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The Bus

Original title in Estonian: Buss

2022 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Rasmus Rammo, Kristi Tirmaste

The comedy series “The Bus” by Kristi Tirmaste and Rasmus Rammo follows the life of a typical Estonian village Pahuküla that completely changes once a local resident is murdered.

Leena is an ambitious fashion lover from a typical Estonian village called Pahuküla, who has decided to change her boring life and start a career in the city. Unfortunately for Leena, her plans are turned upside down as she drives in the local bus for the last time before leavung. A local villager dies suddenly and stops the calm life of Pahuküla. Locals start suspecting the worst - a cold blood murder in the middle of the day.
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The Little Comrade

Original title: Seltsimees laps

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

It is 1950 in the Soviet Estonia and the Stalinist terror machine works at full steam – 6-year-old Leelo’s school principal mother is arrested before her very eyes. “If you’re a good kid, I’ll be back soon,” are her mother’s last words as she is taken away at gunpoint. So Leelo is on her very best behaviour, but yet her mother does not return. A fear creeps into the child’s soul that it is her fault her mother was taken. The confusion only grows as “good” and “bad” no longer seem to hold any meaning in these troubled times. Why ...
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A Bad Scene: Early Spring

Original title in Estonian: Varakevad

2017 | Feature film, Short | Director: Rain Tolk, Gustaf Boman Bränngård

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.

"A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. Harassment, mental violence, manipulation, cornering – these topics are current in both politics as well as private sphere. In these nightmarish confrontations, dramatics, mysticism as well as twisted comedy can be found. The second short film is "Early Spring". This is not a cool youth movie about frolicking teenagers. It's a sociopsychological challenge to incite a discussion about group dynamics, conformism, and social roles that are largely shaped and confirmed in teenage years. Hopefully there ...
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Kul Tur

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Alexander Marcus Müller

A swedish busdriver talks about his job as a bus driver, driving people to Tallinn so they can buy cheaper alcohol.

The Documentary „Kul-Tur“ takes place in the harbour near the center of Tallinn. Jürgen Holmgren, the main character, is bus driver and works for a Swedish bus company. Beginning in Stockholm, Jürgen picks up his passengers along the way to Tallinn. After a very short city sightseeing tour, they come back to the harbour to enter the „alcoholic adventure“. During the interview with Jürgen, he explains the motivations of his passengers and clients as well as his personal risks to stay competitive.
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Mercato

Original title: Turu majandus

2016 | Documentary, Observation, Making of, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Mihkel Ulk

Documentary film “Mercato" takes the viewer into one of the world’s poorest counties, Ethiopia. In the largest open air market in Africa, we follow the most ordinary working day of 10 year old shoe shine boys, wood-carrying ladies, an arrogant messenger and a well educated tourist guide.

Abebe and Ashenafi are ordinary 10-year old boys, whose parents sent them to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to work as shoe shine boys so the family would not starve. Abtu is an orphan teenager and works as a talalaki or a messenger, but work is the least on his mind. Bertukan is a mother of three. In order to survive, she carries heavier loads of wood than she herself weighs. Mulugeta is an educated guide who, thanks to his language skills, has an higher ranking in local society. All these Ethiopians are brought together in the Africa's largest market ...
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Mai

2013 | Feature film, Short | Director: Maria Reinup

Short film directed by Maria Reinup about the wall of indifference inside and around us.

On her way to a party, Mai encounters two Russian drug addicts in a public bus. One of the guys is in a critical condition. Mai begs both the bus driver and the people in the bus to help the man, but all that she meets is indifference and fear. People are looking away from the worrying young woman and the young man in danger, it is more comfortable this way. Mai understands that the only way to act is to find the solution herself.
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Bus Assistant

Original title: Reisisaatja

2012 | Students film, Short | Director: Elina Päsok
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Janne's barber bus

Original title in Estonian: Janne juuksuribuss

2011 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ermo Säks
Travelling Light

Original title: Reis kerge pagasiga

2006 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne
By the Bus

Original title: Bussi juures

2004 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Meelis Muhu

Eurobus is driving around Estonia with people on board who give information about the European Union.

Estonian people before the Estonian European Union membership referendum held on September 14, 2003. Eestimaa inimesed enne 2003. aasta 14. septembri euroreferendumit. Rõõmsad, uhked, lühikesed, blondiinid, kurvad, vihased, juhuslikud, laulvad, tantsivad, leplikud, igavad, kavalad, pikad, brünetid, töökad, tugevad, vanad, noored, kained, purjus, ilusad, arad ja julged inimesed kohtusid bussi juures, mis peatus Eesti väikestes asulates, et jagada informatsiooni Euroopa Liidu kohta.
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