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The Farewell

Original title in Estonian: Hüvastijätt

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Mariann Jüriorg

A story of a relationship between family’s differ- ent generations, their closeness and vulnerability.

On her way to a friend's funeral, an orderly grandmother finds her car covered in bird shit. Despite her fear, she drives into a car wash with her granddaughter, where they get stuck for sev- eral hours. In the car wash, they are mentally pushed to their extreme and share their biggest secrets. The moment the two generations accept their differences and embrace their similarities, the gates open up as well.
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The Old Man and Gas Worm

Original title: Vanamees ja põrsauss

2022 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mikk Mägi

A mysterious Snakepig kidnaps the Old Man's beloved pig! Now the Old Man has twenty-four hours to neutralize the pig before the whole village is blown up by a pig bomb. Or is it?

A mysterious Snakepig steals the Old Man's prized pig. Now the Old Man has twenty-four hours to defuse the pig bomb, or the whole village will blow up! Priidik asks the Old Man to start the rusty tractor to stop the Snakepig. But the Oldman has red the critics devastating review of the Old Man Film in the newspaper and does not want to commit himself to a new feature film. The old man prefers short sketches for a full-feature film. In the sketches, the Old Man has to give birth in the barn, we meet a scary monster that ...
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A Wish Upon A Satellite

Original title: Laika

2021 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

10-year-old Otto, who has lost his parents, receives an unexpected gift at the night of his birthday, when a little dog Laika lands on earth in Sputnik 2.

A short film about a little boy, OTTO, whose parents had promised him a dog for his tenth birthday - before they suddenly passed away. When Otto sees a falling star the evening before his birthday, he wishes upon it one more time, but realises then that the bright object is falling into the forest behind his grandma's house. When the hatch of the vehicle opens, a little dog exits with the name Laika engraved on his collar. But knowing that his grandma is wary of dogs, the worried child stays in the forest with the dog. They are located ...
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Grandma, meet Mary

Original title: Vanaema, saa tuttavaks

2021 | Feature film, Short | Director: Kaire Russ

The middle-aged perfectionist Virve has done everything so that her mothers 80 birthday party would be traditionally perfect. But with no warning her niece brings a surprise guest - her same sex partner.

At the center of the short film we find an ordinary family struggling with generational differences about what it means to love and live a full life. The main character Virve (Tiina Mälberg), a middle-aged perfectionist, has gone to great lengths to make sure her mother’s (Ines Aru) jubilee would be a perfectly traditional family celebration. Her plans are interrupted by her niece Silvia (Grete Konksi) who arrives to the party with her same-sex partner Mary (Jaanika Arum). Grandma and grandpa are clueless and welcome Mary to the table because they remember her as a childhood friend of their granddaughter. The ...
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U.q.

2021 | Feature film, Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Murd

A documentary about the life and music of Uku Kuut, from the Soviet Union to Los Angeles and to speakers all around the world.

To understand the international phenomenon of Uku Kuut means to understand the ability of different musical niches, sub-genres and hidden creative explosions to not only exist, butflourish, completely independently of the mainstream. Kuut’s life, mothered by Maryn E.Coote (who you may know as the Estonian Jazz diva Marju Kuut), took him from the Soviet Union to refuge in Sweden, music studios in Los Angeles, back to a re-independent Estonia and later, fighting ALS, to speakers all around the world. A Greek comedy captured on 8mm, VHS and BETA tape.
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Inherited Memories

2019 | Documentary | Director: Len Murusalu

Short documentary explores the notion that traumatic experiences can be passed on to future generations.

In 1941, a young Estonian railway worker was nearly executed for attempting to escape conscription by the occupying forces. Seventy-seven years later, his granddaughter revisits the places from his stories to gain deeper insight into the connections between them. The short documentary explores the notion that traumatic experiences can be passed on to future generations.
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Monument vanaemale

2019 | Documentary | Director: Ave Taavet
Old Man Cartoon Movie

Original title: Vanamehe Film

2019 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mikk Mägi, Oskar Lehemaa

This cartoon movie is epic road movie where our heroes must face festival hippies, forest creeps, sawmill workers and other dangers commonly found in the Estonian countryside.
Taagepera

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm
Roots: My Flesh And Blood

Original title: Juured: Mu liha ja veri

2018 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.

My grandmother and grandfather were married in 1959. 50 years later, they once again stand at an altar to reaffirm their oath from long ago. Now, they know when to stand up for themselves and when to be quiet. When to forgive and when to let go. And they also know there isn’t much time left. This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.
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