closeness to nature
A short film by Isabel Laiapea, a directing student at TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy, explores the relationships between humans and nature, as well as themes of identity and self-discovery. Laiapea has got inspiration for the film from Mati Unt's short story "The Philologist's Desperate Step" and Mehis Heinsaar's novel "The Lost Tribe." The nature-themed film, shot at Karuskose farm and around it in Soomaa, was created in collaboration with students and alumni from TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy and BFM.
Aleksander, an old gentleman, maintains a blooming garden surrounding his old house in a sleepy resort town. Karl, his grandson, spends the summer with him and learns about the ways of the nature.
In two years she changed from a Playboy cover model into a child of nature.
“THIS IS THE DAY” captures the flow and simple beauty of daily life in a monastery standing on a hill above the Serbian village of Velika Hoca in Kosovo.
A young woman becomes a school teacher and discovers life in a small island of Ruhnu.
Ester, a good-tempered pharmacist living in Virtsu, has courage to be different. She loves nature, animals and solitude.
The film directed by Elmo Nüganen is based on the play "Mindless" by Jaan Tätte, telling about the protagonist who makes up his mind to leave his successful life and move to a completely different place.
Portrait documentary by Mark Soosaar about singer Siiri Sisask.
Ute Wohlrab is a fragile German woman living in Valga county, Estonia, who wants to save the Old-Tori horse, an endangered species originated from Estonia.
The romantic drama directed by Arvo Iho is based on the novel "The Heart of the Bear" by Nikolai Baturin and tells about a young hunter Niika who finds and loses himself and his love in a Siberian taiga.
An ancient Khanty bear feast ritual, estimated to be about 3000 years old, was filmed in Western Siberia, in Khantia-Mansia, at the Agan River, a tributary of the Ob, in September 1985 and in August 1988. Participants in the ceremony held at a Khanty summer camp included singers of old songs who travelled to the ritual place from several hundred kilometres away.
Documentary about Mart Saar, founder of Estonian national music style.
The graduates of the class of 1982 of the Estonian Theatre Academy on a journey in the summer of 1982.
Contemplation on the relationship between the forest and the man.
Light documentary about Heino Eller's symphonical and chamber music as well as contemplations on the flow of time and life.
Recreational facilities in the tourist home in Aegviidu-Nelijärve.