Tiina Lokk

Born in Tallinn, Lokk graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow with a degree in film theory and criticism.

She also has been a member of the editorial board, screenwriter and art council of Tallinnfilm for a decade before being a freelance journalist for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

She has been a lecturer in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater (cultural organization) and the Estonian Academy of Arts (teaching film history, film scripts and management of cultural projects) and a professor of scriptwriting at the Baltic Film and Media School.

She was promoted to the Riigikogu as an alternate member as later prime minister Taavi Rõivas became Minister of Social Affairs and Jaanus Rahumägi, who had originally replaced him, withdrew from the Riigikogu.

[5] Lokk's favorite films include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Citizen Kane, Amarcord, and Pulp Fiction.

Tiina Lokk receiving the Foreign Ministry Culture Prize in 2011.