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When You Least Expect It

Original title: Õnn tuleb magades

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mart Kivastik

There are two people who wake up in the same bed one morning, and neither of them has a clue who the other is. Viivi would like to run away and the man is sleeping like a log. Unlike Viivi and Andu themselves, the viewers know both very well. They know that Viivi has the worst day in her life and that Andu is a dweeb, but not completely hopeless; a rather good-hearted man.

Viivi, still on the young side, but lonely, discovers a strange man in her bed one beautiful morning. Panicking, the woman tries to reconstruct the events of the previous day in her head. It appears that it must have been one of the worst days in her life: an aching shoulder, being late for work, a diagnosis by her doctor, and, as a result of it all, an evening in the pub where she realises that you can be as neat and good as you like, but you still need luck… The man who Viivi finds between the sheets in Andres, ...
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About film: Tõnu Virve

Original title (in Estonian): "Filmist: Tõnu Virve"

2015 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Rebeka Rummel

How did one of the best Estonian sci-fi films get made during the Soviet time? Was the censorship bearable? Film artist and director, Tõnu Virve has come to BFM Film pavilion to talk about the making of different films and working with well-known Estonian directors. What kind of partnership has brought Virve to one of the film composers, Sven Grünberg? How does Virve perceive the essence of a female director? During the interview, it becomes clear what lies behind the charismatic artist Tõnu Virve - it is an unmeasurable passion towards cinema.
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Lighthouse of Design

Original title in Estonian: Disainimajakas

2014 | Students film, Short, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Janis Rižovs
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Out of the hole

Original title: August välja!

2013 | Documentary | Director: Peter Murdmaa

Leida Rammo, Estonian oldest performing actress, believes in miracles and passionately fights for the new building of Tallinn City Theatre.

"Does the geniuses have the right for their own theatre?" asks Leida Rammo (1924), the oldest performing theatre actress in Estonia. And she's got the answer as well: "Yes, they do!" Tallinn City Theatre has its own genius - the stage director Elmo Nüganen. However, he has no proper house for the theatre, nor a big stage and a theatre hall. It has to be pulled out from a hole, says the Grand Old Lady and prepares herself for conquering administrative agencies. The vigorous actress writes official letters, goes to meet the administratives of the city government, consults the editor-in-chief ...
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Spring

2013 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Veronika Pisarieva

This thesis TV show is a highly visual piece of media with a high emphasis on editing, camera work and ambient music. It tells us a story about 4 main characters who managed to make the life around them brighter and more beautiful by the means of their skills.

Spring in Estonia might be quite unattractive. But however cold, grey, dirty and muddy Tallinn might be this time of the year, people will always remain beautiful and colourful. An experimental TV show instead of focusing on a story in a classical sense, concentrates on emotions and unique atmospheres, brought to us by 4 talented main characters.
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Tõnis Laanemaa

2013 | Amateur films, Documentary | Director: Bruno Uustal
Always is always

Original title: Alati on alati

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Tõnis Lepik

The film introduces the daily activities and creative work of the last year in artist Jaan Paavle's life, including his beliefs, attitudes and contradictions with the society.

Poetical documentary about Jaan Paavle (1940-2010), an artist of Southern temperament who has been a scandalous Estonian poet and performance artist for several decades. Jaan is making preparations for his 70th birthday exhibition titled "Always is always", is working with his last painting and is dreaming about having his own studio. How is artwork born and what is the artist's essence? Through the discussions of the protagonist and his friend Leo we can learn about their philosophy of life. While getting involved in somewhat comical and unexpected situations, they interpret the world in a completely different way than an average ...
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Tõsise näoga mees

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

A portrait of a painter, philosopher, motocross racer, writer, and farmer. A man who livesas he chooses, still without breaking the law. He doesn’t care what people think. The chap resembling baron Musen and Estonian drifter and womanizer Nipernaadi lives partly in his dreams. Meet Jürna, a peculiar but sound character enriching a dull life.
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The African Mother

2011 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Kris Haamer

Kris Haamer’s documentary is a story of São Tomé and Príncipe painter Alex, who prepares for his first exibition.

As the young painter Alex Keller Fonseca journeys through the forgotten island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, we meet 13 talented people, who share with us their dreams. We will find access to the sources of creativity of artists, and discover how their efforts, despite the uncertainties and obstacles, are worth it. This film will inspire each of us to seize fate by the horns and fulfill our souls by creating something — by giving physical form to our thougts.
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Money and Poetry

Title in Estonian: Raha ja poeesia

2010 | Documentary | Director: Imre Annus

Documentary about Siim-Tanel Annus’ exhibition „Money and Poetry“ in Pärnu Art Hall in 2010 where the artist has displayed his relief paintings on the subject of money.

Siim-Tanel Annus (b. 1960) is one of the most acknowledged representatives of Estonian modern art - he is known as a graphic artist, painter and performance artist. Annus has exhibited his work at more than one hundred exhibitions both in Estonia and abroad; he has participated in Venice Biennale and received several art awards. He has studied in Tõnis Vint's studio and graduated from the department of art history at the University of Tartu. His exhibition "Money and Poetry" held in Pärnu Art Hall in 2010 celebrated also the artist's 50th birthday.
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