Concerts and numerous other events around the world celebrate the 80-year-old Arvo Pärt in 2015. The works of the worldwide famous Estonian composer are accessible not only on concerts and on records, but quite often in cinemas as well. Pärt’s music inspired numerous film directors from Jean-Luc Godard through Tom Tykwer up to last year’s Oscar-winning Paolo Sorrentino. The movie series of the the Estonian Institute presents films, featuring Arvo Pärt’s music, as well as two documentaries about the composer.

The screenings will be introduced by music and film critic László Kolozsi, lecturer at MOME (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest).

TIMES AND WINDS (Beş Vakit)
Turkish drama film, 2006, directed by Reha Erdem
111 min, with Hungarian subtitles

Works of Arvo Pärt used in the soundtrack: Silouan’s Song, Te Deum, Orient & Occident, Como cierva sedienta.

“Times and Winds is a remarkable piece of work, conceived at the highest pitch of intelligence: it is a cinematic poem, replete with fear and rapture, and one of the best films of the year.”
Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian
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