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Art and the Cold War. Esthetic Resistance

Original title: Kunst ja külm sõda

2024 | Documentary | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West.

A story about the relationship between independent Soviet art and the West. It recalls a time when art was larger and more important than life itself. But also a time, the like of which Estonian art has never seen and most likely will never see again. On one side, there are independent Soviet artists who lack not only the output but also the finances to complete their works. On the other side, there is the tempting West whose ambassadors (in the literal sense) take active interest in the Soviet underground art market. Selling one’s works to the West is a ...
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Original title in Estonian: Kodu

2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Rasmus Rammo

An absurd comedy, aiming to draw attention to the current societal issues and topics such as: gambling addiction, low teacher salaries, interethnic and ideological conflicts, the war in Ukraine, and the growing fear of conflict escalation, as well as the situation in nursing homes and high prices.

In the cramped apartment of her great-aunt, Lydia, a young teacher struggling with financial difficulties, must cope with diverse tenants and escape the clutches of mobsters who have invaded her home, all to pay the fees for her aunt's nursing home.
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Gori The Caricaturist

Original title: Gorikaturist

2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Raimo Jõerand, Meelis Arulepp

A captivating historical documentary with plenty of animation about the destiny of a popular Estonian caricaturist Gori (1894 - 1944) between the two World Wars when total powers leave less and less choices to the talented artist.

This film is an interweaving of documentary narrative and animation. The first, based on historical sources, conveys Gori's biography, world events, and mediates the press and political life of the republican time. It moves along historical facts, is initially easy and fun, and in the end cruel and ruthless. Since there are no living witnesses from this era, nor are there biographers of Gori, the direct sources are photographs, old film clips, newspaper articles, sound recordings, letters and drawings. These are supported by historians and experts with their knowledge of life between the wars, the modernisation of Estonian society, the ...
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Robbery That Was Robbed

Original title in Estonian: Röövitud rööv

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Mark Överus

The plot of the film initiated by Mark Överus, Karmen Mai Karus, Evelin Kivi and Anett Kreinin highlights the pain points of society - greed for money, exploitation, but also parental care and selfless behavior.

A modern crime thriller, the main characters of which are Andrus, a single father who works as a security chief; his seriously ill and dying daughter Annabel; a young criminal with international reach Cäthlyn; and police investigator Benno. In the course of the story, a real game of manipulation unfolds, in which the criminals of the underworld lure a vulnerable single father into a bad path, but in return promise to cover his daughter's medical expenses. Desperate Andrus shows what fathers are capable of on behalf of their children.
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Vaba raha

2023 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

A semi-satirical comedy about the absurdity of money, telling three loosely interconnected stories about crypto and the last few years when investing has become a form of entertainment and ordinary folk are trading in stocks and coins.

A semi-satirical comedy about the absurdity of money, cryptocurrency and the investment craze of the last few years when investing has become a form of entertainment and ordinary folk are trading in stocks and coins. It tells three loosely interconnected stories of a brash crypto entrepreneur (Miklós Bányai) who dashes through the last 10 years of crypto history, a loser-programmer (Märt Pius) who loses a password of a memory stick with millions in crypto coins, and a conservative banker (Ivo Uukkivi), who tries to balance his beliefs with the changing world and those of his crypto-trading teenage son.
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Cleofootra

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Gert Põrk

A short documentary about the birth of Cleofootra is a glimpse into the strange world of Onlyfans.

Can you get rich by taking pictures of your toes? Cleofootra is a young foot model who dives into the erotic world of foot fetishes. You can find arousing and exquisite content of misbehaving feet which occasionally like to play with cocktails, food and different surroundings depending on the season and your wishes. Many men in the world are ready to spend money to satisfy their desires.
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Raudvara. Anu Raud

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Erle Veber
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A Loss of Something Ever Felt

Original title: Üht kaotust igavesti kandsin

2020 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.

Hille has a close relationship with her drug addict son. She sends him money every other week. After a fight they have over the phone, Lauri disappears mysteriously. His last known location is Bogotá, Colombia. At Hille's request, Lauri's sister, Eeva, reluctantly embarks on a journey and soon finds herself in the surreal and merciless underbelly of Bogotá. She contacts her only Colombian acquaintance, Carlos, who also lost his brother in the past, and they film their search for answers for a loss they both share.
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Kevin, No!

Original title: Kevin, ei!

2020 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leslie Laasner

Smart life addicts on an adventurous summer camp on an isolated island.

A bunch of juvenile gaming millionaires decide to organise n adventurous summer camp on an isolated island to enjoy their favourite activity - surfing on the phone. However, the smart life addicts who have grown under the light of their screens for their whole life, are surprised to discover that there is a place in the world with no coverage of WiFi. Crushing boredom sets in quickly and hope fades along with cell phone batteries: is there anything at all to be done in such a desolate place? Soon the discover some old-timer on the island who has a tempting ...
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Nostalgia

2020 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Brandon Povilaitis

The commercial made by the students of the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication Institute in cooperation with Coop Bank introduces the Coop Sula service through nostalgia and childhood games.

The commercial for COOP Pank is a nostalgic journey to the past. The main characters of the story, a boy and a girl, spent a lot of time together as children. One of their favorite games was playing store with leaves in a sandbox. Childhood is reminded 30 years later in a local COOP store, now in a casual setting between a cashier and a store visitor. While withdrawing cash, their eyes meet and the tree leaf, that comes with the money, brings back warm memories from the past.
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