On 7–8 August, Tartu hosted the international seminar Location Session Tartu for the second time, which this year also marked the 10th anniversary of the Tartu Film Fund

QUOTES

“Cannot thank Tartu Film Fund enough for pulling together such an interesting group of storytellers…the audience as well as my fellow panelists.  The presentations were compelling and the camaraderie, superb.  I was honored to be play a small part….thanks for the opportunity to return to Estonia!”

LORI BALTON

scout & creator of Location Lounge (USA)

” I really enjoyed my time time in Tartu. The panelists were extremely wisely chosen and kept challenging my prejudices towards AI, filmmaking,  and life in general.

It was good to hear that we as film makers and facilitators  face similar  problems wherever we are taking  a project, sometimes we are  being challenged by Norwegian fisherman other times by an entire  Finnish island community… Funnily enough the solution for these challenges are very often not AI tools and technology, but sincere human interaction. 

The human interaction during our stay in Tartu made the trip very worthwhile to me. I know that I will be in touch with many of the participants for years to come!”

MARKUS BENSCH

scout & supervising location manager

Berlin Production Group (GER)