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An Estonian Man

2024 | Documentary | Director: Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash

Tushar Prakash is an Indian man who has come to live in Estonia because of love. In this documentary he is on a quest to learn from his partner's relatives, who live in the countryside of South Estonia, on how to become a real Estonian man.

Tushar Prakash is an Indian man who has come to live in Estonia because of love. In this documentary he is on a quest to learn from his partner's relatives, who live in the countryside of South Estonia, on how to become a real Estonian man.
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The Wayfarers

Original title: Rändajad

2024 | Documentary | Director: Eva Sepping

Three Siberian Estonian women are looking for paradise here and outside the borders.

It's a story about three Siberian Estonian women of different generations whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly rebuilt their lives. One hundred and seventy years later, the situation has reversed: some have already "got used to the life here", but for others, on the eve of the war, it is the last minute to travel to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.
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Tell Me About Your-Self

2023 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Polina Popova

Estonian fashion designer Tim Bluz tries to identify the owner of the clothes and guess their personality based on those items.

Clothes are a powerful tool for telling the world who we are as a person. They can be used to make a statement about our styles, values and interests. Clothes give people a glimpse into our everyday lives. But can we really know a person only by what they wear? Estonian fashion designer Tim Bluz attempts to answer that question by trying to identify a person just based on the contents of their wardrobe.
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HUED

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Eva Puka

In a society where the colour grey is the dominant hue, a young man dares to put on a wig and transform into her true self.

For every show, our main character Vilita puts on her wig to become this alter ego that has lived inside of her since childhood. The documentary focuses on the experiences of doing drag in Estonian society while tackling Vilita’s inner struggles and how she overcomes them, becoming a pop of colour in a rather grey society. The story is told through the wig and how important it is for Vilita’s transformation.
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Mare Tralla

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

The film is about a strong Estonian woman who can handle everything and has experienced both traditional family life and much more.

Who's afraid of Mare Tralla? And is it necessary to fear her at all? Our film is about a strong Estonian woman who has always been a mother of two children, a married woman, a lecturer, a professor, and a fighter for minorities, who is also engaged in an artist's career.
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In Between Realities

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Frederiks Sebastians, Sofia Jürimäe

A reflection of the Russian media scene in Estonia through the eyes of its possibly most controversial representative.

Memories and opinion about the political and national climate in Estonia from the 90's unEl nowadays, offering one of the most visible and scandalous reEred journalists in Estonia’s Russian media scene point of view and exploring his professional and personal change in his career through different times, reflecting on his identity and occuption.
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The Puzzle of Self-Identity

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kailiin Dubrov

Documentary about the charismatic personality of tattoo artist Pasha.

Pasha is a charismatic individual, who always expresses himself openly in whatever way he feels like. One day he can quietly draw sketches at his home while enjoying personal space and contrastively be all dressed up as a drag queen partying the other. There are so many different sides to Pasha that as a whole make him very unique: from the way he talks to the way he walks. The main point of this documentary though is his confidence about all of those pieces about himself: they can be beautiful or ugly, acceptable or unacceptable for our society, but Pasha ...
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Water in a Sieve. Merle Karusoo

Original title: Sõelaga vett. Merle Karusoo

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristin Raup, Madli Lääne

A biographical documentary film by Kristin Raup and Madli Lääne about Merle Karusoo, the Estonian stage director and collector of local biographies.

The film about Merle Karusoo, the Estonian stage director and collector of local biographies, takes a look at the stories of her own life, reflecting on her personal beliefs and the role of remembering throughout life.
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A Loss of Something Ever Felt

Original title: Üht kaotust igavesti kandsin

2020 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.

Hille has a close relationship with her drug addict son. She sends him money every other week. After a fight they have over the phone, Lauri disappears mysteriously. His last known location is Bogotá, Colombia. At Hille's request, Lauri's sister, Eeva, reluctantly embarks on a journey and soon finds herself in the surreal and merciless underbelly of Bogotá. She contacts her only Colombian acquaintance, Carlos, who also lost his brother in the past, and they film their search for answers for a loss they both share.
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Goodbye Soviet Union

Original title: Hüvasti, NSVL

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Lauri Randla

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union.

Lauri Randla’s first full length feature film is a comedy about the adventures of the Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union. Johannes is born into an eccentric family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, snappy Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished… all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take ...
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