grief
Three sisters cleaning their late grandmother’s apartment notice a strange man through the window, and after meeting him, they come to understand their grandmother more deeply than ever before.
Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people, wind, birds, rabbits, stone. The one who serves Orenda and sings to it may receive its power.
In a big and empty house, an elderly woman holds onto the daily routines she is used to having shared with her late husband.
Short film tells the tale of a 19th century rural family whose children, after accidentally eating mouldy bread, sing a song from the future. It is a story about greed and how gold fever can make a man blind to true treasures in life, eventually breaking a family.
“What’s the most beautiful thing anyone’s ever said to you?”
Joonas, who is now a ghost, comes out to his girlfriend and his mother.
Grieving filmmaker talks to her Ghost in the midst of changing nature scenery.
The focus of the short film is on traumatic experiences which separate people but can also unite them.
The short film tells about the relationship between mother and daughter, which is overshadowed by grief and the resulting problems that have driven a wedge between Elo and her mother.
Longing for last touch.
The tragicomedy takes a look at the inner world of two people who are looking for relief and a sense of existence.
Short documentary shows the grief support camp for children through the eyes of a 16 year old girl, Jaanika.
„Mamma, see how I dance! Mother, see me slitting my throat!“ This is a drama full of feminine absurd, where mother and daughter drown in a passionate and endless desire to understand each other.
After her daddy’s death, Karmen commits an atrocious act against her half-brother and must now face the dark void of the universe, which can only be filled with love
In the third film of medieval thriller, Melchior's wife Keterlyn witnesses a brutal attack. The life of an unknown young man is saved, but the victim who has lost his memory does not know who he is and how he ended up in Tallinn.
A short comedy about the friendship and grief of the elderly.
Movie about grief and moving on.
A bittersweet science fiction drama about coming to terms with loss and grief.
A sad day in Eva’s life...
While mourning the loss of her partner, Margit reconnects with her mother-in-law Juula through their shared grief.
Student film by BFM second year students filmed on 16mm film. The film tells a story of a young family's loss. Their grief and incapability of moving on after a personal tragedy.
A short film about the cult of optimism.
A short film about family relationships.
A day in the life of wedding officiant Lennys Negron – New Yorker, business man, loving father and widow – who has dedicated his life to helping couples exchange vows.
When two strangers’ paths cross after a car accident, the woman hijacks the situation and gets into the man’s car, demanding that he take her away from the scene. As the man tries to find a way out of the situation, fragments from the woman’s past start painting a picture of the tragic events that happened to her.
Film student Teresa Väli's short film about love and friendship and the passage of time.
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.
We never dreamt of a good life. We dreamt of a normal life.
Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.
The film talks about the mourning and its subsequent period, which can greatly affect the psyche of the young person.
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Lao-Zi.
The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.
A man who has lost his wife due to a serious illness learns to see the world in color again after a difficult experience.
There is no real love without redemption, forgiveness and compassion.
Tipuana, a five year-old girl, experiences the limbo as she tries to pass to ‘the other side’ after the recent death of her beloved father.
Akio Yuguchi’s film about his sister and family.
It is 3 AM on June 14, 1941. More than 40,000 Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are deported to Siberia by the authorities of Soviet Russia.
"The Last Troubadour" is a story about legacy, atonement and what it means to be a family in the face of loss.
The feature film directed by Rainer Sarnet is based on the novel "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The filmmaker interprets the well-known classic in a contemporary film language with talented Estonian actors and actresses who perform in the enchanting yet intimidating beauty of a sacral space.
Two men get into a car accident and try to cope with loss, feelings of guilt and remorse.
Documentary by Peeter Urbla about Aare Hõrn, owner of Mihkli Farm, and about his activities as Seto King.
Portrait documentary directed by Jüri Sillart about filmmaker and photographer Peeter Tooming and his battle with serious disease.
The film directed by Andrew Grieve tells about families that have been broken during the war and about the reunion of family members in the independent republic of Estonia.