A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West.
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. Why has she chosen this way of life ?
The story follows a wind technician's journey to isolation - starting off with trainings and finishing on top of the wind turbine.
“If you are born a Seto, you remain a Seto” As this phrase from Setomaa suggests, being a Seto implies being a possessor of a cultural past which one can’t escape.
Documentary about Oleg, who grew up in a criminal environment. While he is talking about his life, we see him in his workshop making picture frames and then helping with welding something in another workshop.
The short fiction film is about loneliness and ruthless longing for freedom.
A period piece taking place at a stormy time in world history, intertwining an atmospheric thriller with an enchanting love story. In addition to these main elements the film has plenty of humour and a number of colorful supporting characters.
The film gives us a look into a year in our recent history, namely the year 2019, which polarised our people in politics and between generations. Without choosing sides and without unnecessary explanations the events shown in the film create a thought provoking story about a nations arrival to the end of the industrial age.
Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.
Young woman meets different kinds of men in her own built van, where she serves as a barber in every part of Estonia.
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The database is maintained by NGO Estonian Film Database. It was opened on 12.12.2012 and is meant for providing information about the whole Estonian film heritage from 1912. We plan fully complete it by 2025 but already now full and partial entries for about 20 000 films, 27 000 filmmakers, and more than 200 production companies could be retrieved in Estonian and partly in English. Translation of film descriptions and keywords into English is ongoing but due to the scarcity of resources quite a slow process. Read more detailed overview.
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