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Best of Finnish & Estonian
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DocPoint, running simultaneously in Helsinki and Tallinn, is one of the largest documentary festivals in the Nordic countries. The festival celebrated its 21st edition in 2022. By Filipp Kruusvall
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or Finland and Estonia, it is the main event for international and national creative documentary films. Every year, it brings more than a hundred of the best and most talked-about documentary films all over the world to the screens of Helsinki and Tallinn. Since 2010, when the sister-festival DocPoint Tallinn was established, coop-
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eration between the documentary industries of the two countries has advanced significantly. ICE AND FIRE DOCS
The opening kick of the documentary year was in January 2022 when the last session of the second edition of Ice and Fire Docs took place. It’s the documentary workshop for developing Finnish
Ice&Fire Docs participants in Billnäs Ruuki, Finland.
