Tanel Toom
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Tanel Toom is an Estonian Oscar nominated director and screenwriter.
Tanel Toom studied filmmaking at the Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008 he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School
in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film .
Tanel Toom studied filmmaking at the Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008 he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School
National Film and Television School
The National Film and Television School was established in 1971 and is based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, and it is located close to Pinewood Studios.-History:...
in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film .
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Once A Year | Director, writer | |
| Set Point | 2nd Assistant Director | Estonian Estonian Estonian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe* Estonians – people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent... /Original title: Täna öösel me ei maga |
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| The Neighbour | Assistant Director | Estonian Estonian Estonian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe* Estonians – people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent... /Original title: Naaber |
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| 2005 | The Wind | Director | Estonian Estonian Estonian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe* Estonians – people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent... /Original title: Tuul |
| 2006 | Ruudi | 1st Assistant Director | |
| 2008 | The Second Coming | Director, writer | Arcipelago Short Film Festival Best European Short Film Avanca Film Festival Best Cinematography Estonian Estonian Estonian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe* Estonians – people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent... /Original title: Teine tulemine |
| The Loop | Director, writer | ||
| Morgan Flynn | Director | ||
| 2009 | Banana Chocolate | Director, writer | |
| 2010 | The Confession The Confession (2010 film) The Confession is a 2010 British melodramatic short film directed by Tanel Toom.Sam can't think of any sins to tell the priest at his first confession. He worries that he won't be a real Catholic if the priest doesn't absolve him of some misdeed... |
Director, writer | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate... Student Academy Award for Best Foreign Film |
| TBA | Gateway 6 | Director | Thriller feature film |
| TBA | While You Were Gone |