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Hit Big

Original title (in Finnish): Hetki lyö

2022 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää

On Spain’s Costa del Sol a Finnish family abandoned by a crime boss take their own back by stealing the haul of a major heist.

"Hit Big" revolves around Marjaleena, a 60-year-old, boozed-up former beauty pageant star who left Finland for Spain's Costa del Sol where she runs Bar Belle, once a popular spot for Finnish tourists, with her handyman Mikko. One day, they hear that Marjaleena's husband, Worm, will be released after 20 years in prison and is planning a dream life with his cell-mate lover thanks to the stashed proceeds of a major heist. Feeling betrayed, Marjaleena sets off to get her share of the millions.
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Undergods

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Chino Moya

Debut film of Chino Moya is a collection of darkly humorous, surrealist tales about ill-fated characters and their tragic misadventures.

Debut film of Chino Moya is a collection of darkly humorous, surrealist tales about ill-fated characters and their tragic misadventures.
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Guest Room

Original title in Estonian: "Võõrastetuba"

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Felicia Liu

Short film about animal rights.

Mia lives in a small white room, waking up to new guests appearing at her doorstep every morning and leaving every night. She has to interact with these guests physically in order to get food. Mia is reunited with a little girl (Minnie) who looks like her long-lost daughter but is not her daughter, and after Minnie leaves Mia grows agitated and tries to find a way out. Mia turns out to be a chimpanzee in a zoo.
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See You In Chechnya

Original title: Näeme Tšetšeenias

2015 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aleksander Kvatašidze

If you go to war, war will come home with you.

September 1999. For Alex, as for the rest of Georgians, war in Chechnya seemed to be far away, seen only on the screens of Russian media. In fact it was just behind the Caucasus Mountains. He'd never imagine going there, but he did. He followed her, the French photographer he had met just a few days before at the fashion show. Alex discovers the world of War Reporters and wants to become one of them, but he doesn't succeed. He keeps in connected to war through his friend, practising war reporters and observes what war does to them for 15 ...
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Biggest fan

2013 | Students film, Short | Director: Jürgen Moor

Margus Randma is an ordinary man, who goes to work every day and seems to manage his life just fine. One night Grete Kaljuste, a famous actress is kidnapped from her home and we see a much darker side of Randma, which we've never seen before.
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Kid Detectives And The Secret Of The White Lady

Original title: Väikelinna detektiivid ja Valge Daami saladus

2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

An adventurous suspense film directed by René Vilbre where four kids start to investigate the case of rare clocks stolen from an antique shop.

Four kids – Markus, Emilia, Rosanna and Karl – spend together their summer holiday in a sleepy resort town Haapsalu. The holiday has had a boring start but suddenly things take an unexpected turn and the four friends find themselves in the middle of a huge adventure. The stolen clocks from the local antique shop, presence of famous photographer Stig Velson in Haapsalu and the historical events that took place in the local bishop's castle in 15th century – all this might be connected. The four novice detectives have to solve a complicated mystery of clock robbery and to find ...
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Bad Hair Friday

Original title: Vasaku jala reede

2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Kõpper, Arun Tamm

The first full-length feature film directed by Andres Kõpper and Arun Tamm is a crime/adventure film spiced by black humour. The roads of several different groups of people cross during one violent night.

Three friends get together at a bus station on a regular Friday morning - and all they think about is beer and pretty girls. In 25 hours, they will be in the middle of violent events where the number of dead bodies keeps growing. With the help of an old sports bag and a 70-year-old gun, eight different stories are being interwoven in the film, including great amount of colourful characters: criminals quoting Nietzsche; a veteran of World War II who imitates Clint Eastwood while trying to make the world a better place; a group of junkies who have flushed ...
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Rat Trap

Original title: Rotilõks

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Puustusmaa

The adventurous drama directed by Andres Puustusmaa is based on true events. Both Estonian and Russian actors are involved, including Marina Aleksandrova, Nikolai Fomenko and Kirill Käro, a rising film star with Estonian roots.

A huge sum of money gets lost during a home party held by an Estonian politician during an election campaign. A few party guests are involved in the case, those having serious financial issues and trying to cope with the mistakes made in the past. The self-confident politician, however, won't call the police but decides to use gunboat diplomacy instead.
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Teardrop of Evil

Original title: Saatana pisar

1993 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marek Piestrak

The feature film is an Estonian-Polish co-production directed by Polish filmmaker Marek Piestrak. It tells about the struggle against an evil conspiracy in Estonia in August 1939.

In 1939, once again Preimann, a Baltic German baron, and Leppikson, a native Estonian, confront each other in Estonia. In this game evil forces arise - Soviet counterintelligence, the diplomacy of the Fascist Germany, involuntary dreams and black magic, satanists and traitors. The evil forces are opposed by the courage and love between Polish writer Joanna and Estonian detective Gunnar. Will they succeed in preventing a magic ritual where the Satan itself is being invited? Will this be enough in order to save Europe from the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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The Stone of Blood

Original title: Verekivi

1972 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Madis Ojamaa

The adventure film directed by Madis Ojamaa is based on a historical fact from the "Livonian Chronicles" by Balthasar Russow, telling about the execution of Baron Johann von Uexküll in Tallinn in 1535.

When Baron von Uexküll and his fellow pillagers lead another ship onto rocks with false lights, they will have no mercy on no one on the ship. One sailor, Andreas, is able to escape the ship and make it to Tallinn with the help of farm girl Jaana and Matis who once fleed from Uexküll's as a slave. This means that Uexküll's history will be revealed; so the baron sends his servants to capture the annoying witness. Instead of catching Andreas the servants bring Matis along. As they say, city air makes you free, and Matis has become a free ...
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