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Border Youth

Original title: Noored piiril

2019 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets
Hold Onto Me

Original title: Ära mind lahti lase

2019 | Documentary | Director: Ingrid Hübscher, Sigrid Reede

Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. As she prepares to take the European Choir of Estonians to the Estonian national Song Celebration, her German husband Hartmut also needs to learn the songs.

The film follows the journey of the European Choir of Estonians to the 150th Song and Dance Celebration in Estonia through the eyes of two main characters. Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. At the annual choir camp in Bonn, she is faced with a real professional challenge - the choir which only meets twice a year needs to learn the Song Festival repertoire in two days. Her German husband Hartmut also sings in the choir. It is because of love that he has learned Estonian, but now he has to work hard to learn the songs in ...
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Tõnis Mägi

2019 | Music Documentary, Documentary, Portrait | Director: Priit Pääsuke

A film about Tõnis Mägi and his music.

The film is partly based on Tõnis Mägi’s life story but focuses more on his contemporary works and the new songs he’s created. It shows how each new story reflects his unique world through different moments from his own life and Estonian cultural history.
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Paradise Behind the Fence

Original title: Lumi punasel lagedal

2017 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova, Julia Iskhakova

The preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, include big changes to the area. Do the small villages in the neighbourhood manage to stay alive and retain their everyday routine?

One of the biggest resorts with subtropical climate in Russia is Sochi. In 2014 there will be Winter Olympics. The president Putin has promised lots of snow for the games, no traffic jams and big investments. Austrian specialists already started planning big changes to the area. Do the small villages in the neighbourhood manage to stay alive and retain their everyday routine?
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Mesipuu poole

2015 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea
Occupy Your Wall

Original title: Okupeeri oma müür

2013 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Artur Talvik, Peeter Vihma

Documentary by Artur Talvik and Peeter Vihma about the development and growth of civil society in Estonia.

Artur Talvik and Peeter Vihma are looking for an answer to the question whether the real civil society is existing in Estonia and what will happen to the world after the representative democracy will fail due to a deep crisis it is in. During two years three Estonian communities are being observed, including the internet community in Estonia and the ones in Pühajärve and Tuhala. The filmmakers follow the communities' efforts to fight for their rights against the economical elite aka the wall. They struggle for the rights for Pühajärve Elementary School, Tuhala Witch's Well and internet freedom. Everything is ...
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Always is always

Original title: Alati on alati

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Tõnis Lepik

The film introduces the daily activities and creative work of the last year in artist Jaan Paavle's life, including his beliefs, attitudes and contradictions with the society.

Poetical documentary about Jaan Paavle (1940-2010), an artist of Southern temperament who has been a scandalous Estonian poet and performance artist for several decades. Jaan is making preparations for his 70th birthday exhibition titled "Always is always", is working with his last painting and is dreaming about having his own studio. How is artwork born and what is the artist's essence? Through the discussions of the protagonist and his friend Leo we can learn about their philosophy of life. While getting involved in somewhat comical and unexpected situations, they interpret the world in a completely different way than an average ...
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Black Box

Original title: Must kast

2011 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Marko Raat

The title of the European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 raised the issue how to expand the public space and provide more interesting public activities.

The title of European Capital of Culture belonged to Tallinn in 2011. The regulatory committee of Tallinn 2011 had the opportunity to change and expand the urban space in Tallinn. How to take advantage of public space, to give it more interesting use and to expand it? How to get the city more connected to the sea? How to achieve as much as possible with minimum means? Who has enough courage to act according to his/her words and leave the safe area of central Tallinn? The documentary explores the events of the year of culture that was seeking answers to ...
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Tallinn Spiced Sprats. The Canned Tales

Original title: Tallinna kilud

2011 | Other categories, Feature film, Short | Director: Jaak Kilmi

Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma made the residents of Tallinn to perform the opposition between the manor owner Johann von Uexküll in Riisipere and the Hochedle Rath der Stadt Reval or the higher consilium governing the city of Tallinn back in 16th century.

Playful tale of fantasy about the city of Tallinn told by the stories of local people. The stories of the living and the dead, memories and urban legends, children and skeletons meet here. The almost one-thousand-year-old legend of Tallinn brings all these seemingly different tales together. Manor owner Johann von Üxküll was executed in Tallinn in 1535 for killing peasant Mattis. 12 present day residents of Tallinn reconstruct this old tale in front of cameras – the story about justice and equality.
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Silent Surrender

Original title: Ma elasin Eesti Vabariigis

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

Documentary by Liina Triškina about the year of 1939 that was fateful for the republic of Estonia. The film studies the subjects of freedom and critical situations, doings and undoings.

What does it feel to live in the turbulent times as a ten-year-old, in the country that one day thrives and the next day will disappear from the world map? The pivotal times of the year 1939 both for Estonia and the whole world changed history. The filmmakers examine the events side by side with the memories of the children of the era. Family photos, newspaper cuts, dramatic archival excerpts, memories of elderly people who used to be children at that time - all of this reflect the tragic events of 1939 and the silent destruction of the Republic of ...
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