The animated film Lotte and the Lost Dragons – completed in honour of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia – was selected for the competition programme Generation Kplus at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival. Generation Kplus is the children’s film competition programme of the prestigious Berlin Film Festival, with the winner of the Crystal Bear grand prize selected by a jury comprised of children between the ages of 11 and 14.
The previous chapters of the Lotte films – Lotte from Gadgetville and Lotte and the Moonstone Secret –also had their international premieres at the Generation Kplus competition programme at the Berlin Film Festival in 2007 and 2012, respectively.
‘The Berlin film festival is one of the most important events in the film world and it is a great joy that an Estonian film has, after several years, reached the Festival’s competition programme,’ said Edith Sepp-Dallas, Head of the Estonian Film Institute.
‘The cast of characters from Gadgetville have become very dear to the Estonian people, and the anticipation to cheer along with Lotte’s new adventures is high. The level of anticipation is being heightened by the fact that the film, completed in honour of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, has already attracted international attention prior to its premiere,’ added Maarja-Liisa Soe, Head of the Government Office’s EV100 progamme.
The world premiere for Lotte and the Lost Dragons, part of the EV100 film programme, will be on 4 January 2019, in Estonia. The film will reach the broader international film going public during the course of 2019.
Lotte and the Lost Dragons is an adventure for the entire family, in which the wonderful puppy girl get a little sister, Roosi. Gadgetville is visited by scientists, Karl the Raccoon and Victor the Fish, who are participating in an important competition for collecting old folk songs. The grand prize will be awarded to whomever is able to record the folk song of the world’s oldest animal species, the mythical fire-breathing dragons. Lotte and Roosi decide to help the scientists. An exciting and unexpected adventure awaits them.
Janno Põldma and Heiki Ernits are the directors of Lotte and the Lost Dragons. The screenplay was written by Janno Põldma, Heiki Ernits and Andrus Kivirähk. The score for the film was written by Sven Grünberg and Renars Kaupers. The film was produced by Kalev Tamm, from Eesti Joonisfilm, and Vilnis Kalnaellis, from Rija Films.
The only animated film in the EV100 film programme, Lotte and the Lost Dragons was completed in cooperation between Eesti Joonisfilm and the Latvian studio Rija Films. The production of the film was supported by the Estonian Film Institute, the National Film Centre of Latvia, Creative Europe’s MEDIA programme, Shortcut, and Estonian Public Broadcasting.
In total, five live action films, a full-length animated film, two documentary films and a TV series are being completed for the 100 Anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. Additional information on the Republic of Estonia 100th Anniversary film programme can be found at www.EV100.ee/filmid.
The film is being distributed in Estonia by: Estonian Theatrical Distribution OÜ, i.e. Hea Film
Berlin Festival: https://www.berlinale.de/en/HomePage.html
Film trailer:
https://youtu.be/Y_nmkKSl0BE
https://vimeo.com/288709212
Lotte and the Lost Dragons homepage: https://www.joonisfilm.ee/films/lotte-and-the-lost-dragons?lang=en
Eesti Joonisfilm’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Joonisfilm/