Sten-Kristian Saluveer
South Korea, Seoul
Sten-Kristian Saluveer is Estonian film and audiovisual media producer, festival manager & programmer, consultant, and film researcher focusing on East-Asian film industries, specifically Japan and South-Korea. He graduated from Concordia International University in Electronic Media and has followed up in Culture Management(Estonian Music Academy) and Japanese Studies (Department of Asian Studies, Tallinn University). Most recently he holds a Master’s Degree from University of Tokyo (Japan) with an awarded thesis on film industry development and international co-productions in Hong Kong, Japan,and South Korea.
Sten has extensively worked with Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, the latest to join the prestigeous "A class" film festivals category, as the Asian cinema programmer, and since 2010 as Industry Director and Member of the Boards upervising the festival’s international film industry outreach programs.
From 2007 - 2011 Sten helped to establish and internationalise the Haapalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, which has evolved from a small weekender into afull fledged member of European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals.
He has also served as the CEO of Plektrum - the Festival of Visual sound, an interdisciplinary festival of new and media art, electronic music and subcultures which was one of the highlights events of Tallinn 2011 European Capital of Culture.
He frequently writes and publishes on topics related to media, culture and society, and cinema in East-Asia.
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Production credits
- Magic Kimono (Japan, Latvia, 2016, dir. Maris Martinsons)
- The Painter (South-Korea, Estonia, 2014, dir. JEON Kyuhwan)
- VHS Viral (USA, 2014, dir. Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead)
- 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) - omnibus feature with with contributionsfrom Asia's leading filmmakers such as Naomi Kawase, Shinji Aoyama, Park-Chan Wook,Kim Jiwoon, Brilliante Mendoza, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Erik Khoo and others.
- Brian Melvin’s Reflections: Life and friendship with Jaco Pastorius (2011, USA-Estonia, documentary)