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Jackpot

Original title: Jackpot

2008 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Eva-Katariina Taimre

Cinéma vérité documentary about two lottery winners and their lives before and after the big victory.

Only two people of the 76 lottery winners in Estonia (who are afraid of publicity) agree talking about their life and lottery victory - Urve and Rudolf. Fortunately they have not had to experience envy; instead, they have been congratulated for their luck. Urve is a beginner in lottery playing - she bought her ticket because she trusted her strong gut feeling: as if something told her to buy it. The victory sum of 8,6 million Estonian kroons provided new life for Urve, a production line operator, and her family. Rudolf, however, had played lottery for years and finally the ...
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In the World of Beholders

Original title: Nägijate maailmas

2007 | Documentary | Director: Õnne Luha

41-year-old Jaanika lost her vision due to diabetes at the age of 11. She sees difficulties in life as an opportunity to develop as an individual and tries to lead an independent life in the world of vision.

41-year-old Jaanika has diabetes. She knew that one day she would lose her vision. 11 years ago this happened. She is an extremely strong and optimistic woman who gives meaning to her disability: she believes that when one meets his or her destiny as a challenge, one will start see everything more clearly while losing fear and becoming free and open for new opportunities in life. Difficulties become means of personal development: even blind people can successfully manage in the world of seeing people. The greatest joy for Jaanika is her little daughter Oona, her true sunshine.
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Meetings in Galway

Original title: Hääl maa ja taeva vahel

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Mark Soosaar

Portrait documentary by Mark Soosaar about singer Siiri Sisask.

Mongolian mountains echo back the way it invites the gods down to Earth. Shepherds ride by on their horses and their songs also echo back. Singer Siiri Sisask is looking for the truth in the East. Church of the Holy Mother of God in Paris. Flickering sea of candles for those who have passed away. Siiri is looking for the truth in the West. The sun is going down above Estonia, the sea is turning crimson. Siiri is in Vääna beach with a little Italian song. The singer is seeking truth in her childhood land. Film director Mark Soosaar is ...
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I Am Just a Woman

Original title: Ma olen ju naine

2005 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Kert Grünberg

Airika is a self-confident young woman who sees her future as a single mom and decides to stay out of long-term relationships with men.

More than half Estonian marriages and partnerships end with separation. Fatherless girls raised by their mothers learn that one cannot count on men - you have to survive on your own. Protagonist Airika comes from the family of single mothers - her great-grandmother, grandmother and mother have been raising their children on their own. Great-grandmother and grandmother were deported to Siberia in 1949 - they had to raise their daughters without men. Airika's mother has divorced twice and raising Airika's 16-year-old sister alone. The documentary observes 25-year-old Airika's daily life and investigates the reasons why the young woman has decided ...
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A Family

Original title: Perekond

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Sulev Keedus

Ida, Natasha, Larissa and Fyodor Vassilyevich are family members who have a tight relationship that is precious and sacred to them but also limiting, challenging and obstructing. Meeting Ida and her family over the span of three years, the director achieved an amazing intimacy.

The Tallinn-Moscow-Tallinn night express leaves Tallinn, the capital of the Republic of Estonia at 5 p.m. and arrives in the Russian capital Moscow next morning at 9. For many decades, the train had forty-four sleeping compartments and was hugely popular. Today only five sleepers remain and even those are half empty. Politics and economics changed tremendously in these two countries, but Ida, a Russian living in Estonia, still works for this formerly exclusive train. The director of the film met Ida, the train team leader, while travelling and they spent half an hour talking. The bond was made. The next ...
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Adventure High

2004 | Documentary | Director: Liivo Niglas

Five young men - including the filmmaker - take a four-month break from their responsible adult lives to travel by bicycle from Mongolia to Nepal hoping to experience old-fashioned travel adventures. Their journey leads them through diverse landscapes and harsh conditions (the Gobi Desert where water and roads are equally difficult to find; the flooded dirt roads and landslides caused by heavy rain in the Himalayan mountains). They are exposed to diverse cultures and meet fascinating people (Mongolian nomads, Buddhist pilgrims, yak herders in the Himalayas). As relationship dynamics develop and change within the group, the five travelers very different ...
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Self-Portrait with Mother

Original title: Autoportree emaga

2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Edvard Oja

Autobiographical documentary about Edvard Oja's fight with alcoholism.

Edvard Oja is the object as well as subject of his own film. This is an honest story about chronical alcoholism, about the author's journey through treatment, religion, death and friendship. Edvard has been always supported by his mother who has provided unconditional love for her son in every situation. Mother is the only one in the documentary who won't ennoble the environment suffering from alcoholism. Yet, her son has no strength to struggle out of his tough situation. Is it possible after all that he will be cured?
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Work

2000 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Rainer Sarnet
Multicolored Fairies

Original title: Mitut värvi haldjad

1981 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Peeter Simm

The filmmaker meets children who have been abandoned or placed in an institution, and tries to find out their experiences and their dreams. A humanistic film carried by superb cinematography.

A cinematic narrative about the lives of emotionally hurt children whose destinies have brought them to the school for students with special educational needs. Despite all difficulties, the children strive for goodness while searching for their own "self". Girls are open-mindedly telling their stories. These young people have already witnessed the darker side of life. Kaagvere school has a strict regimen - children are not allowed to leave the territory, school guards are armed. The boys are talking about how they got into Puiatu special school and the new bad habits that they acquired there. Their attitudes and destinies differ. ...
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Mart Raud. Monoloogid

1974 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Lydia Stepanova
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