René Vilbre Explained

René Vilbre
Birth Date:17 May 1970
Birth Place:Rakvere, Estonia
Occupation:Film director

René Vilbre (born 17 May 1970 in Rakvere) is an Estonian film director[1]

René Vilbre has received the Children's Film Prize of the Nordic Film Institutes at the Lübeck Nordic Film Days in 2005 and the Don Quixote Award - Special Mention at the Molodist International Film Festival in 1998.[2]

Vilbre's second feature film I Was Here was premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on September 12, 2008 and in Estonia it became the 5th most successful Estonian film premiere since the 1990s.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Masters, Tom . Eastern Europe . November 2006 . Lonely Planet . 978-1-74104-476-8 .
  2. Web site: Awards for René Vilbre . 2008-09-23 . imdb.com .
  3. News: Martin . Aadamsoo . I Was Here tops Estonia's box office on first weekend . 2008-09-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920022606/http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/estonia/i-was-here-tops-estonia%E2%80%99s-box-office-on-first-weekend . 2008-09-20 .