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Nightingale

Original title: Ööbik

2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.

Autumn 1944 in Tallinn, Estonia; German forces retreat as the Russian army settles in. Young soldier Aleksei is sent from the frontline to work in a prison filled with Estonian political prisoners. While doing his rounds at night Aleksei is stirred by the beautiful voice of Saale, an Estonian girl singing to the prisoners from the other side of the prison walls. He learns that the Russian military police plans on capturing Saale; Aleksei must risk his own safety to warn her before it is too late.
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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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Melchior the Apothecary. The Ghost

Original title: Apteeker Melchior. Viirastus

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

In the second film of medieval thriller, the night watchman is frightened by a terrible ghost - the tragically drowned daughter of a rich merchant.

In the second film of medieval thriller, the night watchman is frightened by a terrible ghost - the tragically drowned daughter of a rich merchant. In the morning, the guard has fallen to death from a high tower and several more people lose their lives in suspicious accidents. Investigating these events, Melchior's paths cross with a prostitute, a priest, a foreign artist and a mad heretic. The clues take him to the Pirita Convent, which gloomy vaults hide a dangerous secret buried in oblivion. At the same time, Melchior is troubled by the question of why his beloved Keterlyn suddenly breaks ...
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Minsk

2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Boris Guts

Minsk. August 2020. Pavel and Julia, a young couple, go out at night…During 1,5 hours, their life changes completely.

Pavel and Julia, a young couple living in Minsk suburbs. They recently got married, got a mortgage for an apartment, and now are planning to have a baby. After sex, laying in bed in their cozy apartment, they discuss their coming future, recall how they met each other, joke and have fun. Couple goes out at night, to check Pavel’s ex-wife’s, Tanya’s car. During the walk, they end up in the middle of protests of the civilian population, which came out against the unfair presidential elections. Tanya, participates in these protests. Pavel tries to contact her, but her phone is ...
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Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Original title in Russian: Капитан Волконогов бежал

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov

Captain Fyodor Volkonogov, a well-respected and obedient USSR law enforcer, witnesses his peers being suspiciously questioned. Sensing his turn is approaching, he escapes and is soon on the run, hunted by his former colleagues. Vulnerable and hopeless, Fyodor comes to realize what he had been part of, and that repentance is the only way for him to escape the eternal torment of Hell. But time is running out and the manhunt is closing in on him...

The events of this parable take place in a city that resembles Leningrad (USSR) in 1938. This is a tense period of political persecutions and mass fear. The Captain of the Department of Internal Affairs Fyodor Volkonogov (32) specializes in obtaining self-incrimination from persons under investigation using special methods of force. But the moment comes for the repressive system to turn the eye on its own soldiers. Volkonogov’s direct supervisor commits suicide. Fyodor foresees his own arrest and flees, thus becoming “the enemy” hunted by the colleagues. Lucky to get regular clothes Captain is looking for the shelter ...
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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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Shopping

2019 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Katariina Aule

Film student Katariina Aule's short film tells a story about a murderer's shopping trip to a hardware store.

Valeria uses her imagination to help her pick out the right tools at the hardware store.
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The Eternal Road

Original title in Finnish: Ikitie

2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Antti-Jussi Annila

Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival.

During the 1930s great depression Stalin invites all the workers of the world to come build a new society based on justice, equality and freedom. More than 10.000 Americans answers this call. One of them is Jussi Ketola, an American with Finnish origins. However, the dream of a communistic paradise is quickly shattered when Jussi is harassed by fascist thugs on one side and the Soviet secret police on the other. Despite the many challenges Jussi manages to settle down in the community and build a family, but as the political climate changes the foreigners become unwanted elements in Stalin’s ...
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The Days That Confused

Original title (in Estonian): Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Triin Ruumet

The Days that Confused is a story of a young man trying to make sense of life in the summer heat of late 1990s in Estonia.

The 27-year- old protagonist Allar moves from one provincial party to another, meeting colorful characters and finding himself in evermore confusing circumstances. The amounting tension and absurdity of surrounding events lead Allar to give serious thought to his life. What follows is a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia to finally discover meaning in oneself.
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Kid Detectives And The Secret Of The White Lady

Original title: Väikelinna detektiivid ja Valge Daami saladus

2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

An adventurous suspense film directed by René Vilbre where four kids start to investigate the case of rare clocks stolen from an antique shop.

Four kids – Markus, Emilia, Rosanna and Karl – spend together their summer holiday in a sleepy resort town Haapsalu. The holiday has had a boring start but suddenly things take an unexpected turn and the four friends find themselves in the middle of a huge adventure. The stolen clocks from the local antique shop, presence of famous photographer Stig Velson in Haapsalu and the historical events that took place in the local bishop's castle in 15th century – all this might be connected. The four novice detectives have to solve a complicated mystery of clock robbery and to find ...
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