goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Comical triptych about residents at an apartment block district who long for a better life. When a black hole mysteriously appears in a lilac bush, they will have to face aliens, a giant spider and an Austrian in breeches.
The Stouts steal Athomic in order to use it in starting the war.
A boy accidentally turns himself into a car tire.
In the village of Virago, where no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday, Tõnu is about to turn forty.
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Lao-Zi.
Short film directed by Peeter Simm based on the short story "Gypsies" by Kalju Saaber. Artistic director of the film Andrei Tarkovsky.
A totalitarian society destroys itself, sooner or later the people cannot take it anymore and then, over papa Carlos a path to the doors of freedom is laid.
Four short tales with regular nails as main charracters. Several human strains get ridiuled through the relations between nails.
The first full-length feature film directed by Peeter Simm is based on the story "The deputy of spring sowing" by Karl Helemäe, analyzing the choices of a young man during the era of the establishment of collective farms in Estonian countryside.
Visual fairy tale for adults directed by Rainer Sarnet. The feature film combines black comedy and romance.
Andres Sööt, a legendary documentary filmmaker in Estonia, records the environments and people in Tallinn cafes with his candid camera in late 1960s.
Cowardice is the greatest sin on earth.
The drama takes place in a small village, telling the story of 30-year-old Kertu whose whole life has been controlled by her father. Local people consider Kertu mentally unbalanced because of her modesty. The young woman gives it a try to change something in her life and sends a postcard to Villu - a handsome yet degraded village drunkard. Their unpredicable love story won't be accepted by their close ones and the fellow villagers.
An optimistic anti-western about the possibility to attain the inscrutable and benevolent indifference towards all mundane affairs even here, in the midst of the pointless and sad life of contemporary Europeans.
The winter fairy tale for grown-ups written and directed by Marko Raat is based on the fairy tale "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen.
The suspense drama directed by Hannu Salonen tells about loyalty and betrayal, revenge and forgiveness, and about the process of becoming a grown up man in a violent world.
Playful documentary by Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma about the development of their generation during the Soviet era where the totalitarian power confronted the heroes of pop culture and the Finnish Television was the window to the world of dreams.
The drama directed by Veiko Õunpuu is based on the novel "Autumn Ball" by Mati Unt, telling the story about the residents of a dormitory suburb who are more or less connected to each other. All of them suffer from loneliness and complicated relationships. This is Õunpuu's first full-length feature film that has received several acknowledged festival awards and was chosen the best Estonian film of the last 20 years.
The debut feature film directed by Kadri Kõusaar tells the story about alienation and absence of emotions through the relationship of a depressed youngster and his father. The film with excellent cinematography has received awards at several acknowledged film festivals. The film is currently banned for protecting the private life of a prototype.
The pitch-black comedy directed by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk about well-known Estonian actor Jan Uuspõld. Having reached a dead end with his life, Jan starts a dramatic journey full of adventures from Tallinn to Tartu. Numerous public figures in Estonia participate in the film, including the president of the country.
Filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi study the new religion of neo-Capitalist society - a selling strategy training.
Ida, Natasha, Larissa and Fyodor Vassilyevich are family members who have a tight relationship that is precious and sacred to them but also limiting, challenging and obstructing. Meeting Ida and her family over the span of three years, the director achieved an amazing intimacy.
Freedom is looking for a form to manifest itself. Allegoric story of Architect-Matchstickman – who helps to give the life for the new Generation...
What happens when the Maker loses controle over his creation and it starts to obay it's own will. .
Retired Esja Šur, a Russian citizen living in Sillamäe, Estonia spends her elderly days while organizing demonstrations, meetings and pickets.
An adventurous youth comedy directed by Jaak Kilmi and Rene Reinumägi takes place in an enviroment resembling Woodstock where a fifteen-year-old protagonist takes part in a revolt against the system, during which he identifies himself as a person and finds love.
This story is about a young man, who want's to go behind the horizon...
Three men, three different stories about work and being lazy, dignity and despair, struggle for existence and self-pity in a ruthless society of success.
The crime comedy directed by Peeter Simm is based on the story "Arnold" by Toomas Raudam. It is an adventurous tale about friendship, humanity and discovering love.