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A Bad Scene: Early Spring

Original title in Estonian: Varakevad

2017 | Feature film, Short | Director: Rain Tolk, Gustaf Boman Bränngård

When 15 year old Sander falls prey to an almost fatal bad joke, he has to decide whether to try and break away from his determined social status, or conform and accept his role in the group.

"A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. Harassment, mental violence, manipulation, cornering – these topics are current in both politics as well as private sphere. In these nightmarish confrontations, dramatics, mysticism as well as twisted comedy can be found. The second short film is "Early Spring". This is not a cool youth movie about frolicking teenagers. It's a sociopsychological challenge to incite a discussion about group dynamics, conformism, and social roles that are largely shaped and confirmed in teenage years. Hopefully there ...
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Oskar

2014 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Karl-Jonatan Karits

Lasnamägi could be divided into two areas – industrial and a living district. In 2011 there were 108042 residents. Only 30% Estonians. Oskar has lived in Lasnamägi all of his life. In the documentary, Kivila, a district of Lasnamägi is being shown through the life of young Estonians. The young residents speak about the typical problems occuring in Lasnamägi – fights, drinkings, the differences of Russian-Estonian clutures and the misunderstandings deriving from the clash of the cultures. Oskars mother dreams about moving away, but young Oskar is still in search for his future.
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Zero Point

Original title: Nullpunkt

2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mihkel Ulk

Debut feature film directed by Mihkel Ulk, telling about the burning issues of today's youth: school bullying and related low self-esteem, adaptation difficulties and search for appreciation.

Johannes is a sensitive young man with restless disposition who is accepted by an elite school in Tallinn. However, things won't get better for him as one could expect - he becomes the target of his classmates' mental terror. Johannes must also cope with his mother's progressive mental disease. When the three main pyramids of his life - home, friends and school - start to collapse, Johannes will reach the zero point. He realizes that in order to move on he has to start from himself - he works out a plan who to become accepted and gain popularity. Despite ...
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House of Cards

2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

Carlos Lesmes’s Master thesis is a film about the idea of the grass being greener on the other side. About the modern day feeling that even if life is ok, we might be missing something. The idea that – always – somewhere out there everything its better.

The film is about hopes and dreams, about the idea that somewhere out there life is much better and how this affects the main charachter and his relationships.
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Rampcramp

Original title: Rambikramp

2008 | Feature film, Short | Director: Katrin Sipelgas, Elen Lotman

A young man, trick bicyclist, loses his self-confidence when he has to create a terrorist persona for a computer game.

One day when riding his BMX bike, Jan has a mental breakdown. It is not that he is having a competition fever – but for some reason, some kind of fear takes away his self-confidence. During the day the pressure grows even stronger, things pile up. Among other things, Jan has to meet a deadline for designing visuals for a new computer game. It's just a gig, but quite an odd one: the player can act the role of Mohanned Attaks who was the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attack. No wonder Jan gets stuck.
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What if the grass was greener

Original title: Kui seda metsa ees ei oleks...

2007 | Documentary | Director: Ergo Kuld

Does the list of schools based on formal results prove anything after all? The documentary tells about a small school - Misso Secondary School - that is the last one in the list.

According to the results of the final exams, Misso Secondary School has been losing the competition among Estonian high schools for years. Tallinn French Lyceum, Secondary School No 21, Tallinn English College and other elite schools have had the leading positions. How adequate are these results after all? What do the little „straw-heads“ (so were the pupils of Misso Secondary School called in a respectable publication) think of it? What do their teachers and tutors think? The film searches for the answers through the everyday life of a province school and philosophy. Are we ready to look inside ourselves and ...
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National Sport

Original title: Rahvuslik sport

2005 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Madli Lääne
A Different Titmouse

Original title: Teistmoodi tihane

2004 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Mart Taevere
Palju õnne!

2004 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv
Franka

Original title: Franka

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Siiri Timmerman

Frantšeska Vakkum, project manager at Kuressaare Open Youth Center, deals with problematic young people and wants to make the world a better place while helping children.

Frantšeska Vakkum is a project manager at Kuressaare Open Youth Center. Her daily duties include working with problematic children. Franka is called the Mother of young people in Kuressaare; Franka herself thinks she is the adult friend for the children. One thing is absolutely clear for Franka - only those can work with youth who have the sense of mission. She never lost faith in the fact that she could understand and help children in order to make the world a better place.
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