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My Father The Spy

2018 | Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Gints Grube

The story of daughter of a Cold War double agent.

As a young Soviet student in 1978, Ieva could not have predicted that a holiday visit to her father, Imants Lešinskis, then working at the United Nations in New York City, would irreversibly split her life in two. Entangled in a murky game she would be unable to quit, Ieva is forced to leave her former life behind, never to see her mother or her homeland of Latvia again. Pulling back the curtain on the shady behind-the-scenes world of the Cold War, this film tells a daughter’s dramatic story of her double-agent father, exploring their relationship against the backdrop of ...
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Risti aarded

2018 | Documentary | Director: Ruti Murusalu
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Roots: Waiting For A Miracle

Original title: Juured: Oodates imet

2018 | Documentary | Director: Aljona Suržikova

The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.

A woman’s biggest joy is giving the gift of life to a new human being. The biggest pain – the loss of a child – helps to see the beauty in life. This film is about life and how miraculous it is that we are alive.
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Roots: With Mum At The Monastery

Original title: Juured: Emaga kloostris

2018 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints

A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?

A mother and daughter with a painful past go to a monastery in Thailand together. Will the 26 days of silence filled with strict meditation help them to make peace with their past?
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Take It or Leave It

Original title: Võta või jäta

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

One sleepy Saturday morning a 30-year-old construction worker Erik gets some earth shattering news: his ex-girlfriend Moonika whom he hasn’t even seen for the past six months is about to go into labour. She however is not ready for motherhood and if Erik doesn’t want the kid either, the little girl will be put up for adoption. Take it or leave it!
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The Little Comrade

Original title: Seltsimees laps

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Moonika Siimets

Six-year-old Leelo’s mother is deported to a Siberian prison camp during Stalinist repressions. The little girl tries to be as good as she can in the belief that this will bring her mother back home.

It is 1950 in the Soviet Estonia and the Stalinist terror machine works at full steam – 6-year-old Leelo’s school principal mother is arrested before her very eyes. “If you’re a good kid, I’ll be back soon,” are her mother’s last words as she is taken away at gunpoint. So Leelo is on her very best behaviour, but yet her mother does not return. A fear creeps into the child’s soul that it is her fault her mother was taken. The confusion only grows as “good” and “bad” no longer seem to hold any meaning in these troubled times. Why ...
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Last Friday

Original title: Viimane reede

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Danoa Kampe

A heartbreaking short film, where you find apocalyptic horror and motherly tenderness. Film speaks about principles of obligations and responsibility and confrontation of faith and disappointment. It`s a metaphor for mother`s strength.

It's the last day, very last day, which happens to be Friday, Good Friday. What would you do in such situation? Martin Luther once said: "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." Through a point of view of one home, film shows how family members, who carry different life roles, cope with this terrifying reality. Desperate Armageddon manifestations left behind, dissapointed father looses it. He cuts himself off from the family and the rest of the world and dives into apocalyptic artwork. Gentle mother remains calm, expresses love and ...
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Margus

2017 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Hõbe Ilus

Film about mother and her son.

Margus, 17, opened his eyes to the world earlier than planned. Ever since, he has been guided through life by his loving family. This film is about Margus and his mother and the unconditional love that unfolds through shared creativity and the sense of presence.
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Miriam at the Lakeside

Original title: Miriam järve ääres

2017 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt, Sergei Kibus

Fear makes the wolf bigger than it is.

All the family is outing at the lake – tents, BBQ, swimming, sunbathing... just name it. After an active day everybody is in sleep, only Hen can’t sleep. He takes a walk outside and hears there a lot of frightning sounds and sees eyes burning in the dark. Hen grabs the camera to make pictures of the creatures around her. In the morning everybody can see who Hen was really afraid of...
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Põrgu Indias

2017 | Documentary | Director: Kaido Veermäe