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Easter! at Billnäs Chocolate Factory

2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Jay Ngo

Billnäs Chocolate Factory is an independent business headed by French entrepreneur Gerald Coniel. As the name implies, it specializes in artisan chocolate products and is located in the idyllic village of Billnäs, Finland. In April 2023, Gerald Coniel is tasked with organizing the first ever Easter Egg Hunt for the area’s 200+ resident families. With the help of his small team, he must produce and hide over 900+ chocolate eggs for the event. Will this Easter at Billnäs Chocolate Factory be a success?

French Chocolatier Gerald Coniel takes on his first community challenge after 1.5 years of running his independent chocolate factory in the remote Finnish village of Billnäs: preparing and organizing the first ever Chocolate Easter Egg Hunt for the area’s 200+ resident families.
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Scissors

Original title: Käärid

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margus Talvik

Young woman meets different kinds of men in her own built van, where she serves as a barber in every part of Estonia.

Although Teresa Liivak has settled down nine different places, she calls a white Ford Transit her real home. Teresa rebuilt her van to be a barbershop on wheels. On her journey she meets most different kinds of men. If you have all the freedom in the world, then you must take action to make the most of it.
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Chasing Unicorns

Original title: Ükssarvik

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

Based on true stories, this is comedy-drama about a female founder trying to make it in a male-dominated tech world. Õie, an accountant from a small town accidentally stumbles into the tech scene of her home-country Estonia — a place where startups are a “national sport” and almost everyone has one. She is joined by a serial failure Tõnu, who is always trying one more time. Fast-paced and fun movie, based on true stories of startup founders, gives an authentic picture of the highs and lows of the crazy tech world, from Estonia to Silicon Valley — and back.
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Snowbirds

Original title: Kliimapagulased

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Uppin, Robi Uppin

Ave Nahkur, the author of the Ladies of Our Village (Meie Küla Eided) picture series, decides to make a change in her life and move from her home village in Estonia to one of the Spain's Canary Islands. The documentary tries to find out how difficult it is to leave all familiar paths in one's homeland and whether this decision can be right at all.

The Ladies of Our Village (Meie Küla Eided) picture series have made Ave Nahkur one of the best known naivist artists in her homeland. For years she and her partner Imre have run an art café in Raudoja and been active in the field of tourism and art. Lively and straightforward Ave hates cold and dark winter and the depression that comes with it. At one moment things have gone so bad that she decides to make a turn in her life and move to a mountain village in La Gomera, one of the Spain's Canary Islands. Making a new ...
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India - On its Way Up

Title in Estonian: India - teel tippu

2016 | Documentary, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Gert Kark

Documentary introducing the accomplishments of the development activities of information technology in India through which the country attempts to get rid of poverty.

India is still a home country for one-third poorest people in the world. However, through the development of information technology the country attempts to get rid of this status. The upheaval that has taken place during the past twenty years is explained to the viewers by the famous IT-gurus in India. These guys have founded businesses in India such as Infosys and Genpact. According to the author Eeva Esse, the main message of the film is that contributing to the development of information technology is always a good idea and information technology can largely improve the lives of those who ...
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Three Jewels

Original title in Estonian: Kolm juveeli

2016 | Documentary, Anthropological, Students film, TV Show, TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Gerli Nõmm

Documentary tells the story of three women from different generations who all have dedicated their lives to the most ancient and endangered Cambodian art forms – Smot chanting.

Documentary film „Three Jewels“ tells the story about hopes and dreams of three Cambodian women of different generations. They are all connected by the same passion – the passion for traditional Khmer dharma chanting/Smot chanting. Our main character Srey Oun is a 35-year-old woman who has stayed single, and given up her dream of studying traditional music in Phnom Penh, to stay with her old parents and help them with backbreaking household works. 25 year-old Srey Pov, on the other hand, has it all – she is a famous Smot chanter and owns a business that enables her to support ...
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The Gummybear

Original title: Kummikaru

2009 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Indrek Simm
Ten patriotic speeches

Original title: Kümme isamaa kõnet

2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Valentin Kuik

Documentary about Ants Paju's long-time dream to erect a statue of plowing Kalevipoeg in Põltsamaa. His dream comes true thanks to his extraordinary perseverance and donations by numerous people.

Ants Paju is about to fulfill his long-time dream to erect a statue of plowing Kalevipoeg in memory of all farmers and for uniting Estonian people with their country and the past. The monumental sculpture on the 127th kilometre on Tallinn-Tartu road is Ants's gift to his fatherland and his nation. On one hand, the documentary is a portrait of a man who fulfills his dream, on the other hand the film generalizes the difficulties of carrying out such a monumental project. Ants Paju's exuberant energy has attracted numerous donators, people from the field of culture and loca government, sportsmen ...
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Casting

Original title: Casting

2006 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

Ken Saar holds a casting call in order to find main stars for a non-existent Bollywood film, befooling the jury and the participants.

Scandalous TV producer Ken Saan works on a new reality TV series "Bollywood" where the grand prix for the participants will be the main character in a real Bollywood feature film. During four days, Ken together with the jury (Andrus Vaarik, Anne Veski, Maria Rahula, Mr Triphati, the Indian ambassador in Estonia) look for the partipants for the new programme in various places in Estonia. The documentary that looks like a funny road movie won't reveal the borders between the real and the fictional world.
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The Leigo Lakes

Original title: Leigo järved

2002 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Sööt

Documentary by Andres Sööt about Tõnu Tamm, owner of a tourism farm and a concert promoter.

The documentary has followed Tõnu Tamm's activities during two years during which he as the owner of Leigo farm has supported organizing summer concerts in the summer of 2001 and designed the beautiful landscape around the lakes of his farm. The laconic documentary portrait with scarce details about a seemingly effortless entrepreneur who creates large-scale visions and puts them into practice with the help of a few men and an excavator. He himself takes fully part of the hard work. Tamm's dream is to unite nature and music. As an Estonian, he is typically stubborn and persevering and needs ...
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