Kumu Documentary pays tribute to Mark Soosaar, who turns 80 on January 12th.

Mark Soosaar is a documentary film-maker whose evocative and poetic films introduced a level of subjectivity never seen before. Soosaar is the founder of the Pärnu Museum of New Art, an organiser of the Pärnu Film Festival, a promoter of cinematic and visual arts, and a spokesperson for Kihnu culture. He will turn 80 on 12 January, and audiences will be treated to one of his masterpieces, Earthly Desires (Maised ihad, 1977), and the newly restored Harbour in the Mist (Sadam udus, 1986).