life and death
A documentary about artist Peeter Laurits in Kütiorg, inviting audiences into lush green nature and offering a refuge for those who long for summer warmth and birdsong.
Fate has let you rock through life, but as the record skips on its final track, you realize the music won’t stop — and your hands won’t let you pull the plug.
The tragicomedy takes a look at the inner world of two people who are looking for relief and a sense of existence.
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks?
Middle aged painter battling deadly cancer. She puts her thoughts about life and death into her paintings.
First document about a Tibetan meditation that preserves the body from days to weeks after traditionally considered death.
The volunteers of the Wildlife Association rescue wild animals that have been involved in accidents as a result of human activities.
A cat's happy childhood unexpectedly ends when she falls into a river and this eye-opening experience leaves a permanent mark.
A stray cat finds a friend in the face of a dead man, but how long will this friendship last?
Two city kids, zero smartphones, one village. When left at Granny’s the siblings find an instruction on how to build a devilish creature. The only missing puzzle is one soul...
In this road film the main character Keiu Virro sets on a journey for the sixth and for the last time. We witness what happens to a modern person on a historical religious way.
The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.
A cosmonaut will always be a cosmonaut. To the very end.
As a species, humans credit to be far more powerful then all other species. But are we happier?
A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.
Life passed on from generation to generation can often turn out to be a cruel paradox.
"Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.
A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.
A story about a trickster priest preparing to leave this world.
,,Nowness’’ tells the reminiscent story of a grandfather and understanding grief and death.
The film tells a story of a couple who spend their last years in abandoned village of Georgia.
Truth is a relative concept. Depending on the point of view, everybody can be right.
Tragicomical short film directed by Lauri Randla about pathologist Alexei Abrikosov who embalmed Lenin's body and gained victory over death.
Tipuana, a five year-old girl, experiences the limbo as she tries to pass to ‘the other side’ after the recent death of her beloved father.
"Homecoming" portrays various topics in life, such as the life and death, fatalism and father and son.
In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?
A short fiction film depicting the loss of meaning in one’s life. An aim to force oneself to see the beauty around again, but with a drastic method.
The thriller directed by Kadri Kõusaar is based on true events, telling about a genetic scientist who decides to make the world a better place.
Love story of a different angle.
An epic biographical film about Hella Wuolijoki, Finnish public figure and writer who was born and raised in Estonia.
Helpline advisers's job is to keep listening to those in need and try to follow them to the very end of their sufferings while trying to understand, comfort and give advice.
A dramatic story about love, locked doors, an unsightly thief, a wounded stork, a lost laptop, and the virtual prostitutes the O’Key sisters... Gabriella Ferri is not in the film, but it almost has a happy ending.
War drama directed by Tanel Toom is an allegory about life, death and love; also a story about the fate of two brothers in war.
A woman tries to remember the highlights of her life, or maybe dreams about them.
Vivat, crescat, floreat vagina!
Portrait documentary directed by Jüri Sillart about filmmaker and photographer Peeter Tooming and his battle with serious disease.
The documentary tries to find answers to the question why the number of suicides is so high in Estonia while investigating the stories of those who have attempted suicide.
Feature film debut by director Andres Puustusmaa, a fantasy sketch based on Pär Lagerkvist's novel"The Dwarf"– a story about dwarf in a man.
Film about conflict between young and old generations.
The action film directed by Finnish filmmaker Ilkka Järvi-Laturi tells the story how the national gold reserve arrives at Tallinn after Estonia has regained its independence and how the local mafia has extensive plans to steal it. Soome režissööri Ilkka Järvilaturi märulifilm Eesti kullavarude jõudmisest Tallinna pärast taasiseseisvumist ja kohaliku maffia suurejoonelisest plaanist kuld röövida.
It's a tragical-lyrical puppet film about brides who drown themselves in a swamp.
A cognitive puppet animation for children of the wondrous and harmonic world of bees in the form of a fairy-tale.
The monodrama directed by Arvo Kruusement is based on the novel "Winter Holiday" by Villem Gross. The film tells the story of Anu Soldam, a working class woman, during a few winter days while she is being told by her boss to go to the countryside to heat the sauna for foreign guests.