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Bad Ass Merike

Original title: Vinge mutt

2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Keil

She has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses.

Between the Southern Estonian hills, there is a Tobra stable where trainer Merike Markus has 27 riding horses and 70 children to look after. Merike has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses. On the surface, life in the Tobra stable ticks like a peaceful everyday cycle, but it's not like that. Every day brings something new. Through Merike, who herself lives through the lives of all his students, trainees, every meeting in training begins with what has happened in the ...
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That’s How It Is

Original title: Nii ta on

2024 | Documentary | Director: Vallo Toomla

The documentary feature takes the audience into the world of men living in rural Estonia, showing us the simple joys and sorrows of their everyday life.

The documentary feature takes the audience into the world of men living in rural Estonia, showing us the simple joys and sorrows of their everyday life. How does the former pig farmer Janek raise his four sons, or what does Meelis, the owner of a small town nursing home, dream about? How does forester Rein find a new spark in life in the game of darts, and farmer Eku in potato planting? Does septic tank servicer Kaido have any regrets in life, and how often does he bring flowers to his wife? Does hobby inventor Juss see God in the ...
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Keyhole

2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Juri Krutii

World of a young gymnast is forever altered by a door that won’t open, marking the end of childhood and the beginning of her life as an anchor of memory.

Young Anastassia is maturing, and starts to decide for herself, leaving the wishes of her passionate mother behind her. Amongst one such disagreement, a more serious issue rises to change everything. Ana must rely on her memories to guide her forward through grief. The story shines a light on one family’s journey from a loving relationship to an unexpected tragedy and the hope that they must create for themselves.
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Hero of the Future

Original title: Tuleviku kangelane

2022 | Documentary | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

Match fixing and corruption are dragging down Rwandan football club – will young Estonian coach save them?

A young Estonian football coach takes a dive into the unknown. Up until that day Jaanus Reitel had been coaching children, but now takes up an unexpected offer and travels to Rwanda, Africa. His task is to save a first division team from falling out of competition. Completely unfamiliar culture, regular match fixings and raging corona virus make a though goal even harder to reach. Is it possible to stay afloat in these circumstances? Turns out it's not as corruption becomes the last drop in his glass. Jaanus returns to homeland after years abroad and starts working for a top ...
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Lydia

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Hermes Brambat, Tarvo Mölder

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula.

The documentary portrays the acclaimed Song Festival conductor and music teacher Lydia Rahula. She has inspired the kids to love music for over five decades. However, her life's work is the Tallinn Boys' Choir. Besides vocal training, she has also raised generations of boys to be a gentleman. Thanks to her, many Estonian men are much better men. It's unbelievable that Lydia is in her seventies. She is extremely vital and full of energy. It is no problem for her even to have a football match with the boys. After all, age is nothing but a number, and she proves ...
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From winter to winter

Original title: Lumest lumeni

1984 | Documentary | Director: Hans Roosipuu

Portrait documentary about Tõnu Pääsuke, a biathlon coach in the Soviet Estonia, and his athletes Kaija Parve and Even Tudeberg.

Tõnu Pääsuke is a biathlon coach in Soviet Estonia training his talented athletes Kaija Parve and Even Tudeberg for the upcoming winter olympic games in Sarajevo, 1984. The documentary shows the biathlon athletes when training and and taking part in competitions as well as in their summer camp to get physically prepared for the big competition - they make hay, heaving bags of fertilizer, running on the cross-country path and riding with rollerskates.
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Laste ja koolinoorte kehaline kasvatus ja sporditegevus

1984 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Peeter Tooming
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Life like decathlon

Title in Estonian: Elu nagu kümnevõistlus

1984 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Illis Vets

Fred Kudu, coach and lecturer, promoter of sports science and educator of decathlon athletes.

Fred Kudu, coach of decathlon athletes, recalls his early years in the field of sports; emergence of the department of physical education at the University of Tartu; construction of the sports centre in Kääriku; young athletes Heino Lipp, Rein Aun and Nikolai Avilov. Arnold Green and Nikolai Avilov, the olympic medalist at Munich Olympic Games are sharing their thoughts in the documentary. Moments from the track and field competition held in summer 1984.
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A.Lutsar

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek
Meie olümpiakandidaadid

1979 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Valentin Kuik
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