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November

2017 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

Visual fairy tale for adults directed by Rainer Sarnet. The feature film combines black comedy and romance.

"November" is based on Estonian novel "Rehepapp" by Andrus Kivirähk, a bestseller of the last twenty years. The film is a mixture of magic, black humor and romantic love. The story is set in a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam. The villagers' main problem is how to survive the cold, dark winter. And, to that aim, nothing is taboo. People steal from each other, from their German manor lords, and from spirits, the devil, and Christ. To guard their souls, they'll give them away to thieving creatures made of wood and metal called kratts, who ...
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St. John’s Day

Original title: Jaanipäev

2017 | Documentary | Director: Aleksandr Heifets, Jaak Kilmi

On the day preceding the St. John’s celebration, tens of thousands of people wait for hours in a queue that stretches for kilometers, in order to board the barge that will take them to the island Saaremaa.

Every bona fide Estonian has met the midsummer solistice on the island of Saaremaa - anyone who has not can’t possibly know what St. John’s celebration is truly about. On the day preceding the holiday, tens of thousands of people wait for hours in a queue that stretches for kilometers, in order to board the barge that will take them to the island. The film portrays those who are impatiently waiting to leave the continent and the locals who will stay. The villagers cannot imagine life without the queue - they've grown up with it, some have made fortunes capitalizing on ...
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Love Is Blind

Original title: Kertu

2013 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Ilmar Raag

The drama takes place in a small village, telling the story of 30-year-old Kertu whose whole life has been controlled by her father. Local people consider Kertu mentally unbalanced because of her modesty. The young woman gives it a try to change something in her life and sends a postcard to Villu - a handsome yet degraded village drunkard. Their unpredicable love story won't be accepted by their close ones and the fellow villagers.

The drama takes place in a small village, telling the story of 30-year-old Kertu whose whole life has been controlled by her father. Local people consider Kertu mentally unbalanced because of her modesty. The young woman gives it a try to change something in her life and sends a postcard to Villu - a handsome yet degraded village drunkard. Their unpredicable love story won't be accepted by their close ones and the fellow villagers.
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Cabaret

Original title: Kabaree

2012 | Documentary | Director: Gerda Kordemets

The 11th grade pupils of Saaremaa Grammar School give the special cabaret performance at the end of every year held already for the 23th times.

For already the 23th time in a row, the eleventh graders of Saaremaa Grammar School stage a big cabaret performance right before the Christmas that will also be later performed outside the school. Passionate documentary about the everyday life of Saaremaa Grammar School during the times of preparations for the Cabaret in 2011. The 23-year-old tradition. Life on the stage and offstage. Sweat, tears, blood. Falling in love and breakups. Indignation and victories. All this has to stay in a rehearsal room since the performance must be perfect. Every day, the Cabaret is performed by new eleventh graders, expressing the ...
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For Women Only

Original title: Jahis ainult naised

2012 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kullar Viimne

Documentary about Estonian hunters and about a special type of hunting - female hunt.

Hunting guns and hounds, stalking in the forest, dividing the catch - everyone knows that this is a man's world. But women can break even the most ironclad prejudices. Merle, the eldest daughter of the family with hunting traditions, decides to take part in a training in spring of 2011, in order to become a first-class hunter and to participate in the annual great hunt for women only.
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Construction Artist Toomas Rein

Original title: Ehituskunstnik Toomas Rein

2010 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Peeter Brambat

Documentary by Peeter Brambat about architect Toomas Rein.

Documentary introduces Toomas Rein, a unique and creatively uncompromising construction artist. For several decades, Rein has been one of the most influential persons in Estonian architecture, one of the top architects. Among his life's work (including about 120 buildings and projects), the objects that Toomas Rein designed when working under EKE Projekt in 1967-1986 emerge the most - it was the era when innovative heads of collective farms commissioned modern office buildings from architects. Toomas Rein has been an active architect also at the beginning of 21st century. Documentary follows the construction of a grand project in Laulasmaa - the ...
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Babyface

Original title: Beebilõust

2009 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margit Lillak

Portrait documentary about Andrus Elbing alias Babyface - a poet, rap singer and hip-hop artist with a complicated background.

Andrus Elbing alias Babyface is a 28-year-old poet, rap singer, a hip-hop artist and a former prisoner from the island of Saaremaa. He tells his story through recollections and poetry - how he became from a risk group child to a criminal young man, from a prisoner to a poet and a musician. Through his art, Babyface looks for his way out from his "personal imprisonment"; however, the locks of an inner prison door won't open that easily. The documentary follows the way Andrus adjusts to freedom after his imprisonment. Is it possible to escape such past after all? Is ...
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Pretty people

Original title: Ilusad inimesed

2008 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Missikonkursil Miss Vaimukad 2007 asuvad võistlustulle vaimupuudega neiud-naised, omamoodi ilusad ja õnnelikud inimesed.

In the spring of 2007, young women with intellectual disability start preparing for a beauty contest in Estonia. Beauty contest called "Miss Witty 2007" takes place in a recreational center in Tuksi, Lääne county, Estonia at the end of August 2007. The contest is tutored by Miss Estonia 2007, Viktoria Azovskaya, who teaches, mentors, encourages and consoles. Young participans are excited, happy and sincere. Young woman Pille Siplane from Saaremaa island is crowned as Miss Witty 2007 whose dream is to make a film herself one day. Winning the competitions helps Pille to fulfill her dream since she gets the ...
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Greetings from Soviet Estonia!

Original title: Tervitusi Nõukogude Eestist!

2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv
Jonathan from Australia

Original title: Jonathan Austraaliast

2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sulev Keedus

Documentary directed by Sulev Keedus about the harsh daily life of people living in a small place called Mustjala, the island of Saaremaa; about the construction of a deep port at the coast of Saaremaa; and about the arrival of the bright white German cruise ship.

Residents of a bright green house in Mustjala, a small place in Saaremaa, tell about their hard life - most of them are constantly drunk. A few kilometres away, a great deep port is being constructed where a huge German cruise ship Lili Marleen lands, accompanied by fireworks and salute. German tourists can watch the performances of wedding games in Mustjala. However, construction of the port and the arrival of the white cruise ship won't change anything in the lives of local people. The residents of the green house will stay friends with beer and vodka. The documentary reveals a ...
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