8th Matsalu Nature Film Festival

September 15-19, 2010

There are just a few weeks left until the beginning of the festival!


You can already feel the autumn arriving to Matsalu, with the cranes singing on the meadows and the posters of Matsalu Film Festival springing up on bus stops all over the villages.

Like always, the festival has a lot to offer for everyone. For example, the kids visiting Lihula on Wednesday have a whole day of fun ahead of them. There is a screening of the movie Lost Years: A Sea Turtle Odyssey in the Cultural House, followed by a discussion with the famous Estonian biologist Aleksei Turovski. Kids with art skills can do a little painting in the libarary and later take part of a workshop dedicated to nature photograpy.

Other photography fans can enjoy a number of exhibitions in Lihula (in the manor house, the Cultural House and the libarary) and Penijõe. Nature photography workshops for grown-ups take place in Lihula and also in the nature reserve of Silma.

But the core of the festival is of course a large variety of nature films! The screenings take place in the Culture House of Lihula and the Culture Centre of Haapsalu. As a hint we can tell you that the range of subjects varies from volcanoes to the secret life of catfish. The exact program is coming soon!

See you in three weeks!


Great news!


During this years film festival all the festival visitors can enjoy a good night sleep at the Fra Mare spa hotel in Haapsalu. Fra Mare is offering special prices during the festival, starting from 550 EEK per night. The hotel is situated in Haapsalu, on Ranna tee. Haapsalu lies just 50 kilometers from the festival centre in Lihula, but you can also take part in various festival activities right there in Haapsalu.