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An introspective short documentary film about childhood memories that date back to the time when the author was involved in competitive sports.
A woman. A mother. A ceramic artist. A determined supporter of the off-grid lifestyle. Yet, instead of waving posters on Friday for Future, this German has chosen to habitatae a self-bult 16-square-meter cabin on a hill in the Southern Estonian countryside with no electricity, no central heating or running water. The short documentary was completed as part of Arts of Survival Documentaries programme within the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 project.
Comical triptych about residents at an apartment block district who long for a better life. When a black hole mysteriously appears in a lilac bush, they will have to face aliens, a giant spider and an Austrian in breeches.
Sebastian, working as a store clerk, finds his ordinary workday shaken up when he meets Silo, a free-spirited wanderer. Together, they smoke weed and dream of a one-way ticket to Brazil.
Tushar Prakash is an Indian man who has come to live in Estonia because of love. In this documentary he is on a quest to learn from his partner's relatives, who live in the countryside of South Estonia, on how to become a real Estonian man.
The first episode of a documentary TV series: one family's story of building their first home, a private house.
On Spain’s Costa del Sol a Finnish family abandoned by a crime boss take their own back by stealing the haul of a major heist.
The short film is made by second year film students. It is based on a Lilli Luuk's novella “Kolhoosi miss” following a story of two young girls, their friendship and growing up in a 1988 Soviet smalltown in Estonia.
Minsk. August 2020. Pavel and Julia, a young couple, go out at night…During 1,5 hours, their life changes completely.
Sleepy rural life in a remote borough is enlivened one day a month, when the horn of plenty overflows and everyone gets a part of it's offerings.
The film tells the autobiographical story of an author who wanted to change her place of residence in the hope of changing herself and her life. But it turned out that the country does not change anything if the soul remains the same.
Alex’s dream of becoming an actor has come to a halt as he did not get into The Department of Theatre of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Now he finds new and interesting ways to go on with his everyday life.
A brief encounter with a golden snake leads to an explosive beginning.
The angel will guide us.
Raoul Kirsima’s film „Mommy“ is based on Leo Vissak’s script about child abuse and the wish to escape from reality. There is a strong emphasis on sound design and elements of animation.
Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.
28-year-old young woman returns to the place she was born, but hasn't been for seven years.
A story of how to not lose our childhood dreams as we grow up and face adult life.
Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.
Short film about colorful dresses, mean dreams and sleepwalking.
Otherwise so opinionated, Liisa has come to a crossroads in her life. To choose fancy high heels and the law career to go with them in the city of Tallinn or to permanently move to the countryside and run a small village shop out of sense of duty?
A short film about Commitment vs Freedom.
Three independent stories collide in a film, exploring different perspectives of what senses mean, if one of them is lost.
A lonely office worker saves up to buy a new coat at Christmas in an effort to make new friends, only for fate take a ghostly hand.
Meeting a swan may be an introspective experience, similarly to facing the nature of Iceland, its magnificent mountains, watery grasslands and powerful winds. For a nine-year-old girl Sól all this won't be a free choice since her family sends her away to the wild and lonely nature because of a theft.
This road movie is about life. It is loosely based on the adventures of real Eastern European university students selling books door to door in United States.
Documentary-based animation about a dream that eventually comes true in a film.
A portrait about Estonian burlesque performers, how they organise events in Estonia and prepare for performances.
Documentary about the humanitarian aid for Ukraine and about the people living in Luhansk Oblast during the war.
UNDERGROUND is based on the well known political process held in Estonia almost forty years ago, and portrays several renowned dissidents, as well as those who did not remain in the spotlight due to certain historical circumstances.
A young monk`s journey through Tibet in search of his path.
If the world is blind, Allan isn’t. Allan is a man in at the age of Christ. His life is colorful. He likes cinema, cars and sports.
Twin brothers from a small town have courage and ability to dream.
Anya is a good-looking, successful young graduate student. She gives lectures on Byron and has a relationship with one of the professors. One day her life takes an unexpected turn for the worse.
Media student Anna Kanska's written and directed bachelor thesis is a short fiction film about young people and their subconcious inner voices.
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.
Gentlemen with grand ideas look into the past and future of Narva: Fyodor is recreating the past of Narva out of cardboard in a degrading town hall; Mats Gabrielsson wants to turn Narva into a new Hong Kong in the future.
An optimistic anti-western about the possibility to attain the inscrutable and benevolent indifference towards all mundane affairs even here, in the midst of the pointless and sad life of contemporary Europeans.
The full-length feature is the debut film directed by Heleri Saarik. The film is a visual love-letter to music, an impressionistic drama about the deams of young generations. Besides the bitter love story, the film expresses protesting against the confusion both in society and in the protagonists of the film.
Documentary about Tarmo Ladva, president of Potato Republic to be established in Laanemetsa village in Valga county, Estonia, and about the process of putting his expansive ideas into practice.
Two enthusiastic Estonians try to become grape farmers while adjusting the grape plants to the local Northern climate and developing the vineyard culture.