Veiko Õunpuu

Veiko Õunpuu born March 16 1972 in Saaremaa is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball Sügisball 2007 and The Temptation of St Tony Püha Tõnu kiusamine 2009 Õunpuus films are usually slow paced artistic movies with eccentric characters In 2006 he wrote and directed the independent short film Empty Tühirand In 2007 he adapted Mati Unts novel Autumn Ball Sügisball that won the Horizon Award at the 64th Venice International Film Festival which remains the highest international recognition an Estonian film has ever received In 2010 Õunpuus second feature drama The Temptation of St Tony Püha Tõnu kiusamine screened in Sundance Film Festival The film was selected as Estonias submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didnt make the final shortlist His third feature Free Range Premiered at 2014 Berlin International Film Festival and fourth Roukli2015 at 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2016 Free Range was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards but it was not nominated Õunpuu has also done two stage directions in NO99 theatre in Tallinn In 2010 Rainer Werner Fassbinders play City Garbage and Death and in 2016 Bertolt Brechts Mother Courage