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Feathers or Glamour

Original title: Suled või glamuur

2023 | Documentary | Director: Eva Kübar

How did an egg-centric rural bird, the chicken, become a trendy urban pet and what does she think about living in the city?

The apocalyptic tendencies of the first COVID wave in 2020 led hundreds of people living in urban settlements to start keeping chickens in their backyard. Following three different families in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, the documentary investigates how a chicken turned from egg-centric rural bird into a trendy urban pet. How does she feel in the City? Is chicken the new dog? Living beak to beak with humans has made chickens more self-aware, more individualistic and more human-like in every way. Weird accessories, bizarre glamorous events and uncommonly good living conditions now form a part of the urban chicken's everyday ...
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Under The Shade Of A Tree

Original title: Ühe puu varjus

2023 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

This film is an exploration of the challenges that Sabina and Jaco, a pluricultural couple, encounter in their search for happiness. It is a story of a faithful belief in love when bringing a baby into the world.

The film follows Estonian Jaco and Columbian Sabina as they prepare for the birth of their baby and adjust to their new life as parents. They met in the summer of 2020 and have not been apart ever since. In little over a year, they moved in together, visited Colombia, got pregnant and became parents. Sabina works in a tech start-up and wants to keep doing experimental film and photography. Jaco works as a grave digger and wants to study landscaping. Their biggest dream is to live in a small cottage in the countryside, growing their garden and be close ...
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Miriam at the Lakeside

Original title: Miriam järve ääres

2017 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt, Sergei Kibus

Fear makes the wolf bigger than it is.

All the family is outing at the lake – tents, BBQ, swimming, sunbathing... just name it. After an active day everybody is in sleep, only Hen can’t sleep. He takes a walk outside and hears there a lot of frightning sounds and sees eyes burning in the dark. Hen grabs the camera to make pictures of the creatures around her. In the morning everybody can see who Hen was really afraid of...
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Miriam’s Hen’s Dream

Original title: Miriami kana unistus

2016 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Andres Tenusaar

On a rainy autumn day Father and Little Brother are building a plane, Miriam is watching a picture book about southern countries, Hen is dreaming about flying away to the south – just as the cranes in the autumn sky. When the rain is over everybody goes with Mother to the park, to rake the fallen leaves. Even there Hen is exited about flying to the south, she climbs on top of the birch tree and tries to fly but falls into the pile of leaves... Little Brother proposes his toy plane, Father throws it into the air but even ...
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Hunger Week

Original title (in Estonian): "Näljanädal"

2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Rein Zobel

Young recruit Vilbe finds himself in a secluded forest with a distinct group of guys with different backgrounds. Their task is seemingly simple - survive!
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Miriam’s Stray Dog

Original title: Miriami kodutu koer

2015 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Andres Tenusaar

Miriam and her family are building a snowman. There is a stray dog watching them to do it and who definitely likes the snowman very much.

Miriam and her family are building a snowman. There is a stray dog watching them to do it and who definitely likes the snowman very much. The dog won't leave, though it is very cold. The children bring him inside and construct a nice place from paper-boxes. Hen is the only one who does not share the joy of all others. And the Hen is the one who faces the most anxious moments. The dog's owner shows up in the morning and we shall find out the reason the dog loved the snowman so much. Finally even the Hen relents.
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Miriam's Kite

Original title: Miriami tuulelohe

2013 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

The hen enjoys playing around with kites.

The hen enjoys playing around with kites. When Miriam has no more time for it, the hen convinces the little brother to go along. But the kite is too big for little brother and it flies him up to a treetop. Miriam and the hen need to act fast to get him down. As joint effort it works.
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Miriam's Food Processor

Original title: Miriami köögikombain

2012 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Andres Tenusaar

Miriam is in the kitchen, making a milkshake with the food processor.

Miriam is in the kitchen, making a milkshake with the food processor. The chicken, too is interested in the appliance, but keeps pressing wrong buttons and finally it crashes on the floor. As Miriam is busy ironing, the chicken starts fixing the food processor herself. It seems to work. Later mother wants to use it, but the appliance has gone berserk. I turns out that the chicken has climbed into it.
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Miriam's Green Spots

Original title: Miriami rohelised täpid

2012 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Priit Tender

Little brother falls ill and gets all of the attention and care of the rest of the family.

Little brother falls ill and gets all of the attention and care of the rest of the family. Miriam feels unhappy. In the end she cannot think of anything else besides painting the spots of the illness on her own face. The chicken is definitely involved, and experiences analogous emotions to Miriam’s.
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Jolly Old Farts

Original title: Emumäe Eedi ja Lobi küla Kristjan

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

A portrait of two ageing cinema professionals who find motivation to live through endless quarrelling and challenging each other.

An old film director and a cameraman share a secret - when out of work you'll have to have fun and turn your own life into a film. And who would be a better partner than an old colleague and a friend. Their endless quarreling is typical to Estonians - one constantly tries to outdo another.
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