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Carmen-Louise Suuroja's second short film takes us to Tartu in the 1970s, where spring is in full bloom and physicists who are about to graduate from university are faced with the challenge of entering life.
Leaving a troubled home, 13-year-old Paul finds himself in a strange town, joining a gang of local kids and making a series of increasingly bad decisions. His seemingly inevitable downfall is thwarted, however, by a peculiar local man.
The short film tells the story of two young people meeting again at a friends' salt bread party and unraveling their tangled relationship.
A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West.
Stand-up comedy seems like an easy thing to do - you get on stage, tell funny stories for an hour and also swear a little. Sander Õigus has been doing stand-up for over ten years, let's see how the truth becomes the truth and a joke becomes a joke.
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.
In 1933, a young woman leaves her rural home to chase her dream of becoming a writer in the city. She takes a job as a maid for a middle-aged printing house owner who quickly starts pursuing her romantically, revealing power games that lead to dire consequences.
It is impossible for a man who has been in the war to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in his dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them.
After her daddy’s death, Karmen commits an atrocious act against her half-brother and must now face the dark void of the universe, which can only be filled with love
A short film by film student Silver Õun about a man whose life is in danger.
The film is about a dysfunctional couple Rain and Deelia whose life goals and choices are moving towards different directions.
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.
When Heiki, who has inadvertently passed away at a house party, meets his recently deceased grandfather on the beach of the dead, the young man must find money for the boatman to help his grandfather to the underworld.
An intimate documentary about the internationally renowned Estonian musician, saxophone player and improvisational jazz composer Maria Faust.
From Armin Kõomägi`s short story “Talent” comes a short film that portrays the price of success. It is made by the film arts students of TLU BFM.
Deadbeat Igor-503 evades the cops detectors during a night of wild drinking.
Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.
A regular day at the car shop comes to an end when two friends Kiik and Eerik discover their boss’s dead body. After Kiik finds his girlfriend cheating him with a local playboy, he suffers a mental breakdown and runs away.
From the harsh, nomadic life on the tundra to an uncertain future with five children. Four years in the life of a strong and charismatic woman as vital, physical film art.
The film is about a crazy alcohol rally that takes place on the Estonian-Latvian border.
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.
An absurd chain of misunderstandings between two girls.
When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it. When love has become revenge and a little child has left in the middle of it.
A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.
Smart life addicts on an adventurous summer camp on an isolated island.
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.
Lauri Lagle's first feature film is profound and smooth like a summer's night. It is a physical progression and a mental journey towards something other than a mere geographical location on a map.
What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!
"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.
This is the story of the last genuine rock star and poet, of his work, and of the anatomy of a punk band.
When 15 year old Sander falls prey to an almost fatal bad joke, he has to decide whether to try and break away from his determined social status, or conform and accept his role in the group.
Documentary follows the rising phenomenon of craft beer scene in Estonia throughout 2015 along with its main protagonists – brewers, sellers and variously minded consumers.
A Lao village girl’s only chance of escaping indentured poverty is to manipulate her wealthy cousin’s illness into dependence.
There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the other is. Viivi would like to run away and the man is sleeping like a log. Unlike Viivi and Andu themselves, the viewers know both very well. They know that Viivi has the worst day in her life and that Andu is a dweeb, but not completely hopeless; a rather good-hearted man.
The Days that Confused is a story of a young man trying to make sense of life in the summer heat of late 1990s in Estonia.
Short film directed by Leeni Linna about the struggles of a pilot who has lost one eye in Afghanistan war.
Debut feature film directed by Mihkel Ulk, telling about the burning issues of today's youth: school bullying and related low self-esteem, adaptation difficulties and search for appreciation.
Portrait documentary by Sulev Keedus about the scum of the Russian community in Narva - the young people with asocial background who lack courage, hope and will to get out of their hopeless situation.
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.
Portrait documentary about Andrus Elbing alias Babyface - a poet, rap singer and hip-hop artist with a complicated background.
Portrait documentary about the strange world of 32-year-old performance artist Sandra Jõgeva.
Psychological short film with a criminal undertone directed by Kristiina Davidjants. The film is part of the film compilation "Sex and Death", telling about a love triangle full of greed, passion, love and hate.
Documentary about Andrus Purje, inspector of Harju County, whose everyday work offers little food for the soul.
