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Anu Aun

Estonia

Biography

ANU AUN is a 35-year old Estonian director-scriptwriter and producer, currently working in Luxfilm. Anu has graduated with BA from TV Directing and completed postgraduate studies in Film Directing in Baltic Film and Media School. She was one of the founders of the production company Luxfilm in 2005. Anu has produced and directed several short films and documentaries. Anu has also worked as a script editor for several short films and produced Maiju Ingman’s feature „Whatever, Aleksander!“ (2007). Anu’s latest short film „Shift“ has been selected to more than 70 international film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Tampere, Grimstad, Montreal, Shanghai, Uppsala and Rome and won 17 prizes from all over the world. Estonian Filmmaker’s Union gave this film XIII Estonian Filmdays‘ Annual Filmaward. Estonian National Culture Foundation awarded "Shift" as The Best Debut of the Cultural Year. Anu’s firs feature film script „The Polar Boy“ was developed in Torino Film Lab advanced scriptwriters course „Script&Pitch“ and NIPKOW residency program. Film will be released in 2016 summer.

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