For Aesthetic Reasons

Director: Marko Raat (EST)
Genre: Documentary
Estonia + Denmark, 1999 / 28 min (Mini DV),
colour & sound

The Film
How does the Danish society react if a person wants to stay in the country but his motives are primarily aesthetic? The film For Aesthetic Reasons portrays the young Estonian art historian Andres Kurg who goes to Denmark and, at the director’s instigation, turns to all kinds of institutions with an attempt to seek permission to settle down in Denmark because he likes the environment. »For purely aesthetic reasons«, as he claims. As Eastern Europe is still a no-man’s land, the migrant-aesthete from the Baltics tends to arouse suspicion on an ethical level. The only practical advice that the Danish can give Andres Kurg—and this is on an ethical level as well - is to marry a Danish woman. Lovers will not be separated by law!

Marko Raat
Marko Raat graduated from film school in Tallinn in 1998 (specialty: director). He has made documentaries, video art works, shorts, TV productions and has been involved in several art projects. He is also a freelance film critic. In 2004 he made his first theatre production as a director.

NIFCA Web 2.0 / Projects / Projects and events / CRISS - CROSS / For Aesthetic Reasons

http://www.nifca.org//projects/events/crisscross/For_Aesthetic_Reasons.html