The Heart of the Bear explained

The Heart of the Bear (Estonian: Karu süda)
Director:	Arvo Iho
Producer:	Kristian Taska
Music:	Peeter Vähi
Cinematography:	Rein Kotov
Editing:	Sirje Haagel, Arvo Iho
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	Estonia Czech Republic Germany Russia
Language:	Estonian Russian

The Heart of the Bear (Estonian: Karu süda) is a 2001 Estonian, Czech, German, Russian co-produced romantic drama film directed by Arvo Iho. It was Estonia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^{[1] [2]} It was also entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.^[3]

Cast

• Rain Simmul as Nika / Nganasan
• Dinara Drukarova as Gitya
• Ilyana Pavlova as Emily
• Külli Teetamm as Laima
• Lembit Ulfsak as Simon
• Nail Chaikhoutdinov as Tolkun
• Arvo Kukumägi as Venjamin
• Galina Bokashevskaya as Katherine
• Merle Palmiste as Grey-One

Notes and References

1. Web site: 51 Countries In Race For Oscar . . 2001-11-19 . 2008-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704083351/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2001/01.11.19.html . July 4, 2008 .
2. Web site: 74th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2008-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622045915/http://www.oscars.org/74academyawards/nomswins.html . 2008-06-22.
3. Web site: 24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002) . 2013-03-31 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130328141921/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2002 . 2013-03-28 .