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Cultural Heroes: Losers

Original title in Estonian: "Kultuuriheerosed: Luuserid"

2018 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Helen Tammemäe

Students Tammemäe Helen and Marie-Helene Hazel broadcast "Losers" looks at the Estonian cultural space specific to the archetypal loser loser explains the nature.

“Cultural Heroes” is a documentary series about the common archetypes in Estonian culture that are seen in books, movies and TV-series. The pilot episode “Losers” focuses on the loser character that is quite commonly depicted in different Estonian movies throughout the time. The episode explains who losers are, their hopes, principles and place in today’s success-based society.
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Douchebags

Original title: Umbkotid

2012 | TV feature, TV feature | Director: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk
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Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

Original title: Surnuaiavahi tütar

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Katrin Laur

The feature film directed by Katrin Laur tells the story of a girl who grows up in a periphery of Estonia, in the middle of unemployment and alcoholism. Her parents are unable to lead a good life and without love, hope and grace their family would be broken.

Lucia leads a carefree life in a small town of Estonia but her grades at school are not that good so the teachers are worried. Lucia's father Kaido is a graveyard keeper and repairs cars in the meantime; her mother Maria has lost her job and since then been drinking with her unemployed friends. Neither of them has time to help Lucia with her school. The child protection inspector is about to check their case when the family is unexpectedly invited to visit a Finnish family. They spend a week with priest Sirpa's family after which Lucia will have a ...
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Unlucky Talisman

Original title (in Russian): "Талисман неудачи"

2009 | Students film, Short | Director: Jüri Muttika
The Undertaker

Original title: Surnumatja / The Undertaker

2005 | Feature film, Short | Director: Annaleena Piel Linna

Dark comedy directed by Annaleena Piel Linna about a man who hopes to make a fortune with a suicide bureau in a small town somewhere on the outskirts of the world.

Calvin is considering to commit a suicide but at the last moment he will get a better idea - to found a suicide bureau in a snowbound small town somewhere on the outskirts of the world. He hopes to make a fortune with his idea of selling suicides. Naturally, Calvin tries to avoid the suicide plans that are too common. The ideas he offers people for leaving this world are entirely unique and smashing, with the guarantee of making the client famous after death. Such ideas are worth lots of money. Calvin seems to be lucky – all of a ...
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A Living Force

Original title: Elav jõud

2003 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

Three men, three different stories about work and being lazy, dignity and despair, struggle for existence and self-pity in a ruthless society of success.

The humoristic documentary follows the struggle of three men, very different in their outlook on life: Georg – a loser, Peeter – an intellectual and Arto – a yuppie, all of them living in a society built on success and power. This is a film about work, indolence, dignity and despair.
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I am not a Tourist, I Live Here

Part 1 and 2

1988 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Urbla

The events of the film directed by Peeter Urbla take place in precapitalist Tallinn, among people who try to find their hearth and home.

This film is about one of the greatest social hotspots in Estonia during the Soviet times when apartments were given for free by the state, telling the story of a real estate agent and a homeless man. Mass immigration in 1944-1988 led to demographic conflict. Free apartments were mainly given to immigrants despite the fact that local people badly needed places of residence as well. They are not tourists, they live here, but they haven't got home.
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Cultural Heroes: Losers

Douchebags

Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

Unlucky Talisman

The Undertaker

A Living Force

I am not a Tourist, I Live Here