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Work Is Going On!

Original title: Töö käib!

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Taavi Arus
Singing Nadezhda

Original title: Laulev Nadežda

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Portrait about Nadezhda, a street musician and a mother of nine, whose songs are full of love.

The documentary tells the story about Nadezhda who has moved to Estonia from Russia; for her, the most important people are her loving husband and nine children. Both Nadezhda and Rustam, the father of her children, are deeply religious and think God is present in everything and everybody. Her songs are extremely heartfelt and full of love towards God; she sings about her children and Estonia, love and God in the tunnel of Viru Centre and earns extra money.
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Life is a Flower

Original title: Elu on lill

2010 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Two grand old masters, artists Evald Okas and photographer Kalju Suur, are recording the beauty of a naked woman.

Documentary about the meeting between two grand masters, artist Evald Okas and photographer Kalju Suur, during which they portrait a young model and have a discussion about life and art. 94-year-old Okas and 82-year old Suur are full of life and creative artists who get still inspired from the beauty of a woman. The two old artists run around the young naked woman as representing a philosophical vignette about the flourishing and withering of life, an existential etude with erotic attachments.
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The Mission of a Rom

Original title: Mustlase missioon

2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Georg Vinogradov has an important mission: to bring the Romanians to Christianity and improve the reputation of the nation for Estonians.

50-year-old Romanian Georg Vinogradov is a priest in Võru Pentecostal Church. He reached religion through rough personal experiences, including being a prisoner in Patarei Prison, being sick with cancer and fighting this. Georg is a father of eight children. His home is his church - half of his house, an old wooden building, serves as a church. Georg attempts to bring Romanians closer to Christianity in order to purify their souls and improve their reputation among the local people. The documentary juxtaposes Romanian traditional lifestyle and Christian world view declared by Georg as well as contemplates on the dilemma of ...
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Tsirkusetuur

2010 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik
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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At the End of the Day

Original title: Päeva lõpus

2009 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Maiju Ingman

Maiju Ingman's drama about loneliness, love, childhood memories and vanishing village life.

Peter returns to his parents' home in order to ask his brother Jakobi to help him out with his debts. Jakobi says no because he is against selling his grandpa's forest for money. Therefore, two worlds collapse - the village and the city, the vanishing and the blooming. As the story develops, the two brothers will step into each other's shoes, so to say, and re-evaluate their lives. Peter stays in the countryside and Jakobi decides to move to the city. Life in today's Estonia where the villages are about to disappear: small shops, bus routs and village schools are ...
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Maestro

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

A portrait of legendary photographer Kalju Suur. When you are 80 years old and have taken pictures of uncovered ladies for 50 years and try to keep yourself going – what else can you do but continue taking pictures, using old school camera and white gloves. And in your pockets there will always be some candies for the beautiful ladies.
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The Spy Inside

Original title: Riigireetur

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Erle Veber
Generation 0

Original title: Generatsioon 0

2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Teenagers have a baby and suddenly everything changes: 15-year-old Snezhana and 16-year-old Vova become parents.

Characters of this film were born in 1990s, the times where there were no rules and stability in our country. Everything that had happened before was destroyed, while at the same time there was no vision for the future. Children of this generation lack ideals and motivation. Casual internet relationships, sex and break-ups satisfy their intimate needs. They start early with smoking, drinking and sex. These young people listen to strange music, agree on everything and are ready for everything. They have no big ambitions – a simple, steady job at the supermarket is enough for them. Behind such boring ...
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