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The Fencer

Original title: Miekkailija

2015 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Klaus Härö

Klaus Härö’s The Fencer is a touching drama about a man who finds meaning in his life through the children who need him. The Finnish entry for the Oscars 2016, Best Foreign Language Film.

In 1952 a young fencing champion Endel arrives in a small town Haapsalu to work as a physical training teacher. In spite of the opposition of the principal of the school, Endel manages to get a permit to teach fencing for children. Slowly it becomes a therapy for the children as well as the teacher himself – a way to deal with everyday grim. The defeated principal is holding a grudge and starts to investigate, why did the champion of the Soviet Union really come to a small town. “The Fencer” is partly based on true life events of an Estonian sportsman ...
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The Master

Original title: Isand

2015 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

A dog Popi and a monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home who is just one day not coming any more..

A dog Popi and a monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home who is just one day not coming any more... From this particular day there starts their mutual life. Popi, beeing actually smarter and stronger, capitulates in front of monkey's whims symbolising with it his obedience and subservientness. At the other hand, Huhuu symbolises licentiousness and silliness.
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The Pop Up Show

Original title (in Estonian): "Pop Up Saade"

2015 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Laura Reimann, Kertu Laadoga

The Pop Up Show is a lifestyle TV magazine, for young teenagers, at the age group of 9-15 years. It has different segments where the presenters entertain and educate their viewers via activities in the studio, guests, popular science experiments, and other features.
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The monkey, who played Russian roulette

Original title (in Estonian): "Ahv, kes mängis Vene ruletti"

2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Margus Raid

Male characted gets involved with politics and totally forgets about his private life. As a result of family argument he finds himself in the hospital after several months in koma and realizes that the best way out is to spy on his father and commit suicide.
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Time is Onion

Original title (in Estonian): "Aeg on Sibul"

2015 | Students film, Short | Director: Ekke Vasli
Undeground

Original title: Põranda all

2015 | Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

UNDERGROUND is based on the well known political process held in Estonia almost forty years ago, and portrays several renowned dissidents, as well as those who did not remain in the spotlight due to certain historical circumstances.

PÕRANDA ALL / UNDERGROUND is based on the well known political process held in Estonia almost forty years ago, and portrays several renowned dissidents, as well as those who did not remain in the spotlight due to certain historical circumstances. Story focuses on an important aspect of Estonia's underground freedom fight – the sharing and distribution of information. Everyone had their own motivation for joining underground movement but all of them sacrificed themselves for freedom. And did freedom claim them as one of their own? The film is based on the well known political process in 1975 held in Estonia, and ...
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Wedding Game

Original title: Pulmamäng

2015 | Animation, Other types of animation | Director: Andres Tenusaar, Malle Valli, Marili Sokk

An ethno-surreal film based on an Estonian folk tale.

An ethno-surreal film based on an Estonian folk tale which uses different handicraft and animation techniques and has so many authors that it could be considered folkloric itself.
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Üheotsapilet

2015 | TV Serial, TV3 Serial | Director: Henri Nõmm, Toomas Kirss, Indrek Simm
Anthill

Original title: Sipelgapesa

2015 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

Vladimir Loginov´s “Anthill” is a portrait of a giant garage located in the largest Soviet blockhouse area of Tallinn. Here 700 garage box owners form an extraordinary men’s club and vary from those who just keep their cars to those who adapt their boxes for living. The complex is a unique biosphere with the existence of private saunas, a restaurant, an animal clinic and other artifacts of life stuck in time 20 years back.

Vladimir Loginov´s “Anthill” is a portrait of a giant garage located in the largest Soviet blockhouse area of Tallinn. Here 700 garage box owners form an extraordinary men’s club and vary from those who just keep their cars to those who adapt their boxes for living. The complex is a unique biosphere with the existence of private saunas, a restaurant, an animal clinic and other artifacts of life stuck in time 20 years back.
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Conversations in Non-existent Space

Original title: Kõnelused olematus ruumis

2015 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Priit Pääsuke, Mart Taniel

Documentary follows the searches for identity of creative people through experimental and improvisational music.

What is inspiration? Where does it come from and is it possible for it to be consciously evoked? The film speaks about the search for one’s identity through experimental and improvisational creation.
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