Kadri Kõusaar (b. 1980, Pärnu, Estonia) is an author, director and screenwriter. She studied Spanish philology at the University of Tartu and went on to work as a radio and television presenter, publishing a number of articles on cinema, literature and music. The three novels she has published in her native Estonia have all become bestsellers. Her feature-film debut Magnus (2007) became the first Estonian film ever to be selected for the Cannes film festival, where it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section. The Arbiter is the director’s second feature film.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
