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Bad Ass Merike

Original title: Vinge mutt

2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Keil

She has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses.

Between the Southern Estonian hills, there is a Tobra stable where trainer Merike Markus has 27 riding horses and 70 children to look after. Merike has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses. On the surface, life in the Tobra stable ticks like a peaceful everyday cycle, but it's not like that. Every day brings something new. Through Merike, who herself lives through the lives of all his students, trainees, every meeting in training begins with what has happened in the ...
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Loads of Shit

Original title: Sitta kanti

2024 | Documentary | Director: Madis Reimund

This job is full of shit, but somebody has to do it!

Fecal truck driver Erki, portable toilet renter Toomas, and sewage treatment plant expert Andra are active and cheerful Estonian people who have chosen a profession that is usually considered dirty and shameful, and which no one dreams of as a child. However, in modern times, everyone needs the work and service of these people. Everything that is related to toilet is still a taboo and people feel embarrassed and ashamed even talking about their natural needs. And of course, no one wants to know what happens to the result after the toilet lid is closed. Estonians' toilet culture is actually ...
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My Duty

Original title: Minu kohus

2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Liis Lindmaa

Documentary about an Estonian woman with Russian heritage, who joins the Estonian Women’s Voluntary Defense League to become a soldier.

Documentary about an Estonian woman with Russian heritage, who joins the Estonian Women’s Voluntary Defense League to become a soldier. She feels the responsibility to be ready to defend Estonia from the country her father loved unconditionally. For a year she is training and searching for her place, being in constant self development. Moving more and more out of her comfort zone, will the duty last?
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Sander's Documentary

Original title: Sanderidokumentaalfilm

2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Frank-Leander Sapego

Stand-up comedy seems like an easy thing to do - you get on stage, tell funny stories for an hour and also swear a little. Sander Õigus has been doing stand-up for over ten years, let's see how the truth becomes the truth and a joke becomes a joke.

Stand-up comedy seems like an easy thing to do - you get on stage, tell funny stories for an hour and also swear a little. Sander Õigus has been doing stand-up for over ten years, let's see how the truth becomes the truth and a joke becomes a joke.
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Legend eluajal

2023 | TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Ergo Kuld
The Academy of Elegant Aging

Original title: Väärika vananemise akadeemia

2023 | Documentary | Director: Sigrid Salutee

It is a fun insight into the life of a day center for elderly.

The self-help and counseling association for the elderly has been operating in Kadriorg for almost 30 years and is fondly called the "Academy of Elegant Aging". The day center gives elderly people the opportunity to realize themselves and communicate even after their loved ones have passed away. There are 13 committees in the association, starting with the security desk and the library and ending with the cafe and the garden. Simple tasks help seniors feel needed.The house is run by 70 year old Heino, who is one of the few men among the lively ladies. He is the one running ...
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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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Language Rebel. Mati Hint

Original title: Keelemässaja. Mati Hint

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Annika Koppel

The documentary focuses on the life and creative path of Mati Hint, a linguist, essayist, and lecturer who played an important role in politics during the restoration of Estonian independence.

In the revolutionary nineties, it was extremely important that the Estonian language became the state language, and for this a language law had to be adopted. Mati Hint was the ideologue of the Language Act, and thanks to his courage, attempts to change it at the last moment failed. That's how his rebellion benefited the Estonian state. The film investigates what was the role of fertile landscapes and harsh history of South Estonia in the formation of his uncompromising nature and rebel mentality
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Leonardo from Randvere

Original title: Randvere Leonardo

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kerttu Soans

The life of Endel Saarepuu (70) is filled with art. The older the artist gets, the easier his life becomes and the more talking is his work.

Endel Saarepuu was born to be an artist. No other role that life has offered for Endel, has ever lasted. The house, where his family was once supposed to live, has now become a home for hundreds or wooden sculptures, stained glass works and drawings. The older the artist gets, the easier his life becomes and the more talking is his work. A sketch on a piece of paper or the client's wish is just an impulse. The final result is dictated by the material and the working process. Natural phenomena affect wooden sculptures and people's thoughts change the meaning of ...
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