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Hell's Stoker

Original title: Põrgu katlakütja

2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kullar Viimne

It is impossible for a man who has been in the war to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in his dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them.

A portrait film about Seaküla Simson, one of the sculptors with the best sense of form in Estonia. It is impossible for a man who went through the war in Afghanistan to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them. The documentary captures the essence of the artist, the creative process and methods, and its fusion into a single whole. The film opens the soul, inner honesty and sincerity of the creator and shows the sculptures and objects through an ...
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Hippodrome

Originaalpealkiri: Hipodroom

2021 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vladimir Loginov

An ode to a faded jewel in the heart of the Estonian capital – Tallinn Hippodrome. Once a majestic racecourse track, all that is left is a lonely horse stable. Today it has become a social club for bizarre parties, engagement photo sessions and a home for young girls and old men taking care of the remaining racehorses.

Located in the heart of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, the Hippodrome used to be the centre of entertainment for all its neighbouring countries. For nearly 100 years, it has lured visitors with bets and races, and the chance to try their luck with the totalisator. All that remains today of this majestic racecourse is a lonely horse stable. Now it is more of a social club than a prestigious racetrack. Animal lovers and sports fans still meet here despite the poor conditions. Bizarre parties and engagement photo sessions are held at the Hippodrome, and this is where the best Swedish ...
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Damascus Steel

Original title: Damaskus

2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaan Kolberg, Jaanus Kulli

A blacksmith battling a severe disease begins the last great job of his life - the creation of a sword made of Damascus steel.

The film's main character is Taimo Kõrvermaa, a blacksmith nicknamed Sepa Tom (Tom Blacksmith), who is also called Damascus as he is one of few craftsmen in Estonia who has the skills for forging a sword made of Damascus steel. The foundation of the film is the blacksmith creating a sword, ordered by the Estonian Neopagans, from beginning to end. In parallel, we will explore the life of the smith, who grew from a thieving orphanage child into a craftsman.
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The Otepää Gonne

Original title: Otepää püss

2008 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

Archaeologist Jaak Mäll decides to reconstruct a firearm dating back to 14th century. He uses medieval skills and technology in doing that.

The fragments of the oldest firearm known from Estonia were found during the archaeological excavations of the Otepää castle in 1955 but identified as such only in the late 1980s. In this film the "handgonne" from Otepää is brought back to life by archaeologist Jaak Mäll - re-fabricated using mediaeval technologies and trial-shot with gunpowder made according the recipes from the early 15th century.
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The Border of Human

Original title: Inemiste piir

2005 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aivo Spitsonok, Vahur Laiapea

How people live in the intersection of the borders of Estonia, Latvia and Russia?

There is one point where the borders of the Republic of Estonia, Republic of Latvia and Russian Federation meet. This is where the filmmakers start their journey. The residents of the villages by the state border get along well, on both sides of the border people have only kind words for their neighbours. Estonians, Latvians, Russians talk about their lives: Estonians living in Estonia, those living in Latvia, those living in the intersection of the state borders, Russians who can speak both Latvian and Estonian, residents of Mehka area, Estonians living in Korneti village in Latvia and Estonians living in ...
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The Warlord

Original title: Sõjapealik

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Riho Västrik
An Invitation to the Eternal City

Original title: Kutse igavesse linna

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

An hour with the amazingly multifaceted Einar Laigna, who clearly and emphatically discusses life’s basic values with the viewer, at a time when ethics tend to be lost from our lives. And thus, the message that he sends to Estonians and other people who love their land is that today is more important than ever before.

Einar Laigna (1937) is a multifaceted man with an aristocratic attitude. He can be called a philosopher, a cultural historian, a theologian, a military historian, a soldier and a blacksmith. Laigna sincerely talks about himself and his development as a personality. His comprehensive monologue expresses self-confidence and total self-assurance. As the chief inspector of Estonian defence army, Laigna positions himself between the attitudes of a soldier, a priest, a philosopher, a wizard, a king and an artisan while defining the world and himself.
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The Island

Original title: Saar

1999 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Jaan Tätte

Vilsandi is one of the least accessible islands in Estonia and life on that island requires extreme patience and stamina. The forced "imprisonment" caused by ice and bad weather conditions may last up to half a year. The film shows the effect of this on human behaviour, thinking and perception of time. We are interested in the human being and his sense of time. These are people from a remote corner of Estonia, people with their own lives and dreams. The film shows the life of the Vilsandi people during the late autumn and early winter period... A continuum of ...
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Master and Slave

Original title: Isand ja ori

1992 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Enn Säde

Documentary dedicated to the memory of Jüri Müür. The film about how the master of land - the farmer – becomes the slave of land.

The documentary has documented rural life in Estonia in 1991 "from the idyllic to the idiotic" when there was no Land Reform Act. Restoring farms have started on the level of instincts, with unpolished legislation and without the new land readjustment. Perhaps just based on the farmer's sense of mission ... The filmmakers introduce three new farmers who try to build their homes without much thinking of their health.
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Seppade säru

1988 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ain Suurhans