#märt avandi

[alucardsinep]

loen mingit masintõlgitud pierogi retsepti ja kaotan vaikselt ajurakkusid

boonus: viimane link viib sellise pealkirjaga artikli juurde

[cantthinkofagood-name]

I will block any and all tumblr accounts who make fun of märt avandi because of the interview

[malikschnider]

Miekkailija (The Fencer 2015)

Directed by : Klaus Härö

Cinematography by :  Tuomo Hutri

[vieyenia]

Caption this

Just look at his face in the last picture haha, so much confusion and regret. Also I feel kinda sorry for that dude against the wall.

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWZjrw0_oM

[eurovisionopinions]

[yeswecancan]

Films in 2016 #58 Miekkailija, 2015. Directed by Klaus Härö

★★★★★★ - - - -

[kyrju]

these skits are so bad. how did we get here

i haven't watched eesti laul since like 2015 and it's so overproduced now...i miss the cozy indie vibes it had in the early 2010s

[kristallioness]

December Recap

(+ A typical Estonian Christmas dinner table!)

Merry Christmas, dear followers! I hope you've all enjoyed the holidays, cause I sure have and I'm gonna summarize my entire December month right here (since I've been rather quiet these past few weeks, but that's only because I was so busy doing all of these wonderful things).

First and foremost, I wanna introduce you to some Estonian food that's usually eaten during Christmas (yes, it's okay to reblog this post cause the personal stuff will be under the cut). I took a few photos of all of these delicious meals and am gonna describe what they are exactly. Here is my family's dinner table in its full glory:

So, where do I start?.. The 3 bigger pots on the left contain boiled potatoes, small sausages ('sardellid' in Estonian) and sauerkraut (a type of cabbage, the English name of this food should have a German origin). These combine into one dish and they're eaten together, like this:

The 4th, bigger glass plate on the right contains blood sausages, which is the second typical dish (the kind that we buy come with slices of bacon). They're usually eaten together with lingonberry jam or pumpkin slices (my dad prefers to add some mustard), BUT.. ever since I was a little girl, I've had this quirk of adding ketchup to any kind of meat to make it tastier. So, when I began eating blood sausages, I obviously chose ketchup on the side:

Besides that, Estonians LOVE black bread (note the bag in the background), which is made of rye and completely different from any other kind of bread everywhere. This is where a really good joke about my people comes from: whenever Estonians travel to another country, they can't find their "usual" bread in any grocery store (it's all white!) and it's one of the things they'll miss the most while being away from their homeland:

Now (coming to the foreground), I am in NO way trying to advocate drinking (since I'm a teetotaller myself), but for those of you who are interested in trying a unique brand of alcohol from Estonia, then you should definitely buy a bottle of "Vana Tallinn" ("Old Tallinn").

Since both Estonia and Latvia celebrated their centennials this year, I watched a documentary about the latter's history in November (Latvia's Independence Day is on the 18th). They mentioned the "Riia palsam" ("Riga Balsam") there, which reminded me that I've never tasted our very own "Old Tallinn" before, so I wanted to give it a shot.

It's a liqueur and this was my first time drinking it - I didn't like it (exactly like all the other times when I've taken sips from different kinds of alcohol, I don't think I've tasted wine yet though..). The smell reminded me of that disinfecting liquid that doctors would use to clean wounds. I preferred that box of non-alcoholic glogg on the right more than "Old Tallinn", ha-ha!

I think that's about it for what I wanted to say about our food, now onto more personal stuff. I didn't mention any desserts (since there isn't anything unique), but in our family, we like to buy premade gingerbread cookies from the store (not enough time to bake any of our own) and decorate them with colourful frosting (it's still fun!).

You can guess which ones are made by me or my mom (hint: all of the ones in the first photo + I wrote the characters' names from both Avatar series and Voltron + drew some pretty winter-related items/patterns + the little map of Europe and Estonia in the bottom right corner of the last photo):

Besides that, I like to buy an advent calendar filled with little chocolates for the first 25 days of December. Just like last year, I bought a "PAW Patrol"-themed one this year. And on a trip to our capital Tallinn, I finally managed to buy the third pup plush I was missing - Marshall! (I already bought Chase and Skye back in May.)

Speaking of that trip to Tallinn, then I went there together with my dad since we'd bought tickets for the big finale of the 7th (golden) season of "Su nägu kõlab tuttavalt" (which might've been the last, but nobody knows for sure, not until next autumn).

It's a show (the finale was live on TV) where 4 men and 4 women (who are our own local, famous actors/singers) parody or try to mimic an artist/band and one of their songs as well as they can (and they work really hard on tweaking their performances to look amazing + the team behind the cameras and in the make-up/dress room, the back-up dancers and mentors Maiken and Villiko contribute just as much).

There are 8 pre-recorded shows shown each weekend on Sunday, which lead up to the big finale. In each of these shows, the 4 judges give the participants points for their performances, based on how well/accurately they did. The one who receives the most points wins that night and gets to donate 1,000 € for charity (they pick an organization that they'd like to help).

The 4 participants with the highest scores by the end of those 8 pre-recorded shows will be the finalists in the finale (the other 4 will perform, too), where only the audience can vote for them via telephone. Ultimately, their votes will choose the winner of the season, who gets to donate 10,000 € for charity.

This year, the winner was Saara Kadak (on the left, with the show's host, Märt Avandi, on the right). She mimicked ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All" (my mom's favourite band) and did it ever so beautifully (in my opinion, she deserved to win)!

A day after the finale, a lottery-type of competition was held on Facebook. I entered and, for the first time ever in my life, I actually won something! A poster of Saara Kadak (with her golden signature on it) and the cheerleaders of TalTech (my old university, previously known as TUT or TTÜ in Estonian), where she was dressed up as Toni Basil and together they parodied the song "Hey Mickey" in one of the pre-recorded shows (it was awesome!):

Since we're still on the topic of concerts, then I'd like to mention that I also went to a special Christmas concert (which was part of a bigger tour) at our local church, where Koit Toome and Valter Soosalu sang some lovely holiday-themed songs. I enjoyed it very much, exactly like last year when I went to Elina Born and Stig Rästa's concert. (I think this is going to be a new tradition for me, to go to at least 1 Christmas concert before the holidays.)

After that concert, me and my dad drove to a small town called Väätsa to go have a look at their cultural center. That little place has become famous for organizing weird (but in a good way), yet fun events. This winter, the locals had decorated all the windows of the building with pretty installations/decorations, some of which moved around thanks to their mechanisms/reacted when someone walked by (such as these two coffee mugs, where the coffee started to pour down from top to bottom when my dad passed the window):

On our trip to Tallinn (the same day I bought Marshall and we went to the finale of SNKT), my dad and I wanted to visit the annual Christmas market in the Old Town (it's up from the middle of November until the beginning of January). Did you know that it was chosen as the best one in Europe this year? If you happen to visit Estonia next year, why not pop by and have a look for yourself (that's the old Town Hall in the background):

Finally, here's a glimpse of our Christmas tree and the presents I received this year (I checked this Monday and my preordered copy of "Imbalance: Part One" was shipped on the 18th and it should arrive at the beginning of 2019, yay!):

Most importantly, seeing just how much truth has suddenly become public about how weak our healthcare system is when it comes to people with rare diseases/who need their medications financed by the health insurance fund (and how stingy the council can be when making these decisions) and how our own country charges 9% off from all donations made to the Cancer Treatment Fund, I decided to help out by donating 15 € to 3 different charity shows this year:

Donated 5€ to "Jõulutunnel", which raised money to donate to the Children's Fund of the Clinic of Tartu University for helping kids with rare diseases this year.

Donated 5 € to "Jõulusoojus", which raised money so they could buy the physically-impaired children a robot that'd help them learn how to walk (again).

Donated 5€ to "Inglite aeg", which raised money to help specific people who sent them their stories, people who usually don't have enough money to pay for an expensive treatment or cure and can't live a normal life or who are suffering in a different way (such as losing their home to a fire).

*wipes beads of sweat off her forehead* Phew! Writing this post took me like.. 2+ hours! Anyways, I hope you've enjoyed reading about how December went by for me. Thanks for sticking around!

[unofficial-estonia]

Ma arvasin kunagi et Märt Avandi ja Ott Sepp on vennad kuna nad olid koguaeg koos #vaid tõelised 90 nendate lapsed mäletavad tujurikkujat😤

mis 90ndate lapsed? ma puhas 02 laps, kasvasin üles selle saatega

[mundo-misterio]

The Fencer (2017) revisión y resumen

The Fencer (2017) revisión y resumen

“The Fencer” es en gran parte una película tranquila y discreta. Endel, interpretado por Märt Avandi, parece delgado y angustiado desde el principio. Durante su entrevista de trabajo, el director de la escuela y posible villano, Hendrik Toompere, señala que Endel, quien será el nuevo maestro de educación física en una escuela secundaria en Haapsalu, ha incluido la “esgrima” entre sus habilidades…

[nowshowingnz]

CUFF Movie Review - The Old Man Movie (2021)

CUFF Movie Review – The Old Man Movie (2021)

IMDb Rating: 6  1h 28min | Animation, Comedy | Movie CinemaScore Rating: N/A Rotten Tomatoes Rating: N/A Director:  Oskar Lehemaa, Mikk Mägi Writers:   Oskar Lehemaa, Oskar Lehemaa, Mikk Mägi Stars: Märt Avandi, Reio Blond, Meriiyn Elge Movie Tagline: IMDb summary: This is an inter-generational epic road movie that should wipe the dust from ancient folk wisdom that milk, it’s a big…

[krisrowland]

An Estonian mini series about the vodka black market

[moviemorning003-blog]

The Complete Detail Of The Fencer (2015) Name The Fencer (2015) Storyline Fleeing from the Russian secret police because of his controversial past, a young Estonian fencer named Endel is forced to return to his homeland, where he begins to train a group of young children in the art of fencing. The past however catches up with him and Endel has to choose between letting his students down or putting his life in danger. The movie is partially based on the real life story of an Estonian fencer Endel Nelis (1925-1993). Detail Of The Fencer (2015) Director Klaus Härö Writer Anna Heinämaa Produced by

Kaarle Aho -- producer

Kim Allen -- associate producer

Jörg Bundschuh -- co-producer

Irina Chirashnya -- associate producer

Ivo Felt -- co-producer

Paul Fenwick -- associate producer

Franz Hirner -- line producer

Jan Kuchta -- associate producer

Stars & Cast

Märt Avandi -- Endel Nelis

Ursula Ratasepp -- Kadri

Hendrik Toompere Sr. -- Principal (as Hendrik Toompere)

Liisa Koppel -- Marta

Joonas Koff -- Jaan

Egert Kadastu -- Toomas

Ann-Lisett Rebane -- Lea

Elbe Reiter -- Tiiu

Jaak Prints -- Principal's assistant

Kirill Käro -- Aleksei

Lembit Ulfsak -- Jaan's grandfather

Leida Rammo -- Boarding house's hostess

Raimo Pass -- Officer

Music by Gert Wilden Jr. Genres Drama | History | Sport Country Finland | Estonia | Germany Language Estonian | Russian | Armenian Release Date

Australia -- 5 November 2015

USA -- 9 October 2015     (limited)

Spain -- 12 October 2015  (Sitges Film Festival)

UK -- 12 October 2015     (DVD premiere)

Filming Locations

Haapsalu

Estonia

Certificate N/A Box Office Of The Fencer (2015) Budget €1,605,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend $5,572 (USA) (23 July 2017) Gross $22,458 (USA) (20 August 2017) Technical Specs of The Fencer (2015) Runtime 99 min Sound Mix N/A Company Credits of The Fencer (2015) Production Company

Making Movies Oy

Allfilm (co-production)

Kick Film (co-production)

This Movie Detail Written By  www.moviemorning.com

[fisicol92]

Sport Movie:  Miekkailija - The fencer

Director: Klaus Härö

Stars: Lembit Ulfsak, Märt Avandi, Kirill Käro 

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.

Finnish filmmaker Klaus Härö goes five for five with his fifth straight submission to the Oscars. Härö directs this year’s Finnish submission for Best Foreign Language Film, The Fencer, and this accessible, crowd-pleasing drama could prove to be one of the dark horses of the race. The film has yet to screen in North America, but Oscar’s stamp and an inspirational tale makes this sturdy post-war sports drama a prospective hit for future film festivals catering to European fare.

[thelowdownunder]

Review: The Fencer

You don’t need to know anything about real life subject Endel Nelis to predict what happens in The Fencer. Just follow the well worn path forged by so many films portraying teachers inspiring their flock while courting controversy with authority.

The introductory titles explain to us that during World War 2, Estonia had been occupied by Nazi Germany, with many of its male civilians drafted into…