Russian-speaking population
In a quiet summer paradise, local holidaymakers meet international artists.
Two languages and two city districts meet on the basketball court: Russian girls from Lasnamäe and Estonian girls from the city center will team up in 2023 to train and play together in the Estonian championships.
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.
The invisible life of Tallinn, what comes alive while the city sleeps.
After fighting in a dangerous war, Aleksandr discovers that it is even harder to make it in the civilian sector than on the battlefield.
Leaving a troubled home, 13-year-old Paul finds himself in a strange town, joining a gang of local kids and making a series of increasingly bad decisions. His seemingly inevitable downfall is thwarted, however, by a peculiar local man.
Documentary about an Estonian woman with Russian heritage, who joins the Estonian Women’s Voluntary Defense League to become a soldier.
How to break out of a pro-Russian and Russian-speaking environment into Estonian society?
Piirissaar is a tiny Estonian island in Lake Peipus, on the very border of Russia. As the waves have washed the island smaller and smaller, the community here has also fused over time, inevitably reaching the brink of extinction. The short documentary was completed as part of Arts of Survival Documentaries programme within the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 project.
An ode to a faded jewel in the heart of the Estonian capital – Tallinn Hippodrome. Once a majestic racecourse track, all that is left is a lonely horse stable. Today it has become a social club for bizarre parties, engagement photo sessions and a home for young girls and old men taking care of the remaining racehorses.
Who's the man waving the flag?
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.
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.
Cabbages, beetroots and pumpkins – these are both food and a connecting element for people.
Two political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa.
In this cold world one innocent joke is enough to release an avalanche of an argument.
Film follows different age present-day Estonian Russians who are facing difficulties with their identities.
Vitaly Mansky’s documentary journey through Ukraine visits members of his own family to show the reality behind the headlines in this divided country.
Meeting of the Baltic reactionaries' on Lossi Square in Toompea on January 15th, 1991 and the submission of the ultimatum to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia.
Demonstration of the Interfront in front of the Tallinn Political Education House on July 19, 1988, where the Workers' International Movement of the USSR (Intermovement) was founded.