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Life with Herman H. Rott

Original title: Elu Herman H. Rott'iga

2015 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Chintis Lundgren

Herman is a rat who lives alone in his messy apartment. One day a very tidy cat decides to move in.

Herman is a rat who enjoys heavy drinking, loud grind music and chess. He doesn't care much for cleaning and the disorder in his apartment only makes him feel more at home. One day a very tidy cat who has a weakness for messy macho-men, decides to move in. She also brings a vacuum cleaner, a piano, and what's worse - a collection of classical music records.
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A Lady in Paris

Original title: Eestlanna Pariisis

2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

Drama directed by Ilmar Raag about two Estonian ladies in Paris - an elderly city woman and a plain woman coming from a small town who starts working for the elderly one. The human connection that arises from their relationship gives a new meaning to the lives of both women. Leading roles are played by the legendary French actress Jeanne Moreau and Laine Mägi.

Anne lives alone in her small town apartment in Estonia. She accepts a job offer to work as a caretaker for an Estonian expatriate Frida in Paris. Modest small-town Anne finds out that Frida is rich, moody, and liberal-minded woman of the world who has spent almost all her life in Paris. Frida is against the fact that she is being taken care of. What's more - she dislikes Estonians and pretends that she won't understand Estonian language. It seems that the two women have nothing in common. However, they have probably been brought together in order something would change ...
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To The Great Wide Open

Original title in Estonian: Suurde avarusse

2009 | Students film, Short | Director: Kaur Kokk

Elmo lives in a little hut full of all kind of stuff. Elmo is dissociated from the world and other people. One day he is forced to pack his belongings and start the journey. But what is waiting for him? Film follows an adventurous trip of a man and a little car. Significant become insignificant.
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Best for the man

Original title in Estonian: Mehele parim

2008 | Students film, Short | Director: Mart Raun
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Brothers

Original title: Broidit

2003 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Esa Illi

The first full-length feature film directed by Finnish filmmaker Esa Illi tells about love and death, the feeling of guilt and salvation. The majority of the Finnish-Estonian co-production has been filmed in Pärnu, Estonia.

Young Finnish man Joni decides to move to Pärnu with his Estonian girlfriend Rimma. Joni's brother, photographer Sami who is 15 years older, is so busy working that he is about to lose his girlfriend Sanna. Sami is told by Joni's doctor that Joni should be quickly found. Sami has the feeling that Joni is not well and feels responsible for bringing Joni back to hospital in Finland. Yet, Sami finds out that Joni is in love and happy with his life in Pärnu, not thinking about death. When the brothers meet abroad in a strange town, they will rediscover ...
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Good Hands

Original title: Head käed

2001 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

The crime comedy directed by Peeter Simm is based on the story "Arnold" by Toomas Raudam. It is an adventurous tale about friendship, humanity and discovering love.

Professional pickpocket Margita from Riga fails in stealing a car and hides out in an Estonian small town. She wants to leave soon but her accomplice in Riga won't pick up the phone. She meets three Estonian men in the small town, all of them attracting attention and sympathy in Margita despite of their odd manners. To crown it all, an eight-year old Pavo is entrusted to Margita. She starts to feel that this place could be her new home, but then crime news appear in local newspapers.
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Mont Blanc

Original title: Mont Blanc

2001 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

An aging man leaves his wife and sets off on his way to Fujiyama, the mountain of his dreams.

Fujiyama is not his destination alone, though – thousands of people striving to make it to the mountaintop bustle about, each carrying his suitcase. The mountain itself consists of hundreds of thousands of suitcases. The inexorable climb to the top reveals the background of the entire exercise to the main character: the suitcase of everyone that reaches the top bites their head off, and the lifeless corpses fall into a crater. Prior to that, though, the suitcase sings an incredibly beautiful tune with a woman’s voice, from which those striving for the top gain ever more inspiration. Our hero, ...
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Little Lilly

Original title: Plekkmäe Liidi

1995 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mati Kütt

Little Lilly starves herself to protest her father's contradictory stance against flies.

Adults have labelled everything in this world into good and bad, useful and unnecessary. Flies, for example, are an extremely boring and unpleasant phenomena, better to be killed off. Little Lilly has decided to stand up for the flies. She even presents a scientific tractata, arguing pro and contra. In protest against her father’s activities Lilly starts a hunger strike. In result the little girl becomes even less, falls into the vacuum cleaner, from there to dump and rather perilous situations. But then, it is the flies who come among others to save the girl and a happy ending of ...
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Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter

Original title: Arabella, mereröövli tütar

1982 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

Full-length action film directed by Peeter Simm is based on the children's book "Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter" by Aino Pervik. The story is about the thin line between the good and the evil and about the fateful crossing of that line. räägib hea ja kurja vahelisest piirist, mille ületamine on saatuslik.

Taaniel Tina is a strict, harsh captain of a pirate ship. His daughter Arabella is used to the pirate lifestyle, including treasure hunt and battles. Aadu is a traveler full of wisdom and cordiality who win's Arabella's heart. She will gradually learn that the pirates, including his father, are imprisoned by greed and evil. The pirate ship sails to another dangerous robbery. How to direct one's destiny in order a child could live in a better world?
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Some Exercises In Preparation For an Independent Life

Original title: Harjutusi iseseisvaks eluks

1980 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn
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