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Lähemal vaatlusel. Kuus episoodi Katja Novitskova kunstist

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Piibe Kolka
New Rise, Old Ebb

Original title: Uus Tõus, Vana Mõõn

2018 | Documentary | Director: Enrico Barone, Carlo Cubero, Kristiina Pilvet

In 2016 several fires destroyed several buildings on the island of Piirissaare, among the also the Old Believers prayer house. Praskovja, the 84-year- old choir singer and important member of the community, lost her childhood´s house in one the fires and she is trying to get on her feet down again and continue living.

From May to September 2016, several fires took place on the island of Piirissaare, destroying many houses and the most important building of the community: the Old Believers' prayer house. These events caused insecurity and disagreement among the members within the community. 84-year-old Praskovja is the key figure of the community and used to sing in the prayer house´s choir. Her childhood house burnt down in one of the fires, and now she has been forced to move to her old summer cottage and strives to rise again on her feet. The documentary shows through Praskovja's eyes how the community of ...
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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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Swedish Girls

Original title (in Swedish): "Svenska Tjejer"

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Nadežda Prakhova

Documentary film follows a few young provincial Swedish girls who are pending between the flaws of highly demanding society and self-sufficient personality.

Six participants are creatng a generalised image of provincial Swedish girl in her early twenEes. Film features several situaEons with Swedish girls involved and interviews on such topics as: typical Swedish girl, work, plans, present, appearance, social pressure, independence.
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The Bank

Original title: Pank

2018 | TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Marianne Kõrver, Jan-Erik Nõgisto, Juhan Ulfsak, Rainer Sarnet

When you are winning, you don’t see what you lose.

Toomas Pisuke works at the local gas station. When one day a random conversation with a customer leads to an exciting job interview at Nordbank, Toomas suddenly finds himself catapulted into a new world on the trading floor, at the sharp end of big deals and complex transactions. He soon rises through the ranks, up to the board of Nordbank. Whilst his career booms, his personal life falls apart. Ülle Tamm is the Bank’s CFO. An original founder of the Bank, she is the backbone of the corporation, holding a male dominated team together. Under the surface, her life is ...
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The Good Shepherd

Original title: Hea Karjane; from the short film collection: Värske veri

2018 | Feature film, Short | Director: Evar Anvelt

Ibrahim is a shepherd whose job is to look after his herd as best as he can. One day he receives a phone call from his brother with a plan he wants to hear nothing about.

Ibrahim is a simple, kind-hearted man whose main source of income is raising sheep. He lives with his family in the Middle Eastern mountains. The last few years have been particularly wretched and illnesses have struck his flock causing many animals to perish. There seems to be no end in sight to these calamities. One day, Ibrahim’s younger brother Omar calls him and in a carefree tone asks to use a building on the edge of their father’s farm for something that Ibrahim does not want to hear anything about...
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The Knot

Original title in Estonian: Sõlm

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Andres Losada

Anton is a fragile 12-year-old who is afraid of the shed in his backyard. He decides to follow his brother Markus and some bully friends in exploring an abandoned building. When the bullies turn on the brothers and Markus is humiliated, Anton is forced to face his fear, which turns out to be related to a family trauma that he can’t escape.
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U48 2018: Reconstruction

Original title in Estonian: Remont

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Teemu Kettunen

A short film about a young man forcing himself to work at reconstructing a family mansion, to cover his heartbreak.

A young man’s family mansion reconstruction project is interrupted when his father and sister arrive for his birthday. His sister is also heartbroken. She has taken another way of dealing with it by actually stopping for a while and thinking.
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Võltsitud maailm

2018 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Lina
War over the Flying Squirrel

Original title: Lendoravasõda

2018 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Heli Tetlov

People find themselves in a deadlock over a tiny animal on the verge of extinction.

With their plans to expand the protected zone of the Siberian flying squirrel, a species on the verge of extinction, nature conservationists have upset the landowners of the protected areas. The owners are deprived of the opportunity to earn income from their forestland, without being offered adequate compensation. A couple of dozen families in Viru County must assume the nature conservation responsibility of “the whole of Estonia”. They are clearly not interested in being bestowed all that honour and decide to take on the battle of defending their rights. The ensuing passion is difficult to keep under control. The film ...
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