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For whom the pulse monitor watch tolls

Original title: Kellele lüüakse pulsikella

2014 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Andres Keil

For men in their golden mid-age years recreational sport has become an obsession - instead of fleeing from death their madness might bring them directly to the deathtrap.

Recently, the number of those involved in recreational sport has dramatically grown. The love for sports among the middle-aged men has gone beyond healthy limits. A hobby has become an achievement-based sports for them that is a risk for their health. These man aim at excelling together with the professional sportsmen. Priit Pullerits, the protagonist of the film, offers the viewer a possibility to follow his training and daily life since he is an achievement-based hobby sportsman. The filmmakers look for the answer to the question why middle-aged men get so inspired by the sports? Is it because the are ...
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Searching for the Light

Original title: Otsides valgust

2014 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Heini Drui

Portrait documentary directed by Heini Drui about Raivo Hein, a successful internet businessman, astrophotographer, adventurer and traveler.

Raivo Hein is a successful internet businessman, amateur astronomist, astrophotographer and traveler. He is both an idealist and a materialist. Raivo is probably the first cosmonaut in Estonia since he has the ticket for the space trip organized by sir Richard Branson. Raivo believes in science, common sense and the bright future of the humankind. He believes that the 1000-year-old man is already born. Raivo contemplates on the future of humanity as well as the mystery of life and the universe. The subjects of truth, its existence and the ways of reaching it are being discussed by Raivo, astrophysicist Jaan ...
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Zero Point

Original title: Nullpunkt

2014 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Mihkel Ulk

Debut feature film directed by Mihkel Ulk, telling about the burning issues of today's youth: school bullying and related low self-esteem, adaptation difficulties and search for appreciation.

Johannes is a sensitive young man with restless disposition who is accepted by an elite school in Tallinn. However, things won't get better for him as one could expect - he becomes the target of his classmates' mental terror. Johannes must also cope with his mother's progressive mental disease. When the three main pyramids of his life - home, friends and school - start to collapse, Johannes will reach the zero point. He realizes that in order to move on he has to start from himself - he works out a plan who to become accepted and gain popularity. Despite ...
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Ash & Money

Original title: Kust tuleb tolm ja kuhu kaob raha?

2013 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Ene-Liis Semper, Tiit Ojasoo

Documentary by Ene-Liis Semper and Tiit Ojasoo about the short and stormy development story of a non-existent political party "Unified Estonia" - the political theatre project lasted for 44 days.

"Unified Estonia" was a fictitous political movement created by Theatre NO99. The project was received by the majority of public as a real political power. The organizers declared at the press conference held on March 24, 2010 about their intention to hold the Unified Estonia Assembly in Saku Suurhall on May 7th. The action was introduced as a theatrical production; however, many people took Unified Estonia movement as a real political power. The closer May 7 came, the more the public started to ask whether a new political party will be born. The documentary shows manipulations, emotions, fear, bravado ...
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Mushrooming

Original title: Seenelkäik

2012 | Full length feature, Feature film | Director: Toomas Hussar

The debut feature film directed by Toomas Hussar is a horror comedy about a politician who loses his direction both when picking mushrooms in the forest as well as in the social system.

Politician Aadu Kägu and his wife Viivi go to pick mushrooms in order to take a break from reputation campaign. They will be accompanied by Zäk - a hitchhiking penniless rock star. To avoid public mushroom forests, they haphazardly go to some remote deep woods that looks wild and deserted. Soon the three of them find out that they are lost. At the same time, a media scandal explodes - investigative journalists suspect that Kägu has misused public funds. Both in the woods and in town a battle of life and death begins.
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Taavi as Taavi Himself

Original title: Taavi kui Taavi ise

2012 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea
Tõsise näoga mees

2012 | Portrait, Documentary | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

A portrait of a painter, philosopher, motocross racer, writer, and farmer. A man who livesas he chooses, still without breaking the law. He doesn’t care what people think. The chap resembling baron Musen and Estonian drifter and womanizer Nipernaadi lives partly in his dreams. Meet Jürna, a peculiar but sound character enriching a dull life.
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Lobotomy

Original title: Lobotoomia

2010 | Problem oriented, Documentary | Director: Juri Haštševatski
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Jubilee Year

Original title: Juubliaasta

2009 | Documentary | Director: Hardi Volmer, Kaspar Kallas

Chronicle film about the events in the Republic of Estonia in 2008.

The documentary takes the viewer to the visual journey taking place in the recent past where extreme optimism is going to be replaced by sobering reality during a year. Filmmakers pay attention to obligatory events: the parade of the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia and the reception of the President in Theatre Estonia. The film continues with the polemic about the War of Independence Victory Column and the new Chancellor of Justice. Filmmakers also document Uma Pido song festival in Võru county first held in 2008 as well as the punk song festival. At the end of the filming ...
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Dragging to Dance

Original title: Ursula kisub tantsule

2007 | Music Documentary, Documentary | Director: Mattias Naan