Heli Speek (born 1948) is an Estonian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her award-winning documentary titled Metskuninganna. Translated, this title means "Forest Queen." Released in 1999, it is a 28-minute documentary about a woman who lives alone in an Estonian forest with her dogs. For the film, Ms. Speek won first prize for a documentary short at the 2000 Balticum Film Festival in Denmark and the Best Documentary Award at the 2000 Blue Sea Film Festival in Finland.
Once married to Estonian novelist Olev Remsu and is the mother of two daughters: Mari (born 1979) and Kadriliis (born 1981). Her first grandchild, Mari's son Anti, was born in 2004.
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