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The Gull Theorem

Original title: Kajaka teoreem

2014 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Joosep Matjus

Gulls are like soul-birds for mankind, living and building their nests throughout the city. A man sees hope for salvation in the bird. Human body turns into an artificial environment and the gull becomes his soul.

We spent more and more time inside, behind the desks, surrounded by electronics, and illusioned by the large office windows of being outside, being free. There are several wild species living in this artificial environment that we call a city, and like gulls, they rustle amidst reflecting endless glass and metal. Gulls are living in the city for the same reason as we do – it is easier to get along here. Hence, there is a lot of reflection of gulls in us. The bird is an opportunist by nature, a good conformer like us, and it is inherent for ...
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The One

Original title (in Estonian): "See õige"

2014 | Students film, Short | Director: Ivan Pavljutškov
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The Untranslatable Love of Mountains

Original title (in Estonian): "Mägede armastus"

2014 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mari-Anna Lepasson

It’s late autumn in Tallinn’s district Mustamäe (Blackmountain). First snowfalls bring memories of those who once inhabited these streets. We see a neighbourhood through the eyes of someone who loved it. Memory of her lives on in the soul of the filmmaker who guides the viewer through those same streets that she walked on.
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The bachelor and Volga

Original title: Poissmees ja Volga

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Story about loneliness. Documentary comedy about a man looking for a wife.

Comedy about a lonely man from Narva (border town next to Russia). Main protagonist is a 32-year-old man who lives alone in a very small apartment. He works as a history and participates in a trainings of dance club with the interest in Middle Ages. Misha also collects model cars. Moreover, he is passionate about buying his own Soviet car Volga 3102. Also he dreams of finding himself a wife. To do that Misha tries to meet girls through Internet. Meetings take place in different venues. Misha wants to have a wife and a family, but on the other hand ...
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There is Another World

2014 | Students film, Short | Director: Saana Kuosa

A boy lives his ordinary life, but one day something unexpected happens and changes everything.

Is there a place for all of us? A place and people that can bring out the best of us and make our life worth living. A young man feels lost in his life and can’t find any happiness in daily events. He works in a supermarket, wakes up to work, works to eat and eats to live. But one day, something extraordinary happens that gets him out of his routine and comfort zone...
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Viimane võmm/Siberi võmm

2014 | TV Serial, Kanal 2 Serial | Director: Gerda Kordemets
Where Culture Lives

Original title (in Estonian): "Kultuur elab siin"

2014 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Rihards Bereza

This is an advertisement for the Estonian National Library, including various shorts of the unique interior as well as a saxophonist, violin player, skateboarder and a modern dancer.

This video is a call to action advertisement for the Estonian national library. It is an abstract, stylized piece that works as an overall image clip as well. Abstract, mysterious imagery of the building combined with individual artists, all coming together in the national library, "where culture lives".
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Writer's life

Original title: Kirjaniku elu

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Tõnu Aru, Eve Ester

The documentary introduces writer Arvo Valton and meetings with him in 2008-2014.

The recurring theme in the documentary lies in brief meetings with writer Arvo Valton and his companions at various moments in his life. The filmmakers have recorded the writer's birthday party in the Writers' House, Tallinn; his home in Märjamaa; and his conversations with Sirje Kiin. Valton explains his world views and tells about his life as a writer. Valton's wife Tiina Vallikivi has always been supportive and understanding, a true fairy of the big family. Writing is Arvo Valton's passion and freedom.
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A Dozen Questions about Estonia: Kaali

Original title (in Estonian): "Tosin küsimust Eesti kohta: Kaali"

2014 | Students film, Short | Director: Gabriel Motta-Ferreira

“A Dozen Questions about Estonia“ introducing Estonia and the nature of Estonians through the 12 short films.

Short film „Kaali“ is based on the question „Does it rain iron in Estonia?“ and tells a story inspired by this question.
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A Long Way Down

2014 | Students film, Short | Director: Oscar Henri Wollsten

The tragicomic story is inspired by Nick Hornby’s novel A Long Way Down (2005) and its original setting.

Three completely opposite characters accidentally meet on top of a skyscraper during New Year’s Eve with the same intent – to commit a suicide.
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