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Taagepera

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Simm
A Well-Kept Secret

Original title in Estonian: "Soonlepa saladus"

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mihkel Oksmann

Mihkel Oksmann’s thesis film tells a a story about the relationships between the people of small village.

Three young souls, the witch, an artist and a philologist are the last three people living in a small village named Soonlepa. Despite their high age, they fulfil their lives with art, witchcraft and memories. One day the village is about to lose it’s third leg when 79-year old Aino, the witch is sent to hospital with two diagnosed cancers, leaving last two men in village alone in their world.
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All About My Father

Original title in Estonian: "Kõik minu isast"

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Reeli Reinaus

First person documentary, directed by Reeli Reinaus, is portrait of her father’s life and death.

Documentary shows author's attempt to find answers to questions about his father's life what she can no longer ask for her father. Portrait of father is formed by the memoirs and old letters. But is it able to change author’s feelings against to the father she only shortly knew?
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Codename: Timeless

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Collin Browne

Codename: Timeless is a story world about what memories can mean for the characters involved; are they good? Are they bad? Do we need them? What would our world look like if we could manipulate our memories?

Our memories are important to us. For many, memories make us who we are. Without them we would be completely different people. They hold precious moments and allow us to revisit those moments whenever we want… beautiful. For some though, it’s not such a bright picture. For some, memories can trap and limit you. Tragic memories can sometimes keep you frozen in time, unable to move on from your past. In these cases maybe we need protection from our own memories. What memories mean to each person and what the effects they have on them are unique for each person, ...
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Koma

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Maria Avdjuško, Peeter Simm

Documentary about well known Estonian theatre director Kalju Komissarov.

Kalju Komissarov (08.03.1946-06.03.2017) was one of the greatest and most influential theatre and film director and theatrical pedagogue in Estonia. To this day most of the big names who work in Estonian theatre stages have been his students. He was in charge of Estonian Youth Theatre 1974 - 1986, Ugala Theater 1989 - 1991 and 1986 - 1995 Drama School of Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Till his death in 2017 he was the professor of University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy. You can see his students remembering him and his last interviews in documentary “Koma”.
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Mountains That Were Not There

Original title: Mäed, mida polnud

2018 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Jurtšenko

A documentary film that takes the viewer to the great stages of the sport of cycling. Estonians Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe are the same age and both from the small village of Vändra. They are under the microscope as they both cycle in the top-level Astana Pro Team.

Talent, diligence and willpower can take you to the world stage, even if you grow up in Vändra, on the periphery of Europe, and dream of becoming a professional cyclist. A pro who conquers famous mountaintops in the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Dolomites, and whose name is heard from week to week on the Eurosport channel when the Tour de France, the Giro d´Italia or the Vuelta are underway. One exceptional success story is understandable, but when there are two of them, and both at the same time… Tanel Kangert and Rein Taaramäe grew up to become world-class champions ...
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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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New Neighbours

Original title: Uued naabrid

2018 | Documentary | Director: Riho Västrik

Two political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa.

In this new short documentary of Riho Västrik the political eras meet in the Estonian town of Tapa. Tapa is a railway junction 90 km from Tallinn. During the Soviet occupation it housed a Red Army training centre and airport. The population then was 12000 people, now it is half the size and half are Russian-speaking people. The neglected Soviet training centre is a stone’s throw from the NATO base where in spring 2017 allied forces moved in.
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Roots: 40 Years Later

Original title: Juured: 40 aastat hiljem

2018 | Documentary | Director: Moonika Siimets

A story about a love for things and the difficulty of letting go of them.

My parents Tiina and Ülo have saved more stuff in their home throughout the years than they have space to live. Useless piles of clothes, old newspapers and dishes block the way to the dinner table or bed. This is a story about a love for things and the difficulty of letting go of them.
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Roots: My Flesh And Blood

Original title: Juured: Mu liha ja veri

2018 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.

My grandmother and grandfather were married in 1959. 50 years later, they once again stand at an altar to reaffirm their oath from long ago. Now, they know when to stand up for themselves and when to be quiet. When to forgive and when to let go. And they also know there isn’t much time left. This is a story about love and loss. About my flesh and blood.
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