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Lydia

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hermes Brambat, Tarvo Mölder

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula.

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula. She has inspired the kids to love music for over five decades. However, her life's work is the Tallinn Boys' Choir. Besides vocal training, she has also raised generations of boys to be a gentleman. Thanks to her, many Estonian men are much better men. It's unbelievable that Lydia is in her seventies. She is extremely vital and full of energy. It is no problem for her even to have a football match with the boys. After all, age is nothing but a number, and she proves ...
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Attorney Monika Mägi

Original title: Monika

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ken Saan, Steven-Hristo Evestus

Retired top lawyer Monika Mägi and Steven-Hristo Evestus, who is at the peak of his prosecuting career will argue.

Retired top lawyer Monika Mägi and Steven-Hristo Evestus, who is at the peak of his prosecuting career, meet and argue. They are focused to talk about real-life arguments. Only the main character Monika can answer for our questions. All of this is happening outside of the courtroom playground, and our talks are mostly focused on life-related topics. The portrait story also sheds light on the human nuances in the court. From the counterpart Estonian top prosecutors and advocates will talk.
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Celebration

Original title: Prazdnik

2019 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.

The town of Maardu in Estonia organises an annual Ukrainian-themed festival, called "Sorochinsky Fair"; after the short story by Nikolai Gogol. More than 15,000 people come every year. This is the largest Ukrainian fair outside of Ukraine, and it has even been entered into the Ukrainian Book of Records. The film is structured like a work of literature, being made up of a number of interconnected stories. The full variety of the fair and beauty contest is presented from different angles and viewpoints: that of the festival organisers; the actor playing Gogol; the instructor from the local beauty school; the ...
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See olengi mina

2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vahur Laiapea
Winny Puhh: maailma veidraim bänd

2013 | Director: Jaan Laugamõts
Rampcramp

Original title: Rambikramp

2008 | Feature film, Short | Director: Katrin Sipelgas, Elen Lotman

A young man, trick bicyclist, loses his self-confidence when he has to create a terrorist persona for a computer game.

One day when riding his BMX bike, Jan has a mental breakdown. It is not that he is having a competition fever – but for some reason, some kind of fear takes away his self-confidence. During the day the pressure grows even stronger, things pile up. Among other things, Jan has to meet a deadline for designing visuals for a new computer game. It's just a gig, but quite an odd one: the player can act the role of Mohanned Attaks who was the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attack. No wonder Jan gets stuck.
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Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat

Original title: Masingu maastikud: Inimesepoeg valgel laeval

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vallo Kepp

The second part of the biographical film trilogy "Masing`s Landscape. Part II. The Son of Man in a White Boat" by Vallo Kepp. The documentary focuses on the period when Uku Masing, a poet, theologian and teacher, lived in Tartu, Estonia.

People who got acquainted with Uku Masing in 1950s and grew stronger in time, either in Tallinn Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Estonian Museum of Literature in Tartu, or in Masing's apartment in Vilde (now Hurda) Street help to recollect memories about the acknowledged poet, theologian and teacher. Among others, Jaan Kaplinski, Vello Salo, Kalle Kasemaa, Hando Runnel, Andres Ehin, Ave Alavainu, Viivi Luik, Jaan Kiivit, Toomas Paul and Jaan Tooming share their memories and contemplate.
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Incipit Vita Nova

Original title: Incipit vita nova

1992 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Hardi Volmer

Father of a family went to carry out his refuse bin and found himself in some strange world,where striking things happened to him.

Father of a family went to carry out his refuse bin and found himself in some strange world,where striking things happened to him. Meanwhile this world virtually is a grotesque generalization of that mode of life which is all the time implated by mass media in a consumption society. Does this “new life“ convert the main hero of the film into a passive doll? The film is accomplished in amixed technique uniting both live actors and puppets.
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Uus koolivorm

1978 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Toivo Elme
Nõukogude Eesti

1965 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Aleksandr Mandrõkin