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Eyes of the Past

2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Polina Popova

Eyes of the Past seeks to explore what it means to be free – not only from physical barriers or societal expectations, but also from past burdens and inner demons.

After a decade of incarceration, Josh struggles to adjust to the newfound freedom that the world outside prison offers him. While he finds employment at a motel, he is haunted by the ghosts of his past. Emma, a young, carefree traveler staying in the motel, crosses paths with Josh, igniting a series of events driven by passion, paranoia, fear, and the inescapable weight of regret and past memories.
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What Would You Take?

Original title: Mille Sina võtaksid?

2023 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

Home. Your home. Your place. Your memories. Your belongings. In the blink of eye, it’s gone.

Home. Your home. Your place. Your memories. Your belongings. In the blink of eye, it’s gone. Stories of twelve people from Ukraine who suddenly had to leave their home, taking only the bare essentials and a cherished belonging that speaks to their life.
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Child’s play

Original title in Estonian: Lapsemäng

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Silver Õun

Two fathers teach their kids the great art of chopping wood. No one wants to take the blame when an accident occurs.

When dads leave their 6-year old sons unattended outside to chop the wood, an accident happens that no parents want to see. A finger is missing. But whose fault was it actually, nobody seems to know. As also the finger's location.
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Strawberry Shake

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Lou-Andrea Fiere

A thriller comedy about personal development.

When a robber at a petrol station seemingly kills the cashier on duty, he must try to hide his crime from a desperate customer who is on the verge of giving birth.
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Grass

Original title: Murust

2021 | Documentary | Director: Kaupo Kruusiauk

Film about grass.

The Estonian documentary by Kaupo Kruusiauk is about two families with opposing views on mowing grass and gardening. Larissa and Arvo Pajo live near Rapla. They value caring for your grass and garden and spend an average of two hours on their yard every day. Yardwork is central to their lives and seems to be the guardian of their relationship. Anne Roolaht and Harvi Varkki are jewelry designers who live in Merivälja. Their philosophy is to care for their grass as little as possible. Nature should be allowed to sprawl and develop on its own. Not mowing their grass also means that ...
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Come Out Sinner

2020 | Students film, Short | Director: Ksenia Buzhbetskaya

A psychological thriller for lovers mysterious and supernatural stories.

Desperate young man who was raised in the cult does a horrible mistake under the influence of religious organization. He tries to escape and make things right, but only brings more danger to innocent people.
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A Year Full of Drama

Original title: Aasta täis draamat

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.

Estonia is crazy about theatre. In October 2017 there's an announcement for a paid position to find someone who has never been to theatre before. The task – to watch and review every Estonian theatre production of 2018. From 450 job applicants 21-year-old small town girl Alissija is hired. Coming from the periphery and a Russian-speaking family, she knows nothing about performing arts, actors, nor has ever been to any of the theatre houses. To make the job logistically possible, she has to move to the capital of Tallinn. Months pass and there are shows that inspire and many more ...
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Guilt

Original title in Estonian: Süütunne

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Silver Õun

The film depicts an fictive interrogation scene in Estonia during the 1940s.

World War 2 – Estonia. The Soviet secret police interrogates a young man.
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Fire Lily

Original title: Tuliliilia

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Maria Avdjuško

Life finds a way.

The mystical drama thriller tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life, Pia learns the unknown but also finds her inner strength.
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1944

Original title: 1944

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

The film tells about the events during the war of 1944 in Estonia, viewed by the Estonians fighting at the Red Army and German Army.

The Battle of Tannenberg Line, often referred to as the Battle of the European SS. WWII.1944. The bloodiest conflict on the Eastern Front. Volunteer infantry battalions from Denmark, East Prussia, Flanders, Holland, Norway and Wallonia within the Waffen-SS fight off Soviet Army's thrust at Germany. Half of the SS infantry consists of local Estonian conscripts motivated to resist the looming Soviet re-occupation of their small country. Motivated until they meet their brothers in the Soviet Army. Men brought out of Siberian labour camps and now returning home. Today 70 years on, the makers of Estonia's biggest ever box-office success ...
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