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  • Madleen
    Madleen

    2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Kasesalu

    Film student Maria Kasesalu's short documentary follows acting student Madleen Maria Kirja's preparation for the course production "Sinilind" where she plays the role of Fairy.

  • Under The Shade Of A Tree
    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.

  • Estonian Rhapsody
    Estonian Rhapsody

    Original title: Kukerpillide rapsoodia

    2022 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Raimo Jõerand

    A film about the Estonians’ favorite folk band Kukerpillid and its spirited journey through the summer concert venues of Estonia, with interludes to the roots of Estonian folkmusic.

  • Vinyl Whisperer
    Vinyl Whisperer

    Original title: Muusika, mida ma veel ei tea

    2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aleksandr Heifets

    Music, that Shazam doesn’t know and Spotify can’t find.

  • Half Dreaming
    Half Dreaming

    Original title: Sueño

    2020 | Students film, Animation | Director: Maria Rakitina

    A boy wakes up into the night and notices the feather on his pillow and also he finds the hole in the pillow. The dream starts, where he is a participant with the naked birds around him. 

  • Moon
    Moon

    Original title: Mond

    2020 | Students film, Animation, Music video | Director: Maria Saveleva, Katya Mikheeva, Owl Vel

    Moon flow. Animated music video.

  • Rauaniit
    Rauaniit

    2020 | Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

    To create a new, you have to give up the old. As a result of the dust, physical and dirty work of construction workers the building of the former textile factory Rauaniit gives birth to a modern Art Academy.

  • A Man From A Fairytale
    A Man From A Fairytale

    Original title: Mees muinasjutust

    2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

    The end of one act is the beginning of another. The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes.

  • Celebration
    Celebration

    Original title: Prazdnik

    2019 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

    For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.

  • Duet
    Duet

    Original title in Estonian: Duett

    2019 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Teresa Juksaar

    Film student Teresa Juksaare’s short film “Duet” tells a story about human envy, which is carried through acrobat Karmen who is incapable of coming to terms with the superiority of her competitor and teammate Veera. This makes her take desperate and life threatening measures outside the practice training, which leads her to the discovery that the rivalry between them is part of the groundsel of competitive sport .

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