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Pädaste

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Katariina Rahumägi

In 1919 Estonia as Bolsheviks' riots swipe through the country, a Baltic German father goes to no end to ensure his daughter´s safety.

Inspired by the true story of Buxhoeveden family escape: as Bolsheviks' riots swipe through Estonia in 1919, burning down mansions and assassinating Baltic German gentry, a father goes to no end to ensure his daughter's safety. A story of becoming an enemy at your own home with nowhere to go.
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Retrospect

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Katariina Rahumägi

An insomniac who has been seeing the same dream for 259 nights, meets the leading figure of the dream in real life - together they try to solve the dream's mystery, in return hoping to earn the insomniac one good night's sleep.

Aksel is an insomniac who has been seeing the same dream for 259 nights. He meets the protagonist of the dream who turns out to be a 40- year-old mother, Marie. She is introduced to Aksel's theory: the dream is a portrayal of his past-life. Together they try to prove their reincarnation and resist the impulses of their nascent romance, meanwhile Marie's husband Kaarel keeps a close eye on the two. Together they unravel the mystery of the dream which leads back hundreds of years, however the two are interrupted by Kaarel who has been part of the narrative all ...
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Strawberry Shake

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Lou-Andrea Fiere

A thriller comedy about personal development.

When a robber at a petrol station seemingly kills the cashier on duty, he must try to hide his crime from a desperate customer who is on the verge of giving birth.
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The Sleeping Beast

Original title: Tagurpidi torn

2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jaak Kilmi

A gang of five children – two boys and three girls – spends their summer in an abandoned factory complex. The gang leader, Kristjan (10), would really rather hang out with his older brother’s friends but still enjoys the games and tests of courage with his peers. One day, factory owner Teet bans them from going to the complex for safety reasons. Kristjan, Ariel, Laura, Mia-Margot and Siim decide to ignore the ban and return to the complex secretly. One day Elmar catches the wandering Lisandra, Loore's 3-year-old sister, and locks her in his guard booth for her own safety. ...
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A Trace of Fire

2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Diego Alejandro Barajas

The trace of a fire that burns everything.

Sander, a young man full of rage, burns his father's car without realizing that his father was sleeping drunk inside of it, or at least that's what he thinks until a man destroys his version of the events.
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Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Original title in Russian: Капитан Волконогов бежал

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Natasha Merkulova, Aleksei Chupov

Captain Fyodor Volkonogov, a well-respected and obedient USSR law enforcer, witnesses his peers being suspiciously questioned. Sensing his turn is approaching, he escapes and is soon on the run, hunted by his former colleagues. Vulnerable and hopeless, Fyodor comes to realize what he had been part of, and that repentance is the only way for him to escape the eternal torment of Hell. But time is running out and the manhunt is closing in on him...

The events of this parable take place in a city that resembles Leningrad (USSR) in 1938. This is a tense period of political persecutions and mass fear. The Captain of the Department of Internal Affairs Fyodor Volkonogov (32) specializes in obtaining self-incrimination from persons under investigation using special methods of force. But the moment comes for the repressive system to turn the eye on its own soldiers. Volkonogov’s direct supervisor commits suicide. Fyodor foresees his own arrest and flees, thus becoming “the enemy” hunted by the colleagues. Lucky to get regular clothes Captain is looking for the shelter ...
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Deserted

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kadri Kõusaar

In the desert you’ll find your soul.

On an assignment to the abandoned, lawless and apocalyptic Sinai coast a Swedish photo journalist Ingrid (Frida Westerdahl) is kidnapped by a gang of Palestinian men and hidden in the desert. Soon Ingrid finds herself falling in love with the most sympathetic of the abductors, Ali (Ali Suliman). Ali's boss Moussa (Firas Taybeh) suspects that something is going on and becomes increasingly dangerous and violent. This is a film about an all-conquering love between people from completely different cultural backgrounds who find each other in the desert. It is in the desert where the soul becomes naked and ...
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Dusk

Original title in Estonian: Õhtuline

2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Iris Peil

The short film is made by second year film students. It tells a story of a young female police officer who suddenly has to fight with her inner doubts and assumptions when meeting a stranger.

Young police officer Mirjam path crosses with a young and bizarre guy Lauri whose lifestyle in a van makes Mirjam anxious. She suddenly finds herself in a situation where she quickly needs to determine right from wrong while her life is at stake.
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Firebird

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Rebane

Firebird is a touching love story set in the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War.

Firebird is a touching love story set in the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. Sergey, a troubled young private, is counting the days till his military service ends. His life is turned upside down when a daring fighter pilot, Roman arrives at the base. Driven by curiosity, Sergey and Roman navigate the precarious line between love and friendship as a dangerous love triangle forms between them and Luisa, the secretary to the base Commander. Sergey is forced to face his past as Roman's career is endangered and Luisa struggles to keep her family together. Amid the fears of ...
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Found You

Original title in Estonian: Leidsin

2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Ragne Mandri

A little curious girl Agnes gets tangled in a life-threatening situation while following her older brother Mihkel into an abandoned house.

A little curious girl Agnes follows Mihkel to an abandoned house, where she discovers a Russian policeman Dmitri, tied-up in the basement. Unaware of his true identity Agnes attempts to free him before Mihkel comes back.
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