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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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Tashi Delek!

2015 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Rebane

A young monk`s journey through Tibet in search of his path.

Tashi Delek! is a coming of age story of Tashi. On a wider scale, it is a story about a small nation struggling to keep its identity since opening ofborders 22 years ago. It is a universal story about the conflict between spiritualism and materialism. Tashi is a normal 17 year old teenager who loves to play football and basketball, have fun with his friends and listen to pop music. He is also a monk studying at Pema Tsal Sakya Buddhist Monastery, sent here by his parents at the age of 6. Soon, Tashi faces the mostimportant decision in his life — whether to ...
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Between Two Worlds

2014 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Liva Kalnina

This short poetic documentary focuses on the talented Latvian singer Dainis Skutelis, who is literally spending his life between two worlds. He is a singer in the Latvian National Opera, however, he can't stand the city life and feels the most happy in his countryside, which is more than 200 kilometers away from Riga. Therefore almost most of his time Dainis spends on the road between these two cities and even lives.

Even though the initial idea of this film was to show the contrast between those two lifestyles Dainis is living, during the shooting process Dainis suddenly announced that he has quit his job in the Latvian National Opera and from now on he will focus on renewing his country house where his daughter could grow up.
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Choices. My story

Original title in Estonian: Valikud. Minu lugu

2013 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Tuuliki Tedre-Orgjõe
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Corporate Video for TLU

2012 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Sigrid Reede

It is a story about a boy who wants to study in Tallinn University but his father thinks that education in TLU is not very strong.

Father and son are having a Skype conversation with their relative from USA.Son says he wants to study in TLU but the father is against it and suggests to study in USA because the relative is apparently doing very well. In the end we can see that success of the relative was a lie.
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Home or Away

Original title (in Estonian): "Kodus või võõrsil"

2011 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Piibe Pai

“Home or Away“ is a television programme (target group: 18-25) that introduces the life in Australia with Working Holiday Visa, through the thoughts and stories of three young Estonian.

A young girl is confused about her future. School practically behind her, she finds it hard to confront the beginning of her working life in Estonia. She is not attracted by the situation in her home country: high percentage of people her age are unemployed (39%) and it is a difficult time to apply for a job. In order to continue her studies in MA degree, she would need financial support from her family. This is not a solution for her! She has always wanted to go to Australia because to her it sounds like a perfect place to work ...
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Phobos

Original title: Phobos

2010 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Oleg Assadulin

A horror film directed by Russian filmmaker Oleg Assadulin telling the story about young people who go to a night club built in a bomb shelter and will be trapped in a mysterious labyrinth.

One rainy summer night seven young people gather in Phobos - a newly opened night club built in a former bomb shelter. Suddenly the mechanical doors of the night club close and the young ones find themselves being stuck in labyrinths without electricity and mobile connection. First, no one gets the seriousness of the situation; then, panic will seize them - is it possible to break free from the club of fear after all?
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Red Mercury

Original title: Punane elavhõbe

2010 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Puustusmaa

The thriller is an Estonian-Russian co-production directed by Andres Puustusmaa, based on the debut novel by former criminal investigator Andres Anvelt. The film tells a story based on real events about the work of Estonian police in early 1990s. Film valmis Eesti ja Venemaa koostöös.

It is the arrogant era of early 1990s. The new currency is Estonian kroon and the former soviet republic has climbed to the top in the export of non-ferrous metals in the world. Ruthless struggle surrounds this criminal business. Underworld has become upset because of the rumour about the "red mercury" and the action begins, involving a guy called Reps who gets out of prison, his friends, the criminal investigators of the newly formed Estonian Security Police and their boss called Bulldozer.
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The Measure of Man

Original title: Inimese mõõt

2010 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Marianne Kõrver

Is the global environmental crisis concerning just our environment or is it also the crisis of our habits, expectations and values?

The relations between urbanizing people and natural environment become more and more problematic. Maybe the global environmental crisis is the crisis of the increasing process of urbanizing and the crisis of our habits, expectations and values? The documentary reflects the fear that our habitual world is going to end - the ever-pulsating streets of New York City; the ancient Hsasnkeyf in Turkey, with the history reaching back to the beginning of urban culture in old Mesopotamia; the fishermen villages in Tonle Sap Lake in the heart of Cambodia; and in an ultramodern urban district in Freiburg, South-Germany. Four places in ...
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Suhtumise küsimus

2009 | Students film, Short | Director: Ergo Kuld