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Melchior the Apothecary

Original title: Apteeker Melchior

2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

When a murderer is loose in town, the town is sick. It’s time to call the apothecary.

Melchior Wakenstede is a clever and curious apothecary who, in addition to healing the sick, solves murders that shake the town. In a medieval world, where people look for signs of God or the Devil in everything, Melchior’s detective work appears to be truly magical – it’s even believed that he can speak with the dead. Melchior’s actual “secret weapon” is his knack for noticing traitorous details and his ability to understand the darkest desires of the human soul. He knows, better than anyone else, that sin is waiting at the door, and temptation can poison even the most noble ...
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Patarei partii

2022 | Other categories | Director: Liisa Rita Viitung
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Stromka

Original title: Stromka

2015 | Documentary | Director: Markus Orav

"Stromka" is an observing condition-film which focuses on the peaceful rhythm of the diverse Stroomi beach, including it's captivating nature and colorful inhabitants.

Stroomi - a former cow pasture, which was turned into a beautiful beach area 80 years ago by fine locals. They sat on the grass, listened to orchestras, dined in the restaurant and had sport activities We examine how the life flows in today's Stromka and who are the heroes of our time. "Stromka" is an observing condition-film which focuses on the peaceful rythm of the diverse Stroomi beach, including it's captivating nature and colorful inhabitants.
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Jolly Old Farts

Original title: Emumäe Eedi ja Lobi küla Kristjan

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

A portrait of two ageing cinema professionals who find motivation to live through endless quarrelling and challenging each other.

An old film director and a cameraman share a secret - when out of work you'll have to have fun and turn your own life into a film. And who would be a better partner than an old colleague and a friend. Their endless quarreling is typical to Estonians - one constantly tries to outdo another.
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The Player

Original title: Mängija

2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

Documentary about Jaan Ehlvest, legendary Estonian chess player, international grandmaster. The film investigates his self-searching and relationship with professional sports and his family.

The documentary about professional chess player Jaan Ehlvest and his daily life in a harsh world of professional sports where every result influences one's income and subsistence. The protagonist questions whether it is worth living a life where between championships he keeps running through different American cities and staying in hotels that look exactly the same. So it is not that much a sports documentary but rather a view into a development story of a talented and selfish man.
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Visitors from the sky

Original title: Külalised

2002 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Rein Kotov, Piret Tibbo-Hudgins

Documentary about the life and mission of the foreign espionage agents of Estonian origin in the Soviet Estonia in 1950s.

After the Second World War, Western intelligence decided to become more active in the Baltic states. At the same time, Moscow came up with the plan to take over Western intelligence service completely. British, Swedish and American intelligence sent refugee agents to the Baltic states - their first contact in the homeland was a KGB special squad consisting of staged bushwhackers. The camouflage turned out to be perfect and the game lasted for years. Only a few ones stayed alive and returned back to the West. They changed their names, forgot their homeland and relatives and disappeared. They had to ...
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Eesti partii

1993 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hans Roosipuu
Videoringvaade "Eestimaa" nr.4

1989 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director:
Hello, Minsk! ... Hello, Zagreb!

Title in Estonian: Halloo, Minsk! ... Halloo, Zagreb!

1987 | Documentary | Director: Peep Puks

Documentary portrait directed by Peep Puks about Jaan Ehlvest, a, Estonian chess grandmaster and his success in an international arena.

The documentary provides an emotional overview about Estonian chess grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest's performance at chess tournaments in Minsk and Zagreb. Ehlvest gains 3th-4th place at the championship of USSR in Minsk and shares 2nd-3rd place at the world championship in Zagreb. The competition stress mainly reflects from the coaches's and journalists's emotions, their support and forwarding news to the radio audience.
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The Game

Original title: Partii

1987 | Documentary | Director: Peep Puks

Documentary by Peep Puks about a speed chess tournament where the well-known people in Estonian culture participate.

The speed chess tournament that has taken place once in a month for already 35 years involves well-known people from the field of culture. The game has no other purposes than the game itself. Some hobbies may seem funny for bystanders; however, for the practitioners of a hobby it may be even more serious activity than their main occupation. Work is compulsion, game is freedom. The documentary is a document of cultural history that has recorded well-known people in a situation that is unfamiliar for the public.
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