Heli Speek

Heli Speek (born 1948) is an Estonian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her award-winning documentary titled "Metskuninganna". Translated, this title means "Forest Queen." Released in 1999, it is a 28-minute documentary about a woman who lives alone in an Estonian forest with her dogs. For the film, Ms. Speek won first prize for a documentary short at the 2000 Balticum Film Festival in Denmark and the Best Documentary Award at the 2000 Blue Sea Film Festival in Finland.

Personal life

Miss Speek was married to Estonian novelist Olev Remsu and has two daughters: Mari (born 1979) and Kadriliis (born 1981), as well as a grandson named Anti (born 2004) [ [http://www.gerritspeek.nl/speek-estonia/pg-frm3.htm Descendants of Ants SPEEK] ] .

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461811/ IMDB]
* [http://kultuur.elu.ee/ke472_speek.htm Interview with Heli Speek (in Estonian)]

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