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Eyes of beauty

Original title in Estonian: Ilus Armin

2023 | Short, Students film | Director: Katariina Škurinski

In a world full of stupidity and fear, an unnaturally beautiful boy named Armin was born. Soon enough, Armin’s magical nature begins to affect everything and everyone around him, leading to unexpected and dire consequences.

In a small village, a strange boy named Armin is born who is seemingly blessed with unnatural beauty. As time goes by his beauty begins to have an effect on not only him but everyone around the village. His beauty has become a curse that seems destined to follow the boy forever. To get rid of Armin, the villagers decide to find Armin a wife who would take him away from their village. The chosen maiden is Maret who takes Armin away and it looks like the situation will have a happy ending for everyone. Despite the bizarre and forced pairing, things ...
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Süüta mu tuli

2018 | Advertising, Advertising, Other categories, Commissioned | Director: Urmas Nimetu

A romantic comedy about heating the oven.

A young couple prepares to spend a weekend in an old house. First they have to light the fire. This is not an easy task and very soon they wake up a strange old man who calls himself the Guardian of the Oven.
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Sacrifice

Original title (in Estonian): "Ohverdus"

2016 | Short, Students film | Director: Oksana Nakorchevska

A fairytal about father and daughter, who moved to the countryside.

A fairytale, where Father and Daughter, who moved to countryside are visited by a forest god who wants the Daughter to be his wife.
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Snegurochka (Snow-Maiden)

Original title in Russian: "Снегурочка"

2016 | Short, Students film | Director: Ilina Perianova

Old couple wants child but they can’t have it. All of a sudden they become miraculously parents overnight.
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On the Other Side of the Woods

Original title: Teisel pool metsa

2014 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg

Fairytale full of light, magic and nostalgia.

Fairytale full of light, magic and nostalgia. A clay doll awakens her surroundings that become a syrreal world in constant flow of change. Shot with natural light the visible changes of daylight emphasize the passing of time in the film.
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The Great Magician

2006 | Feature film, Short | Director: Elisabet Gustafsson

The short film, co-produced by Estonia, Sweden and France, is an absurd and tragicomical fairytale about the unhappy life of an unknown and poor magician.

The film is an absurd and tragicomical fairytale about the unhappy life of an unknown and poor magician. He lives as a pedantic official of Mysterious Bank on Forsaken Street. Despite the fact that the magician is surrounded by evil-minded people, he won't use the opportunity to use his great magic powers. His steadfast faith in virtues, moral and divine providence obsesses him as he won't use his potential as a magician. No one will hold a speech at his funeral, no one considered him to be the great magician, perhaps not even himself!
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The Institute of The Dream

Original title: Une Instituut

2006 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Mati Kütt

At bedtime, Sandman Mati's footprints appear from nowhere on the sand. The Master of Dreams spreads the dreamsand in co-operation with Pillow Katis.

At bedtime, Sandman Mati's footprints appear from nowhere on the sand. The Master of Dreams spreads the dreamsand in co-operation with Pillow Katis onto piglet, gentelmen in black, the tumbler, a rabbit chasing hunter and on angel Tõnu. The Pillow Katis put dreampillows under every faller to make the falling asleep softer and safer as well. Sandman Mati also catters dream sand onto the eyelids of a sleepless child.
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Fox Woman

Original title: Rebasenaine

2002 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Priit Tender

It is the story about a fox that goes to heaven to visit her uncle, and gets cruelly cast down.

The 10-minute animated film “Fox Woman” is based on a legend of Mapuche Indians. It is the story about a fox that goes to heaven to visit her uncle, and gets cruelly cast down. In the film the personification of animals provides this slightly absurd legend with social context. The film as a whole could be classified as a comedy and its main audience could be teenagers.
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The Mosquito and the Horse

Original title: Sääsk ja hobune

2001 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Mikk Rand

This is an Estonian fairytale about Mosquitoes who affirm to fight and win Horse.

The Horse is big, but Mosquitoes there are more then many… This is ironical story of beeing an estonian. The main character for this nation is split minded thinking and action. The symbol of slow and incautious estonian is The Horse Mosquitos in the other side show their self-motivation and the will of self-development and obduracy, as well. Outrageous musical fairytale for universal audience, but it is special style for folk-lovers.
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Crow and Mice

Original title (in Estonian): "Vares ja hired"

1998 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Mikk Rand

A fairytale about the mice and the raven, which is stronger and which is cleverer.

A fairytale about the mice and the raven, and about which is stronger and which is clever.
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