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Feathers or Glamour

Original title: Suled või glamuur

2023 | Documentary | Director: Eva Kübar

How did an egg-centric rural bird, the chicken, become a trendy urban pet and what does she think about living in the city?

The apocalyptic tendencies of the first COVID wave in 2020 led hundreds of people living in urban settlements to start keeping chickens in their backyard. Following three different families in Tallinn, capital of Estonia, the documentary investigates how a chicken turned from egg-centric rural bird into a trendy urban pet. How does she feel in the City? Is chicken the new dog? Living beak to beak with humans has made chickens more self-aware, more individualistic and more human-like in every way. Weird accessories, bizarre glamorous events and uncommonly good living conditions now form a part of the urban chicken's everyday ...
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Body of Art

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Johanna Alvin

Young multitalented artist talking about her art and tattoos.

Young artist Maria Lota Lumiste talks about her artist life and her hobbies. She is a multitalented girl with many different interests and she will give us a peek to her thoughts and works.
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The Puzzle of Self-Identity

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kailiin Dubrov

Documentary about the charismatic personality of tattoo artist Pasha.

Pasha is a charismatic individual, who always expresses himself openly in whatever way he feels like. One day he can quietly draw sketches at his home while enjoying personal space and contrastively be all dressed up as a drag queen partying the other. There are so many different sides to Pasha that as a whole make him very unique: from the way he talks to the way he walks. The main point of this documentary though is his confidence about all of those pieces about himself: they can be beautiful or ugly, acceptable or unacceptable for our society, but Pasha ...
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Rat King

2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Petri Kotwica

An Estonian-Finnish co-production is an adventure film for youth directed by Petri Kotwica, telling about the dangerous consequences of video game addiction.

With the help of his long-time virtual friend Niki, 18-year-old Juri discovers a website where a game begins. The purpose of the seemingly innocent game is to fulfill various missions in real life, but it will take the boys to the whirl of dangerous events. The borders between the virtual and real world disappear. The question is whether this is a game after all?
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The Art of Life

Original title in Estonian: "Elukunst"

2012 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Tiina Haak, Annamari Kenk

The TV show of media students Tiina Haak and Annamari Kenk tells a story about three young men, whose passion for art has helped them to become successful.

How to come out from the slump of life and fulfill your dreams? This question is answered by three young men who make their everyday money with art and are now happier than ever.
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Babyface

Original title: Beebilõust

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margit Lillak

Portrait documentary about Andrus Elbing alias Babyface - a poet, rap singer and hip-hop artist with a complicated background.

Andrus Elbing alias Babyface is a 28-year-old poet, rap singer, a hip-hop artist and a former prisoner from the island of Saaremaa. He tells his story through recollections and poetry - how he became from a risk group child to a criminal young man, from a prisoner to a poet and a musician. Through his art, Babyface looks for his way out from his "personal imprisonment"; however, the locks of an inner prison door won't open that easily. The documentary follows the way Andrus adjusts to freedom after his imprisonment. Is it possible to escape such past after all? Is ...
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Ars Longa

2008 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margit Lillak

Portrait documentary about the strange world of 32-year-old performance artist Sandra Jõgeva.

The documentary offers a glimpse into the upside-down world of 32-year-old performance artist Sandra Jõgeva. Sandra loves to break the rules both in life and art and applies her experence in some way in her art. She seems to prefer extremes everywhere and wishes to offer alternative standpoints as well as not to act up to expectations. Next to the hectic activities and talks by Sandra the film follows another life that seems to flow in perfect harmony in a totally different time-space: the life of Sandra's parents Malle Leis and Villu Jõgeva. For them, being an artist and preparing ...
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The Second Coming

Original title of the film: Teine tulemine

2008 | Feature film, Short | Director: Tanel Toom

War drama directed by Tanel Toom is an allegory about life, death and love; also a story about the fate of two brothers in war.

Soldiers are waiting for the enemy's attach in the trench, among them being twin brothers Thomas and Marcus. The foray will end as unexpectedly as it started. An unknown enemy disappears and the whole squad will get killed. Thomas is the only one who survives. Unable to put up with his brother's death, Thomas will start a journey leading out of the war together with his lifeless brother. The journey will become an escape in a dream-like world where the unknown enemy is constantly keeping up with Thomas.
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The Year of the Monkey

Original title: Ahviaasta

2003 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Ülo Pikkov

The animated film “The Year of the Monkey” is a story of a monkey who lives in a zoo and, as chance would have it, is forced to start living like a human being.

The animated film “The Year of the Monkey” is a story of a monkey who lives in a zoo and, as chance would have it, is forced to start living like a human being. The monkey is mistaken for a drunken Santa Claus who got lost and ended up in the zoo, and he is taken away for treatment of alcohol abuse. There all the monkey’s hairs are shaved off, after which he outwardly seems to be a proper citizen. Human society quickly accepts its new member, the shaved monkey, and the monkey becomes an honoured public ...
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Daisy Petal Game: Tattoo

based on the short novel "Gipsies" by Kalju Saaber

1977 | Feature film, Short | Director: Peeter Simm

Short film directed by Peeter Simm based on the short story "Gypsies" by Kalju Saaber. Artistic director of the film Andrei Tarkovsky.

Young man Margus falls in love with gypsy girl Zoritsa and is ready for everything to prove his feelings. When the girl has complaints about the local Don Juan, a dairyman, Margus takes revenge but gets miserably kicked in his teeth. Margus's father, a local constable, chains his son. However, Margus breaks himself free and grabs a gun. Zoritsa's little brother finds Margus to hide behind the dairyman's window and shares words of wisdom that will make Margus change his mind.
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