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Villa Antropoff

2012 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis, Vladimir Leschiov

Once upon a time, there lived a man who had nothing besides himself. And a dream, a great big dream. But an immense and dangerous sheet of water spread out between him and his dream. The man set out. He arrived at his destination due to his courage and tenacity. But was that what he had been searching for?

Once upon a time, there lived a man who had nothing besides himself. And a dream, a great big dream. But an immense and dangerous sheet of water spread out between him and his dream. The man set out. He arrived at his destination due to his courage and tenacity. But was that what he had been searching for?
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A Friend of Mine

Original title: Üks mu sõber

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mart Kivastik

A heartfelt comedy directed by Mart Kivastik tells the story about endless solitude that can be soothed only by a close friend.

After his wife dies, Mati has no wish to live any more. His colleague Ruth and daughter Mari carefully try to help him but this won't take Mati's pain away. He will eventually get hospitalized and then caregiver Sass comes to help Mati. Sass is a friend to everyone, especially those in trouble. Mati doesn't really care for being friends with anyone; but Sass's sincerity and positive world view make it impossible to turn away. It is still a long way with unpredictable turns to the knowledge that there is still love left in the world; and it seems that ...
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Big House

Original title: Suur maja

2011 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kristjan Holm

On one totally ordinary warm summer night the residents of a totally ordinary apartment house happen to gather in the yard. A citizen of questionable motives takes advantage of the situation and the ending of course is quite expectable.

On one totally ordinary warm summer night the residents of a totally ordinary apartment house happen to gather in the yard. A citizen of questionable motives takes advantage of the situation and the ending of course is quite expectable.
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Farts of Fury

Original title: Kormoranid ehk nahkpükse ei pesta

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk

The black comedy directed by Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk about a bunch of elderly men - former members of a rock band - who won't hear of living in peaceful retirement. They want to reunite and become again successful at any price. Whatever they do, things will get worse instead. Numerous Estonian public figures appear in the film and the soundtrack includes a huge amount of Estonian music, both old and contemporary.

Kaiser, the lead singer of a former rock group won't put up with approaching old age and decides to call his old band members together. Kaiser's ambition is to return to the big stage with his buddies. Despite the initial resistance of other fellows, Kaiser will be successful, at least partly so. It is a fast-paced comedy full of humor and consolation, telling the story about people who despite all obstacles strive for their goal.
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Man about the House

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Pauls Kesteris

Media student sitcom about fun young people.

Story about easygoing crazy youngsters renting an apartment from old school family. Eternal conflicts between neighbours multiplied by generation gap, witty jokes and funny situations form a comedy that cannot be missed.
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Old Clown

Original title: Vana kloun

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary film tells a story of legendary Soviet time clown Sergey Fatkin. Due to popularity he was allowed to pass iron curtain and visit 35 countries in times when many Soviets didn’t see any foreign country ever. At Paris nightclub Olympia Fatkin performed together with Jaques Brel. Later on Sergei Fatkin made a fatal mistake smuggling Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago into the country. Officially banned book was hand copied and passed around. KGB soon traced down Sergei Fatkin and the legendary clown was arrested, liberated from his titles, awards and private possessions. Ironically – the man who had passed around a book about Soviet prisons was imprisoned for years. Nowadays Sergei Fatkin, free again, is still working modestly as a clown, performing at kindergartens mostly.
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Potato Republic

Original title: Kartuli Wabariik

2011 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Kätlin Kaganovitš

Documentary about Tarmo Ladva, president of Potato Republic to be established in Laanemetsa village in Valga county, Estonia, and about the process of putting his expansive ideas into practice.

Artist and event organizer Tarmo Ladva wants to achieve his goal to establish Potato Republic in Laanemetsa village, Taheva parish that is located in a peripheral region of Estonia. Potato Republic would serve as a museum to introduce potato as the symbol of Estonian food and to remember history. His high-flown ideas about creating a bath cinema and heritage theatre, however, get stuck due to financial difficulties and general scepticism. The man full of enthusiasm won't give up and gives it another try.
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Tallinn Spiced Sprats. The Canned Tales

Original title: Tallinna kilud

2011 | Feature film, Short, Other categories | Director: Jaak Kilmi

Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma made the residents of Tallinn to perform the opposition between the manor owner Johann von Uexküll in Riisipere and the Hochedle Rath der Stadt Reval or the higher consilium governing the city of Tallinn back in 16th century.

Playful tale of fantasy about the city of Tallinn told by the stories of local people. The stories of the living and the dead, memories and urban legends, children and skeletons meet here. The almost one-thousand-year-old legend of Tallinn brings all these seemingly different tales together. Manor owner Johann von Üxküll was executed in Tallinn in 1535 for killing peasant Mattis. 12 present day residents of Tallinn reconstruct this old tale in front of cameras – the story about justice and equality.
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That's IT!

Original title: Täitsa lõpp!

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Arbo Tammiksaar, Ilmar Raag, Jaak Kilmi, Mikk Rand, Rasmus Merivoo, René Vilbre

The first collective film in the world, made by the contribution of thousands of Estonian people, is the road movie where the characters with enormous speed travel around Estonia, meet silly people and find love.

It's December and Christmas time, but outside the summer sun is blazing. Something is wrong! The Mayan calendar predicts that the world will end on December 21, 2012. Every Estonian has to decide how they will spend their last days. Rait finally wants to confess his feelings to his lifelong love, starlet Lenna Kuurmaa. His friend Mihkel, hits his head, goes bonkers, and needs to save the world by sacrificing Lenna to the God of Sun. Brenda wants to escape her dictatorial mother but the orderlies of an insane asylum are chasing after her. Ervin wins the world's last lottery ...
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The Second Bakery Attack

Original title in Estonian: Teine pirukarööv

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Kaur Kokk

A boy and a girl wake up in the night, a strange hunger is bothering them. They spend long hours trying to understand the reason of their strange condition. Slowly the answer starts showing itself and also the only way to solve their problem.
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