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Mindless

Original title: Meeletu

2006 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Elmo Nüganen

The film directed by Elmo Nüganen is based on the play "Mindless" by Jaan Tätte, telling about the protagonist who makes up his mind to leave his successful life and move to a completely different place.

Toomas is a successful forty-year-old businessman who makes up his mind to leave everything for a year - his wife, son, and business - and to live in an old farmhouse by a lonely forest lake. Soon a neighbour from the village knocks on the door of Toomas' farmhouse, followed by another one; it seems that everyone from the village come to Toomas for the message they have heard from a mysterious forest maid. Toomas feels the power and spirit of becoming the prophet of truth. Events will take an unexpected turn when Toomas's wife and business partner pay him ...
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On the Other Side of Leprosy

Original title: Teisel pool pidalitõbe

2006 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea, Peeter Simm
Still Life with Wife

Original title: Vaikelu naisega

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kersti Uibo

Documentary on an aging couple amd the mundanity of their lives.

An unusual couple lives in an urban backwater. Married now for over a quarter of a century, their endless sniping never intensifies into the major quarrel that would resolve everything. This constant tension helps the man to paint and gives the woman a reason for living.
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The Art of Selling

Original title: Müümise kunst

2006 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Maimik

Filmmakers Andres Maimik and Jaak Kilmi study the new religion of neo-Capitalist society - a selling strategy training.

The young democracy explores the practices of the market economy. Eager for change, Raigo, a young student of theology and Mare, rather passive middle aged widow, together with several others try their luck in the selling business. All you need to do is follow the path of Peep, Estonian star in motivation training, or Evelin, who in just a few years turned from a dull mother of twins into a happy, emancipated and successful business woman. But is everything in life a matter of how you sell yourself? Can Evelin’s motto „manipulate and be manipulated” lead everyone to happiness? And ...
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The Hostage

Original title: Koer, lennuk ja laulupidu

2006 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Laila Pakalniņa
The Last Phantoms

2006 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat
Afanassi

2005 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

Documentary about Afanassi Triškin's and his granddaughter Liina Triškina's journey to Afanassi's first home in Central Russia.

Afanassi who has lived in Estonia for 50 years takes the train to Moscow with her granddaughter Liina. From there, they go on to Tambov Oblast in Russia where Afanassi was once born. WIll this journey from one homeland to another form also a bridge between two alienated relatives?
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Another

Original title: Teine

2005 | Feature film, Short, Musical film, Dance | Director: René Vilbre

Dance film about the people being in a love triangle. In order to free themselves from their personal prison, they have to understand what holds them back to be happy.

A love triangle between a prison chief, a female guard and a male prisoner neither takes them to the altar nor leads anyone to a romantic-tragic suicide but to the liberation from their personal prison. What kind of walls are there to break down by the protagonists? How to understand what is actually restricting us and taking us back to move along with our lives and being happy? It was filmed in Tartu prison and partially inspired by true events. The story has been choreographed by Icelandic Helena Jonsdottir who is known as a stage director and short film creator ...
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Behind the Door

Original title: Ukse taga

2005 | Feature film, Short | Director: Andrus Tuisk

Short film directed by Andrus Tuisk about two young women who struggle with their own fear and a man covered with blood.

Two young women arrive at a solitary countryhouse to spend a weekend. However, the weekend won't turn out as planned but becomes a true nightmare when a strange man dressed in black emerges from darkness. He lures around the house and tries to get in. Horrified young women try to protect themselves no matter what.
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Fed up!

Original title: Kõrini!

2005 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Peeter Simm

The adventurous and funny road movie directed by Peeter Simm tells the story about the way love and hate are interconnected and how positive solutions are possible even when one is completely fed up with everything.

Kaminsky is a long-distance driver disappointed both in life and other people. His last duty as a drives takes him to Estonia where he decides to fulfill an old promise. By chance, Kaminsky meets an Estonian cellist Stella on his road. Her career in Germany has ended already before it ever started. Kaminsky's trailer truck is being steadily followed by a catafalque where an Estonian beginner bank robber Wolf is chasing his eluded prey. Undertaker Manfred with dark past tries to lead Wolf closer to God. In Estonia, everyone's wishes will come true, even if not exactly the way they ...
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