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Ment

2012 | TV Serial, TV3 Serial | Director: Ergo Kuld
One day on the ice

Original title (in Estonian): "Päev jääl"

2012 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ivan Panasjuk
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Priceless

Original title: Priceless

2012 | Feature film, Short | Director: Heigo Lepla

What could replace money in the materialistic world in order to make people passionately experience absurd situations?

Story about a man who has everything one can get for money. However, he finds new challenges and methods in order to achieve his goals. His late night visit to the office building takes an unexpected turn, including Hollywood-ish dust-up, criminal police, celebrities and misunderstandings.
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Purge

Original title: Puhastus

2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Antti J. Jokinen

The feature film directed by Antti J. Jokinen is based on the novel "Purge" (by Sofi Oksanen) that has been translated into more than 20 languages and that has received numerous literary awards, telling about political terror against a small nation and about mental as well as physical violence towards an individual.

Zara is a young prostitute who manages to escape from the Russian mafia that has enslaved her. She hides herself in a lonely forest farm where her only Estonian relative Aliide lives. The story of these two women takes us back in time for several decades, telling about fatal love and jealousy, hatred and violence, war and deportation, betrayal and death. Inhuman conditions magnify inhuman behaviour, fixed ideas and hate. Even if the times have changed, violence is still there, in disguise.
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Raudwara

2012 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Aili Alber
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Sunsparkeled

Original title (in Estonian): "Päikeseratas"

2012 | Students film, Short | Director: Raigo Saariste
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Ten To Ten

Original title: Kümnest kümneni

2012 | Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Aleksandr Heifets

Documentary about alcohol and sales restriction related to it. Some witty young men attempt to outtrick the restriction.

The documentary focuses on the favourite pastime of Estonians - drinking. Protagonists of the film are witty entrepreneurs who try to outtrick the laws and offer their own service of renting alcohol. Erik, an experienced entrepreneur, fights with the Consumer Protection Board in court in order to keep going on with his business. Jass and Art are Erik's artist friends who have less experience in the business world yet more experienced in the field of alcohol. Erik is an earnest vodka renter. Behind the activities of Jass and Art there is enough of sly performance and moderate provocativeness.
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The Dentals

Original title (in Estonian): "Hambad"

2012 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Ott Ojamaa

Older but vital modelling salesman Mihkel Soom and a young well-known local musician Joosep Järvesaar constitute a perfect tandem to help the guys in need – the ones who have had their hearts broken and cannot find a way out. The two hosts of the show have nothing alike besides the fact, they both pursue the ultimate level of enjoyment and pleasure while having the self-confidence to carry it through. The hosts choose one guy who they will lead and teach for a day. During that day, the chosen one will be trained physically and emotionally to regain his confidence ...
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The Fourth One

Original title in Estonian: Neljas

2012 | Documentary, Students film, Documentary | Director: Liis Lepik

Liis Lepik's anthropological documentary is the story of the lively old lady Emilia and her family with a tragic fate.

It is a day in the life of an old sharp-witted lady named Emilia. The day starts off being quite ordinary but as the story progresses, new and surprising facts reveal themselves. The day turns out to be anything but ordinary. She has to say farewell to her daughter. In a very human and touching story questions about life and death, the relationship between mother and daughter, and contrasts between old and new life rhythms arise.
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The Mystery of the Kaleva

Original title: Kaleva müsteerium

2012 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sigrid Reede

Documentary about the Finnish passenger aircraft OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down by two Soviet bombers above the Baltic Sea in 1940.

“The Mystery of the Kaleva” is a documentary about a Finnish passenger plane OH-ALL Kaleva that was shot down during peacetime in 1940 by two Soviet bombers. Nine people from six countries were killed. Toivo Kallas, a contemporary historian and a professional architect, has been investigating this politically controversial story about OH-ALL Kaleva since 2002. Why was the plane shot down during peacetime? What documents, conspiracies or secrets were hidden on that plane? Toivo Kallas has gone through archive materials from Russia, Finland, Sweden and Estonia and collaborating with many people in finding the truth. Fascinating plane wreck searches are combined with interviews ...
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