Martti Helde is a highly valued director for his daring ideas and innovative approach to the film language. His debut feature ‘’In the Crosswind’’ premiered at the Toronto IFF in 2014, followed by more than 80 festivals, numerous critics’ and audience awards, as well as theatrical release in several countries. Helde’s second feature ‘’Scandinavian Silence’’ made on micro budget premiered at the Shanghai and Karlovy Vary IFF in 2019 winning the Europa Cinemas Label prize. Since then Martti Helde has been working on the upcoming feature documentary ‘’Vertical Money’’, short documentary ‘’Human Being’’ about Bobby Sagger, as well as been a creative director for the Estonian Pavilion at the World Expo Dubai 2020. In early development is also Helde’s new feature drama ‘’Silverwhite’’.
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