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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.

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.
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Alone Together

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Worapoj In-lao, Kevin Molloy

Mediastudents' Worapoj In-lao and Kevin Molloy art-documentary about relationship between human and things in experimental cinema.

Alone Together is the experimental documentary which intended to display the relationship between people and place in Adele rehabilitation center by means of purely capturing the interior shots of the center where staff, therapist and patients were doing their job. Apart from daily basis shots of interior building, the film also shows the time Adeli staff were about to move away to the new center.
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Astrid

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Sander Koit

Unlikely friendship between an old woman and a thief.

Astrid is a 82 year old woman, living alone in an old house, near town borders. She lives a life she can no longer sustain: the house is in great need of repair and she is often needy for her family’s assistance, who live in the town and are bothered by constant requests. Her everyday life takes a sharp turn when she gets caught up in a conflict with two thieves.
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Carmina Burana

2016 | Students film, Music video | Director: Kristen Kivistik

Live recording of Carmina Burana performed by TLÜ Symphonic orchestra.

On Walpurgis Night, 30 th of April, there was a live broadcast of the traditional spring concert by Tallinn University’s symphonic orchestra, who this year performed Carl Orff’s epic cantata “Carmina Burana”. Conductor Martin Sildos lead, in addition to the orchestra, where over 50 students, teachers and workers of TLÜ play, also a choir with 110 singers and soloists Maria Listra, Valter Soosalu and Atlan Karp.
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Counterpoint

Original title (in Estonian): "Kontrapunkt"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Tõnis Pill

BA Film Arts II year student film “Counterpoint” is a story about a former violin player who, due to an accident is now in a wheelchair and unable to play.

“Counterpoint” is a story about a former violin player who, due to an accident is now in a wheelchair and unable to play. In order to help someone much weaker than himself, he has to take a huge step and conquer his inner fears.
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Four Breaths

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mariam Agladze

Four women are sharing their thoughts and ideas regarding death.

Film tells a story about four women. All of them, directly or indirectly, are connected to death. Death is seen, heard, told and felt in this film, through four women.
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How To Make Water

2016 | Students film, Short, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Johannes Straßner

"How to Make Water" is a short comedy film produced for the Estonian Waterworks Association.

It's a playful approach to the question: "What would we do without the luxury of tap water?" and tells the story of the shy intern Toomas. On his first day at work, he serves water at a conference, but when he tries to pour water for the intimidating boss, his jug is empty. Rushing back to the kitchen, he has to discover that the water tap has stopped working. He turns to an internet tutorial video for help on how to produce clean water by himself. Instructed by the "Crazy Croatian Hacker" he constructs his own filtering machine but ...
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Kul Tur

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Alexander Marcus Müller

A swedish busdriver talks about his job as a bus driver, driving people to Tallinn so they can buy cheaper alcohol.

The Documentary „Kul-Tur“ takes place in the harbour near the center of Tallinn. Jürgen Holmgren, the main character, is bus driver and works for a Swedish bus company. Beginning in Stockholm, Jürgen picks up his passengers along the way to Tallinn. After a very short city sightseeing tour, they come back to the harbour to enter the „alcoholic adventure“. During the interview with Jürgen, he explains the motivations of his passengers and clients as well as his personal risks to stay competitive.
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Land of Soul

Original title: Hingemaa

2016 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne, Erik Norkroos

The oldest, almost century-old Estonian church in America is about to fall apart.

In a remote countryside, six hours drive from Chicago, near Gleason village there is an alley called Estonian Church Road. At the end of this alley there stands a little wooden church and an abandoned graveyard that has probably a dozen graves next to it. This building with a broken roof and a leaning tower is the first church in America built by Estonians. It was built a hundred years ago and is desperately in need of repair. In Peedu, Tartumaa County, Tõnis Mägi receives an unexpected phone call. Jaan Karukäpp is calling from Chicago. He with other local Estonians is ...
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Let's Play War

Original title: Täna mängime sõda

2016 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu

Enthusiasts of different nationalities join such clubs because of their appreciation for the memory of WW II as well as their love of the hobby of reconstructing in detail the soldiers' lifestyle of the era.

While there are less and less World War II veterans among the living, the battles of this war keep reoccurring on different battlegrounds in the Eastern territories of contemporary Europe. Young Estonian men Andrey and Reimo have gotten killed several times in these fights. Each time they resurrect, because these are the rules of the game they play along with their comrades from a military club “Frontline”. Enthusiasts of different nationalities join such clubs because of their appreciation for the memory of WW II as well as their love of the hobby of reconstructing in detail the soldiers' lifestyle of ...
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