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The Invisible Fight

Original title: Nähtamatu võitlus

2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

A kung fu comedy set in an Orthodox monastery in 1970’s Soviet Union.

USSR - China border, 1973. Rafael is in the army on guard duty when the border falls under attack from flying Chinese kung fu warriors. Utterly fascinated by the long-haired Chinese hippie black-clad kung fu aces flying around blasting forbidden Black Sabbath music from their portable radio Rafael gets struck by a revelation; he too wants to become a kung fu warrior. Faith leads Rafael to an Orthodox monastery where the black clad monks do their training but his road to achieving the almighty power of humility required is long, winding and full of kick-ass adventures.
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Raudvara. Anu Raud

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Erle Veber
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Islam Eesti südames

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Madis Reimund
All the Sins

Original title (in Finnish): Kaikki synnit

2019 | TV Serial, Elisa | Director: Mika Ronkainen

Crime thriller about complex relationships, small town prejudices and alternative lifestyles.

S1. Detective Lauri Räihä returns home after 10 years to investigate the murders of two men in the small northern town where he grew up. His marriage is in trouble and going home forces him to face his family and the deeply religious Laestadian community that rejected him. With partner Sanna Tervo he works to solve the case only to discover other truths about himself, his hometown, and whether one has the power to forgive all sins. S2. The year is 1999. Jussi Ritola, police officer in a small town in Northern Finland, starts to investigate the death of two of ...
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Maria ’s Paradise

Original title (in Finnish): Marian paratiisi

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Zaida Bergroth

The angel will guide us.

This is an intense story of love, its dangers and its power. In 1920’s Northern Finland, a Christian sect, led by the angelic and charismatic Maria Åkerblom, is being chased out of town by an angry mob, accused of being a false prophet. They settle at a large estate in Helsinki where at night, the believers gather around Maria as she falls into a trance and delivers the words of the angels. Among the most fervent believers is Salome, an orphan who is Maria`s new personal servant. Salome is happy to bask in Maria’s divine light, and Maria also sees ...
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Truth and Justice

Original title: Tõde ja õigus

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbour and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place. Young and energetic man Andres together with his wife Krõõt arrives to his new farm bought on a loan to establish their new life. Robber’s Rise must become a place, that’ll take care of the family. Household needs a lot of work and consistency – battle with nature, fate and his spiteful neighbour Pearu ...
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Everyday Mysticism

Original title: Vello Salo. Igapäevaelu müstika

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaan Tootsen

A story about a trickster priest preparing to leave this world.

This documentary film is about the beauty of growing old. It is a story about an old and wise man who is preparing to leave this world and, thus, faces many personal and delicate questions. How not to loose faith in these final hours? Why are the greatest among us put through the hardest trials in the spiritual realm? Vello Salo is a Catholic cleric in his 90s, but first and foremost, a human being: a free spirit, a man with his own quirks and tricks, not to mention a lifetime of experience and wisdom which has been well-preserved to ...
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Jesus, Gays and Pussicats

Original title: Jeesus, homod ja kiisud

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Jaan Kolberg

The protagonist of the documentary is Rein Mets, an extremely controversial man known as an evangelist and founder of the Living Word religious movement in Estonia. He is also a father of five children, a bisexual and has been living together with a man for more than 20 years.

Documentary about the life of Rein Mets, an evangelist and activist of the Living Word, a father of five and a bisexual. Yet, this is not just another biographical documentary - the film also studies Tegemist ei ole puhtalt eluloofilmiga. Film puudutab ka meie lähiajalugu ja inimese otsinguid harmoonia ja tasakaalu leidmisel ning kindlasti ka küsimust sellest, kuidas korraldada oma hinge- ja füüsiline maailm selliselt, et ruumi jääks ka teistele kaasinimestele.
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Etude of a Prayer

Original title: Etüüd palvest

2009 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Siiri Timmerman, Jaan Kolberg

This 30-min film gives an overview of Bridgettine Order, the founder of the Order – Saint Bridget and the restorer of the Order – Mother Elisabeth.

Generally, if people speak about convent in Pirita, they mean the ruins and many of them are surprised to discover that right there in Pirita, next to the old ruins, has been over ten years a fully operating Bridgettine convent. This 30-min film gives an overview of Bridgettine Order, the founder of the Order – Saint Bridget and the restorer of the Order – Mother Elisabeth. If during medieval the convent was an understandable part of social life then later, after the reformation, the tradition of a convent as an institution disappeared from Estonia and from our neighborhood. Today this ...
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Islam Eestis

2006 | Documentary | Director: Tõnu Virve