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Funeral Diaries

Original title: Matusepäevikud

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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Constructing Albert

Title in Estonian: Alberti leiutamine

2017 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Laura Collado, Jim Loomis

Albert Adrià has all the ingredients of a creative genius. Playing a key role in the creation of elBulli, the greatest restaurant in history, wasn't enough. Escaping the shadow of his famous brother Ferran, Albert is seeking his own success.

The most important culinary revolution of modern times took place at elBulli, a restaurant in a remote cove on the Catalan coast. Ferran Adrià is the famous maestro people know, but behind elBulli’s success was also a hidden genius: Albert, Ferran’s younger brother. Four years after closing of elBulli, Albert has decided to become master of his own world, building 5 unique restaurants in the centre of Barcelona. Enigma, the jewel in the crown of this gastronomic empire, will prove to be his greatest hurdle. Will Albert escape the shadow of his famous brother and enter the Pantheon of great ...
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Stromka

Original title: Stromka

2015 | Documentary | Director: Markus Orav

"Stromka" is an observing condition-film which focuses on the peaceful rhythm of the diverse Stroomi beach, including it's captivating nature and colorful inhabitants.

Stroomi - a former cow pasture, which was turned into a beautiful beach area 80 years ago by fine locals. They sat on the grass, listened to orchestras, dined in the restaurant and had sport activities We examine how the life flows in today's Stromka and who are the heroes of our time. "Stromka" is an observing condition-film which focuses on the peaceful rythm of the diverse Stroomi beach, including it's captivating nature and colorful inhabitants.
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The Pop Up Show

Original title (in Estonian): "Pop Up Saade"

2015 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Laura Reimann, Kertu Laadoga

The Pop Up Show is a lifestyle TV magazine, for young teenagers, at the age group of 9-15 years. It has different segments where the presenters entertain and educate their viewers via activities in the studio, guests, popular science experiments, and other features.
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Kihnu Wedding

Original title: Kihnu pulm

2009 | Documentary, Observation, Anthropological | Director: Meelis Muhu

The documentary introduces wedding traditions and rites in Kihnu island, Estonia.

A big event is going to take place in Kihnu island - an authentic Kihnu wedding party that lasts for three days. Meelis Leas has proposed Raili Oad and they get married in July 2007. On the first day their marriage will be registered in Pärnu vital statistics office. Then the couple will be taken to the island by boat and all residents of the island will greet them at the harbour. Then the bride goes to her home with her relatives and the groom does the same with his relatives. After sharing a collective meal it is time to ...
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Inherent Obligations

Original title: Kaasasündinud kohustused

2008 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets
Uppsala River Rally, Celebrating the Walpurgis Night in Sigtuna, 1989

Title in Estonian: Uppsala jõeralli, volbri tähistamine Sigtunas 1989

1989 | Amateur films, Newsreel | Director:

Watching forsränning or rafting in Uppsala with coopers. Putting on white hats in Sigtuna on May 1, 1989. Literary critics Rutt Hinrikus and Toomas Liiv in Sweden.

The Nõu family watching forsränning or traditional rafting in the River Fyris, Uppsala with the Püttsepp family. Self-made rafts ride down a low waterfall, accompanied by active support by the audience. The white hats of the Walpurgis Night are worn in Sigtuna on May 1, 1989. Literary critics Rutt Hinrikus and Toomas Liiv in Sweden.
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Anne Veski

1986 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Leo Karpin
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Trio

1976 | Musical film, Concert | Director: Elmo Lööve
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Rameto

1972 | Newsreels, Newsreel 1940 II half-1991 | Director: Ülo Tambek