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Sauna Day

Original title: Sannapäiv

2024 | Short, Feature film | 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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That’s How It Is

Original title: Nii ta on

2024 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Toomla

The documentary feature takes the audience into the world of men living in rural Estonia, showing us the simple joys and sorrows of their everyday life.

The documentary feature takes the audience into the world of men living in rural Estonia, showing us the simple joys and sorrows of their everyday life. How does the former pig farmer Janek raise his four sons, or what does Meelis, the owner of a small town nursing home, dream about? How does forester Rein find a new spark in life in the game of darts, and farmer Eku in potato planting? Does septic tank servicer Kaido have any regrets in life, and how often does he bring flowers to his wife? Does hobby inventor Juss see God in the ...
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Sauna bliss

Original title in Estonian: Sauna õndsus

2023 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Kamilla Abdullajeva

Documentary shows a couples sauna ritual and shows the importances of the ritual. Sauna master gave an interview, in which she talks in more detail about the ritual and the couple does the sauna ritual, guided by sauna master, in Iglupark.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Original title: Savvusanna sõsarad

2023 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.

A deeply moving, intimate and breathtaking approach to issues of trauma, healing, and community. In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.
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Nightbird

Original title in Estonian: Öölind

2022 | Short, Students film | Director: Dora Lall

Dora Lall's graduation film about love and letting go despite it.

Nightbird is Simona’s relationship journey with her emotionally unavailable partner, Tomas, who experiments with multiple side-relationships. Despite their love for each-other, Simona’s trust in Tomas starts to crumble when he stays overnight with another woman for the first time. To understand Tomas’s point of view, Simona takes a step she didn’t think she was capable of.
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Olevik

2021 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Johan Huimerind

Johan Huimerinna's short documentary talks about being alone in the middle of nature, silence and noise.

In the time of social distancing, we find ourselves at Oleviks place, for whom being alone is an everyday thing. A dialogue of the nature, the silence, the noise and the human itself who is surrounded by all of that
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The Gardener Of Tension Fields

Original title: Pingeväljade aednik

2021 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Joosep Matjus, Katri Rannastu

Estonian well known writer Mehis Heinsaar has seven encounters during his journey in the wilderness, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of the writer.

The main character of the film is the mysterious writer Mehis Heinsaar, a creator who likes to travel in his inner psychogeography. The writer is surrounded by unusual and meaningful nature, he can speak the language of animals and birds and see the invisible to the naked eye. The writer strives for wide meadows through a wild thicket, and those multi-day hikes he calls the pilgrimages of a poor man. The wanderer has seven encounters along the way, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of Mehis Heinsaar.
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The Tour of Dreams

Original title: Unistus Ameerika tuurist

2021 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Taavi Arus

When no public recognition at home, a gospel band Robirohi plans the tour to the source of gospel music, to perform at the halls of fame in Kentucky, USA.

This documentary is a film about bluegrass, gospel and god, in one of the most secular countries in the world. "Robirohi" is not a very well known band in Estonia. Most of their concerts are held in churches and congregations, their soulful music gets little plays on non-christian radio stations. Nearly all band members have felt enlightenment: "It is as if a warm wave of light passes through all your body". All members but one. The band would love to be famous one day – but is gospel the right path to take? They book their dream tour to America, ...
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Cerberus

2020 | Short, Feature film | Director: Kaspar Ainelo

When truth goes missing, lies start to grow, leaving no room for miracles to be born. An ode to the post-truth world. A short film directed by Kaspar Ainelo about a lost dog, a crime and victims.

Meelis, a modern countryman in search of his lost dog, comes upon a village where a mysterious crime has taken place. While trying to figure out the truth behind the strange events, a growing suspicion tempts to claim another victim.
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Ruhnu reis ehk Eesti saare eripära

2020 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego