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8 Views of Lake Biwa

Original title: Biwa järve 8 nägu

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marko Raat

Eight lake views of the Japanese art tradition translated into the language of the longings and desires of Old Believers at Lake Peipus.

On the shimmering shores of Europe’s otherworldly edge, two teenage girls, Hanake and her best friend are discussing their first love interest while gazing out at yachts sailing to Kyoto. They whisper prayers and poems, the language of their longings. But the magic is fading in their isolated fishing village as they’re dealing with a recent disaster, with some indulging in erotic art, some in spiritual spells. It becomes clear that intimacy alone won’t help them process their loss. A deeply visceral tale illuminating the lives of a community who still believe that they are connected to the universe.
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Chainsaws Were Singing

Original title: Mootorsaed laulsid

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Sander Maran

Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer.

"Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer." Monty Python meets Texas Chainsaw meets... Les Misérables. Chainsaws Were Singing is an absolutely bonkers action-horror-musical-comedy B-movie epic from Estonia. Shot guerilla style in 2013, this true love letter to crowd-pleasing exploitation cinema then spent a modest 10 years in postproduction and was finally finished in 2024. Due to its explosive energy, over-the-top humor and freshness in the Estonian cinema landscape, it is a must-watch for anyone interested in exploring Estonian cinema.
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Jungle Law

Original title: Ääremängijad

2024 | Feature film, Short | Director: Madli Lääne

Three teenagers get caught up in an intense triangle and are taken over by instincts that are out of their control.

Three teenagers meet while hanging out at the seaside. They start to seduce and challenge each other to hide their own insecurities in this intense triangle. The playful provocation leads to humiliation and the inexperienced youngsters are taken over by instincts that are out of their control.
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Life and Love

Original title: Elu ja armastus

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Helen Takkin

In 1933, a young woman leaves her rural home to chase her dream of becoming a writer in the city. She takes a job as a maid for a middle-aged printing house owner who quickly starts pursuing her romantically. They marry, but his passionate declarations of love soon turn cold. As political tensions rise in the country, their love story unfolds in a divided society, revealing toxic behaviours and power games that start innocently but lead to dire consequences.
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Never Alone

Original title (in Finnish): Ei koskaan yksin

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

1942 in Helsinki. The state of Finland has made an alliance with Nazi Germany. One man alone is trying to stop the Finnish security services which were operating in secrecy, to turn over Jewish refugees into the hands of Gestapo.

As the shadow of the Second World War spreads over Central Europe, many Jews flee Hitler's tyranny, seeking sanctuary in distant lands. Some find themselves in Finland, hoping for a fresh start, but the tides of war pull Finland into an alliance with Nazi Germany. Suddenly, the safe haven is not so safe anymore. Amidst the rising tensions and palpable fear, a beacon of hope emerges. Abraham Stiller, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Helsinki and a philanthropist, stands tall. With a vibrant personality, booming voice, and an unwavering commitment to protecting the Jewish asylum seekers, he constantly reassures ...
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Quiet life

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Alexandros Avranas

Sweden, 2018. A mysterious syndrome affecting refugee children is sparking concerns among doctors and politicians. Sergei and Natalia have been forced to flee from their native country after an attack that almost took Sergei’s life. They have settled with their two young daughters in Sweden, waiting for the Migration Board to decide on their Asylum Application. They try their best to lead a normal life. They work hard, send their kids to Swedish school, learn the language, submitting themselves to regular inspections from the authorities and hoping that one day, they will be Swedish citizens. But when their asylum application ...
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Sauna Day

Original title: Sannapäiv

2024 | Feature film, Short | Director: Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash

Unspoken words echo in the darkness of the smoke sauna, where South Estonian men go after a hard day's work.

The film invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.
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The Missile

Original title (in Finnish): Ohjus

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Miia Tervo

Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina (28), a single mother drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border. A drama-comedy of personal and national borders and boundaries

Finnish Lapland, 1984. Niina, is a single mother of two children . After an absurd jumble of events, Niina ends up as an archiver in the local newspaper Niina hears an enormous bang from the sky – the radio says that the Soviet Union has shot a missile across the Finnish border to Inari: soon the whole village is filled with reporters from all over the world. Niina knows the area and its people, so she is drawn into the investigation of the missile incident and the threat of nuclear war. Niina meets Kai, a fighter pilot who knows ...
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Vari

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jaak Kilmi

Juhan Liiv, a financially struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the westernmost province of the Russian Empire in the 1890s.

Juhan Liiv, a financially struggling poet and an unlikely detective, solves gruesome murder cases in Estonia, the westernmost province of the Russian Empire in the 1890s. Investigations take him to the miserable dwellings of the local Estonian peasants, the luxurious castles of the Baltic German nobility now reluctantly serving the Russian Emperor, and to low-life dens in emerging urban jungles. Juhan is fighting crime and his own inner demons. His early stage of schizophrenia makes him suspicious of everyone and everything. In this semi-feudalistic world, he soon discovers that truth doesn’t always lead to justice, but perhaps his undying need ...
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Weight of Light

2024 | Feature film, Short | Director: Anna Hints

A teenage girl's eyes open up to the untold stories of women surrounding her, when she stumbles upon a photo camera on a vast garbage mountain in Delhi.

Surya, a teenage ragpicker, finds a camera on a huge garbage mountain in Delhi. The camera becomes her window to the untold stories of women surrounding her. The film walks the line between documentary and fiction and focuses on a community of garbage collectors who try to find their place in the world amidst garbage and scorching heat.
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