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Old Clown

Original title: Vana kloun

2011 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary film tells a story of legendary Soviet time clown Sergey Fatkin. Due to popularity he was allowed to pass iron curtain and visit 35 countries in times when many Soviets didn’t see any foreign country ever. At Paris nightclub Olympia Fatkin performed together with Jaques Brel. Later on Sergei Fatkin made a fatal mistake smuggling Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago into the country. Officially banned book was hand copied and passed around. KGB soon traced down Sergei Fatkin and the legendary clown was arrested, liberated from his titles, awards and private possessions. Ironically – the man who had passed around a book about Soviet prisons was imprisoned for years. Nowadays Sergei Fatkin, free again, is still working modestly as a clown, performing at kindergartens mostly.
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Blues and Soul

2010 | Students film, Short | Director: Jaan Penjam
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Anna and Krukoljev

Original title in Estonian: Anna ja Krukoljev

2009 | Students film, Short | Director: Ingrid Roose

If thoughts shatter the heart.
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The Cake

Original title in Estonian: Tort

2009 | Short, Students film | Director: Tõnn Sikk

In one late evening a boy and a girl will step into a strange cake-store which is surprisingly still open. Even though the boy just wishes to have a drink he soon starts to listen to the salesman and thinks about buying a cake himself. Salesman manipulates with them and the boy will choose a cake which is the only one that the salesman doesn’t want to give away.
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Kinnunen

Original title: Kinnunen

2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andri Luup

The romantic comedy directed by Andri Luup tells the story of a Finnish man and an Estonian woman who find each other despite of hardships.

Another Finnish guy has fallen overboard from a ferry at the port of Tallinn. He has come to Estonia in order to find himself a decent wife. "Kinnunen" is a comedy about Juha Kinnunen and Estonian teacher Õie Kannike who happen to meet and start teaching each other. Kinnunen is not an ordinary man. He is a Finnish man. Õie is not an ordinary woman. She is an Estonian woman. It is not easy to find common ground. Because one of them is a woman and the other one is a man.
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Jaan Klysheiko

Original title: Jaan Klõšeiko

2005 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Eve Ester, Igor Ruus

Portrait documentary about Jaan Klysheiko, a legendary photo artist, book and magazine designer.

Jaan Klysheiko (1939) is a phenomenon in Estonian culture. He has graduated from the department of painting at the Estonian State Art Institute in 1960s; after which he entered the field of journalism and he became a book designer. His true passion, however, is photography and he has regularly recorded the cultural events in Estonia: Klysheiko's photo archives includes several thousands of negatives. The extremely jovial and bohemian artist with great sense of humour takes the film crew to a walk around the Old Town of Tallinn and to show the places related to his work and life while talking ...
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National Sport

Original title: Rahvuslik sport

2005 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Madli Lääne
Adventure High

2004 | Documentary | Director: Liivo Niglas

Five young men - including the filmmaker - take a four-month break from their responsible adult lives to travel by bicycle from Mongolia to Nepal hoping to experience old-fashioned travel adventures. Their journey leads them through diverse landscapes and harsh conditions (the Gobi Desert where water and roads are equally difficult to find; the flooded dirt roads and landslides caused by heavy rain in the Himalayan mountains). They are exposed to diverse cultures and meet fascinating people (Mongolian nomads, Buddhist pilgrims, yak herders in the Himalayas). As relationship dynamics develop and change within the group, the five travelers very different ...
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Set Point

We Will Not Sleep Tonight

2004 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Ilmar Taska

The debut film directed by Ilmar Taska is a criminal drama about people who are about to lose themselves for luxurious life. Starring supermodel Carmen Kass and Finnish film star Peter Franzen.

The financially secured marriage of Harri and Evelin is about to fall apart. One summer night, Evelin happens to witness a murder when she is strolling around the city with her friends Älis and Kristofer. Harri who investigates the crime tries to calm them down. Suddenly, Evelin and her friends discover that they are being chased by the criminals. Harri seems to be involved with illegal activities so no one can be sure that the following night won't be doomed.
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I love you

Original title: Ma armastan sind

1996 | Short, Feature film | Director: Peter Herzog

Short film directed by Peter Herzog about the encounters between a man and a woman in dreams. When they wake up from the dreams, they don't know each other.

The Woman is looking for the Man to whom she says the phrase "the eyes of a blue dog" in a dream. In the dreams, the Man and the Woman know each others. The Woman is searching for the Man also outside the dream world, but the Man won't remember anything that has been said in the dream nor he won't understand the Woman who constantly tries to recall the Man of these words everywhere. "The eyes of a blue dog" would help them to recognize each other when awake. The film is based on the novel "The Eyes of ...
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