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Advent Calendar

Original title (in French): "Calendrier de l’Avent"

2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Ronet Tänav

“Calendrier de l’advent” is a short film about a man who begs money in a Santa Claus costume. One lady gives him the money and smiles to him. Afterwards the beggar goes to a shop and buys a gift. On a Christmas Eve he goes to the lady’s place and leaves the present there.
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Ash & Money

Original title: Kust tuleb tolm ja kuhu kaob raha?

2013 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Ene-Liis Semper, Tiit Ojasoo

Documentary by Ene-Liis Semper and Tiit Ojasoo about the short and stormy development story of a non-existent political party "Unified Estonia" - the political theatre project lasted for 44 days.

"Unified Estonia" was a fictitous political movement created by Theatre NO99. The project was received by the majority of public as a real political power. The organizers declared at the press conference held on March 24, 2010 about their intention to hold the Unified Estonia Assembly in Saku Suurhall on May 7th. The action was introduced as a theatrical production; however, many people took Unified Estonia movement as a real political power. The closer May 7 came, the more the public started to ask whether a new political party will be born. The documentary shows manipulations, emotions, fear, bravado ...
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Awesome

Original title in Estonian: Äge

2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Rein Zobel

11-year old Murat becomes deaf after a sudden accident. Even after losing his hearing the optimistic and adventurous boy starts to discover a new world without sound. He takes a great interest in the world of vibrations after he notices that the hospital where he is treated is surrounded by a weird vibration. Murat uses his new sense of the world to discover the source of the vibration. 
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Daisy Petal Game II: Silver Wedding

Original title: Karikakramäng II: Hõbepulmad

2013 | Feature film, Short | Director: Andres Maimik, Katrin Maimik

Tragicomical story about a middle-aged married couple who decides to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a grand party.

Helle and Olev's 25th wedding anniversary is approaching. The couple wants definitely to celebrate their big day and the party must be perfect, including tossing the bridal bouquet, traditional dances and food. First it seems that everything is going smoothly, but during the party the show starts to fall apart and suppressed feelings, fears and complexes will be revealed.
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Daisy Petal Game II: The Photo

Origina title: Karikakramäng II: Foto

2013 | Feature film, Short | Director: Jan-Erik Nõgisto, Katrin Maimik

Chamberlike and realistic film about the human desire to find personal happiness despite the most unexpected conditions.

Young woman Maarit in her 30s dedicates all her time and energy to take care of her disabled father. Maarit sacrifices her life for looking after her capricious and annoying father. She has no romantic relationships with any men nor any children. But her biological clock keeps ticking. One day, Maarit meets a nine-year-old Rainer with whom a strange connection arises.
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Estonian Nature: Alam-Pedja

Original title: Eesti loodus: Alam-Pedja

2013 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Remek Meel
Euphoria Space

2013 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Jürgen-Kristoffer Korstnik

Documentary film „Euphoria Space“ tells us a story about a musician and entrepreneur Jonathan, who has travelled to Estonia from Australia and established here his own hostel. The hostel was called „Euphoria“: it seems this may describe the magical and diverse place, by uniting people from all over the world and bringing together creative ideas. It may even seem that time moves here other way around. The hostel's special character has been formed mostly due to the active and open-minded people – like Jonathan, who takes care that „Euphoria“ would be something more that just a little stop-point for the ...
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Flesh and bone

Original title: Lihast ja luust

2013 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

The ancient burial mounds in Niklusmäe have been torn up by excavators, the bones are scattered around and the valuable things that were once buried with the bodies have been stolen.

The ancient burial mounds and a village graveyard dating back to the Middle Ages located near Kaagjärve Lake in Karula parish, Valga county, were plundered in the summer of 2012. The central area of the burial mound was completely torn up by the excavator and the bronze jewellery findings from the ground were collected with the metal detector. A crime has been commited. The ancient graveyard has been destroyed, bones are scattered around, and plenty of valuables have been stolen from the ground. The locals say that they know nothing about what has happened. Iidne ja püha Niklusmägi koondab ...
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Flowers from the Mount of Olives

Original title: Õlimäe õied

2013 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Heilika Pikkov

Isiklik ja intiimne lugu Jeruusalemmas asuvast Õlimäe kloostrist ja erakordse elusaatusega eestlannast, nunn ema Ksenijast. Heilika Pikkov’s feature length creative documentary „Flowers from the Mount of Olives“ was shot within two years at The Mount of Olives Convent of the Ascension of Our Lord in Jerusalem.

Right alongside Jerusalem, in a Russian Orthodox Convent in Mount of Olives, lives the 82 year-old Estonian nun Mother Ksenya. Although inside the convent’s cement walls the clock is never set and life still follows the Julius calendar, the 20 years that Mother Ksenya has spent there have passed by in a flash. In the hierarchy of the nunnery she has now achieved the second-to-last level. She is heading towards complete silence, the Great Schema. But before that she has been given permission to tell the story of her life for the very last time.
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Free Range. Ballad on Approving of the World

Original title: Free Range. Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest

2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

An optimistic anti-western about the possibility to attain the inscrutable and benevolent indifference towards all mundane affairs even here, in the midst of the pointless and sad life of contemporary Europeans.

Fred is a young writer who instead of living a dull everyday life is indulged in daydreaming. He believes that romantic freedom is possible and the writer's status provides greater liberation in life for him. All of a sudden, Fred is not free any more. His girlfriend is pregnant and he has to take the consequences, adjust himself to the society, and give up the idea of romantic freedom. Fred is a free range man whose freedom is being restricted by society. He is asking himselt whether is is possible to live his life the way he won't suffer later ...
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