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Little Lilit gets into an accident during a space shuttle training flight and finds herself alone on an alien planet. It's a race against time to find a way to escape the planet before the cold climate and hunger take her.
People who got acquainted with Uku Masing in 1950s and grew stronger in time, either in Tallinn Institute of Theology of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Estonian Museum of Literature in Tartu, or in Masing's apartment in Vilde (now Hurda) Street help to recollect memories about the acknowledged poet, theologian and teacher. Among others, Jaan Kaplinski, Vello Salo, Kalle Kasemaa, Hando Runnel, Andres Ehin, Ave Alavainu, Viivi Luik, Jaan Kiivit, Toomas Paul and Jaan Tooming share their memories and contemplate.
The science fiction film takes place in historically recognizable places in Valga. During the shooting, local militias also had to be dealt with. The robot misleads gangsters-bank robbers. But who is he and who is his master?
A personal city symphony where an eco-anxious soul explores the intersections of natural and artificial. The filmmaker’s internal conflicts are reflected through the contradictions of early spring. This experimental short documentary invites the viewer to take the time and truly pay attention to one’s surroundings.
Jane is a young upcoming artist returning from her first exhibition opening from the US. While Jane plans a party to celebrate her achievements she finds that not everyone is equally happy for her success. Battling her conditioning and pressures put on her by the dominant men in her life she is challenged to choose between her career and pleasing her unappreciative partner, distrustful father and abusive uncle.
A grey world makes people somber. A world full of colors makes people irritated. What is a poor painter to do if he wants to please this insatiable and daft crowd? Paint it white?
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.
Eerie short story that takes place in the present
Nighttime at the tram depot. A closed tram car, from which a young businessman who fell asleep on the tram finds himself waking up. However, he is not alone...
Arnold Rüütel can be compared to both the strong indigenous trees that have driven their roots deep into the ground and to what Oskar Loorits has formulated as the source of Estonian vitality. Rüütel will remain in Estonian history as the third president and knightly politician, according to some, even the last knight. Estonia has had six presidents so far. Arnold Rüütel is the only one of them who has met all the others. Arnold Rüütel and Ingrid Rüütel's marriage lasted 65 years. Ingrid will go down in Estonian history as a folklorist who has collected and written down dozens of songs and stories. She would not have wished for Arnold to become president. The film features authentic folk music collected and written down by Ingrid. But it also talks about politics, the Communist Party, change and sums up the president’s departure.
In 1982, a fire broke out in the Soviet Antarctic research station Vostok and destroyed the station's power plant. The expedition was left without light or heating right before the four-month long polar night set in, with an outside temperature of -70 °C. The men decided not to ask for help, because they knew that it was nowhere to be found.
Despite the peculiarities of this world, Toomas' life revolves around his neighbor Eevi's house. Finally, the day has come when the woman arrives to have dinner with the man.
In the film we see the production of newsprint, the brisk activity of journalists and the production of newspapers in a printing house.
A witty and sensitive observation of people visiting Central Park of Tokyo – YoyoGi. We all live in a world of online communication and rush, but there are places where one can still come to him/herself in offline. Following Japanese tradition of contemplation and harmony, an Estonian director explores Eastern way of finding the balance through nature and solitude. Hauki poetry, written especially by a well-known Japan-researcher from Tallinn Rein Raud add a new angle to the whole picture, turning the film into an endless meditation flow.
All towns in the world have legendary bars and drinking places. Tiny Valli Bar in Tallinn links different times and people and the film is a portrait of Estonian drinking scene. Shooting months turned out jolly, but also dramatic. One of the participants was kicked out of home, two died soon after the filming. Drinking was definitely part in all that. We are not against or for drinking, we just want to see and understand it (if this is possible all together).
A woman’s voice can silence injustice, lower weapons and stop trains. In this opera-western, the question is whether Ada can hit the right note to save her brother's and her own life from the vindictive Sheriff.
A film about Kristiina Ehin, the beloved and internationally known modern poetess of Estonia. Her honest, beautiful and painful sharings reveal to us what experiences she has had to go through to grow into the woman and poet we know her as today. The film contains topics that Kristiina agreed to share for the first time during the filming of "Walker on Water".
A man dreams of a woman. The woman is, in turn, interested in someone else. The man abandons his attempts to attract the woman's attention because he has discovered a new object of desire. The woman, in turn, becomes interested in the man. The man, though, is interested only in his new favorite, due to whom the man soon finds himself in danger. The man barely escapes ...
A plane is leaving for abroad tomorrow morning. A young man, who has just graduated from high school, spends his last day in his hometown and says goodbye to his old life.
In 1986, twelve years after his film Kihnu Naine (The women of Kishnou), Mark Soosaar made this complementary documentary at the centre of which are the male inhabitants of the island. With a bitter undertone to it, Soosaar shows how, to this view, a lack of possibilities for self-government and the conceited attitude of the mainland towards the islanders have caused great problems to this society. The island has been negligently placed under far too large a kolkhoz. Enormous alcoholism is prevalent among the male population and, increasingly, among the women. Sheer possession of money has become a standard of regard. If a family cannot spare 4,000 roubles for the marriage of their children, they are ignored by the other islanders. In this dramatic as well as poetic documentary we see how the social awareness of a society has gone by the board. Merely concrete and strict reformations can improve the situation the island is in.
Maria enters into a relationship with a nice and caring man, but soon begins to doubt her common sense.
Alar Sudak alias Elaan is the don Quijote of Estonian theatre - predestined to eternal loneliness. Sudak's dream to become an officially acknowledged actor has never come true. He has failed the entrace exams to the Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and other schools. The documentary tells a story related to the Old Testament - including good-hearted Satan, water wars, unrequited love of theatre, jurisprudence, community's revenge that lasts over several generations and regimes. Elaan's life and destiny includes so much drama that he is unable to let go of it - as his actor's spirit cannot live without it.
Documentary about the Tartu artist group centered around Ülo Sooster in the post-war decades. Valve Janov, Kaja Kärner, Silvia Jõgever, Lembit Saarts, Lüüdia Vallimäe-Mark and Heldur Viires were the first generation of artists who grew out of the Pallas spirituality, who missed out on the usual opportunity for self-improvement in Paris due to the outbreak of World War II. Instead, Saarts, Viires and Sooster spent the years 1949–1956 in Soviet prison camps. The story about a group of friends, made up of very different personalities, is outlined in long, calm monologues. The memory fragments of elderly artists form a complete story about the fate of an artistic generation.
"A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. Harassment, mental violence, manipulation, cornering – these topics are current in both politics as well as private sphere. In these nightmarish confrontations, dramatics, mysticism as well as twisted comedy can be found. The third short film “Agreement” by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk takes the viewer to the middle of the chaos of a film set. What can a director do when a small pretty girl turns into the most capricious diva? The chains of manipulation reach far and wide.
Documentary about building the large hotel Viru as Soviet Union / Finland cooperation.
A hidden aspect of prison culture is revealed
Max Voronski was on the road to a life of crime until he discovered kickboxing and turned into an aspiring young sportsman, eager to become a world champion. Max has got the talent, but the road to glory is a bumpy one.
A small village in a large sea. Two young dogs, Tom and Fluffy are in love with each other. Their friend, Oskar the dog, is a newly invented machine for sugar. Returns from a trip around the world to visit an old dog Klaus. These four, along with Julius the cat and the pond obstinate spoiled dragon Otto, Rat Leo and tiny white mouse Julia; hare James, who is not at all convinced that she is still a rabbit, small mysterious creatures and light blue butterflies, insect Give her three mischievous insects child - all of them together are the characters of children's humorous animated film series "Tom and Fluffy".
Portrait of an artist Epp Maria Kokamägi. The film invites us into the world created by the artist on Sepamaa Farm, which is at once picturesque and fairytale-like, yet completely natural, where life, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, flows in the rhythm of nature.
Aleksandr, a defense officer and mission veteran from a Russian family, decides to leave the service after a successful 15-year career to provide a better life for his children. Having led dozens of men in a dangerous war, Aleksandr quickly discovers that ordinary life is harder for him than the battlefield. To become the best, he must start from scratch. Aleksandr tries his hand at private business several times, but all his ventures – various catering companies in Tapa and Tallinn, a flower shop and a sports club – fail. After several failures and introspection, Aleksandr finally finds a way to apply the valuable knowledge he gained on the battlefield to the civilian sector. He starts offering team and leadership training to Estonian companies, applying the skills and knowledge he gained from the war.
The documentary takes the viewer on a visual journey to the recent past where extreme optimism is going to be replaced by sobering reality in the course of a year in Estonia.
Restoration of independence was a team sport, where the team of the small Republic of Estonia defeated the great Soviet Union. What role did Ülo Nugis play in our national team? A man whose hammer blow on August 20, 1991 symbolizes Estonia's liberation from Soviet occupation.
The film explores the war in Ukraine through front-line civilians and everyday Ukrainians. Filmmaker and reserve officer Ilmar Raag volunteers to deliver aid deep into Ukraine's war-zones. He comes across Ukraine's many faces - from shattered cities to villages that have rarely witnessed the presence of warplanes. The people he meets are different, but they all fight for Ukraine.
The nameless man, left alone in a sterile office environment, rethinks his existence. He hears the Alentejo song, a traditional Portuguese chant that shows him a different world from the meaningless everyday existence of work and society that he knows.
A young adult feels driven to change the world because it seems both possible and necessary. Does that come from naivety, lack of experience, ambition—or all three? Or is change truly possible? Why try? Even if the answer is unclear, the impulse itself is real and often turns into action before it’s fully understood.
A mosaic city portrait of Tartu, Estonia.
An office-working dog loses his job due to anger problems. To get his life back on track, he must entrust his problems into the incapable hands of an oddball life coach, whose unorthodox methods don’t do much to put a handle on the dog’s seething rage. As things begin to seem hopeless, the dog discovers an unforeseen strength in his anger and learns to use it for his own benefit.
Ivan Orav and Lennart Meri are in the attic and try to take an old desk to downstairs.
Karit, Doris, Joonas and Fred are ordinary Estonian young people. They are graduating from 12th grade and taking steps toward independence. There are many options and it's quite difficult to make choices. This is the story of one generation, a film about growing up in today's Estonia. The film is a continuation of the documentary "Time Is Here" made 12 years ago, in which we watched the first school year of these same kids.
For 25 years, world-famous Estonian clowns Haide and Toomas, better known as Piip and Tuut, have brought joy and laughter to children and families across the globe. But behind the face paint and curtain lies a different story. While entertaining thousands, their own children – Emma, Siim, and Anni – have been growing up at home without them. Eldest daughter Emma dreams of following in her parents' footsteps, but balancing her passion for theatre with caring for her autistic brother and younger sister has forced her to grow up fast. Meanwhile, Haide and Toomas grapple with guilt, exhaustion, and the toll of trying to give their all both on stage and at home.
Documentary about the search for Lauri, an Estonian drug addict who left for Colombia
Frustrated by her husband’s absence, an old woman summons a God to rot his fishing nets. This brings him home but what are they to eat?
As every evening, the Ghost goes to work – to haunt and frighten. Even in his worst nightmares the Ghost hadn’t imagined he’ll meet such a ‘terrifying’ girl who is not afraid of him. But it happened...
The film tells the story of a single mother having trouble coping with everyday life. However, she finds in magic and fantasy a way to escape her reality until the enigmatic appearance of a man in her life. He will change her forever, to the point of making the decisions she has always feared. She will suddenly and conclusively have to answer her own question: what do I want? She will be given a chance to correct the mistakes in her life; will she cherish this opportunity or let it slip away?
Man and Wife have been married for years. Everything is intolerably usual and suffocating routine in their cathedral of love. Something has to change. Do they realize that their cohabitation is not coincidence but God’s plan?
Indian film director Tushar Prakash has moved to Estonia and starts taking guidance from local farmers how to become a real Estonian man.
After getting fired from an advertising agency, the project manager Rain tries to make a new company. He tried to convince Andres, a film director to join in hopes of getting a feature film contract. Everything goes smoothly until the lies surface.
Collection of five short films that depict seemingly inescapable situations. "A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. Harassment, mental violence, manipulation, cornering – these topics are current in both politics as well as private sphere. In these nightmarish confrontations, dramatics, mysticism as well as twisted comedy can be found.
A woman and a man in a vital fight - over an empty milk carton.
The Wind Sculpted Land is a film about Estonian nature. The nature of this Northern country might not seem anything special at a first glance, but digging deeper one can find true gems. Flooded meadows, coastline, bogs altogether with wild animals and flocks of migrating birds are actually small worlds on their own. Even more, the very same nature has held and sculpted the character of the people living here.
Documentary about Leigo music festivals
The film portrays one year in the life of Hilda Ha, a wild and free German woman. She is not the kind of person to stand with a big poster at a Friday For Future demonstration. Instead she saves the planet in a quiet way, living off-grid with her one-year old child in Southern Estonia in a self-built tiny house with no water or electricity. Although it seems extreme, for her it’s the most natural way to live.
Santa Claus has had a very long day....
A story of a mother and her son and a race against a tortoise where you always lose.
A diligent postman performs his job duties exemplarily and then meets his future wife.
This is the story of three different generations of Siberian Estonian women whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, however, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly built their lives. 170 years later, the situation has reversed: who has already "got used to life here", but for whom, on the eve of the war, it is the last time to return to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.
A documentary about the famous Estonian filmmaker Rein Maran.
A journey with Estonia's oldest and most popular band.