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Life Before Life

Original title: Elu enne elu

2016 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Rao Heidmets

Truth is a relative concept. Depending on the point of view, everybody can be right.

In a beautiful flowery meadow, the miracle of life is taking place. A new life is born. The newborn butterfly Bruno flies into the wide world to look for something better, not realizing that he was born at the best place ever. Soon he finds himself at a big bush. The leaves of the bush give off a substance narcotic for insects. The busy life going on in the bush impresses Bruno. This is what he’s been looking for. But life and death walk hand in hand here, and just before landing on a leaf, Bruno is eaten up. Only ...
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Mercato

Original title: Turu majandus

2016 | Documentary, Observation, Making of | Director: Mihkel Ulk

Documentary film “Mercato" takes the viewer into one of the world’s poorest counties, Ethiopia. In the largest open air market in Africa, we follow the most ordinary working day of 10 year old shoe shine boys, wood-carrying ladies, an arrogant messenger and a well educated tourist guide.

Abebe and Ashenafi are ordinary 10-year old boys, whose parents sent them to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to work as shoe shine boys so the family would not starve. Abtu is an orphan teenager and works as a talalaki or a messenger, but work is the least on his mind. Bertukan is a mother of three. In order to survive, she carries heavier loads of wood than she herself weighs. Mulugeta is an educated guide who, thanks to his language skills, has an higher ranking in local society. All these Ethiopians are brought together in the Africa's largest market ...
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Miriam’s Hen’s Dream

Original title: Miriami kana unistus

2016 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Andres Tenusaar

On a rainy autumn day Father and Little Brother are building a plane, Miriam is watching a picture book about southern countries, Hen is dreaming about flying away to the south – just as the cranes in the autumn sky. When the rain is over everybody goes with Mother to the park, to rake the fallen leaves. Even there Hen is exited about flying to the south, she climbs on top of the birch tree and tries to fly but falls into the pile of leaves... Little Brother proposes his toy plane, Father throws it into the air but even ...
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Our world is theirs

Title in Estonian: Meie maailm on nende oma

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mati Kark

Journalistic documentary about the conflict between Israel and Palestine from the point of view of local Arabs and Jews.

Residents of Palestine try to preserve normal daily life despite the bloody conflict with Israel. Palestinian children go to school, local farmers grow vegetables, young people dream about the better future – everyone tries to go on living a normal life. Among others, local headmaster and peace activist Jalal Khudairy, taxi driver Taisir Jubeh, agricultural entrepreneur Mohammad Shraim, basketball coach Abedalraziq Ezzat, olive grower Shareef Khaled, Madli Maruste, volunteer from Estonia, share their thoughts about life and solving the conflict. The documentary also shows the life of Palestinians in a refugee camp and in Israeli settlements founded in the middle ...
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Red Cabaret

Original title: Punane varietee

2016 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Emotional excursion to the past of a former cabaret in Tallinn, a place full of intrigues.

Cabaret has always been place for courageous and passionate people. Passion on stage will take audience along. Some will get turned on, some will despise. Cabaret in Soviet times was against all rules. But it happened. And cabaret was hugely successful. Today only legends have remained. In documentary film “Red Cabaret” one time professionals will tell you those legends and intrigues. Take a trip to Soviet Cabaret!
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Savisaare protsess

2016 | TV Serial, Tallinn TV Serial | Director: Rando Pettai
Siberi võmm

2016 | TV Serial, Kanal 2 Serial | Director: Gerda Kordemets
Sitting Tenant

Original title (in Estonian): "Sundüürnik"

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

Short documentary, directed by Maria Aua, is about her childhood home memories when her family were sitting tenants.

Maria lost her home because of the new property reform at the beginning of 90s. Her home had all of the sudden new owners and Maria ́s family had become sitting tenants. The new house owner wanted to get rid of the tenants, he started to take steps to make it happen by taking away basic living conditions. The way Maria had to leave her home still haunts her, there are unlikable memories connected to the owner. She returns to her childhood home to find a reconciliation with the owner who terrorized her family.
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Sparkling Rivers

Original title: Sädemete jõed

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Märten Vaher

Georgian environmental activist Dato Chipashvili fights against hundred million investment projects putting the interests of local people and transparency first.

Georgia is not only a country of wine and high mountains, but it is has also more than 25 000 rivers. Running water is a richness, that has been noticed by a lot of investors and made Georgia their desired destination. Even now 80 per cent of Georgian electricity comes from hydroelectricity power plants and in the near future there are plans to construct more than 100 new stations. For thousands of people it means they have to be resettled. Shady deals, unclear investors registered in tax havens, energy minister’s business interests in the hydro construction company and deaths by ...
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The Eyeless Hunter. A Khanty Story

Original title: Silmadeta jahimees. Handi lugu

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn

A fairy tale about Khanty man and his wife.

A Khanty man went hunting but did not bring home any catch. A wife stealthily followed her husband into the forest. The hunter lay down, took his eyes out and said, “Semlek re-rem-rem”. The wife seized the husband’s eyes. The next day an elk was trotting by the camp. The hunter killed the elk. Later the hunter entered the conical tent where the wife secretly ate the meat. The wife thought that her brother-in-law had come and covered her face as it was the Khanty custom to avoid husband’s male relatives seeing the wife’s face. The wife complained that her ...
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