colourful/exceptional characters
To change the world, one needs to start within.
Sometimes you need to be shrinked in order to grow up.
Lauri Lagle's first feature film is profound and smooth like a summer's night. It is a physical progression and a mental journey towards something other than a mere geographical location on a map.
Old Man and the Neighbour are both trying to win the heart of the young girl from next door. Their attraction for the girl stirs up a lot of trouble.
Director Vahur Laiapea follows the birth of dance performance "Plexus" with the following participants: a stage director, two professional dancers and a young bling woman.
The first full-length feature film directed by Andres Kõpper and Arun Tamm is a crime/adventure film spiced by black humour. The roads of several different groups of people cross during one violent night.
Film consisting of ten parts about the events in the history of Estonian aviation and shipping in 1820–1938.
Linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso and the last Livonians.
Documentary about Father Jevgeni and the people around him in Pechory, Russia.
Galina Grossmann is an exceptional woman who paints Jesus, composes an opera about Jesus and performs the musical work with the influences of Estonian folklore to the residents of a retirement home.
Eric and his world.
The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.
One night weird figures gather on the Karahundzhi Plateau. They are the figures of God created by Man in different times and cultures. According to Tibetan monks, writing down all the names of God will bring about the end of the world.
The road film for young audiences is the graduation thesis by Maiju Ingman (Tallinn University), telling the story of Aleksander, a young man graduating from the high school, of his weltschmerz and his self-discovery.
The film directed by Elmo Nüganen is based on the play "Mindless" by Jaan Tätte, telling about the protagonist who makes up his mind to leave his successful life and move to a completely different place.
Anti has worked as a TV-set repairman all his life. One day he realizes - it is the world that needs to be repaired.
A documentary about the strange creative world of artist Erki Kasemets.
Young Udo has a burning desire to fly.
The drama directed by Leida Laius is based on the novel "The Master of Kõrboja" by Anton Hansen Tammsaare, telling the multilayered story about a farm in need of a master and about hopeless love.
The first feature film directed by Mikk Mikiver is based on the play "Man and God" staged by Voldemar Panso in 1962 in Estonian Drama Theatre. The story is based on the second part of pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton Hansen Tammsaare.
The film directed by Kalju Komissarov is based on the play "Kihnu Jõnn alias Wild Captain" by Juhan Smuul, telling about Enn Uuetoa, the legendary wild captain from Kihnu Island.
The first independent feature film directed by Arvo Kruusement is based on the story "The Spring" by Oskar Luts, depicting events of a school year in an Estonian church parish school at the end of 19th century. This lyrical and jolly youth story full of hope has been selected as the best Estonian feature film of all times.
The film directed by Viktor Nevezhin is based on the story "In the Backyard" by Oskar Luts, depicting the life in slums in 1930s with melacholy humour and colourful characters. It is the first Estonian film adaptation of a literary classics where the best drama actors of that time perform.