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The Missile

Original title (in Finnish): Ohjus

2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Miia Tervo

Christmas is-a-jingling to Lapland in 1984. Niina (28), a single mother drifts into the middle of an international missile crisis in Inari when the Soviet Union shoots a missile across the Finnish border. A drama-comedy of personal and national borders and boundaries

Finnish Lapland, 1984. Niina, is a single mother of two children . After an absurd jumble of events, Niina ends up as an archiver in the local newspaper Niina hears an enormous bang from the sky – the radio says that the Soviet Union has shot a missile across the Finnish border to Inari: soon the whole village is filled with reporters from all over the world. Niina knows the area and its people, so she is drawn into the investigation of the missile incident and the threat of nuclear war. Niina meets Kai, a fighter pilot who knows ...
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YO Teacher

2024 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Adell Vachugova

The short film by film student Adell Vachugova tells the story of the double life of teachers.

Yo Teacher is the project about “boring”, “strict”, “living 24/7 at school” teachers who erase stereotypes about their profession with a wet rag and boldly show themselves, sharing their hobbies and passions outside the school, which society often does not associate with the established image of a teacher.
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Birthday

Original title: Sünnipäev

2023 | Other categories | Director: Maria Uppin, Robi Uppin

If fear and anticipation could kill...

A short film about a man who finds a mysterious envelope on his dining table that tells him to stay at home.
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Poop, Spring and the Others: Meatballs and Dumplings

Original title: Frikadellid ja pelmeenid

2023 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Heiki Ernits, Meelis Arulepp

The parable about human relations, differences and misunderstandings.

Meatballs live in their box in the refrigerator, and anything outside of that is forbidden and terrifying. In their opinion, the main threat in the outside world are mythical dumplings that no one has ever seen. But it just so happens that the two meatballs embark on an adventurous voyage of discovery outside the box. By the end of the journey, the world has changed not only for them, but also for all the other meatballs living in the box. And even better.
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What Would You Take?

Original title: Mille Sina võtaksid?

2023 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

Home. Your home. Your place. Your memories. Your belongings. In the blink of eye, it’s gone.

Home. Your home. Your place. Your memories. Your belongings. In the blink of eye, it’s gone. Stories of twelve people from Ukraine who suddenly had to leave their home, taking only the bare essentials and a cherished belonging that speaks to their life.
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Summertime

Original title: Veel üks peatus

2022 | Documentary | Director: Marje Tõemäe

This is a film about opportunities and choices, about fears and loneliness, about freedom and love. This is a story of one generation; a film about growing up. It is a sequel to a documentary "The Time Is Now" made 12 years ago, when we watched Karit, Doris, Fred and Joonas during their first year in school.

Karit, Doris, Joonas and Fred are graduating from high school and making their first steps towards independent life. There are so many opportunities and sometimes making choices can be difficult. The situation in the world is setting various challenges. There are many ongoing conflicts and the Covid situation is only magnifying them. But even in this situation one should stay young and enjoy being alive. This is a film about opportunities and choices, about fears and loneliness, about freedom and love. This is a story of one generation; a film about growing up. The film is a sequel to a documentary ...
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Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Original title in Russian: Капитан Волконогов бежал

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov

Captain Fyodor Volkonogov, a well-respected and obedient USSR law enforcer, witnesses his peers being suspiciously questioned. Sensing his turn is approaching, he escapes and is soon on the run, hunted by his former colleagues. Vulnerable and hopeless, Fyodor comes to realize what he had been part of, and that repentance is the only way for him to escape the eternal torment of Hell. But time is running out and the manhunt is closing in on him...

The events of this parable take place in a city that resembles Leningrad (USSR) in 1938. This is a tense period of political persecutions and mass fear. The Captain of the Department of Internal Affairs Fyodor Volkonogov (32) specializes in obtaining self-incrimination from persons under investigation using special methods of force. But the moment comes for the repressive system to turn the eye on its own soldiers. Volkonogov’s direct supervisor commits suicide. Fyodor foresees his own arrest and flees, thus becoming “the enemy” hunted by the colleagues. Lucky to get regular clothes Captain is looking for the shelter ...
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Women on the Frontline

Original title: Naised rindejoonel

2021 | Documentary | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

A documentary film about the war that broke out in Eastern Ukraine in spring 2014 through the eyes of women.

Oksana, Anna, Tatjana and Marina are at war, each with their own motive and destiny. They are women whose lives, among many others, were changed by the civil unrest that began in 2014 on Maidan Square in Kiev. The film follows their battles through several years and seasons and covers both everyday activities as well as perilous situations under gunfire. What motivates women to go to war? What do they believe in and hope for? What is the price they pay for withstanding life on the frontline? This is a documentary about the war that broke out in Eastern Ukraine ...
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A flight with my dad

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Jennifer Marisse Cohen

It was the first time that myworld coincided with how I felt inside-at war.

A journey of a Brooklyn bred Vietnam War veteran opening up to his daughter in film school- now a businessman, husband, and a father of three in Estonia who will relive a nostalgic and sentimental moment from his past.
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Heart Time

2020 | Documentary | Director: Hõbe Ilus