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They Say Tomatoes Love Rock Music

Original title: Räägitakse, et tomatid armastavad rokkmuusikat

2016 | Feature film, Short | Director: Janno Jürgens

Aleksander, an old gentleman, maintains a blooming garden surrounding his old house in a sleepy resort town. Karl, his grandson, spends the summer with him and learns about the ways of the nature.

Three Clay Pots. A Komi Story

Original title: Kolm savipotti

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kristjan Holm

A widow made three clay pots. The pots wanted to help the woman: one brought clothes, the other brought robbers’ loot, and the third brought a hunter who sat down to rest. The woman and the hunter made a home together. They had plenty of money and goods. In the clay pots, they boiled porridge.

Work with the pain

Original title in Estonian: Tööta valuga

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Epp Kubu

Film portrays midwives during a new years night.

Üksikud

2016 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

A Bear Judges The Brides. A Mansi Story

Original title: Karu hindab pruute

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Martinus Daane Klemet

A young Mansi man wanted to get married. A bear chosen by the old men was to assess the worth of the bride. A woman shaman, Mother of Mothers, took the first girl to the bear. It silently moved its lips: the girls was poorly behaved. The young man picked another girl who was also taken to the bear. The girl took fright and paled: she would die young. But the third girl blushed: she was of good behaviour and would live long. The bear left quietly.

Aktuaalne Narva

2016 | Other categories | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Documentary about city of Narva.

An Old Man and an Old Woman. An Erzya Story

Original title: Taat ja memm

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Ülo Pikkov

An old man and an old woman got into a tiff. The old man went fishing and did not want to go home. In response to the old woman’s prayers, the god Nishkepaz rotted the old man’s nets. He returned home, but the wife lamented, „We have nothing to eat!“ The old man replied, „We’ve got fish in the barn, let’s sell it and buy bread, salt and mead!“

Atop a mountain

Original title (in Estonian): "Mäel"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Ulrike Brett Uukkivi

„Atop a mountain“ is an adaption from Elviira Mihhaolovna’s novel „Prügimäel“ Film is about middle-aged woman named Maria who has reached a dead end in her life, and looks for an exit.

Bird Flu

Original title: Linnugripp

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

A love affair between Birdman and Snakewoman.

Estonian village in Ghana

Title in Estonian: Eesti küla Ghanas

2016 | Documentary | Director: Kalle Käesel

Estonian activists, businesswomen and volunteers decided to support one village in Northern Ghana while bringing together the handicraft skills of Ghanaians, enterprisingness of Estonians and Western market. So it turned out that the baskets woven by Ghanaian village women would sell in Estonia and the butter produced from shea nut growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA.