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Stream of Life

Original title in Estonian: Eluvool

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kristiina Iilane

A short film about author’s thoughts on whether it is always necessary to share everything or is it sometimes better to remain silent in order to spare your loved ones from the pain.

Looking back on the warm childhood memories, the author is trying to understand whether we have to share all the stories with our loved ones. Or is it better to keep some for yourself in order to keep beloved people from feeling pain.
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Quicksand

Original title in Dutch: Drijfzand

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Margot Schaap

The story of an intriguing mother-daughter relationship and its repercussions for three generations of women.

Suze and her husband moved from Amsterdam to a small island in the Netherlands. They now live a warm-hearted, slow-paced life with their bubbly six-year-old daughter. Until the day, Suze’s colourful, extravagant mother Helena pays them a visit after a long radio silence. When Helena informs Suze about the tumour in her head Suze decides to start travel back and forth to the city to help her. Being a theatre actress all her life, Helena knows how to sweetly manipulate her daughter into her reliance. Suze seems powerless to this force and slowly relapses into compulsive behaviour. Torn between her ...
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Sewing Machines

Original title in Estonian: Õmblusmasinad

2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Alesja Suzdaltseva

A short film by Alesja Suzdaltseva tells a story about relationships, a spiritual awakening and one pretty hot summer day in Soviet Estonia.

It's a sunny Sunday morning in the province of Soviet Estonia. Tirr, a dreamy married man, is supposed to bring some milk from the grocery store. Suddenly, a beautiful young woman appears out of the blue, asking Tirr's help to carry her heavy parcels home. On this journey Tirr discovers that life could be something more than just daydreaming on the couch.
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Wednesday

2021 | Feature film, Short | Director: Eeva Mägi

Jaanus spends the last day with his wife Karin at home. In the midst of common eiders, seagulls, fishing nets and summer breeze, they send Karin's soul to the eternity. An everyday life full of bitter sweet love falls with the setting sun into the depths of the sea.

Jaanus spends the last day with his wife Karin at home. In the midst of common eiders, seagulls, fishing nets and summer breeze, they send Karin's soul to the eternity. An everyday life full of bitter sweet love falls with the setting sun into the depths of the sea.
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Art of Righteous

Original title: Õiglased

2020 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

A movie about “extras” or actors in minor background roles in movies/series/ads. The protagonists are all locally recognised hobby actors, who have accumulated loads experience from shoots - now it’s time to make their own movie.

The protagonists of the film are “extras”, or the actors in minor background roles in film, TV and advertising. Folks who are always present if there’s yet another casting for a background part or mass scene. Work obligations or personal life are not to become obstacles to participating at a shoot! It is a sacred obligation of being there and being chosen. They make up a distinct “brotherhood”, having known each other and filmmakers for a while, almost being a part of this mysterious “movie crowd”. The central characters - Toomas, Andres, Jürjo, Taavo and Maarja - are all locally ...
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Heart Time

2020 | Documentary | Director: Hõbe Ilus
Raggie

Original title: Sipsik

2020 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Meelis Arulepp, Karsten Kiilerich

Raggie is a story of a very special doll, of a sister and brother, and of friendship that can conquer the greatest of tribulations.

Ruby is turning six and her life is in balance – she has an older brother Mark, who is her best friend and always has time to play with her. Then summer is over and Mark has to go back to school. He won´t have time for her sister anymore. Ruby is devastated. Mark decides to make Ruby a new companion: a doll - Raggie. In a wonderful magical moment, Raggie comes to life, at least in Ruby´s perception. Now she has eyes for her new friend only and Ruby spends all her days with Raggie. This changes the relationship ...
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All the Sins

Original title (in Finnish): Kaikki synnit

2019 | TV Serial, Elisa | Director: Mika Ronkainen

Crime thriller about complex relationships, small town prejudices and alternative lifestyles.

S1. Detective Lauri Räihä returns home after 10 years to investigate the murders of two men in the small northern town where he grew up. His marriage is in trouble and going home forces him to face his family and the deeply religious Laestadian community that rejected him. With partner Sanna Tervo he works to solve the case only to discover other truths about himself, his hometown, and whether one has the power to forgive all sins. S2. The year is 1999. Jussi Ritola, police officer in a small town in Northern Finland, starts to investigate the death of two of ...
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Chasing Unicorns

Original title: Ükssarvik

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

Based on true stories, this is comedy-drama about a female founder trying to make it in a male-dominated tech world. Õie, an accountant from a small town accidentally stumbles into the tech scene of her home-country Estonia — a place where startups are a “national sport” and almost everyone has one. She is joined by a serial failure Tõnu, who is always trying one more time. Fast-paced and fun movie, based on true stories of startup founders, gives an authentic picture of the highs and lows of the crazy tech world, from Estonia to Silicon Valley — and back.
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Loved

Original title: Armastasin

2019 | Feature film, Short | Director: Natalja Matšenene

When a stage director Anna and a businessman Maxim meet they both get the feeling that they have known each other for ages. Nevertheless they can't take their relationship further due to personal values and social norms. One day Anna comes to a regression therapy and finds out about her previous lives.

After the premiere of her stage production, Anna meets Maxim. They both feel that they have known each other for donkey’s years. They begin to socialise, but the development of their relationship is complicated. Anna gets to a psychologist – regression practitioner, where she learns that her problems lie beyond this life. Anna agrees to undergo a regression therapy session, during which she remembers that she and Maxim have met in their past lives and swore to love each other forever. In the present life Anna once again tries to fulfil her promise.
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