Documentary Film

Madli Lääne-Metsalu is an Estonian film director, writer and editor. Her films have screened and won at various European Film Academy or Oscar-qualified festivals, like Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden (Best Children’s Film), Leeds International Film Festival in UK (ScreenDance Competition winner), Busan International Short Film Festival in Korea (Special Mention of the Jury ), In The Palace in Bulgaria (Best Experimental Film), etc. Madli's latest film DEAR PASSENGERS (2022) premiered at Palm Springs Short Film Festival and was awarded as the Best Short at EFTA - Estonian national film industry awards. Madli holds a MFA in Film and Media Production from the University of Texas at Austin, USA (2017). She graduated as a film editor from International Film School in Cologne, Germany (2007), participated in Documentary Directing Summer School at International School of Film and TV in San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba and was selected as a participant to Student Film Camp & Doc Workshop Interaction in Serbia. She has extensive experience shooting abroad (Liberia, Nigeria, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, China, Hawaii, Kazakhstan). Madli is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, Midpoint Shorts and European Short Pitch (Mastering-In-Kind Award). Currently she is working as a lecturer in editing and audiovisual storytelling at Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School in Estonia.

Typical requirements in Estonia for this degree level. Your advisor gives you the final list.

• A completed qualification that gives access to Master's Degree study.
• Academic transcripts and any programme-specific assessment the institution asks for.
• Your advisor checks the final requirements for your education system and intake.

Taught in English.

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A typical checklist for this degree level. Your advisor gives you the final list.

The central catalogue records this programme as accredited.