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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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The most beautiful smile in the world

2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Sophia Albrecht

Short film about Viktor, a boy who is on the verge of death in a train wagon and finds a new will to live through his young love for a strange girl.

Through the advice of an old man and against all odds, he finds ways to communicate with Alma. Being in love makes him forget about all the horror and deteriorating conditions in the wagon for the duration of the journey. It's about how love can give you a sense of purpose in the darkest moments of life, providing hope and strength for what lies ahead, even if only for a brief time.
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Top 10 Things To See

Original title: 10 ainulaadset paika, mida kindlasti külastada

2024 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mihkel Reha

): Gather at 11:00 in front of the ship. Guided tour in the Old Town. Departure.

Something large and dark arrives in the seaside old town. A summer storm? No, it’s a gigantic cruise ship filled with curious tourists. So much to see — so little time! The magnificent Old Town with ten world-famous attractions. How many of them can you recognize? The group is led by a local guide. Tighten your sandal straps — narrow cobblestone streets await.
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Trapped

2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Sonya Aleksandrova

A thriller set in Poland in the 50s.

A chambermaid accidentally finds out a horrible truth about one of the guests, who hides his idenVty and is being prosecuted by the police. Instead of being a silent witness, she decides to take the guest’s fate in her own hands. “Execute or pardon?” - that is the hard choice she needs to make.
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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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Crispy Fries

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Lucia Deuerling

In the cold winter months of Estonia, two very unlikely people find together. A young traveler, dreaming of distant, sunny lands and an old Estonian woman disillusioned by life.

In the cold winter months of Estonia, two very unlikely people find together. David is a young traveler, a street musician, dreaming of the distant, sunny lands of Hawaii. While in Estonia, he meets Gerda. She is an older woman that runs a late night snack stand, selling hotdogs and fries and disillusioned by life itself. Can she rediscover her dreams with the help of the young spirit, or will he suffer the same fate?
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1000

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Nevena Semova

An absurd drama about the cemetery administrator Riina, who is preparing to bury the 1000th corpse.

Riina, an ambitious graveyard manager, prepares to bury her record-setting 1000th body, when an unexpected revelation about the deceased ruins her plans and chances to achieve her corporate target.
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4:20AM

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Yessine Youssef

A story of a man who is living in a foreign country struggling to sleep and willing to do anything on order to get weed to help him sleep.

A story of a man who lives in a country where people don’t really speak english. Estonians speak Estonian and Russians only Russian. It is a struggle between them to understand each other but you can only imagine what it is like to a expect. The man is an outsider and he struggles with sleeping. He is on a mission to find weed to help him sleep and on that journey many unexpected things happen and unexpected friendships occur.
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Anacrusis

Original title in Estonian: Eeltakt

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Desiree Talv

The story is about an old gentleman named Väino, who holds the position of choir director. The story unfolds in next five months, as he and his choir aspire to a singing party, which means preparation for the pre-contest. However, this journey takes a turn when he begins to experience episodes of memory loss that put him in sad and comical situations. Väino finds himself in a moment where the people surrounding him know him, but he no longer knows them.

The movie tells about an old man's five-month journey. Väino is a charismaRc man whose passion has been music his whole life. He is a choir director in a local small town choir and is preparing for a choral recital before a Estonian song fesRval. Whilst Väino is usually always at the top of his work, then now, aler the deepening demenRa caused by old age, things have gone downhill. Aler the death of someone close to him, Väino’s condiRon is worse than ever. However, his everyday life takes a turn when he experiences episodes of memory loss, which puts ...
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Dark Paradise

Original title: Tume paradiis

2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Triin Ruumet

After her daddy’s death, Karmen commits an atrocious act against her half-brother and must now face the dark void of the universe, which can only be filled with love

A “poignant tale about Millennials” that follows a 27-year-old woman called Karmen. She discovers that her recently buried father was actually wallowing in debt and her whole life has been one big lie. When Karmen’s life free of responsibility starts to collapse, she takes out her feelings on her brother Viktor by disfiguring his face. At the center of the film is a hedonistic lifestyle and the nihilistic search for love and intimacy.
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