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Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient Sea

Original title: Regilaul - laulud õhust

2011 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Ulrike Koch

This richly shot film explores an ancient singing tradition in modern Estonia, weaving together people and nature through song.

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples originated a singing tradition of mysterious power called the Regilaul. These songs are the roots of Estonia’s renowned singing culture. Based on the continuous repetition of eight-syllable verses, they produce a haunting sound able to connect the fleeting present with the eternal circle of life. Against the stunning setting of modern Estonia, this film explores how Regi songs still fire the imagination today, weaving together people and nature through song.
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Roots: One Hundred Years of War and Music

2011 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Katrin Laur, Gabriel Castro Rouillé
Show Me the Sound

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Agnese Laizane

Film student Agnes Laizane's master's thesis tells the story of how her mother's hearing loss affects family relationships.

A drama about a woman who becomes deaf and whose loved ones, her husband and daughter help her overcome the crisis.
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Tagamõtsa

2011 | TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Gerda Kordemets
The Army

2011 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Hardi Kalder
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The Idiot

Original title: Idioot

2011 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rainer Sarnet

The feature film directed by Rainer Sarnet is based on the novel "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The filmmaker interprets the well-known classic in a contemporary film language with talented Estonian actors and actresses who perform in the enchanting yet intimidating beauty of a sacral space.

When Prince Myshkin appears to the high society of St Petersburg, no one can predict that this penniless and sick man will have such a big influence on people. He can even handle hardened souls such as Rogozhin and his companions, not to mention the family of General Yepanchin. Young, pretty and innocent Aglaya is ready for anything for Prince Myshkin. The prince, however, is dedicated to Nastasya Filippovna instead. Having been through the hell of desires, she has a purified soul that inspires respect and hope in the prince in order to save her from damnation.
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The Legend of the Mighty Soap

Original title (in Estonian): "Legend vägevast seebist"

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Andrew Bond

Moses teaches all the people in the country to wash themselves, shares the skill of soapmaking and tells proudly the legend of the mighty soap.
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The Turn

2011 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Anna Gavronski
Viva la Fiesta

2011 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Keiti Väliste

The story of Jorge from Ecuador, who teaches people to dance in Estonia.

Jorge Hinojosa is from Ecuador who lives in Estonia for last 10 years. He is married to Ingrid and they have 2 beautiful sons. Jorge speaks fluently estonian but unfortunately he can't get the Estonian citizenship because Ecuador does not cancel his citizenship in Ecuador.
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Autumn Palette

The original title in Estonian: Sügise palett

2011 | Students film, Short | Director: Tatjana Borissova

Short film is about the complicated relationship between two women who live in an old people's home in one room.

Autumn weather - sun and rain, colorful trees and gray dull sky. Long days spent in a nursing home. The only thing that could diversify these days for Anne, who is trying not to be depressed by loneliness and to find beauty and joy in nature around her, is to listen to music and hum along to some great old well-known tunes. But he himself does not have a radio, and his roommate Margarita, with whom they have a complicated relationship, does not allow him to listen to her radio. This spoils Anne's good mood. Until the annual craft show day ...
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