identity
In a quiet summer paradise, local holidaymakers meet international artists.
On the border between Estonia and Russia, a rusting Soviet tank becomes the center of a surreal battle for identity, proving that the memory of power is stronger than steel.
Estonians of the millennial generation living across the globe speak openly and honestly about migration, love, and life between two homes, creating a generational portrait of a transnational identity that remains deeply connected to Estonia.
Deep, funny and provocative story of a girl who escaped a hippy eco-commune as a child and became a cosmopolitan citizen. Who will save the planet if not the last generation?
A family in Ukraine and the difficulties they face.
A short film by Isabel Laiapea, a directing student at TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy, explores the relationships between humans and nature, as well as themes of identity and self-discovery. Laiapea has got inspiration for the film from Mati Unt's short story "The Philologist's Desperate Step" and Mehis Heinsaar's novel "The Lost Tribe." The nature-themed film, shot at Karuskose farm and around it in Soomaa, was created in collaboration with students and alumni from TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy and BFM.
What's the price of your memory?
A political story of Belarusian women under the lead of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fighting the dictatorship turns into a personal story of the director overcoming her own fear.
On the Russian-Estonian borderline, Silja, a Seto woman, after an unexpected visit from a popular French vlogger, begins to rediscover her indigenous identity and gradually awaken to her true gender role.
A group of Russian-Estonians navigates the delicate balance between cultural identity and integration, exploring the sacrifices and adaptations required to find acceptance while remaining true to themselves.
Forced to flee their homeland, two Ukrainian girls try to build new lives in Estonia while dealing with war trauma and managing questions of identity.
Ukrainian refugee children living in Estonia.
Three Siberian Estonian women are looking for paradise here and outside the borders.
How to break out of a pro-Russian and Russian-speaking environment into Estonian society?
This film delves into the journey of a man confronting his physical and emotional limits. Set in a dark, mysterious space, the story explores themes of strength, vulnerability, and liberation from societal expectations. Through intense and transformative movements, the protagonist navigates inner conflict, ultimately finding acceptance in his own vulnerability.
Tushar Prakash is an Indian man who has come to live in Estonia because of love. In this documentary he is on a quest to learn from his partner's relatives, who live in the countryside of South Estonia, on how to become a real Estonian man.
Estonian fashion designer Tim Bluz tries to identify the owner of the clothes and guess their personality based on those items.
In a society where the colour grey is the dominant hue, a young man dares to put on a wig and transform into her true self.
The film is about a strong Estonian woman who can handle everything and has experienced both traditional family life and much more.
A reflection of the Russian media scene in Estonia through the eyes of its possibly most controversial representative.
Documentary about the charismatic personality of tattoo artist Pasha.
A biographical documentary film by Kristin Raup and Madli Lääne about Merle Karusoo, the Estonian stage director and collector of local biographies.
I would never believe that making friends with my own face would become such a life-challenge.
It's more than just feathers or a number of fingers... Is society ready to accept the other and his song..?
Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.
Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.
The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.
Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. As she prepares to take the European Choir of Estonians to the Estonian national Song Celebration, her German husband Hartmut also needs to learn the songs.
A modern man coming to grips with his own existence through the medium of tradition.
A lonely office worker saves up to buy a new coat at Christmas in an effort to make new friends, only for fate take a ghostly hand.
Film follows different age present-day Estonian Russians who are facing difficulties with their identities.
Imagine a city, where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall – it’s wet.
It is a story which starts at its end, a story in which this puppeteer pulls out various strings of the past in order to find his way to a closure.
The documentary co-directed by Estonian and French filmmakers portray Jaan Kaplinski - a man behind words.
Is the global environmental crisis concerning just our environment or is it also the crisis of our habits, expectations and values?
Portrait documentary with humorous touch tells about Juri Lotman, a world famous semiotician. The film is based on archival materials.
The festive opening ceremony of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University held in the great hall of Estonian House in Toronto on October 4, 1986.
The festive opening ceremony of the Chair of Estonian Studies at Toronto University held in the great hall of Estonian House in Toronto on October 4, 1986.
The romantic adventure film directed by Olav Neuland is a love story between a young thinker and the beautiful daughter of a vassal in medieval Estonia, when the last free villages were turned into feudal estates.