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Heinz Valk

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kristjan Svirgsden

Portrait documentary by Kristjan Svirgsden about Heinz Valk, artist and social activist.

Heinz Valk is the troubadour of the Singing Revolution, an artist and a social activist who has become famous for his sentence: "Some day we will win for no matter what!" Documentary tells the story about Heinz - a founder of People's Front, a witty caricature artist, an independent and idealistic thinker who despises consumer mentality. The historical cliche "Every revolution devours its children" applies to Heinz Valk. This film is a recording of the daily life and thoughts of an elderly man; yet, it gives a general overview about creative people in politics who after retiring won't classify either ...
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Original title: Järjekord

2014 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aleksandr Heifets, Jaak Kilmi

Jaak Kilmi and Aleksandr Heifets portray seemingly random group of people who for some or another reason stand, sit or lie down while waiting in a shop queue.

In September 2013 the first H&M store opened its doors in Tallinn, Estonia. Young people grown up in the independent Estonia start gathering behind the store door already the previous night since they find queueing something exciting and romantic. At the same time, the oldest resident of Palumõisa village - Hilda Veski - walks to the grocery bus stop on the other side of Estonia. While following young girl Milena who lives in Tallinn and is waiting for the opening of the big clothing store as well as the old woman living in the countryside and taking care of her ...
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Lemonade Tale

Original title: Limonaadi lugu

2013 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Vallo Toomla

Little Holger wants some soda and lemonade, but Mom refuses to buy it. Unhappy Holger still takes a bottle off the shelf and.... gets sucked into the lemonade bottle!

Little Holger goes shopping together with his mom. Holger wants some soda and lemonade, but Mom refuses to buy it. Unhappy Holger still takes a bottle off the shelf and.... gets sucked into the lemonade bottle! He falls into a dark-green bubble-soda ocean. He is unable to get back to the real world where his mother is already looking for him. Beeing trapped in the bubble-soda bottle he finds a friend who is ready to help him to return.
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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 Normal Human Being

Original title: Normaalne inimene

2010 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Tanno Mee, Kaidi Tamm

Lots of people in the success oriented society are struggling with personal crisis and trying to escape it; this makes one question the validity of default choices one has made.

Academician Kaie suffers from crisis that influences both her health and private life. She reaches an understanding that she is no longer satisfied with the roles and status that she has had in the success oriented society. The price for three jobs and acknowledgement is inner dissatisfaction - is that a normal life? Kaie feels that she is stuck in a rut and decides to change her life in order to find herself and her true calling. Kaie finds support in Lilleoru community and the yoga teacher Ingvar Villido. While practising kriya yoga she consciously tries to re-organize and redesign ...
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Oranus

Original title: Oranus

2009 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Girlin Bassovskaja

Lonely and hopeless man discoveres in himself an ability to fall in love. His beloved is the same kind of outcast of the society as himself. Together they are trying to escape from the roles and predictedness imposed and will try to find a way to a new and happy life.

On one day a man realises that everything has changed and that has nothing to do with the middle-age crisis. He begins to realise that he is living in the shit, eats shit and a major part of him is also shit. His beloved makes the same discovery at the same time in the other end of the world. The destiny brings them together and they start their fight with the shit that appears around thema and within them. Grab at the remote control and start press a channel button. Quickly.... and senselessly....quickly... and.... senselessly. Asocially and insulting a human dignity ...
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Inherent Obligations

Original title: Kaasasündinud kohustused

2008 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets
Taste of Life

Original title: Elu maitse

2006 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Ülo Pikkov

The connection between love and food is examined in the film Taste of Life.

The connection between love and food is examined in the film Taste of Life. Like the food chain, the love chain also exists – in order to love someone, that someone must also love. And just like the food chain, the love chain is also circular and ends where it starts. Through black humour, the film attempts to dissect the nature of love and to arrive at an understanding of what life tastes like.
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Barbarians

Original title: Barbarid

2003 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Hardi Volmer

It is an absolutely wonderful Barbiland, made of plastic and safe.

It is an absolutely wonderful Barbiland, made of plastic and safe. But in one morning line-up the Queen has to listen to the well-known fatal words: “ You Queen are the fairest on the world but Dennis-Dolly even fairer.”. At last, Dolly's new friends – the old abanponed dolls are faced a problem - which of them is the divine Dolly, when the only identifing features on them are their clothes and accessories. Is it worth dying for?
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Incipit Vita Nova

Original title: Incipit vita nova

1992 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Hardi Volmer

Father of a family went to carry out his refuse bin and found himself in some strange world,where striking things happened to him.

Father of a family went to carry out his refuse bin and found himself in some strange world,where striking things happened to him. Meanwhile this world virtually is a grotesque generalization of that mode of life which is all the time implated by mass media in a consumption society. Does this “new life“ convert the main hero of the film into a passive doll? The film is accomplished in amixed technique uniting both live actors and puppets.
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