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Fun For Five Females

Original title: F.F.F.F. läheb laiali

2005 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

Documentary directed by Marko Raat portrays the jewellery artists and their artist group F.F.F.F. (Fun For Five Females) that was active for almost ten years. The film attempts to investigate the reasons for the breakup of the group.

In the first week of February in 2005 the mailboxes of those belonging to the art world got the following message: "The most famous Estonian metal girl group F.F.F.F will quit! After their last performance held in Ireland, January 2005, group F.F.F.F. (members: Kristi Paap, Kaire Rannik, Berit Teeäär, Ketli Tiitsar and Maria Valdma) decided that there was no point of continuing the same way." The documentary portrays the artists who belonged to the group F.F.F.F (Fun for Five Females) that was active for almost ten years as well as opens up the reasons for their breakup. As it goes ...
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Is Best Enough

Original title: Kas parimast piisab?

2005 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Marek Miil

The documentary takes the viewer into the back stage of professional sports world including its hidden aspects while following judo athlete Alexei Budolin.

Judo athlete Alexei Budolin represented Estonian in the olympic games in Athens in 2004. Everyone expected him to bring home the best results; what happened is that Budolin was a total failure. The sportsman himself and all the people surrounding him - his coach, co-athlete, wife, doctor-chiropractor, mentor and witch - try to find the reason why Budolin burned out despite the fact that everyone gave their best. All the helpers are so different that they won't form an unanimous team for the sportsman. He loses his focus and ground below his feet. Yet, Alexei, who is an optimistic person, ...
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Jaan Klysheiko

Original title: Jaan Klõšeiko

2005 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Eve Ester, Igor Ruus

Portrait documentary about Jaan Klysheiko, a legendary photo artist, book and magazine designer.

Jaan Klysheiko (1939) is a phenomenon in Estonian culture. He has graduated from the department of painting at the Estonian State Art Institute in 1960s; after which he entered the field of journalism and he became a book designer. His true passion, however, is photography and he has regularly recorded the cultural events in Estonia: Klysheiko's photo archives includes several thousands of negatives. The extremely jovial and bohemian artist with great sense of humour takes the film crew to a walk around the Old Town of Tallinn and to show the places related to his work and life while talking ...
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The Call of the Heart

2005 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Jaanis Valk
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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ID

2004 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Meeme Kerge

Rein Mikke, born as an Estonian citizen, was adopted by Russian parents in 1950s. Now he is trying to overcome bureaucratic obstacles and restore his Estonian citizenship and related rights.

Born as an Estonian citizen in Viru county, Estonia, in January 1950, Rein Mikke was involuntarily adopted by the employees of The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) and his name was changed to Vladimir Levchenkov, later Aleksey Levchenkov. Originally an Estonian citizen must acquire another citizenship while living in his homeland due to the fact that the act of involuntary adoption remained lawfully valid and Mikke's identity was proved only by his red passport. Now his aim is to take back his real name and citizenship. Eesti sünnijärgne kodanik on sunnitud oma kodumaal elama võõra riigi kodanikuna, ainsaks isikut tõendavaks ...
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Man is Not a Fish

Original title: Inimene pole kala

2004 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Simm

22-year-old Raini suffers from inborn skin disorder called ichthyosis. He tries to cope with the disease and also help people with similar skin condition.

22-year-old Raini suffers from inborn skin disorder called ichthyosis. Scales cover his whole body, yet his spirit seems to be free from scales. He socializes well and there is no bitterness in his attitude. He has studied computer administration, however his efforts to find professional work have been in vain. He is an employee in a company making wooden products. He and his girlfriend Ereli live on the fourth floor of an apartment building in a small town. Filmmakers follow their life in the winter and spring of 2004. Both dream about having a baby and owning a house. Will ...
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Marina Kuvaitseva and the Lonely Women

Original title: Marina Kuvaitseva ja üksildased naised

2004 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Arvo Iho

Marina Kuvaitseva, a proud and independent woman in Narva, leads a folklore ensemble where lonely and educated women sing.

Marina Kuvaitseva is a forty-year-old self-confident and independent woman who leads a folk music ensemble "Suprjaki" in Narva, Estonia. The singers of Marina's ensemble are lonely, educated women who do not want to live together with men who are less intelligent than themselves or who drink too much. People of Narva do not know who they are or where they belong to. Through folk music the women try to contact their roots, to entertain themselves and to find balance in their lives.
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Beyond the Water

Original title: Teisel pool vett

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Liia Sakkos
Voldemar Väli

2003 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat