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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.

On a early spring night, Maria understands that she is breaking out from her cold-hearted cocoon. Initially, Maria sees only hope in vodka. But this time there comes another lonely sould, Georgi, with whom she stoles her last vodka and makes a great step towards a better life. Somehow, Maria is confronted with a world, where money is not the game and your masks are torn away. In this new world Maria finds a way to turn everything around. Elderly neighbourghs find out that Maria and her car have gone missing. And they think there is a more criminal meaning this.
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Behind the Lightbox

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Sissel-Maria Mägi, Margot Privoi

The short documentary made by second year media student follows and speaks with the second year animator student who is currently working on his first animation film.

A creative observational documentary following a young artist in the beginning of this journey as an animator. His ways of trying to find balance between the real and fantasy world.
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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.

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, also called the gold of African women, growing in African savannas would find buyers in USA. It depends on the continuity of the volunteers as well as the local villagers' contribution to the world of business whether the activities started in a small Ghanaian village would thrive and thus offer ...
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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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How are you

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

Documentary film of Thai student who is currently studying in Tallinn, Estonia, which visually narrate how he overcome tough time as well as settle his life into unfamiliar surrounding and environment.

The film runs by the number of phone conversations which were recorded during one period of time between him and his father who live 7000 miles away, alongside with image of Bangkok-Tallinn’s landscape in very personal visual aspect.
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Kihnu kivilaeva lugu

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Reet Laos
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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Kuulmata kuskil kumiseb kodu

2016 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Ahti Tubin
Last Class at Kasari

Original title: Viimane lend

2016 | Documentary | Director: Liis Lepik

A story of a countryside school in Estonia that will be shut down.

Kristo is a first grade student in Kasari School at Estonian countryside. During the school week he lives in the dormitory with his brother and two sisters. Warm relationships have developed between the children and the teachers but by the spring their school will be closed forever.
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Meeskond

2016 | Documentary | Director: Hindrek Maasik