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Gentle Warriors

Original title (in Lithuanan): Švelnūs kariai

2020 | Documentary | Director: Marija Stonytė

A girl becomes a warrior in the military- and her own life.

Documentary by Marija Stonytė takes us on the journey of a girl becoming a warrior in the military and in her own life. A few years ago military conscription for men was reintroduced in Lithuania. Simultaneously, there were a number of young women who decided to voluntarily register for military service. We follow 3 of these girls for 9 months as they live and train among 600 men at an isolated military base. Three girls – three totally unique characters, come from very different social backgrounds. One joined the army with the aim of starting a new life, another - to ...
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The Evolution of the Guard

Original title in Estonian: "Valvuri evolutsioon"

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Dora Lall

The semester film of the BFM students is an adaptation of Talvo Pabut's novel "The Evolution of the Guard".

We are surrounded by people who work hard day after day. One of these people is Marko, a man who is already in his retirement age and works round the clock as a guard on a construction site. For many years he has done his job as a routine and has forgotten everything he has ever dreamed of until one moment the illusion of a stable lifestyle is crushed and he must face the long-awaited change.
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End of Chain

Original title: Keti lõpp

2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Priit Pääsuke

The feature film is set in a remote fast food resturant next to an empty parking lot. The place works as a model of the world, or East-Europe.

The feature film is set in a remote fast food resturant next to an empty parking lot. The place works as a model of the world, or East-Europe. The visitors of the restaurant come and go, all of them being on the verge of desperation during the times of everlasting economical crises. The only one witnessing and absorbing all this is the protagonist of the film - the Waitress. Finally Lõpuks liituvad temaga tööd otsiv Noormees (Hendrik Toompere jr), akadeemilise maailma imelaps ja kuulus Helilooja (Tiit Lilleorg), kes mõlemad otsivad sõprust ning lähedust.
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Time will grow through our bones

Original title (in Estonian): "Aeg kasvab läbi me luudest"

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Dora Lall

Film student Dora Lall’s short film tells a story of a man who is stuck in his everyday work routine. He is unable to find a way to fulfill his dreams and wishes until everything falls apart and he is obliged to make a change.

Jaanus has been working in a factory for 10 years. He’s stuck in his everyday work but finds it impossible to make a change in his life. After a conflict with workmate Mart, change seems to be inevitabele.
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Solaris

2014 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Pavel Borecký

Dream palace, temple of excess or something totally different? The movie exposes closing hours and night time heartbeat of Tallinn shopping mall – place built to entertain and space shaped to concentrate the world. Suggestive ambiguity of camera gaze and immersive soundscape will confront viewer with raw materiality of fleeting encounters, circulatory systems and gradually transforming atmosphere. Dialogue-free sensory ethnography will invite you to question limit between the body and the world in one of the most vibrant urban ecosystems.
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On the Other Side

Original title of the film: Teisel pool / On the Other Side

2008 | Feature film, Short | Director: Samuel Jacquemin

Short film produced as a collaboration between Estonia and France about the attempt of a man named Victor living under a totalitarian regime to escape to a free world.

Victor, a man living under a totalitarian regime, sees his monotonous life disrupted by a strange message from his girlfriend whom he thought had disappeared. Anke has managed to flee to a free country and urges him to join her as soon as possible. Victor starts dreaming of a different world, and despite his doubts makes the decision to flee in his turn. It will be for him the beginning of a journey filled with traps, in which any unusual action on his part can lead to disaster.
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The Night

Original title in Estonian: Öö

2007 | Students film, Short | Director: Jaanis Valk

In the later sixties of the 19th century, on a fishing boat, love, routine and the fulfillment of dreams collide. Events knock down the everyday life of Paavo, a machinist on the ship, and turn it upside down.
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... and Women

Title in Estonian: .... ja naised

1989 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Heini Drui

Documentary about the problematic issues of the Soviet woman and her situation in the present day as well as the hopes for the better future.

Documentary directed by male cinematographers Heini Drui and Edvard Oja about the Soviet woman who might not gain her so-called bonus points in sexual life while being working and diligent.
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Some Exercises In Preparation For an Independent Life

Original title: Harjutusi iseseisvaks eluks

1980 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn
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