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Rat Poison

Original title in Estonian: Rotimürk

2020 | Students film, Short | Director: Alesja Suzdaltseva

Alesja Suzdaltseva's short film talks about how difficult it is to say goodbye to a place full of memories.

Erik and Meeri go to their grandmother's house for the last time to bring rat poison for the winter. While shopping for rat poison in the store, Erik meets Joseph, a local village boy, through whom Erik discovers that his grandmother believed in rebirth. The seemingly simple task becomes difficult for Erik as he reaches a house full of memories and grandmother's soul. Erik starts to question if rat poisoning is what the deceased grandmother would have wanted.
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Struck By Lightning

Original title in Estonian: Välguga löödud

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Romet Esko

Two brothers try to make a film about their friend, who commited suicide.

Raul and Romet are two film school students who one day wish to become world famous film directors. However this is not the reason they made this film. They had a really cool friend Brandon. He was an upcoming rapper and also their favourite actor. However during a summer holiday in America the brothers get a call, that Brandon has killed himself. It all seemed so sudden and they couldn't even say goodbye. So the brothers attempt to understand the mysterious end of their friend, by making a movie of it.
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The Life of Mona

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Eldar Basmanov

The documentary follows the daily life of Mona, a youtuber named FurryTime, and blurs the lines between her imaginary world and reality.

Many of us feel depressed or anxious, feel like we don't belong to this world. And all of us cope with this feelings in different ways. But Mona, the main character of this documentary, has found a unique way to deal with her problems - by creating an alternative animalistic personas and wearing a full-size animal suit. She endows her characters with traits she wishes to have: confidence, great sense of humour, sassiness... Furry fandom is more about escapism than anything else. Slipping into a fursuit can be catharsis – allowing a shy and reserved person to transform into someone ...
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Winning in everyway

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Silver Loorens

Boy called Ruudi who was born and later they discovered that he has down syndrome. What was hard ofcourse for the family, but they learned to lived with it.

To show people, that what ever doctors say, they still can be stuff that even they can’t explain. But never to give up on people who have some disability or some kind of a disease, they are still people.
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A Song Of Nature

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Julien Kai

A celebration of the elements of nature at the pilgrimage house of Vastseliina and the unique influence of these elements as a part of human interactions in the house.

Water, Fire, Air and Earth. 4 elements of nature that are the origin of the pilgrimage house of Vastseliina. “A Song of Nature” is an architecture film introducing this spiritual place by a parallelism between indoor and outdoor shots, portraying how the modern house fits within the naturalistic and historical setting of the space.
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An Exchange

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Noah Ambrose

A couple argues about leaving their vacation cabin until they discover it might be too late.

It is a quiet night in the woods and Tuuli is rethinking her decision to bring her partner, Kaspar, to the family cabin for the week. As she tries to get him to leave Kaspar reveals that he has discovered a secret she has been keeping from him. Before the couple can finish their discussion, a strange drumming begins outside and the cabin is surrounded by hooded torch-bearing strangers. Things go from bizarre to crazy as the strangers begin slapping the windows and Tuuli starts having a seizure. Then as suddenly as it began, the slapping stops and the strangers ...
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Another Day

Original title in Estonian: Taas on päev

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Emeri Abel

Emeri Abel's dance film about the routine of everyday life.

We're all trapped in our own body and mind, stuck in the vicious circles of our daily routines. But are we the ones responsible for creating them - or even the very reality these circles exist in?
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Common Language

Original title in Russian: Агульная мова

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Volia Chajkouskaya

Personal film about family.

My family has always had a lot of unspoken taboo topics. My father used to be an alcoholic, my mother has always been emotionally unavailable, which impacted our family relations. In fact, provoked codependent and toxic dynamic in our family. I was always a black sheep, never being taken seriously, and called ‘a strange one’. I decided to visit my parents in Vitsebsk to talk to them about what I never dared to talk before, and ask tough questions.
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Duet

Original title in Estonian: Duett

2019 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Teresa Juksaar

Film student Teresa Juksaare’s short film “Duet” tells a story about human envy, which is carried through acrobat Karmen who is incapable of coming to terms with the superiority of her competitor and teammate Veera. This makes her take desperate and life threatening measures outside the practice training, which leads her to the discovery that the rivalry between them is part of the groundsel of competitive sport .

Veera and Karmen, two young and ambitious circus artists are preparing for a show. In their dress rehearsal, Karmen sees that her acrobatic abilities succumb to her teammate Veera, which lead her to frustration and envy. She tries to alleviate her feelings through challenging Veera in other ways outside of the practice training.
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Egress

Original title in Estonian: "Väljapääs"

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Rauno Polman

A mysterious drama about Villem who, in his anger and anxiety, can't see beyond his own problems.

Film about a young man who is too self-centered to notice the problems his friend has.
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