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2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Marleen Roosna

Hipsters and best friends Rene and Priit rent a flat in Kalamaja. One Friday evening their toilet breaks down and Priit commits a minor theft to fix that. Rene buys ecstacy and almost gets caught. Then his sweetheart Maria, just broken up with her boyfriend, comes to visit. Snowball effect follows.
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Butterfly In a Jar

Original title (in Estonian): "Liblikas purgis"

2015 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

Documentary film student Maria Aua ́s short film about a boy called Martin who has a hyperkinetic behaviour disorder.

7 year old Martin is lika butterfly who wishes to fly where ever his soul leads him. But unfortunately he has to visit regularly terapeuts and specialists. Is there something wrong with the boy at all? Maybe the reality where the society is trying to capture him, is rather problematic.
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Elo

Original title: Elo

2015 | Feature film, Short | Director: Helen Takkin

Elo is a stubborn kindergarten child whose sole purpose is to escape the repression of her evil teacher. One day a new teacher Helena appears and Elo’s life changes completely.

Elo hates kindergarten. She does not understand why she has to stay in this prison, while there is a alluring and mysterious life waiting for her outside. Elo comes up with a plan how to escape that place for good. One day however a new and kind teacher Helena comes to work there. Elo falls completely in love with her, but will soon also feel her first heartbreak.
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Englas. Old Warrior

Original title: Englas. Vana sõdur

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm

This is the story of the two times wrestling World Champion August Englas.

This is the story of the two times wrestling World Champion August Englas. Born and raised in Pühajärve County, fought on the "right" side in WWII in Saaremaa and Kuramaa, wounded twice, made great things in sports world - a vital 90-year-old man speaks of his life and sportsman's career, love and marriage, of his home in Nõmme, Sihi Street, built with his own hands. He speaks of everything that is important to him. This is a story of an individual evolving in the magic and pain of history. Wins and failures (the fourth place in Helsinki Olympic Games stays a thorn ...
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Fast Eddy's Old News

Original title: Fast Eddy vanad uudised

2015 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?

In “Fast Eddy” Director Marko Raat tells the story of Ed Vaar (1929 Estonia, Kuressaare-2015 Canada, Toronto) a freelance cinematographer, who earned his nickname ‘Fast Eddy’ by reaching the scene of events before police and CBC crime reporters. Majority of his filmed footage has aired on TV through CBC. The rest of the footage, over hundreds of thousands of film stock, that he didn’t manage to sell to news broadcasters, are piled up in Eddy’s downtown Toronto penthouse rooms and basement. Do old news have value to be sold?
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Goodbye, Nõmme!

Original title (in Estonian): "Hüvasti, Nõmme!"

2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Max Kroonmann

The two friends find themselves in trouble trying to open their home yard Nõmmel burgerirestorani.

After the dismissal of the restaurant, the two long-time friends are moving back to their home in Nõmme . They decide to re-open their home to reach the top of the culinary burgerirestorani courtyard.
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Half of It Is Gone

2015 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ilker Tüsümel

This is a movie telling the story of all the Turkish boys becoming men.

Half of It Is Gone is a 28-minute long documentary about circumcision that includes both subjective and objective elements. While the story of the director’s own circumcision is told through the director’s own home video circumcision footages, the topic is also examined in different aspects like religion, medicine and psychology through interviews with the experts. This is the story of all the Turkish boys on their way to become a man.
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Hi, Rasma!

Original title: Hei, Rasma!

2015 | Documentary | Director: Laila Pakalniņa

Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian co-production documentary about the residents of the coastal villages of Northern Estonia, the ancient coastal law and folklore related to the Latvian steamboat Rasma. The documentary has optimistic and funny undertone while introducing specific episodes from cultural history.

Documentary portrays Estonians through one of the most ancient traditions of coastal villages – the coastal law. According to the legend, a Latvian steamboat Rasma collided with an underwater mine on the coast of Northern Estonia on July 5, 1941. The captain decided to direct the shop to the banks of Mohn island in order to save the passengers and a child, as well as the equipment of sewing factory evacuated from Riga, Husqvarna bicycles, grain and flour. Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian co-produced documentary is searching for the bikes and sewing machines that have come from the board of Rasma, but also the ...
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Instructions On How To Build A Spaceship

Original title: Õpetusi kosmoselaeva ehituseks

2015 | Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema

A film about a bunch of brainiacs, who, having seen too many sci-fi movies, start building the first Estonian student satellite Estcube to send it to outer space. They are comforted by the fact that in space technology nothing is certain and they are most likely to fail. Nothing to lose!

Instructions On How To Build A Spaceship is a film about a brainiacs who have seen too many sci-fi movies, start building the first Estonian student satellite- Estcube. Its a film about its building, launching and life after the success. Mart Noorma PhD, one of the main characters of the film, is the initiator of and the engine behind the project, or the supervisor, officially speaking. The satellite was primarily built by students, namely around 90 of them, who have been associated with the project over the years. Estcube was launched in the spring of 2013, amidst of loud media ...
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Interview with Estonian filmmaker: Kaie-Ene Rääk

Original title (in Estonian): "Intervjuu eesti filmitegijaga: Kaie-Ene Rääk"

2015 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Moonika Põdersalu

Kaie-Ene Rääk talks about her jorney to cinematography, how she ended up as a film editor and producer and how she deals with both jobs at the same time. In addition, Kaie talks about analog editing, which all leads to the fact, that the viewer cannot only learn new information, but also see how a filmmaker feels as a filmmaker.
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