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A Loss of Something Ever Felt

Original title: Üht kaotust igavesti kandsin

2020 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.

Hille has a close relationship with her drug addict son. She sends him money every other week. After a fight they have over the phone, Lauri disappears mysteriously. His last known location is Bogotá, Colombia. At Hille's request, Lauri's sister, Eeva, reluctantly embarks on a journey and soon finds herself in the surreal and merciless underbelly of Bogotá. She contacts her only Colombian acquaintance, Carlos, who also lost his brother in the past, and they film their search for answers for a loss they both share.
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The Scandal

Original title in Estonian: Suur Skandaal

2020 | Students film, Short | Director: Anu Sildnik

Anu Sildnik’s short movie is talking about what will happen in that very moment when you put together one brassiere for a night characters from famous paintings. What will happen after artist have done last brushstroke and all the models and muses can finally move and go back to their ordinary lives. Do they accidentally know each ohter?

"The Scandal" is literally a picturesque journey, where selected works of art come to life and the moment captured in the interrupted picture survives. The work of 20th-century Estonian painters is united by the atmosphere of cafes and locales, and the film focuses on the characters in the works, whose relationships, encounters and passages live their lives smoothly.
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Maria ’s Paradise

Original title (in Finnish): Marian paratiisi

2019 | Feature film, Full lenght feature | Director: Zaida Bergroth

The angel will guide us.

This is an intense story of love, its dangers and its power. In 1920’s Northern Finland, a Christian sect, led by the angelic and charismatic Maria Åkerblom, is being chased out of town by an angry mob, accused of being a false prophet. They settle at a large estate in Helsinki where at night, the believers gather around Maria as she falls into a trance and delivers the words of the angels. Among the most fervent believers is Salome, an orphan who is Maria`s new personal servant. Salome is happy to bask in Maria’s divine light, and Maria also sees ...
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Long Live the Scandals!

Original title: Elagu skandaalid ja kollased sandaalid

2018 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary about Estonian contemporary artist Leonhard Lapin.

Leonhard Lapin is the classic and the enfant terrible of Estonian contemporary art, constantly followed by scandals, lewd legends and envious grumbling. Lapin confidently steps on the cornea of mediocrity, enjoying the situation to the fullest. Loved by his muses, the artist is not ashamed of his dalliances. He still has plenty at the grand old age of 70. The new Estonian film opens the doors to a disappearing Bohemianism, in which racy vocabulary reigns instead of political correctness.
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Muse

Original title (in Estonian): "Muusa"

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Rauno Polman

“Muse” is a film by II year film students, based on the Dogma 95 concept. Film discovers the subject of how young people perceive the world around them. No feeling, emotion or thought is hidden. But still, while creating their own unique understanding of reality, real life is slowly starting to slip away.

Kristjan is a shy young man, trying to get to know a beautiful girl he once spotted in a cafe. One day, in their usual cafe, he finally decides to make his move towards her. Only to discover that someone is already there to ruin his plans. Piece by piece his illusions are starting to shatter and Kristjan has to decide whether to stick to his dreams or let life take its natural course.
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Paljas Porgand. Life Update

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Reeli Reinaus

Master thesis film, directed by Reeli Reinaus, is portrait of well known blogger Merilin Taimre, also known as Paljas Porgand.

One of the Estonia's best-known blogger Merilin talks about her eating disorders and the way to healing. We also see her daily life and activities.
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Pets and Berlin

Original title: Pets ja Berliin

2018 | Documentary, Portrey | Director: Taavi Arus

A story about a legend of Estonian punk scene Peeter Männiksoo aka Pasa-Pets, who has been living for years in Berlin. It is a story about a man's survival in a big city, a story about loneliness, struggle and freedom. It's a poem about Pets and Berlin.

Bowie, who lived in Berlin in the seventies, describes his life in Berlin as “moving around in virtual anonymity... For some reason, Berliners just don't care.” Peeter and Berlin are partners that support one another. Peeter says that there are a lot of people like him in Berlin: “This place attracts people like me, because you can be your true self. Berlin doesn't judge you for who you are. Berlin accepts you the way you are. You don't see this in a lot of other cities. You won't see such attitude in Estonia!” Without a doubt, Berlin is Peeter's home ...
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Help, I Need Love

Original title: Appi, ma vajan armastust

2017 | Documentary | Director: Minna Hint

Love is not for everybody.

Mati is a young man of 25, who has never experienced love. All of his friends are married or living with their girlfriends. Mati has never kissed a girl and all attempts to create a real loving relationship have failed. Mati is motivated to find the right girl. Someone with whom he could share love and build the first intimate relationship of his life.
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Space of Pure Thought

Original title: Puhta mõtte ruum

2015 | Documentary, Portrey | Director: Puu Estonia (pseudonüüm)
Allan, A Man at the Age of Christ

Original title: Allan

2014 | Documentary, Portrey | Director: Arko Okk

If the world is blind, Allan isn’t. Allan is a man in at the age of Christ. His life is colorful. He likes cinema, cars and sports.

Allan is a man at the age of Christ. His life is colorful. He likes cinema, cars and sports. He is keen of Kung Fu. He likes funny as well as dark side of the life. His life is colorful also because he lives with his mother, a former opera singer, and his stepfather, a psychiatrist and a former parliament member. He has a work, he has dreams. But the real colors are missing from his life. In his dreams there are no colors either, because he is blind and he has never seen the colors. In this story we concentrate ...
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