Riina Sildos

Riina Sildos (born July 21, 1964 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film producer. Sildos was born and raise in Tallinn. After graduating from Tallinn Secondary School No. 7 (now, Tallinn English College). in 1982, she enrolled in the University of Tartu, majoring in Russian language and literature, graduating in 1987 with a dissertation on film semiotics, supervised by Professor Juri Lotman. Sildos continued postgraduate studies the same year at the university's Academy of Sciences. Sildos began her career a film critic for Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting). In 1994, she joined Eesti Raadio, where she worked as a senior editor, then programme director until 2000, when she was appointed managing director of the Estonian Film ...