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Mother

Original title: Ema

2016 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Kadri Kõusaar

Mother is a thrilleresque story about the consequences of years of self-deception, unfulfilled dreams and lack of love.

This small town crime story in the pastel tones of modern retro offers recognition and bitter humour. “Mother” is a thrilleresque story about rash decisions made in the name of dreams that will have haunting consequences for some time to come. The film focuses on a woman whose adult son has fallen into a coma after being shot. Taking care of him at home, she has to face a whole town trying to solve the puzzle of what exactly happened. But in a small town, where everyone knows everyone and everything except for what’s right under their nose, the world’s ...
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Rough Stage

Original title: Karmil pinnal

2015 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Toomas Järvet

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, a man who starts a quest against the society, cultural norms and his family in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history.

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, is a man who starts a quest against the society in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history. But to do so he must overcome several obstacles – time, money, insured dancer, his disapproving family and friends, and cultural norms. Set in today’s most contested location, Maher’s story is at once a parable about a society in conflict, and a modern take on — and inversion of — "The Jazz Singer," where the real war is between dreams and tradition.
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Dad of the Year

Original title (in Estonian): "Aasta isa"

2014 | Exercises (Fiction), Students film | Director: Eeva Mägi

"Dad of the Year" is an experimental shortfilm made as a documentary. It’s about an housewife who wants to nominate her husband to a Dad of the Year comeptition and for that she wants to make a short videoclip about her family. When the crew comes to make the video everything goes in wrong direction.
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Miriam's Nest Box

Original title: Miriami pesakast

2006 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Riho Unt

Up a tree, on a nestbox there is a starling trilling to Miriam.

Up a tree, on a nestbox there is a starling trilling to Miriam. This is spotted by Hen, sitting tediously on a window-ledge. As Father has just finshed making a scooter for the little brother, Hen requires that he should make a nestbox for her ...
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A Family

Original title: Perekond

2004 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Sulev Keedus

Ida, Natasha, Larissa and Fyodor Vassilyevich are family members who have a tight relationship that is precious and sacred to them but also limiting, challenging and obstructing. Meeting Ida and her family over the span of three years, the director achieved an amazing intimacy.

The Tallinn-Moscow-Tallinn night express leaves Tallinn, the capital of the Republic of Estonia at 5 p.m. and arrives in the Russian capital Moscow next morning at 9. For many decades, the train had forty-four sleeping compartments and was hugely popular. Today only five sleepers remain and even those are half empty. Politics and economics changed tremendously in these two countries, but Ida, a Russian living in Estonia, still works for this formerly exclusive train. The director of the film met Ida, the train team leader, while travelling and they spent half an hour talking. The bond was made. The next ...
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ID

2004 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Meeme Kerge

Rein Mikke, born as an Estonian citizen, was adopted by Russian parents in 1950s. Now he is trying to overcome bureaucratic obstacles and restore his Estonian citizenship and related rights.

Born as an Estonian citizen in Viru county, Estonia, in January 1950, Rein Mikke was involuntarily adopted by the employees of The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) and his name was changed to Vladimir Levchenkov, later Aleksey Levchenkov. Originally an Estonian citizen must acquire another citizenship while living in his homeland due to the fact that the act of involuntary adoption remained lawfully valid and Mikke's identity was proved only by his red passport. Now his aim is to take back his real name and citizenship. Eesti sünnijärgne kodanik on sunnitud oma kodumaal elama võõra riigi kodanikuna, ainsaks isikut tõendavaks ...
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Miriam's Gnome

Original title: Miriami Jõulupäkapikk

2003 | Puppet, Animation | Director: Mait Laas

Helpful Miriam builds the Gnome a cart so that it would be easier for him to bring presents. But do the gnomes really exist...?

Helpful Miriam builds the Gnome a cart so that it would be easier for him to bring presents. But do the gnomes really exist...?
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Father

1998 | TV Short, TV feature | Director: Mart Kivastik
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Flirt

1990 | Short, Students film | Director: Aare Tilk
Siberia has also been my homeland

Title in Estonian: Ka Siber on olnud mu kodumaa

1990 | Documentary | Director: Märt Müür

Documentary directed by Märt Müür about his family, deportation and meetings with people with similar destinies.

The author of the documentary is mainly recalling his personal experience, events, emotions and memories. Together with the film's author there are also his close relatives and people with similar destiny met during the times in Siberia. People recollect various events in a foreign country outside Matsimärdi farm. While being based on today's beliefs, Märt Müür attempts to form a collective portrait of thousands of people with tragic destinies, once deported from Estonia to Siberia.
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