Nature in Us / by Jaan Kaplinski /

Once I wrote: In fact trees and shrubs are a part of us, they are simply at a greater distance from our body than hands or feet, so it is possible to think that they don't feel pain, that chopping away our branches and trunks doesn't cause us serious injury. But we cannot live without trees. The fewer trees there are, the less we live. In reality we are chopping up and cutting down parts from our own body, we are burning and poisoning ourselves. Instead of the forest new human beings can be born, but they are disabled people, people without branches, without roots, without trees, without Amazonia, without Borneo, without Ruwenzori. (Ice and Heather, in: Evening Brings Everything Back, Bloodaxe Books 2004) Nearly nothing to add to this. We are a part of Nature, Nature is a part of us. Makes no sense to discuss why we must protect it. As if we discuss whether we should protect our head, our teeth, our liver... Jaan Kaplinski in his blog Ummamuudu

Broadcast of the film on TV Tours France/ Monday November 26th 9:00pm/

TOnight on TV Tours France, The Kaplinski System will be broadcasted on Monday November 26th at 9:00 pm. Check it out on TV TOURS

The Kaplinski System/ Projection Tallinn University Estonia/ Nov. 9th and 15th.

The Kaplinski System will be projected at the Tallinn University on November 9th and 15th.

As part of the Autumn French Cultural Season and exhibition of my photographs and films : MY ESTONIAN SUMMERS 2002-2012.

Place to be confirmed and more infos on www.accord.ee

If a documentary could be a piece of art...

"If a documentary could be a piece of art, then Gianelli- Meriano`s film is just that."

Rein Veidemann

/ Kui dokumentaalfilm võib olla kunstiteos, siis Gianelli- Meriano film seda on. / 

Rein Veidemann / Professor / Tallinn University  

`Postimees`- Estonian daily 

THE KAPLINSKI SYSTEM/ NATIONAL ESTONIAN PREMIERE: TALLINN KINO SÕPRUS/ MARCH 13TH 7:00PM/

ESTONIAN National Premiere of THE KAPLINSKI SYSTEM in Tallinn March 13th at Kino Sõprus 7pm. More infos here (sorry only in Estonian for the moment)

THE KAPLINSKI SYSTEM: Film trailer/

THE KAPLINSKI SYSTEM - trailer from Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano on Vimeo.

FILM COMPLETED/

Dear all,
It's been a long long time since I've posted anything on this blog. It was worth it as the film is now almost completed.
We are now dealing with the English and French subtitles for everybody (almost) to understand the whole film.
The film length is now of 60mn and is due to be projected on November 22nd in Paris at the MK2 Beaubourg theatre, during the Cultural Festival: Estonie Tonique.

I hope you will enjoy watching the film as much as I enjoyed making it, with passion and a strong desire to share some ideas and thoughts I deeply believe in/

Here is a photo from the film/ The sentence on the billboard reads: "From dust and colors new butterflies will be born" Jaan Kaplinski 1967/

With love,
RGM