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Rough Stage

Original title: Karmil pinnal

2015 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Toomas Järvet

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, a man who starts a quest against the society, cultural norms and his family in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history.

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, is a man who starts a quest against the society in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history. But to do so he must overcome several obstacles – time, money, insured dancer, his disapproving family and friends, and cultural norms. Set in today’s most contested location, Maher’s story is at once a parable about a society in conflict, and a modern take on — and inversion of — "The Jazz Singer," where the real war is between dreams and tradition.
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Tashi Delek!

2015 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Rebane

A young monk`s journey through Tibet in search of his path.

Tashi Delek! is a coming of age story of Tashi. On a wider scale, it is a story about a small nation struggling to keep its identity since opening ofborders 22 years ago. It is a universal story about the conflict between spiritualism and materialism. Tashi is a normal 17 year old teenager who loves to play football and basketball, have fun with his friends and listen to pop music. He is also a monk studying at Pema Tsal Sakya Buddhist Monastery, sent here by his parents at the age of 6. Soon, Tashi faces the mostimportant decision in his life — whether to ...
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Landscape with Many Moons

Original title: Maastik mitme kuuga

2014 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Jaan Toomik

Landscape with Many Moons is a drama about a middle-aged man who lives a seemingly ordinary life with his wife and children.

Landscape with Many Moons is a drama about a middle-aged man who lives a seemingly ordinary life with his wife and children. The truth is, however, that their relationship has reached a dead end but they prefer the illusory decorations of living together to the free fall into emptiness. The man gallivants around between his previous and current relationships without knowing exactly what to do with them. Living on the edge starts to overburden his nervous system and as a result, actual reality and dream-like reality blend together and it becomes ever harder to distinguish between what is real and ...
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Sun is a Good Child

Original title: Päike on hea laps

2014 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Filmmaker Manfred Vainokivi portrays physics teacher Mart Kuurme teaches physics and astronomy to children in Africa.

Mart Kuurme is a lifetime physics teacher. He arrives to Kongo village in Northern Ghana on October 21st, 2013 in order to start working as a volunteer teacher of physics and astronomy to local children. Solar eclipse is expected in Ghana on November 3rd. Mart carefully prepares for the event: observations of the starry sky at late night, physics lessons in a local secondary school. The film also reflects the life of local people, often accompanied by dancing - they dance everywhere and all the time, either in football competitions, funerals or harvesting parties, even in churches. Mart goes to ...
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Blood Type

Original title (in Estonian): "Veregrupp"

2013 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Leeni Linna
About the Lives of Lions in Estonia

Title in Estonian: Lõvide elust Eestis

1986 | Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

Documentary directed by Heini Drui and Paavo Kivine about the football team "Tallinna Lõvid" ("Lions of Tallinn") and about the attempts to shoot for the championship.

The idea to restore the former reputation behing Estonian football came as a response to the public opinion of a well-known athlete that Estonian boys are not talented enough to play football and they have no necessary prerequisites in this field. Boys from elementary school made the youth team called "The Lions" and coach Roman Ubakivi started to work with them in 1978 in order to prepare them for creating a national football team.
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Jalgpalli "Lõvid" (Filmikroonika)

1984 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director:
Eestis mängitakse jälle üleliidulist jalgpalli

1983 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Evald Vaher
Tootmiskoondise Eesti Põlevkivi A.Bõkovski nim pioneerilaager

1977 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Julia Guteva-Sillart
Nõukogude Eesti

1968 | Newsreel 1940 II half-1991, Newsreels | Director: Vitali Gorbunov