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The Ice That Still Supports Us

Original title: Jäätee veereel

2023 | Documentary | Director:

There's a crack on the same course!

Documentary reflects people's desire to be happy in a rapidly changing world, even as this world is breaking like spring ice. It’s a film about the ice road that erases borders between people. The events of the film take place on the Northern coast of Estonia, where the use of ice roads in winter is a centuries-old tradition. But it’s like a ghost road – no one knows when and where it will appear. The ice road is opened every year for cars and pedestrians. Though the ice seems to arise tensions, it melts something in people's hearts.
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The Invisible Fight

Original title: Nähtamatu võitlus

2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

A kung fu comedy set in an Orthodox monastery in 1970’s Soviet Union.

USSR - China border, 1973. Rafael is in the army on guard duty when the border falls under attack from flying Chinese kung fu warriors. Utterly fascinated by the long-haired Chinese hippie black-clad kung fu aces flying around blasting forbidden Black Sabbath music from their portable radio Rafael gets struck by a revelation; he too wants to become a kung fu warrior. Faith leads Rafael to an Orthodox monastery where the black clad monks do their training but his road to achieving the almighty power of humility required is long, winding and full of kick-ass adventures.
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The Last Relic

2023 | Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of opposition activists desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A spirited 20-year-old Left Block activist tries to find common ground among Russia’s political activists and opposition groups, hoping to bring positive changes to society. Filmed over four years in the provincial city of Yekaterinburg, The Last Relic is a stark cinematic portrait of the absurdity of life in Russia where the majority dreams of restoring imperial glory and a handful of open-minded people desperately resists Putin’s relentless march towards a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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The Messangers

2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Sonya Aleksandrova

Film shows one day of the life of religious jewish family.

Film following one jewish family in their preparations for Shabbat.
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The Night Shift

Original title: Öine vahetus

2023 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Mikker

Film observes the first night shift of a young guy, answering calls on the suicide helpline.

Erik is a young guy, successful in his profession. Yet he has decided to start one more journey. He will be a volunteer on suicide helpline, answering calls in the middle of the night from people who feel that they have nowhere else to turn and no one who would listen to them. What will his first shift look like? What kind of tension lies on a person who can change people's future with just one word?
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The Possibility of Life in the Country

Original title: Elu võimalikkusest maal

2023 | TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials, Telia | Director: Liis Lindmaa

A romantic comedy about a couple who decide to leave their safe life in the city behind and move to the countryside to fix up an inherited mansion.

A romantic comedy about a couple who decide to leave their safe life in the city behind and move to the countryside. The Karuaugu Manor, which at first seems like a blessing, turns out to have unexpected facets. How easy is it to turn their life around? How can they manage in the countryside? And how much can a relationship endure when faced with masks, a crumbling manor and strange villagers?
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The Wayfarers

Original title: Rändajad

2023 | Documentary | Director: Eva Sepping

Three Siberian Estonian women are looking for paradise here and outside the borders.

It's a story about three Siberian Estonian women of different generations whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly rebuilt their lives. One hundred and seventy years later, the situation has reversed: some have already "got used to the life here", but for others, on the eve of the war, it is the last minute to travel to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.
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The observed

Original title in Estonian: Jälgitav

2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Georg Krimm

Georg Krimm’s short documentary explores the mind of young influencers and the effects of social media on the youth.

Roderik, a young and an upcoming influencer is once again making entertaining content for his instagram page with his two friends/colleagues, Max and Airon. While Roderik reminisces about his aspirations as a small child, how he works with his friends and about his short career online, we also get some thoughts about the internet and tiktok culture from Joonas, someone who had to limit how much time they spent on social media every day as they felt they spent too much time on there.
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Trail Baltic

Original title: Trail Baltic. Väljasõit rohelisse

2023 | Documentary | Director: Marianne Kõrver

A documentary about a woman's journey along the future route corridor of the Rail Baltic railway. While trying to broadcast live from the 213km long route, the artist Hanna Samoson meets people on her way whose lives will be inextricably linked with the future railway.

A documentary about a woman's journey along the future route corridor of the Rail Baltic railway. While trying to broadcast live from the 213km long route, the artist Hanna Samoson meets people on her way whose lives will be inextricably linked with the future railway. Through hopes, humour and the pain of loss, "Trail Baltic" hows how people affected by the huge project feel. The film's backdrop is an unbroken landscape that, but all indications, is destined to change soon. Our story could also be told about the Nursipalu military training ground, the pulp mill by Emajõgi or the nuclear power ...
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Tuljak

2023 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt