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He knows what I did last summer

Original title in Estonian: "Ta teab, mis ma tegin mullu suvel"

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Viktor Marvin

A magical tale of a simple holiday among five friends that takes an astonishing turn for the uncanny.

Five friends come to chill and relax to the vacation house that belongs to the father of one of them, situated deep in the forest. But suddenly somebody or something ruins their plans.
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Hold Onto Me

Original title: Ära mind lahti lase

2019 | Documentary | Director: Ingrid Hübscher, Sigrid Reede

Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. As she prepares to take the European Choir of Estonians to the Estonian national Song Celebration, her German husband Hartmut also needs to learn the songs.

The film follows the journey of the European Choir of Estonians to the 150th Song and Dance Celebration in Estonia through the eyes of two main characters. Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. At the annual choir camp in Bonn, she is faced with a real professional challenge - the choir which only meets twice a year needs to learn the Song Festival repertoire in two days. Her German husband Hartmut also sings in the choir. It is because of love that he has learned Estonian, but now he has to work hard to learn the songs in ...
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Red Mercury

Original title: Punane elavhõbe

2010 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Puustusmaa

The thriller is an Estonian-Russian co-production directed by Andres Puustusmaa, based on the debut novel by former criminal investigator Andres Anvelt. The film tells a story based on real events about the work of Estonian police in early 1990s. Film valmis Eesti ja Venemaa koostöös.

It is the arrogant era of early 1990s. The new currency is Estonian kroon and the former soviet republic has climbed to the top in the export of non-ferrous metals in the world. Ruthless struggle surrounds this criminal business. Underworld has become upset because of the rumour about the "red mercury" and the action begins, involving a guy called Reps who gets out of prison, his friends, the criminal investigators of the newly formed Estonian Security Police and their boss called Bulldozer.
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Mont Blanc

Original title: Mont Blanc

2001 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Tender

An aging man leaves his wife and sets off on his way to Fujiyama, the mountain of his dreams.

Fujiyama is not his destination alone, though – thousands of people striving to make it to the mountaintop bustle about, each carrying his suitcase. The mountain itself consists of hundreds of thousands of suitcases. The inexorable climb to the top reveals the background of the entire exercise to the main character: the suitcase of everyone that reaches the top bites their head off, and the lifeless corpses fall into a crater. Prior to that, though, the suitcase sings an incredibly beautiful tune with a woman’s voice, from which those striving for the top gain ever more inspiration. Our hero, ...
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Ühe talu lugu

1998 | Documentary | Director: Mati Viiul
Letters from the East

Original title: Kirjad idast

1995 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andrew Grieve

The film directed by Andrew Grieve tells about families that have been broken during the war and about the reunion of family members in the independent republic of Estonia.

Anna travels from England back to her native country Estonia in order to find her mother whom she has lost during the war. While getting in the middle of the events of restoration of Estonian's independence, Anna meets people full of yearning for freedom. She will discover that despite of having been abroad for a long time she is still having a deep connection to her native land.
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American Mountains

Original title: Ameerika mäed

1994 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

Feature film by Peeter Simm about a man who is mysteriously released after a long imprisonment. When he comes home, it turns out that the price of freedom is high.

A former goldminer who had run foul of the law is made an unusual offer by mafia. When he arrives at his home country after a long absence, he won't be able to face his fears and gets into odd situations. The power of money and popularity among women won't let him step down from the rollercoaster in order to make right decisions. Fulfilling his childhood dream will make his life even more complicated.
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Estonian limestone

Title in Estonian: Eestimaa paas

1988 | Documentary | Director: Gennadi Meleško

Documentary commissioned by the committee of construction of USSR introducing the Estonian national stone – limestone.

The scrutinous and compendious documentary introduces one of the most important natural resource in Estonia – the limestone – its origin, location, mining and use during the thousands of years. Estonian limestones – slate, dolomite rocks – have been in use as construction materials in Estonia already for the last 3000 years, standing as the second best construction materials next to wood. The filmmakers bring numerous examples about the use of limestone: starting from stone burials, stone fences and ending with the important colossal buildings in Estonian culture history. Comments by the screenwriter, publicist and construction historian Hubert Matve.
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Kasvuaeg (Ellerhein)

1978 | Musical film | Director: Maie Kivita
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Nõukogude Eesti

1959 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek