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Hell's Stoker

Original title: Põrgu katlakütja

2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kullar Viimne

It is impossible for a man who has been in the war to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in his dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them.

A portrait film about Seaküla Simson, one of the sculptors with the best sense of form in Estonia. It is impossible for a man who went through the war in Afghanistan to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them. The documentary captures the essence of the artist, the creative process and methods, and its fusion into a single whole. The film opens the soul, inner honesty and sincerity of the creator and shows the sculptures and objects through an ...
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The Bog

Original title: Soo

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ergo Kuld

A period piece taking place at a stormy time in world history, intertwining an atmospheric thriller with an enchanting love story. In addition to these main elements the film has plenty of humour and a number of colorful supporting characters.

A thrilling love story, based on the eponymous novel by Oskar Luts, takes us back to the year 1917, when Europe was engulfed in WW1 and a revolution erupted on the other side of Estonia`s Eastern border. Young artist Toomas Haava (Franz Malmsten) returns from Paris, back to his brother's bog farm and wraps himself unintentionally in a conflict with violent and terrifying Madjak (Märten Matsu), who is harassing a local girl, Hilda (Hanna-Ly Aavik), also known as Wildcat. Enchanted by the mysterious beauty, Toomas discovers himself in the middle of a fight for love, with his own life at stake. ...
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Room With A Sea View

2020 | Students film, Animation | Director: Leonid Šmelkov

Herbert dreamed to see a sea in his window, but…

Herbert arrives in the seaside city on a long working trip. Accidentally he falls in love with a very strange beautiful saleswoman in a flower shop. He suffers from insomnia, which he treats by watching billiards on TV. But now it doesn’t help anymore. His obsessive passion keeps him awake…
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Strawberry Eaters

Original title: Maasikaõgijad

2018 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mattias Mälk

Snails can't wait for a strawberry farmer's child to be born.

Snails can't wait for a strawberry farmer's child to be born.
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Wounds of Afghanistan

Original title: Afganistani armid

2005 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

Two veterans of Afghanistan War return to the military territories where they once fought. When they were twenty years old, they were sent to fight abroad where it was impossible to exit as a winner.

„Wounds of Afghanistan“ is a film about Estonian men currently in their forties whose lives were changed forever during the period of 1979-1989 when Estonians were forced to fight with the Soviet army in Afghanistan. When twenty-year old, they were sent by the Soviet authorities to the Afghan War where no-one had ever left as a winner. This was a a war for foreign country and unknown purposes. Every man tried to escape – few succeeded. The heroes of the film are the artist Aivar Simson – Simson from Seaküla - and Leino Juhkam. The first one lost his nerves in ...
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Painaja

2004 | Students film, Short | Director: Mart Arjukese
Regina

Based on the novel "An Option" by Aimée Beekman

1990 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaljo Kiisk

The film directed by Kaljo Kiisk is based on the novel "An Option" by Aimée Beekman, telling about parents' responsibility for their offspring.

Regina is a beautiful, educated and independent woman whose husband tells her that he is going to marry a young girl expecting a baby. As Regina inherits a house in a little town, an opportunity to change her life arises and she moves away from the capital city. She won't manage there alone - and the only available man around is drunkard Ants, yet with excellent skills in the household. Since the man is single, Regina decides that it is reasonable to marry him. However, she wants to get children with other men, those who are healthy and not drinking. ...
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The Lost Road

Original title: See kadunud tee

1990 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jaan Kolberg

The symbolistic-allegorical drama directed by Jaan Kolberg is based on the novel "The Good Harbour" by August Mälk (published in 1942) and other works of the same writer. The events of the film have been adjusted to the contemporary times.

Teenager Juulius loses his mother and goes to live with Taavi, a wise fisherman. Juulius gets to know the daily life in the fisherman's village, falls in love for the first time, and realizes the complexity of the relationships between those of older generation. While leaving for a stormy sea of life from the village he has still some hope in order to come back to his love and his home port.
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The Last Relic

Original title: Viimne reliikvia

1969 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Grigori Kromanov

The historical-romantic adventure film directed by Grigory Romanov is based on the characters and motifs from the story "Prince Gabriel or the Last Days of Pirita Monastery" by Eduard Bornhöhe and on the events of 1968 in Europe. The song lyrics by Paul-Eerik Rummo and touch of humour add depth to the film that has reached the cult status in Estonia.

It is the 16th century in Livonia. Hans von Risbieter, a young knight, inherits a chest with the remains of St Bridget - this is a relic desired by the convent. Risbieter agrees to give up the chest on one condition - if he can marry Agnes von Mönnikhusen, an angelic young niece of the abbess. Agnes, however, is in love with a freeman Gabriel who bravely stands for freedom and justice. The romantic adventures are intermingled with the explosive resentment of Estonians fighting the war of independence. The historical background of the film has been able to arouse interest ...
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Postmark from Vienna

Original title: Viini postmark

1967 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veljo Käsper

The comedy directed by Veljo Käsper is based on the play "Postmark from Vienna" by Ardi Liives, telling about a man who during one day decides to tell only the truth.

Martin Roll who once was a man of many words, wearing a dandy moustache has now become a suffering saggy man as described by his war friend Tõnis Upp. Martin is seriously disturbed by the state of things both at work in he box factory and at home but he does nothing to change that except dedicates himself to his collection of stamps. However, the bitter truth makes Martin bet on his biggest treasure - the Austrian WIPA issue stamp - with Tõnis. Tõnis will win if during one day he is able to tell only the truth.
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