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About being human and remaining human even in the most hopeless moment. The short documentary was completed as part of Arts of Survival Documentaries programme within the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 project.
An experimental found footage melodrama composed entirely out of film footage shot in Soviet Estonia from 1960 until 1969.
A kung fu comedy set in an Orthodox monastery in 1970’s Soviet Union.
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.
I’m the monk and the lover, I’m the chosen one and the abandoned one, I’m the inbreath and the outbreath.
In this road film the main character Keiu Virro sets on a journey for the sixth and for the last time. We witness what happens to a modern person on a historical religious way.
Dreams are like weeds that despite mowing keep on growing.
A story about a trickster priest preparing to leave this world.
A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?
A young monk`s journey through Tibet in search of his path.
Documentary commissioned by the committee of construction of USSR introducing the Estonian national stone – limestone.
Documentary about Estonian Nikolai Kool, the author of the lyrics of the folk song "Far away behind the river".
Destroyed historical monuments in Pirita Monastery. Restoration of the ironwork of the old town of Tallinn.
The historical-romantic adventure film directed by Grigory Romanov is based on the characters and motifs from the story "Prince Gabriel or the Last Days of Pirita Monastery" by Eduard Bornhöhe and on the events of 1968 in Europe. The song lyrics by Paul-Eerik Rummo and touch of humour add depth to the film that has reached the cult status in Estonia.
Overview of the history of Estonian newsreels.
An unknown German film amateur has recorded a tourist trip to Estonia in May 1939, including the city views of Tallinn, Pärnu, Viljandi, Pechory, Narva-Jõesuu etc.