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A Living Force

Original title: Elav jõud

2003 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

Three men, three different stories about work and being lazy, dignity and despair, struggle for existence and self-pity in a ruthless society of success.

The humoristic documentary follows the struggle of three men, very different in their outlook on life: Georg – a loser, Peeter – an intellectual and Arto – a yuppie, all of them living in a society built on success and power. This is a film about work, indolence, dignity and despair.
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Fender Bender

2003 | Short, Feature film | Director: Daniel Elliott

Two men get into a car accident and try to cope with loss, feelings of guilt and remorse.

Rasmus and Aleksander experience several different emotion during one day after having got into a car accident – remorse, loss, guilt and anger - while trying to cope with all of these feelings. The film is one of the six short films produced under the aegis of Tyne Tallinn Digital Film Challenge 2003 film project, directed by young British filmmaker Daniel Elliott.
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Kuhu lähed

2003 | Documentary, Amateur films | Director: Kullar Viimne
The Penguin Parade

Original title: Pingviinide paraad

2002 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Riho Unt, Julia Pihlak

A story about a young man who in an absurd situation insists on remaining a human being as if he still belived in happy solutions.

A story about a young man who in an absurd situation insists on remaining a human being as if he still belived in happy solutions.
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Heart of the Bear

Original title: Karu süda

2001 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arvo Iho

The romantic drama directed by Arvo Iho is based on the novel "The Heart of the Bear" by Nikolai Baturin and tells about a young hunter Niika who finds and loses himself and his love in a Siberian taiga.

The magic of Siberia brings hunter Niika back to the lands of Nordic people. Despite of the hospitality of the Nganasan people it turns out that Niika's destiny is not in his own hands but will be determined by the forces of nature. He can rediscover himself only when he is ready to experience passion and pain, desperation and unforgivable sin. He must meet his own shadow, to love a woman for whom no one else is left, and to kill his friend. The only way to escape his fate is to get the heart of the bear.
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The Moon

Original title: Sellised kolm lugu: Kõrbekuu

1999 | Short, Feature film | Director: Ervin Õunapuu

Short film directed by Ervin Õunapuu about guilt, penitence and redemption.

In his deathbed, surgeon Jonathan Kaufman confesses a secret to the priest. Kaufman has not told anyone about it for the last twenty years. West Africa, the year 1972. After an emergency landing, an airplane is in the middle of a vast desert. Three men have survived: pilot Jonas von Richthoffen, navigator Abraham Holland and surgeon Jonathan Kaufman. All communications have been destroyed in fire, the men have lost touch with the outer world. Within one month, their water supply is about to run out. The last time they ate was on the day of landing when there were caviar ...
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Three Stories About ...

Original title: Sellised kolm lugu: Aida

1999 | Short, Feature film | Director: Peeter Simm

Short film directed by Peeter Simm is inspired by a shipwreck that took place near Sõrve Peninsula, Deember 1994.

There is a ship on her beam ends ashore at the cape of Sõrve Peninsula. A local constable with a tractor drives goes to investigate the case. The chain of events that follows will change quite a few things in the emotional and mental attitudes of those included in the case. A short film about people who live, work and love almost at the periphery of the world.
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Letters from the East

Original title: Kirjad idast

1995 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Andrew Grieve

The film directed by Andrew Grieve tells about families that have been broken during the war and about the reunion of family members in the independent republic of Estonia.

Anna travels from England back to her native country Estonia in order to find her mother whom she has lost during the war. While getting in the middle of the events of restoration of Estonian's independence, Anna meets people full of yearning for freedom. She will discover that despite of having been abroad for a long time she is still having a deep connection to her native land.
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City Unplugged

Darkness in Tallinn

1993 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilkka Järvilaturi

The action film directed by Finnish filmmaker Ilkka Järvi-Laturi tells the story how the national gold reserve arrives at Tallinn after Estonia has regained its independence and how the local mafia has extensive plans to steal it. Soome režissööri Ilkka Järvilaturi märulifilm Eesti kullavarude jõudmisest Tallinna pärast taasiseseisvumist ja kohaliku maffia suurejoonelisest plaanist kuld röövida.

It is the year of 1991. The pre-war gold reserve of the Republic of Estonia is being sent back to its homeland from Paris. There are gold bars worth billions that are about to arrive at Estonian Bank after fifty years of concealment. The local mafia is planning a great gold robbery. Extensive blackout would help them to switch off all security systems - young electrician Toivo is offered a huge sum of money if he will cut off electricity in the whole city. Toivo's pregnant wife Maria tells him to accept the job. At the same night, she gives ...
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The Lady in the Car

Original title: Daam autos

1992 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Peeter Urbla

The psychological thriller directed by Peeter Urbla is based on the well-known novel "The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun" by S. Japrisot.

Helen is a young secretary at a successful advertising company who must take the company's new car to the garage. The test ride leads Helen to the chain of deja vu events, with the aim to push the girl towards suicide.
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