Estonian Skies: The Invisible Guides (2019)

Air traffic controllers are the leading figures in making worldwide air traffic flow safely and efficiently. They describe the most interesting elements of their job and show what they do behind the scenes to make air travel a pleasure.

Directors:

Georg Liigand, Taavi-Martin Enno (co-director)

Writers:

Taavi-Martin Enno, Georg Liigand (co-writer)

Stars:

Taavi-Martin Enno, Karel Hütt, Igor Iljin

Cast

Credited cast:
Taavi-Martin Enno	...	Self
Karel Hütt	...	Self
Igor Iljin	...	Self
Lauri Jaakson	...	Self
Edvard Kuusk	...	Self
Alex Leitmäe	...	Self
Georg Liigand	...	Self
Karl-Joosep Maidla	...	Self
Vladimir Navjortkin	...	Self
Sander Pind	...	Self
Ragnar Rostok	...	Self
Üllar Salumäe	...	Self
Britt Saue	...	Self
Erko Schvarts	...	Narrator
Mariliis Õun	...	Self

Storyline

Every year more than 230 000 aircraft fly through the Estonian airspace transporting 35 million passengers to their destinations. When it is rush hour in the sky, more than 50 airplanes are flying above our country at the same time. The workload in Estonian airspace is often on the par with Western European large nations. It demands careful planning and control to keep air traffic flowing safely and efficiently. Our daily guest is Russian air force - they cause remarkable trouble as they are not interested in cooperation and civil aircraft must be re-directed away from these planes. In Tallinn work never stops for air traffic controllers who carefully direct every aircraft to a safe distance from each other with surgical precision. The short documentary film takes you to the highly secured facility of Tallinn air traffic control and shows the everyday life of the specialists responsible for our skies. The air traffic controllers also explain what technology and methods are used to ...

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Plot Keywords:

aviation | aircraft | airplanes | air traffic control | air traffic controller | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Short

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Details

Official Sites:

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Language:

Estonian English

Release Date:

19 March 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Estonian Skies: The Invisible Guides

Filming Locations:

Tallinn Airport, Tallinn, Estonia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinefilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

27 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Stereo (5.1)

Color:

Color (4K)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1