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Mother

Original title: Ema

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kadri Kõusaar

Mother is a thrilleresque story about the consequences of years of self-deception, unfulfilled dreams and lack of love.

This small town crime story in the pastel tones of modern retro offers recognition and bitter humour. “Mother” is a thrilleresque story about rash decisions made in the name of dreams that will have haunting consequences for some time to come. The film focuses on a woman whose adult son has fallen into a coma after being shot. Taking care of him at home, she has to face a whole town trying to solve the puzzle of what exactly happened. But in a small town, where everyone knows everyone and everything except for what’s right under their nose, the world’s ...
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Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad

2016 | Documentary | Director: Tarvo Mölder
Three Jewels

Original title in Estonian: Kolm juveeli

2016 | Students film, TV Show, Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Gerli Nõmm

Documentary tells the story of three women from different generations who all have dedicated their lives to the most ancient and endangered Cambodian art forms – Smot chanting.

Documentary film „Three Jewels“ tells the story about hopes and dreams of three Cambodian women of different generations. They are all connected by the same passion – the passion for traditional Khmer dharma chanting/Smot chanting. Our main character Srey Oun is a 35-year-old woman who has stayed single, and given up her dream of studying traditional music in Phnom Penh, to stay with her old parents and help them with backbreaking household works. 25 year-old Srey Pov, on the other hand, has it all – she is a famous Smot chanter and owns a business that enables her to support ...
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The Moon Hunter

Original title: Jüri

2015 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Julia Sillart

Portrait documentary about cinematographer, film director and teacher Jüri Sillart.

Portrait documentary about Jüri Sillart - an innovator, an expressionist, a bright filmmaker and a warm-hearted teacher for whom cinema meant not only a professional field but his whole life. Sillart's work was acknowledged in Estonia, in the former Soviet Union and abroad. Jüri was a sharp personality with a curious mind. Life with all its manifestations was a great source of inspiration for him - everyday events, painting, photography, history of various religions, philosophical and esoterical literature, history, astronomy, mathematics - he was interested in all of this. His colleagues, students and close ones share their memories in the ...
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Family Class

Original title (in Estonian): "Perekonnaõpetuse tund"

2014 | Advertising/Promotion, Students film | Director: Kadri Nikopensius

The purpose of this commercial is to draw young people’s attention to internet shops’ terms and conditions.
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Lusmägi INC.

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Marta Pulk

Twin brothers from a small town have courage and ability to dream.

Dreaming is a skill. The documentary tells the story about twin brothers from a small town Paide - Rainer and Ragnar Lusmägi. When they were secondary school students, the brothers came to the idea to establish a student company. They were inspired by Ragnar's hobby of guitar playing - he ordered plectrums from abroad. In 2011, they won the contest of youth business ideas and started to develop their own company selling guitar accessories for musicians. They also have another successful business Praktikum that provides young people with training opportunities. These two young men have courage to dream about the ...
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Sun is a Good Child

Original title: Päike on hea laps

2014 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Filmmaker Manfred Vainokivi portrays physics teacher Mart Kuurme teaches physics and astronomy to children in Africa.

Mart Kuurme is a lifetime physics teacher. He arrives to Kongo village in Northern Ghana on October 21st, 2013 in order to start working as a volunteer teacher of physics and astronomy to local children. Solar eclipse is expected in Ghana on November 3rd. Mart carefully prepares for the event: observations of the starry sky at late night, physics lessons in a local secondary school. The film also reflects the life of local people, often accompanied by dancing - they dance everywhere and all the time, either in football competitions, funerals or harvesting parties, even in churches. Mart goes to ...
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The bachelor and Volga

Original title: Poissmees ja Volga

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Story about loneliness. Documentary comedy about a man looking for a wife.

Comedy about a lonely man from Narva (border town next to Russia). Main protagonist is a 32-year-old man who lives alone in a very small apartment. He works as a history and participates in a trainings of dance club with the interest in Middle Ages. Misha also collects model cars. Moreover, he is passionate about buying his own Soviet car Volga 3102. Also he dreams of finding himself a wife. To do that Misha tries to meet girls through Internet. Meetings take place in different venues. Misha wants to have a wife and a family, but on the other hand ...
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Chili from Chile in Estonia

Original title: Vigala vürts

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Elo Selirand
Lonely Island

Original title: Üksik saar

2012 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

The lyrical and grotesque mosaic directed by Peeter Simm depicts people as lonely islands; from the further distance they look like an archipelago. The film is an Estonian-Belorussian-Latvian co-production.

The death of an old Gypsy. A girl on a railway track. A son's hatred towards his father. A girl in a wheelchair. These are the keywords that build up a story. A railway, a train, and the novel "Anna Karenina" by Lev Tolstoy bring together the destinies of three families, several lonely people, old friends and total strangers. All of them have to face problems caused by misunderstandings and unspoken messages. During their journey, they become more tolerant and understanding.
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