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Elo

Original title: Elo

2015 | Feature film, Short | Director: Helen Takkin

Elo is a stubborn kindergarten child whose sole purpose is to escape the repression of her evil teacher. One day a new teacher Helena appears and Elo’s life changes completely.

Elo hates kindergarten. She does not understand why she has to stay in this prison, while there is a alluring and mysterious life waiting for her outside. Elo comes up with a plan how to escape that place for good. One day however a new and kind teacher Helena comes to work there. Elo falls completely in love with her, but will soon also feel her first heartbreak.
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The Fencer

Original title: Miekkailija

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

Klaus Härö’s The Fencer is a touching drama about a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. The Finnish entry for the Oscars 2016, Best Foreign Language Film.

In 1952 a young fencing champion Endel arrives in a small town Haapsalu to work as a physical training teacher. In spite of the opposition of the principal of the school, Endel manages to get a permit to teach fencing for children. Slowly it becomes a therapy for the children as well as the teacher himself – a way to deal with everyday grim. The defeated principal is holding a grudge and starts to investigate, why did the champion of the Soviet Union really come to a small town. “The Fencer” is partly based on true life events of an Estonian sportsman ...
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Study Hard

Original title in Latvian "Mācies cītīgi"

2013 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kaspars Sēlis

Student Kaspars Sēlis’ bachelor thesis ’’Study Hard’’ is a documentary program about the reasons that affect students choices after secondary school.

A student takes a look back on his decision whether to study in university or not. He goes on a quest to visit his former schoolmates to see whether they have made the right choices after secondary school, and what where the reason why they have done so.
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Time is here

Original title: Aeg algab siin

2010 | Documentary | Director: Marje Jurtšenko

The film follows four children throughout their schoolyear as well as documents time and Estonia.

Joonas, Karit, Doris and Fred are seven years old and will start going to school. They live in different spots in Estonia - Tallinn, Tiduvere, Tudulinn and Võru. They are all different children with different schools and teachers. Yet, time is the same for all of them, passing by the same way. Where will they be at the end of their first schoolyear?
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How to be a Grown-up 2

Original title: Kui ma oleksin suur 2

2009 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Aina Järvine

5-year-old Danny cannot understand why grown-ups only talk-talk-talk and never play together.

5-year-old Danny cannot understand why grown-ups, when they are married and thus always have someone to play with, only talk-talk-talk and never play together. Danny knows exactly how to be married: he and his wife would never sit and talk but they would play all kinds of games and have lots of fun.
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Generation 0

Original title: Generatsioon 0

2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Teenagers have a baby and suddenly everything changes: 15-year-old Snezhana and 16-year-old Vova become parents.

Characters of this film were born in 1990s, the times where there were no rules and stability in our country. Everything that had happened before was destroyed, while at the same time there was no vision for the future. Children of this generation lack ideals and motivation. Casual internet relationships, sex and break-ups satisfy their intimate needs. They start early with smoking, drinking and sex. These young people listen to strange music, agree on everything and are ready for everything. They have no big ambitions – a simple, steady job at the supermarket is enough for them. Behind such boring ...
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The Class

Original title: Klass

2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

The drama directed by Ilmar Raag is based on real stories of school bullying, following the process of growing violence culminating with a tragic denouement. The screenplay has been written in collaboration with the participating schoolchildren.

This is a story about honor and dignity. A sixteen-year-old boy happens to protect his fellow classmate while the latter is being bullied by others. There is no way back any more - he has to go on protecting his friend. As a result, he must confront with the rest of his classmates, even the so-called normal ones. He is pushed away from the micro-community of young people. From that moment, unjustice becomes the main subject of the story. How much unjustice can one's dignity take? Where is the line between rebellion and violence?
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Ready! Steady! Go!

Original title: Tähelepanu, start!

2006 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Madli Lääne
The Table

Original title: Laud

2004 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Jelena Girlin, Mari-Liis Bassovskaja, Urmas Jõemees

Vivat, crescat, floreat vagina!

Roza has given birth to many children, all with different men. The protagonist is Rita, her youngest daughter, whose fate - like her mother's - is to endure the effort and pain of giving birth. How and whether she can cope with this, or the world?
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The Namemakers

Original title: Nimepanijad

2003 | Feature film, Short | Director: Andri Luup

Short film directed by Andri Luup about two conmen who try to make money with naming.

Two idling young men get an excellent idea to start making money with giving names. They post an ad, dress into suits and the sales may begin. They meet a young mother to whom they give a magnificent performance about the various procedures of conjuring up the right name for the baby. Together, they discover the name Orlando. The baptizing day will reveal whether the baby gets the name. The young men are truly surprised but then they'll get another phone call from the next client.
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