The Boston Baltic Film Festival is proud to present The Arvo Pärt Trilogy, Dorian Supin’s three intimate documentaries about the renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, who is widely regarded as the most performed living classical composer in the world.
These online films are available for viewing anywhere in the US and Canada March 2 – 23, 2026 through the Boston Baltic Film Festival website. The online tickets can be purchased here: https://bostonbalticfilm.festivee.com/
As the brother of Arvo Pärt’s wife, Nora Pärt, Dorian Supin was closer to Pärt than any other film director, and Supin portrays him as composer, husband, father and grandfather. He has said, “Arvo knows me perhaps even better than I know myself. He trusts us when we film.”
Supin set himself the goal of revealing the inner world of Arvo Pärt as a person and a composer, placing himself as the film director in the background, trying not to spoil the image he saw, so as to convey this to others. The trilogy, filmed across nearly three decades, observes Pärt roughly a decade apart, offering a rare longitudinal portrait of an artist whose life and music are inseparable.
The journey begins with And Then Came the Evening and the Morning (1990), continues with 24 Preludes for a Fugue (2002), and culminates in Even If I Lose Everything (2015). The titles are drawn from Pärt’s own musical notebooks, reflecting his deeply spiritual and creative journey. Blending concert footage with home videos and conversations with Pärt and his wife, the films offer insight into Pärt’s inner world and the evolution of his signature tintinnabuli style.
This special presentation also includes three short rehearsal documentaries: Cecilia, Orient & Occident, and Sinu nimi (Your Name). The latter focuses on the rehearsal of Pärt’s composition Which Was the Son of…, offering a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the precision and devotion required to bring his music to life.
In many ways, the trilogy’s final film echoes Pärt’s music itself—contemplative, emotionally evocative, spacious, and deeply spiritual. Taken as a whole, the trilogy and accompanying shorts form a profound cinematic meditation on creativity, and artistic devotion.
For more information please visit the BBFF website: https://www.bostonbalticfilm.org/ or write to: [email protected]
