Moonika Siimets

Moonika Siimets born May 7 1980 is an Estonian film director who has directed awardwinning documentaries television series and short films In 2010 she received the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for World Champion and Trendy Dog Her first feature film The Little Comrade Seltsimees laps remained the top film in Estonia for five weeks attracting 100000 viewers Born in Tartu Moonika Siimets matriculated from the Forselius High School in 1999 and went on to study Estonian literature and folklore at the University of Tartu From 2002 she studied at the Department of Audiovisual Art at Tallinn University majoring in directing in 2006 In parallel she attended classes at the University of Central Lancashire under the Erasmus Programme She completed her studies in Los Angeles at the Judith Weston Studios From 2004 Siimets worked on a number of documentary films at Estonian Television and directed the series Selgeltnägijate tuleproov Psychic Challenge in 2008 Her documentaries include Report Green Estonia 2007 World Champion 2009 Trendy Dog 2010 Another Dimension 2012 Is It You Stockholm Film Festival 2013 and Pink Cardigan 2014 The Little Comrade her first feature film was presented at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018 receiving the BNK Busan Bank Award It was later screened at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival