Film student Janeli Pelska’s documentary gives a little glimpse into the life and creative work of Peeter Simm, Estonian film director.
Interview about film studies with Estonian Film Institute head producer Piret Tibbo-Hudgins by film student Helen Räim.
A heartbreaking short film, where you find apocalyptic horror and motherly tenderness. Film speaks about principles of obligations and responsibility and confrontation of faith and disappointment. It`s a metaphor for mother`s strength.
At the end of the world there is a cafe where we all once will meet. The documentary tells a story of a person, the system that surrounds him and communication between these two parameters.
In this modern adaptation of the classic Greek myth, two young lovers bound by a tragic fate plot a plan to escape their homes and start a new life somewhere far away from their destructive families.
Short film about the war in Palestine. Gaza, 2014. Mid-Ramadan. A mother struggles to abandon her home as she receives a phone threat giving her 10 minutes to leave. What is lost when the bomb hits?
A 50-year- old housewife, Manana, struggles with her dilemma – she has to choose between her family life and her passion, writing, which she had repressed for years – she decides to follow her passion and plunges herself into writing, sacrificing to it mentally and physically.
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Estonian Film Database (EFDB)
The database is maintained by NGO Estonian Film Database. It was opened on 12.12.2012 and is meant for providing information about the whole Estonian film heritage from 1912. We plan fully complete it by 2025 but already now full and partial entries for about 20 000 films, 27 000 filmmakers, and more than 200 production companies could be retrieved in Estonian and partly in English. Translation of film descriptions and keywords into English is ongoing but due to the scarcity of resources quite a slow process. Read more detailed overview.
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