The Class (Klass) 

Estonian film, The Class (KLASS) wil be screened at the 2008 Sydney Film Festival.  The program guide is on the website
http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/

Award winner at Karlovy Vary and Warsaw Film Festivals, this confronting feature was inspired by the Columbine High School massacre, but director Raag takes a different approach from Gus Van Sant’s Elephant. The violence in this case is trigged by a brutal bout of bullying, something that started out as a lark but turned nasty. Sixteen-year-old Joosep has been picked on all his life, but when newcomer Kaspar intervenes, he finally thinks he can stop it.

After the two join forces the rest of the class turns against them. Raag workshopped the script with schoolkids and the young cast (all amateurs) and the result has a ring of authenticity which makes it all the more powerful.

Dir Ilmar Raag, Scr Ilmar Raag, Prod Riina Sildos with Vallo Kirs, Pärt Uusberg, Lauri Pedaja

Country Estonia, Language Estonian, Duration 99 mins

Distributor Estonian Film Foundation

Session Times

13th June 4.30PM
14th June 2.15PM
Greater Union Cinemas, 525 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
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If so, contact:
 
Adelaide  -  Valdek Kangur, tel: (08) 8443 9907, Email: vkangur8@bigpond.com
 
Canberra - Reet Bergmann, tel: (02) 6166 0573, Email: reetberg@grapevine.com.au
 
Melbourne - Diana Ritchie, tel: (03) 9681 8348, Email: toolboxfashions@yahoo.com.au
 
Sydney - Triin Pehk, Email: triinpehk@hotmail.com or  Email: hraedma@yahoo.com.au

General info and assistance: Tiiu Salasoo, salasoo@ihug.com.au

“Virmalised - Northern Lights - Estonian Folk Dancers” is Sydney’s premier Estonian Folk Dance Group, that works in concert with the Sydney Estonian Community to provide a contemporary expression of Estonian culture and traditions in the context of multiculturalism in Australia. The foundation for “Virmalised - Northern Lights - Estonian Folk Dancers” was laid in folk dance performances dating back to 1934, with the name “Virmalised - Northern Lights - Estonian Folk Dancers” being adopted by the Group in 1969.

Contact: Madis Alvre - madis.alvre@optusnet.com.au

Website: northernlights.eesti.org.au

Address:

Estonian House
141 Campbell St
Surry Hills
NSW 2010

Postal address
PO Box 147
Darlinghurst
NSW 1300
Description

On Saturday, April 12 at 16.00 at the Estonian Church Hall, 11 Waratah St., North Strathfield, Mr Peep Pillak, a Consultant to the Estonian National Archives, will talk about his experiences when looking in Russia for the graves of the Estonian President Päts and the leader of Estonian armed forces, general Laidoner. All welcome! Please bring something for the coffee table.
Estonian Summer Seminars

Laupäeval, 12. aprillil kell 16.00 kirikusaalis, 11 Waratah St, North Strathfield, Eesti Riigiarhiivi nõunik Peep Pillak räägib oma kogemustest president Pätsi ja kindral Laidoneri haudade otsimisel Venemaal. Kõik teretulnud! Palutakse kaasa tuua midagi kohvilauale.
Metsaülikooli Austraalias

Sõrve Superhero Saturday

The Superhero Saturday will be held on 5th April at 4.00pm @ Thirlmere Estonian Hall.

Sõrve Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held on 30th March 11.00am @ Sydney Estonian House.

Sydney Book launch, 6th of March 2008

You are invited to the launch of a new contribution to Australia history

“Bonegilla’s Beginnings” by Ann Tündern-Smith

Guest speakers:

Mary Elizabeth Calwell DTheol BA
daughter of our first Federal Minister for Immigration, Rt Hon Arthur Augustus Calwell KCSG, and author of his forthcoming biography

Tiiu Salasoo MSc Dip Tert Ed
youngest Estonian in the first party of migrants to Bonegilla, the first and largest Migrant Reception and Training Centre in Australia; Tiiu is a former botanist who became a researcher in education and linguistics

Compere
Terry Kass MA (Hons) Dip Ed
Professional historian and chairman of the board of the Estonian Archives in Australia

6 pm on 6 March 2008
at
History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
(opposite the Botanic Gardens)

RSVP for catering to Reet Simmul
by 28 February 2008

Concert and BBQ lunch to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Estonian Independence at 12pm, on Saturday 23rd of February at Thirlmere Estonian House, Estonian Rd Thirlmere NSW.  For table bookings, RSVP by 18.2.08 to Krista Ford 02 4681 8511

SES Eesti Kodu Linda is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Estonian Republic at 2pm on Saturday, the 16th of February in Estonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills NSW.

The ceremony will be followed at 4pm by performances by the Estonian Land University Folk dancing ensemble, Tarbatu and the ensemble Lindprri. Tickets are $15 available at the door, everybody welcome.

Stories of invasion, dispossession, and settling in a new home, told by the Estonian migrants who came here as displaced persons post-WWII.

The Powerhouse Museum and the NSW Migration Heritage Centre thanks the Estonian community in Sydney for their generous cooperation and assistance. In particular, the Estonian Archives in Australia and the Thirlmere community.

A joint exhibition of the NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Powerhouse Museum in partnership with the Wollondilly Heritage Centre.

You can visit “Our New Home” at the Australian Communities Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo