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Madwomen - to be a sparrow not a canary

Original title: Varblane, mitte kanaarilind

2023 | Other categories, Experimental | Director: Sten Haljak, Johannes Lõhmus

An experimental found footage melodrama composed entirely out of film footage shot in Soviet Estonia from 1960 until 1969.

A housewife confronts situations to which no sane response exists... The film is an experimental found footage melodrama composed entirely out of film footage shot in Soviet Estonia from 1960 until 1969. An experimental collage creating an alternative narrative to the storylines in the animations, documentaries and feature films of that time period.
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Kratt

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rasmus Merivoo

Two city kids, zero smartphones, one village. When left at Granny’s the siblings find an instruction on how to build a devilish creature. The only missing puzzle is one soul...

When children are left at Grandma's without smartphones they’re bored to tears. That is until Granny finds them loads to do. She also tells them about a magical creature named KRATT that’ll do whatever its master says. When they stumble upon an instruction on how to build one they don’t hesitate. All they have to do now is to buy a soul from the devil...
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The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

Original title: Põrgu Jaan

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaur Kokk

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Lao-Zi.

Somewhere in Estonia at the beginning of the 18th century, after ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore. He’s disheveled and comatose. They take him to the local manor lord and bring him back to consciousness. When he opens his eyes, he realizes that he can’t remember who he is or how he got there. He’s just as much a stranger to himself as to the people around him. By force of circumstance, he must stay ...
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November

2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

Visual fairy tale for adults directed by Rainer Sarnet. The feature film combines black comedy and romance.

"November" is based on Estonian novel "Rehepapp" by Andrus Kivirähk, a bestseller of the last twenty years. The film is a mixture of magic, black humor and romantic love. The story is set in a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam. The villagers' main problem is how to survive the cold, dark winter. And, to that aim, nothing is taboo. People steal from each other, from their German manor lords, and from spirits, the devil, and Christ. To guard their souls, they'll give them away to thieving creatures made of wood and metal called kratts, who ...
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Underwater Flights

Original title: Allveelennud

2012 | Feature film, Short | Director: Jaak Kilmi

Film consisting of ten parts about the events in the history of Estonian aviation and shipping in 1820–1938.

The stories of the ten short film narrations take place during about one hundred years in Estonia – the first story in 1820, the last one in 1938. This was the era when first aircrafts were invented, first submarines started to ride under water, zeppelins threw bombs and children collected scrap metal for submarines. There was no money, but there was will! Crazy times, creative people. All stories have been told by different historical or fictive characters related to the first ones. These characters present their stories through private letters, diary entries, intelligence reports or bed-time stories, everyone in their own ...
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Jaan from Hell

Original title in Estonian: Põrgu Jaan

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Kaur Kokk
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Narva kosk I seeria

1988 | TV feature, TV feature, Series | Director: Ago-Endrik Kerge
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Narva kosk II seeria

1988 | TV feature, TV feature, Series | Director: Ago-Endrik Kerge
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Filmikroonika

1930-1940 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1912-1940 I half | Director:
Law of the First Night (Jus Primae Noctis)

Original title: Esimese öö õigus

1925 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Balduin Kusbock

Silent film directed by Balduin Kusbock is a contemporary love story taking place during the times of slavery in Estonia. Slave girl Linda is taken to the manor house straight from her wedding according to the medieval law of the first night. The groom has to fight for the dignity of his bride.

Helja, an Estonian woman, and his British groom John have met during the Estonian War of Independence. They hear from an old professor of an old folk tale about the dark past of Estonia. Estonian pageboy Mangu who works at von Sternhell's manor proposes a pretty slave girl Linda. However, von Sternhell gives orders to steal the bride right in the middle of the wedding. She will be taken to von Sternhell's castle according to the brutal middle-age custom – the law of the first night. Together with fellow villagers, Mangu gets into a desperate battle with the noblemen in ...
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