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The Ice That Still Supports Us

Original title: Jäätee veereel

2023 | Documentary | Director:

There's a crack on the same course!

Documentary reflects people's desire to be happy in a rapidly changing world, even as this world is breaking like spring ice. It’s a film about the ice road that erases borders between people. The events of the film take place on the Northern coast of Estonia, where the use of ice roads in winter is a centuries-old tradition. But it’s like a ghost road – no one knows when and where it will appear. The ice road is opened every year for cars and pedestrians. Though the ice seems to arise tensions, it melts something in people's hearts.
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Missed Call

Original title in Estonian: Vastamata kõne

2022 | Short, Students film | Director: Jennifer Marisse Cohen

Jennifer Cohens shortfilm narrates a story, when a young couple faces a tumultuous period due to a death of a loved one, yet are able to find each other again despite the hurt inflicted upon one another.

Niina and Kusti have been a couple for the majority of their twenties. When Kusti misses a call containing an announcement of his mother's death whilst celebrating at the afterparty of Niina’s new play, Niina begins to display her incompetence to support Kusti in a time of need. After a tumultuous period for the two, Kusti shows the capability of affection as we realize the significance of their presence in each other lives.
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Koma

2018 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Maria Avdjuško, Peeter Simm

Documentary about well known Estonian theatre director Kalju Komissarov.

Kalju Komissarov (08.03.1946-06.03.2017) was one of the greatest and most influential theatre and film director and theatrical pedagogue in Estonia. To this day most of the big names who work in Estonian theatre stages have been his students. He was in charge of Estonian Youth Theatre 1974 - 1986, Ugala Theater 1989 - 1991 and 1986 - 1995 Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Till his death in 2017 he was the professor of University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy. You can see his students remembering him and his last interviews in documentary “Koma”.
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Some Notes About Love

2018 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Maris Kerge

Director Maris Kerge wants to find out if art can replace real life and explore the possibility of unconditional love.

"Some Notes About Love" is a documentary, that in it’s centres around an experiment created specifically for the film. The director Maris Kerge made an open call to find an unknown person with whom to live together and study based on this experience, if its possible to create an empathy between two strangers. Second goal of the experience was to test the boundaries between art and real-life.
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Before

2017 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Hõbe Ilus

The film portrays a winter morning of a family, that lives at the countryside in South-Estonia.

Lee is a 7-year-old girl who lives at a rural countryside house with her parents and little brother Leek. This is a quiet film about them waking-up and getting ready for school – somewhat of a daily ritual, but during the winter time this routine requires flash-lights.
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Ghost Tapes (Kummita lindid)

2017 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Mariam Agladze, Teemu Kettunen

Australian musician tries to find his way in North Eastern Europe, ends up living in abandoned concert hall.

Abraham has lived in Estonia for more than 7 years and makes music. His goal is to become a successful musician, someEmes he has to play his guitar in the underground tunnels to make some money for living.
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Heartdressers

2017 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Maris Kerge

A womans need for keeping herself up and to be kept up, no matter her age. A hairsaloon as a place to relief from the worries of life.

The legendary hairsaloon on Tähe street in Tartu has seen its clientells youth, maturity and elder days. In addition to the practical side – haircuts – it also fills s role as a social space. Despite the clients high age, there is still remaining a will to pepe oneself up.
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Honeymoon

Original title (in Estonian): "Mesinädalad"

2017 | Short, Students film | Director: Enrico Barone

There is no real love without redemption, forgiveness and compassion.

Helen´s husband, Toomas, is in coma after stroke. Detached from life and work, the woman must cope with the discovery of her husband´ s adultery with a Latvian woman, Laima. Helen struggles between grief and anger and the process of mourning develops through questioning her won feelings towards the husband, towards the the acceptance of the existence of Laima. Helen can come back to love and music only through redemption and forgiveness.
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Interview with Arvo Kukumägi

Original title (in Estonian): "Intervjuu Arvo Kukumägi"

2017 | Exercises (factual/documentary), Students film | Director: Anna-Maria Jams

In filmstudents Anna-Maria Jams’s practicing documental interview is film actor Arvo Kukumägi talking about his studies as an actor and director. He is talking about his opinion on nowadays film and working as an actor.

Film actor Arvo Kukumägi is talking about his studies as an actor and director. He is talking about his opinion on nowadays film and working as an actor.
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Little Resistance

2017 | Documentary, Students film | Director: Ruta Pakalne

Students of Ruila school are given the opportunity to be creative in-within school system which they still try to resist.

Movement classes are part of Ruila Põhikool curriculum, with a goal to develop body awareness and togetherness that is explored by the students. The focus of the film is to open up the necessity of having movement classes in daily life for kids. In this case kids that are given the approach that is quite alternative and gives them freedom, but they are still part of an alternative system that they try to join or not. Even if it is good for them, there is still someone who does not want to be subordinated to the practise.
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