World premiere

The Diary of Vaino Vahing

Local title
Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat
Title in Russian
Дневник Вайно Вахинга
Original title
Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat
Director
Rainer Sarnet
Country
Estonia
Year
2021
Programme
Baltic Film Competition
Genre
biographical film

When love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.
In 1968–1984, Vaino Vahing kept a diary about real events and persons in his own subjective interpretation. It reflects the cultural life of Tartu, love affairs, bohemian parties and intellectual quests of the time. Vahing was interested in borderline situations, crossing the borders. He drew no clear line between art and life. Vahing provoked people, tried to make them lose their masks, their self-control. He called this provoking the Spiel, or play.

We are looking at a creator who has made disharmony his source of inspiration, who experiences “the greatest torment in love”. The red line in the diary of Vahing is sacrificing life for art. Is this possible at all or do we still have to try to love first?

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Director
Rainer Sarnet
Screenwriter
Rainer Sarnet
Cast
Mari Abel, Taavi Eelmaa, Erki Laur, Tiina Tauraite, Juhan Ulfsak, Liina Vahtrik
Producer
Marianne Kõrver
DoP
Erik Põllumaa
Editor
Martin Männik, Marianne Kõrver
Production
Klaasmeri
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English
Director
Rainer Sarnet

Rainer Sarnet (snd 1969)

Libarebased ja kooljad (1998, co-dir), Libahundi needus (2005, TV), Kuhu põgenevad hinged (PÖFF 2007), Idioot (PÖFF 2011), November (PÖFF 2017), Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat (2021, doc)

Screenings

9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening080704 / Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening090502 / Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsRainer Sarnet - Director, Marianne Kõrver - Producer, Tiina Tauraite, Erki Laur, Taavi Eelmaa - Actors, Julia Laffranque - Vaino Vahingu's daughter
Q&A duration
Screening duration