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The Story of Estonian Skateboarding

Original title: Eesti rula lugu

2024 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus, Ivar Murd

The story of Estoniaäs skateboarding scene spanning five decades, from the 1980s and tables made with vclay wheels in Võru to today's youth, for whom the whole world is open.

Skateboarding, with its all-encompassing lifestyle, personal expression, creativity, and rebellious spirit has grown into something more than just doing tricks in Estonia. Skaters repeat in unison, “Skateboarding has given me everything.” Skateboarding is their life. Skateboarding is freedom. This is the story of a scene spanning five decades in Estonia, from the boards made with clay wheels in Võru in the 1980s to today’s youth, for whom the whole world is open.
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Fingerprint

Original title: Sõrmejälg

2023 | Other categories, Experimental | Director: Edina Csüllög

Each of us leaves a special fingerprint to this world.

Each of us leaves a special fingerprint to this world.
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Melchior The Apothecary. The Executioner's Daughter

Original title: Apteeker Melchior. Timuka tütar

2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

In the third film of medieval thriller, Melchior's wife Keterlyn witnesses a brutal attack. The life of an unknown young man is saved, but the victim who has lost his memory does not know who he is and how he ended up in Tallinn.

In the third film of medieval thriller, Melchior's wife Keterlyn witnesses a brutal attack. The life of an unknown young man is saved, but the victim who has lost his memory does not know who he is and how he ended up in Tallinn. A ring found at the scene leads Melchior to the night brotherhood, the bizarre troupe who performed on Fair Day also raises questions. Frightening signs suggest that not only the unknown recovering from the attack is in danger, but also Melchior and Keterlyn, who are treating him. At the same time, the pope's envoy, known as ...
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Local Urbanites

Original title: Lokaalsed linlased

2022 | Documentary | Director: Maria Uppin

In the documentary film we try to explore how difficult it is to carry out a bigger vision that would update Estonian urban space.

Is a town planned for cars or people? This question seems to become more acute every day. One such battlefield is the Tallinn Main Street project but similar fights are going on in almost every town in Estonia. In the documentary film we try to explore how difficult it is to carry out a bigger vision that would update Estonian urban space.
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Four Stones

Original title: Neli kivi

2021 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Francesco Rosso

I’m the monk and the lover, I’m the chosen one and the abandoned one, I’m the inbreath and the outbreath.

A monk goes through his present and past life, constantly bouncing between desire and denial. His life in the monastery and later in the city evolves around looping patterns, coincidences and unavoidable consequences.Sublime sounds and a delicate system of symbols trace the path for the monk and his fellas to cope with their miseries. A monk goes through his present and past life, constantly bouncing between desire and denial. His life in the monastery and later in the city evolves around looping patterns, coincidences and unavoidable consequences.Sublime sounds and a delicate system of symbols trace the path for the monk and ...
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Love express

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kuba Mikurda

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labelled as a maker of erotic movies. The film features interviews with his closest collaborators, filmmakers and leading intellectuals who put his work into perspective, including Terry Gilliam, Bertrand Bonello, Neil Jordan, Andrzej Wajda, Patrice Leconte, Slavoj Žižek. It offers a rare insight into Walerian Borowczyk’s work and poses questions about artistic freedom. This unique artistic chronicle sheds light on his professional philosophy and artistic achievements and investigates how does one get from creating cutting-edge work and competing in Cannes ...
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Pets and Berlin

Original title: Pets ja Berliin

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Taavi Arus

A story about a legend of Estonian punk scene Peeter Männiksoo aka Pasa-Pets who has been living for years in Berlin. It is a story about a man's survival in a big city, a story about loneliness, struggle and freedom. It's a poem about Pets and Berlin.

Bowie, who lived in Berlin in the seventies, describes his life in Berlin as “moving around in virtual anonymity... For some reason, Berliners just don't care.” Peeter and Berlin are partners that support one another. Peeter says that there are a lot of people like him in Berlin: “This place attracts people like me, because you can be your true self. Berlin doesn't judge you for who you are. Berlin accepts you the way you are. You don't see this in a lot of other cities. You won't see such attitude in Estonia!” Without a doubt, Berlin is Peeter's home ...
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Roots: With Mum At The Monastery

Original title: Juured: Emaga kloostris

2018 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?

A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?
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Baltics 1987 – Demonstration and Parade in Toronto

Original title: Balti ühtsuse päev Torontos 1987

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Celebrating the memorial day of those deported from the Baltic States in Toronto where the local Baltic people hold a street procession and speeches on June 14th, 1989.

The procession of the Baltic people living in Canada moves from St Paul's Cathedral towards the Toronto City Hall along Bloor, Yonge and Queen Streets. First goes the drummer, followed by young women in Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian national costumes and waving the national flags. Riina Kindlam is carrying the Estonian national flag. The slogans at the demonstration express disapproval towards the occupation of the Baltic states and deportation that took place on June 14th 1941 that ruined the lives of more than 800,000 Baltic people. When the sun goes down the memorial candles are being carried. Demonstration and speeches ...
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Professor Elango, Lembit Eelmäe and Permanent Exhibition of Estonian Art, 1989

Title in Estonian: Professor Elango, Lembit Eelmäe ja eesti kunsti püsinäitus 1989

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

The Nõu family visiting Estonia on March 29, 1989 meets professor Aleksander Elango and Lembit Eelmäe in Tartu. Watching the permanent exhibition in Tartu Art Museum that is housed by the leaning Barclay de Tolly building.

The Nõu family visiting Estonia goes to Tartu on March 29, 1989. They meet professor Aleksander Elango and Lembit Eelmäe in the street. Later, they are watching the permanent exhibition of Estonian art in the leaning building of Barclay de Tolly where Tartu Art Museum is situated.
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