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Palju õnne!

2004 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv
Inspector

Original title: Järelvalveinspektor

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Madli Lääne

Documentary about Andrus Purje, inspector of Harju County, whose everyday work offers little food for the soul.

Documentary about Andrus Purje, inspector of Harju County, whose everyday work offers little food for the soul. After work he becomes a romantic musician who rides on his iron-grey horse Anthony, who dreams of having a real band one day, and who considers his altar piece a sunset which can be admired on the 33-metre high limestone cliff of Tabasalu and which can never be bought and sold.
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The Trivia of Life

Original title: Elu pisiasjad

2003 | Documentary | Director: Dorian Supin

Documentary by Dorian Supin about a man at the end of his/her days, about dignified aging, life in Paunküla nursing home; about the memories, dreams and daily life of the elderly residents.

Life in Paunküla nursing home follows its daily pattern. Yet, every routine activity is a special event for the elderly residents: waking up in the morning, having meals, taking medicines. Daily routine is brightened up by social gatherings, birthdays, and, of course, by Christmas. The elderly women, each of them being a personality, are living now in a forgotten world and their close ones are replaced by caretakers, nurses and doctors. Those who still remember tell about their childhood; those who don't are slipping away to the world unattainable for others. The happiness of the end of one's days lies ...
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Inside World of the Artist

Original title of the film "Pildi sisse minek"

2002 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Marianne Kõrver
Beauty of Fatherland

Original title: Isamaa ilu

2001 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

Portrait documentary by Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi observes the parallel lives of two opposite women - Anne Eenpalu, the leader of "Home Daughters" and Tiina Jantson, activist in Estonian beauty contests. Both women take care of cultivating beauty in Estonia in their own way.

The documentary observes two matriarchs - Tiina Jantson governs the beauty contest empire in Estonia; Anne Eenpanu leads the activities of "Home Daughters" - a girls' corps of Estonian Defence League. The film's main characters and their activities are very different. Whereas Anne's pedagogical approach is almost totally based on the love for fatherland then Tiina spends her days in the glitter of show business. However, there are some similiarities in their lives. The documentary studies the values, gender roles and moral norms in Estonia at the beginning of 21st century.
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Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

Original title: Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

Sculptor Maire Männik started her sculpture studies in Estonia but during the war she moved to France and her artwork was mostly created in Paris.

Estonian sculptor Maire Männik (1922-2003) started her art studies in Estonia; however, during the war she had to move to France and her artwork was created mainly abroad, in Paris. Filmmaker Rein Raamat has followed the artist working in her studio in Paris and sharing her thoughts. Commentaries by Harri Liivrand, Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar and French art historian Emmanuelle Corcellet-Prévost. The film also serves as a farewell to Marie Männik who passed away in 2003.
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Work

2000 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Rainer Sarnet
Time to Love

Original title: Aeg armastada

1999 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Dorian Supin

Seven actors from the amateur theatre in Tabivere are people with different backgrounds who have accepted the painful setbacks in their lives and don't need much to feel happy.

Seven middle-aged people live and work in a small place called Tabivere in Central Estonia. In their sincere and heartfelt interviews they openly speak about their ups and downs in life. Life in a remote rural place is not easy as many locals are unemployed. Even those who have a job won't be able to afford much. The lives of the seven people portrayed in the film have not been easy - everyone has experienced certain tragic events in their lives. Despite that, all of them are still able to feel happiness, appreciate small things in life, love their close ...
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American Mountains

Original title: Ameerika mäed

1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

Feature film by Peeter Simm about a man who is mysteriously released after a long imprisonment. When he comes home, it turns out that the price of freedom is high.

A former goldminer who had run foul of the law is made an unusual offer by mafia. When he arrives at his home country after a long absence, he won't be able to face his fears and gets into odd situations. The power of money and popularity among women won't let him step down from the rollercoaster in order to make right decisions. Fulfilling his childhood dream will make his life even more complicated.
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Victoria (A Story of a Love Affair), Part 1

Original title: Victoria (Ühe armastuse lugu) I jagu

1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jüri Sillart

The lyrical love story directed by Jüri Sillart is based on the novel "Victoria" (1898) by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun. The film tells the story about different adventures in the lives of young people being in love, brought into the 1930s in Estonia.

The love story with nostalgic atmosphere begins with the innocent affection of childhood between Johannes, son of a miller, and Victoria, daughter of a well-off landowner. Their affection grows into a burning flame of love that will be extinguished by the social status of the wealthy and bourgeois false morality.
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