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The database provides information about 12 000 films, what are divided into nine main categories and plenty of sub-categories, in addition the feature films are classified also by genres.
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2019
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Documentary, Portrey
| Director:
Ruti Murusalu
The end of one act is the beginning of another.
The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes.
The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes. Choreography and dancing partners may change but the simplicity, passion and belief in fairytales still remain...
On the half-way of his worldly journey, Toomas Edur looks back to his significant dancing career. High jumps on the world stages made him great also in the eyes of his own people, although the most remarkable footage of his performances have only recently been shown to his home audience. Where to go on and with whom, ...
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2019
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Students film, Documentary
| Director:
Julien Kai
A celebration of the elements of nature at the pilgrimage house of Vastseliina and the unique influence of these elements as a part of human interactions in the house.
Water, Fire, Air and Earth. 4 elements of nature that are the origin of the pilgrimage house of Vastseliina. “A Song of Nature” is an architecture film introducing this spiritual place by a parallelism between indoor and outdoor shots, portraying how the modern house fits within the naturalistic and historical setting of the space.
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2019
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Documentary
| Director:
Marta Pulk
A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.
Estonia is crazy about theatre. In October 2017 there's an announcement for a paid position to find someone who has never been to theatre before. The task – to watch and review every Estonian theatre production of 2018. From 450 job applicants 21-year-old small town girl Alissija is hired. Coming from the periphery and a Russian-speaking family, she knows nothing about performing arts, actors, nor has ever been to any of the theatre houses. To make the job logistically possible, she has to move to the capital of Tallinn. Months pass and there are shows that inspire and many more ...
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2019
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Animation, Puppet
| Director:
Girlin Bassovskaja
Man and Woman have been married for years. Everything is insufferably usual and suffocating routine.
One of the million different possible versions of love stories. It is about a
man constantly seeking the ideal companion. At one point he realises that he does not know how is his ideal woman look like. Like it often happens in real life.
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2019
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Students film, Documentary
| Director:
Kaspar Erik Lind
The short documentary by film student Kaspar Erik Lind is about the massacres that took place in the early 1940s on the territory of Scheel Manor in Pirita-Kose.
In the early 1940’s, the lushious greenery at Scheeli manor was abruptly coloured red.
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2019
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Students film, Documentary
| Director:
Laura Liventaal
Laura Liventaal’s documentary is an intimate portrait of the Estonian actor Aleksander Eelmaa.
The documentary is an intimate portrait of Aleksander Eelmaa’s thoughts about his father and son. There is a question why it is so difficult to communicate honestly and Aleksander explains a way he has tied to manage that problem and what aspects are still bothering him.
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2019
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Students film, Short, Drama
| Director:
Maria Cecilia Garcia, Martynas Norvaišas
The story of two young women who meet in the woods in winter.
Gabriela is a 30 years old woman doing research in an Isolated area during winter. She is waiting for her delayed colleague to come for her, but instead Amber, a funky hiker, arrives asking for help to go back to her camp. This walk ends up challenging Gabriela’s capabilities to walk in the woods and to discern what is real and what is not.
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2019
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Students film, Short, Horror, Thriller, Drama
| Director:
Noah Ambrose
A couple argues about leaving their vacation cabin until they discover it might be too late.
It is a quiet night in the woods and Tuuli is rethinking her decision to bring her partner, Kaspar, to the family cabin for the week. As she tries to get him to leave Kaspar reveals that he has discovered a secret she has been keeping from him. Before the couple can finish their discussion, a strange drumming begins outside and the cabin is surrounded by hooded torch-bearing strangers. Things go from bizarre to crazy as the strangers begin slapping the windows and Tuuli starts having a seizure. Then as suddenly as it began, the slapping stops and the strangers ...
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2019
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Students film, Short, Musical films, dance
| Director:
Emeri Abel
Emeri Abel's dance film about the routine of everyday life.
We're all trapped in our own body and mind, stuck in the vicious circles of our daily routines. But are we the ones responsible for creating them - or even the very reality these circles exist in?
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2019
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Feature film, Short, Melodrama
| Director:
Natalja Matšenene
When a stage director Anna and a businessman Maxim meet they both get the feeling that they have known each other for ages. Nevertheless they can't take their relationship further due to personal values and social norms. One day Anna comes to a regression therapy and finds out about her previous lives.
After the premiere of her stage production, Anna meets Maxim. They both feel that they have known each other for donkey’s years. They begin to socialise, but the development of their relationship is complicated. Anna gets to a psychologist – regression practitioner, where she learns that her problems lie beyond this life. Anna agrees to undergo a regression therapy session, during which she remembers that she and Maxim have met in their past lives and swore to love each other forever. In the present life Anna once again tries to fulfil her promise.
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2019
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Documentary, Portrey
| Director:
Ken Saan, Steven-Hristo Evestus
Retired top lawyer Monika Mägi and Steven-Hristo Evestus, who is at the peak of his prosecuting career will argue.
Retired top lawyer Monika Mägi and Steven-Hristo Evestus, who is at the peak of his prosecuting career, meet and argue. They are focused to
talk about real-life arguments. Only the main character Monika can answer for our questions. All of this is happening outside of the courtroom playground, and our talks are mostly focused on life-related topics. The portrait story also sheds light on the human nuances in the court. From the counterpart Estonian top prosecutors and advocates will talk.
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2019
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Students film, Animation, Drama
| Director:
Ingrid Pucci
A brief encounter with a golden snake leads to an explosive beginning.
A brief encounter with a golden snake leads to an explosive beginning.
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2019
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Feature film, Short, Horror
| Director:
Oskar Lehemaa
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Insecure and balding Leo has closed himself in his apartment. A mysterious hair growth liquid arrives at his doorstep and Leo uses it to fix up his looks. The liquid causes a series of grotesque metamorphoses with Leo’s hair and skin. Leo tries desperately to get bodily changes under control as the events of the evening quickly turn into chaos.
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2019
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Students film, Documentary
| Director:
Ville Kristian Koskinen
Circus veteran Sven is trying to maintain his way of living. Despite all the props decaying among him, his colourful partners stay on his side.
An observational documentary introduces Sven, retired circus veteran who lives with his circus animals in the quietness of Western Finland. Sven, parrots and horses spend their retirement days practicing new tricks, while dozens of old circus vans and trailers are rusting among them. If Sven manages to fix one of his old vans, they’ll hit the road again for a new tour.
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2019
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Documentary, Portrey, Sport
| Director:
Kerttu Soans
Uncompromising "Crazy Coach" Arvi Aavik is creating the Estonian women's wrestling team out of a few capable girls.
Former Olympic athlete and female wrestler Epp Mäe's coach Arvi Aavik starts forming the first Estonian female national team where the athletes and coaches are working according to his training plan.
Uncompromised and passionate Aavik, once called "A Crazy Coach", does not stop there - he wants to create something bigger than sports. He wants to erase the line between the coach and the athlete, trying to create a human touch.
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2019
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Students film, Documentary
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Juss Saska
Short documentary about Longchang apartment in Shanghai
This is beautiful group portrait of historical Longchang apartments in Shanghai. It depicts how people’s everyday life moves along inside apartment day by day. It focuses on showing various perspectives of different generations who live there.
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2019
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Students film, Short, Drama
| Director:
German Golub
The short film “Black and White Colours” by BFM film students is a psychological satire about the time when television was transitioning from black and white to colour.
Paula is an experienced news anchor whose biggest fear is ageing. The 70s TV is transitioning from black and white to colour. The changes trigger her insecurities and the border between what is reality and what is delusion starts to disintegrate.
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2019
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Students film, Short, Detective
| Director:
Rauno Polman
Film student Rauno Polman's short film about the murder mystery in a village.
Police stations wobbly cleaner steals a solved murder file and police uniform to reopen the case and to uncover the true murderer of his dead father.
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2019
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Students film, Advertising/Promotion, Comedy
| Director:
Kaisa Tambek
Social campaign to Estonian Rescue Board that draws attention to the problem of incorrectly installed carbon monoxide detectors.
Cat pushes down incorrectly installed carbon monoxide detector because unlike humans she has nine lives.
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2019
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Documentary
| Director:
Vladimir Loginov
For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.
The town of Maardu in Estonia organises an annual Ukrainian-themed festival, called "Sorochinsky Fair"; after the short story by Nikolai Gogol. More than 15,000 people come every year. This is the largest Ukrainian fair outside of Ukraine, and it has even been entered into the Ukrainian Book of Records. The film is structured like a work of literature, being made up of a number of interconnected stories. The full variety of the fair and beauty contest is presented from different angles and viewpoints: that of the festival organisers; the actor playing Gogol; the instructor from the local beauty school; the ...
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2019
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Students film, Short, Drama
| Director:
Anastasiya Maksymchuk
Young artist has to choose between her successful yet lonely life in freedom and going back to a war zone to see her father.
"Your father is released" were the words Alice heard on the phone that night. And now she needs to make a decision: to take a journey to her fatherland, an enigmatic war region, or to stay in her golden cage.
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2019
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Feature film, Full lenght feature, Comedy, Road movie
| Director:
Rain Rannu
Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.
Based on true stories, this is comedy-drama about a female founder trying to make it in a male-dominated tech world. Õie, an accountant from a small town accidentally stumbles into the tech scene of her home-country Estonia — a place where startups are a “national sport” and almost everyone has one. She is joined by a serial failure Tõnu, who is always trying one more time. Fast-paced and fun movie, based on true stories of startup founders, gives an authentic picture of the highs and lows of the crazy tech world, from Estonia to Silicon Valley — and back.
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2019
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Students film, Documentary
| Director:
Ernesto Redondo Vergara
The story and wanderings of a street musician that has found a place in the Olympus of happiness.
Vladimir Frank is a street musician. Every day, he performs for hundreds of tourists in front of the Estonian parliament in the city of Tallinn. By his unique style of singing, he interprets the story of his life: A complete puzzle that has put together during the history of the country in the last decades.
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2019
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Full lenght feature, Feature film, Comedy
| Director:
René Vilbre
Having unwillingly agreed to become the Godfather to his ex-wife’s newborn baby, Andres falls deep into the pool of self-pity. Luckily,he has his best friends Mart and Toomas by his side who take Andres to tantra camp to find the most beautiful woman to accompany him at the baptising.
The final film in the trilogy takes us on another wild ridewhich will stop at nothing and will leave no time to feel shame. The three best friends –Mart, Andres and Toomas, are back! And as always, they offer genius solutions to both their personal problems, as well as the audience’s spare time. When we last saw the trio, it seemed that all their problems had been solved –Toomas got married, Mart found his way back to his wife’s loving arms and Andres finally got a potential date. At the beginning of thisfinal chapter of our story, we find the ...
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2019
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Documentary, Students film
| Director:
Volia Chajkouskaya
Personal film about family.
My family has always had a lot of unspoken taboo topics. My father used to be an alcoholic, my mother has always been emotionally unavailable, which impacted our family relations. In fact, provoked codependent and toxic dynamic in our family. I was always a black sheep, never being taken seriously, and called ‘a strange one’.
I decided to visit my parents in Vitsebsk to talk to them about what I never dared to talk before, and ask tough questions.
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2019
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Cartoon, Animation
| Director:
Kaspar Jancis
A cosmonaut will always be a cosmonaut. To the very end.
An old Cosmonaut lives the same kind of life now in his flat in a concrete panel apartment building as he did in his youth in a space station. As before, he still carries out heroic missions and misses his close relatives, who he left behind on his home planet. His close relatives see the situation altogether differently. Is this old man capable of coming to grips with the norms that apply in society? A cosmonaut will always be a cosmonaut. To the very end.
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2019
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Documentary, Portrey
| Director:
Vaiko Edur
Documentary about American cultural historian Paul Firnhaber, who has found his peace in a small town of Estonia, called Viljandi.
In secular culture, death tends to be a taboo subject and people avoiding to talk about it, regardless of the fact that death is a part of our life. American cultural historian and anthropologist Paul Firnhaber who have moved to Estonia, thinks that one of the reasons may be ignorance - we do not know exactly what the death is and and what happens after death at all. The scientist who studied the burial rituals and the death culture of different countries, sheds some light on the fear of death, also from where have been grown out the tradition to ...
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