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Truth and Justice

Original title: Tõde ja õigus

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbour and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place. Young and energetic man Andres together with his wife Krõõt arrives to his new farm bought on a loan to establish their new life. Robber’s Rise must become a place, that’ll take care of the family. Household needs a lot of work and consistency – battle with nature, fate and his spiteful neighbour Pearu ...
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The Wind Sculpted Land

Original title: Tuulte tahutud maa

2018 | Documentary, Nature, Overviews | Director: Joosep Matjus
Nowness

Original title (in Estonian): "Olevik"

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Kristiina Tang

,,Nowness’’ tells the reminiscent story of a grandfather and understanding grief and death.

Shown through a poetic lens, the film tells the story of a woman’s final farewell with her grandfather. She is grieving and her memories unfold in front of her eyes as she takes her regular “journey” to the well. The magpies evoke the memories connected with her grandfather.
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Lucavsala

Original title: Prügi mahapanek keelatud!

2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Jaak Kilmi

Documentary directed by Jaak Kilmi about Lucavsala (Lutsusaar) in the heart of Riga, Latvia and about the battle of the local gardening cooperative for existence.

Lucavsala (Lutsusaar) is an island in almost central Riga, in the middle of the River Daugava. In 1930s, there were farm houses and herds of cows in the island. After the war the island was divided into gardening lots for the workers of Soviet big industries. The spontaneous life and activities in the gardening cooperative in Lucavsala is opening up through the humorous details and contrasts. The protagonist Rasma, a 76-year-old self-initiated chairwoman of the gardening cooperative, checks the maintenance in the island, reprimands the lazy ones and the drunkards, collects taxes and pokes her nose into other people's matters. ...
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White Square

Original title in Russian: Белый Квадрат

2012 | Students film, Short | Director: Ivan Pavljutškov

Boy Zakhar desperately tries to join hide and seek game with other village boys. Situation changes after Zakhar meets a mysterious fellow Sasha...
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Autumn Palette

The original title in Estonian: Sügise palett

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Tatjana Borissova

Short film is about the complicated relationship between two women who live in an old people's home in one room.

Autumn weather - sun and rain, colorful trees and gray dull sky. Long days spent in a nursing home. The only thing that could diversify these days for Anne, who is trying not to be depressed by loneliness and to find beauty and joy in nature around her, is to listen to music and hum along to some great old well-known tunes. But he himself does not have a radio, and his roommate Margarita, with whom they have a complicated relationship, does not allow him to listen to her radio. This spoils Anne's good mood. Until the annual craft show day ...
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Keepers of Seven Powers

2010 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran
A Letter from Ruhnu

Original title: Kiri Ruhnust

2009 | Documentary | Director: Heilika Pikkov

A young woman becomes a school teacher and discovers life in a small island of Ruhnu.

Young woman Kadri becomes s a teacher in an island of Ruhnu that is a small, isolated community. Her main duty is to teach the youngest children in the first and second grade - there are only two schoolchildren in these classes. At the same time, Kadri tries to get used to the island's life and to understand the strange traditions and odd behaviour of the local people living in isolated community.
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Jolly Old Farts

Original title: Emumäe Eedi ja Lobi küla Kristjan

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

A portrait of two ageing cinema professionals who find motivation to live through endless quarrelling and challenging each other.

An old film director and a cameraman share a secret - when out of work you'll have to have fun and turn your own life into a film. And who would be a better partner than an old colleague and a friend. Their endless quarreling is typical to Estonians - one constantly tries to outdo another.
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Elu sinu ümber

1995 | Popular Sciences | Director: Rein Maran
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