgur.ee
Release Date: 13 September 2007 (Estonia)
Awards: Venice Horizons Award, http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/ and Warsaw International Film Festival, http://www.wff.pl/
Trailer: http://www.sygisball.ee/et/trailer/1/
Teasers: http://www.sygisball.ee/en/trailer/2/
"Autumn Ball" is a new Estonian film that talks about six inhabitants of Soviet-era tower blocks whose lives touch together, and who are all united by a feeling of loneliness. The young writer, Mati, lurks outside the window of his ex-wife and unsuccessfully approaches other women. August Kask is a bachelor-barber living a drab life who takes to a little girl, but his approaches are misconstrued as pedophilia. The single mom, Laura, watches a sappy soap opera on TV and pushes away the advances of men because she can't trust them. Maurer, the architect, thinks about the well-being of humanity, but has forgotten his own wife, who, in turn, looks for solace with the coatroom attendant Theo. Women like Theo, but due to his low social status, they don't take him seriously.
"Autumn Ball" tells a tale of human seclusion and the incapability to reach others. You will, however, also find humor and the absurd, and the properly attuned viewer might even find oneself laughing out loud. If I were to define the film, I would say that "Autumn Ball" is a pitch black comedy about loneliness, despair and hope.
Veiko Õunpuu, director
 
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