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Inherent Obligations

Original title: Kaasasündinud kohustused

2008 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets
Black Ceiling

Original title: Must lagi

2007 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis, Janno Põldma, Heiki Ernits, Ülo Pikkov, Priit Tender, Priit Pärg, Olga Marchenko, Mati Kütt

Estonia’s first animated selection of poetry. Seven short films full of feeling illustrating works by Estonian poets.

Seven animated poems. The Black Ceiling Project is a vision of 7 classic Estonian poems by 7 Estonian animators. Each two-minute film illustrates a more or less well-known text exactly the way the author of the film sees fit. The idea of the project is to create something new and unexpected by combining two branches of art. It is an experiment that unites visual poetry, or animation, with actual poetry.
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Bug and Teddybear

Title in Estonian: Putukas ja Mõmmi

2007 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Mart Taevere

Documentary about a family living in a small rural place. The family's destiny has been decided by alcohol.

Almost 90-year-old mother Irene, her son Elmu and his partner Maimu all live under the same roof in a small rural place in Estonia. Elmu who is about to retire is called Bug and his partner Maimu's nickname is Teddybear. The daily life of the family is dreary and uneventful, but despite that one has to survive. Elmu is a hard drinker but he won't blame life. Mother Irene is dreaming of outliving his son so that she could bury his drunkard son.
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Heart Affairs

Original title in Estonian: Südameasjad

2007 | Students film, Short | Director: Mihkel Ulk

A young yuppie’s girlfriend belittles his success-oriented attitude towards life when giving an interview to an international news program. This activates a series of events leaving behind a trail of blood, destroying her innocent childhood and dreams of a secure future.
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I Feel a Lifelong Bullet in the Back of My Head

Original title: Ma kuklas tunnen eluaegset kuuli

2007 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn, Olga Marchenko

A bullet in the back of the head loses its freshness with time.

A bullet in the back of the head loses its freshness with time. The person feeling the bullet loses the sharpness of the feeling. Even while sleeping. The person is ecstatic.
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Jonathan from Australia

Original title: Jonathan Austraaliast

2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sulev Keedus

Documentary directed by Sulev Keedus about the harsh daily life of people living in a small place called Mustjala, the island of Saaremaa; about the construction of a deep port at the coast of Saaremaa; and about the arrival of the bright white German cruise ship.

Residents of a bright green house in Mustjala, a small place in Saaremaa, tell about their hard life - most of them are constantly drunk. A few kilometres away, a great deep port is being constructed where a huge German cruise ship Lili Marleen lands, accompanied by fireworks and salute. German tourists can watch the performances of wedding games in Mustjala. However, construction of the port and the arrival of the white cruise ship won't change anything in the lives of local people. The residents of the green house will stay friends with beer and vodka. The documentary reveals a ...
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Tagasitulek koju

2007 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maiju Ingman
The Night

Original title in Estonian: Öö

2007 | Students film, Short | Director: Jaanis Valk

In the later sixties of the 19th century, on a fishing boat, love, routine and the fulfillment of dreams collide. Events knock down the everyday life of Paavo, a machinist on the ship, and turn it upside down.
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The Very Last Cigarette

Original title: Viimane sigaret

2007 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis

There is a Man in a squalid basement flat and a Woman in a fancy resort hotel in the Alps. They share a shattered relationship.

There is a Man in a squalid basement flat and a Woman in a fancy resort hotel in the Alps. They share a shattered relationship. The Man is in the homestretch of his degeneration. The Woman in on the last rung of the ladder to the top. Both are embittered. Today they both smoke their last cigarettes, the Man prior to his planned suicide, and the Woman planning to quit smoking. Deus ex Machina intervenes. The Man’s expected suicide fails due to his inner uncertainty. The Woman self-confidently races down the mountain into an ...
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Original title: Tühirand

2006 | Feature film, Short | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

Debut film of director Veiko Õunpuu, based on the short story of the same title by Mati Unt.

A young intellectual man Mati manages to get into a situation where he has to spend a weekend together with her wife and her lover. They all drive to the lover's summer cottage. Mati has made up his mind to win back his wife, no matter the reason – jealousy or pride. What is love? Who is able to have faith in it? What can be believed in after all? A young man is searching for answers, with the help of gallons of vodka, hysteria, Eastern martial arts and an incredibly pretty art student Marina.
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