Finland
An intimate and cinematic journey into the life and music of Hendrik Sal-Saller, one of Estonia’s most beloved musicians, whose work has shaped the collective memory of a nation.
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion, Erko journeys to Ukraine as a volunteer to provide aid. As the conflict prolongs, he confronts a pivotal decision: war or his own family?
The punk band Velikije Luki stands up to Soviet power and defies hardships, until, with fortunate accidents and drunken bravado, it triggers the collapse of the Red Empire.
The Journey of Berivan Suleiman navigating integration barriers, limited opportunities, and an unequal labor market in Finland, all while bravely pursuing her dreams.
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.
After installing many trail cameras to his forest, Finnish pensioner Hannu opens a unforeseen door to the Finnish nature and creates a true connection to lynxes living there.
Several Estonians rally crews raced in the USSR team in the 80s. Every driver's dream was to make it to the team because it was the door behind the Iron Curtain. The rally legends have many untold stories about life as top rally drivers in the absurd Soviet system and on the world's rally stages.
The nurse looks after the roses; the grandchild teaches Granny TikTok; ancient Romans walk around in the garden to the sounds of a saxophone. Countries, roads and people branch out in branching times.
World’s top experts talk about leveraging the science of stress adaptation and biohacking to become more resilient in our everyday lives.
Absurd comedy about a man trying to solve his marital problems.
Poetical documentary film of the longing for and the search of happiness between Estonia and Finland.
Keity and her girlfriend Kristel organise a life-threatening motorcycle trick in order to set a world record and bring attention to Keity so she could go to the trial motorbike World Championships.
World's fire is a poetic exploration of the nordic forest through sound, visuals and finnish poetry.
The Bitch is a tragicomic story of a lost girl, three rural brothers and their dog.
Young woman meets different kinds of men in her own built van, where she serves as a barber in every part of Estonia.
A car crash in slow motion, a love letter to a disappearing world.
This film portraits Leonhard Lapin, a creator born in an Estonian small town called Räpina in the 1950s, who becomes one of the most outstanding avant-garde artists on the Soviet Estonian art and architecture scene. The film also reveals the creator’s worldview, beliefs and rebellious nature.
Veera Tapper's thesis short film combining elements from different fields of art such as ballet, modern dance and theater. 12-years old Aino finds a way to be seen in the competitive world of ballet through stolen silk gloves.
The angel will guide us.
The film portrays Estonian rally driver Ott Tänak, one of the most elusive athletes in the eyes of the media with highly reclusive character. His self-willed tenacity has forged this stubborn country boy with a roller coaster career into a driven WRC-pilot who for the first time has in reach the fulfilment of his childhood dream – to snatch the world championship title from the equally hungry competitors.
Iraqi refugees in Finland try to stay in the country.
What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!
This is the story of the last genuine rock star and poet, of his work, and of the anatomy of a punk band.
A nurse retires after 40 years in the same job.
Adapt or run!
Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival.
A father and son story set on the enchanting ice road across the frozen sea.
Every camper's worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. Reconstructing a legendary campsite murder turns deadly when the girls decide to rewrite history.
Heart of A Wolf is a documentary about the nature of Nordic folk metal featuring Metsatöll from Estonia and Finntroll from Finland.
“Even if I lose everything…,“ Arvo Pärt has written in his workbook. He calls the diary his workbooks. In the course of decades, along with work at musical texts, he has filled those workbooks with his contemplations, with his moments of grief and joy, with his finds, discoveries, worries and experience – with everything that might be called the inner life of an artist.
The film summarises the sad truth about the “games” played at the edge by Konstantin Päts, the first President of the Republic of Estonia, and Johan Laidoner, the then Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in Estonia.
Student Kaspars Sēlis’ bachelor thesis ’’Study Hard’’ is a documentary program about the reasons that affect students choices after secondary school.
Documentary about alcohol and sales restriction related to it. Some witty young men attempt to outtrick the restriction.
Estonian Television Childrens' Choir grows up together with the Republic of Estonia.
Documentary narrative about the destinies of five Estonian men, FInnish Boys who fought in the infantry regiment in Finland that had lost the war but preserved its independence in 1957 and 1948.
Portrait documentary about cameraman Semyon Shkolnikov and the Soviet era that he filmed.
Documentary dedicated to the memory of Jüri Müür. The film about how the master of land - the farmer – becomes the slave of land.
The sequel to „The Waterfowl People“. The author of the film interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relations of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansis, Hungarians, Sámi, Nganasans and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on locations in northern Finland, Sámi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, Setomaa region in Estonia and in Saaremaa and Muhu islands, Estonia. Some footage was also filmed in Nenetsia in 1970.
A trip on board of an engined sail boat in the archipelago of Aland and Turku, Finland, in the summer of 1976.
The Nõu family's trip to Finland in 1972.