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Reading between the lines

Original title (in Estonian): "Ridade vahelt lugedes"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Nadja Girich

Adaptation of original letters by Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin and estonian poetess Maria Karamzina.

An actress, suffering from midlife crisis, gets a role in a theatre performance alongside a famous actor, performing the touching story of friendship between world-known Nobel laureate Ivan Bunin and Russian emigrant poet from Estonia Maria Karamsina. While performing the play, the actors’ sympathy surpasses the theatre stage, growing into something bigger in real life.
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Sacrifice

Original title (in Estonian): "Ohverdus"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Oksana Nakorchevska

A fairytal about father and daughter, who moved to the countryside.

A fairytale, where Father and Daughter, who moved to countryside are visited by a forest god who wants the Daughter to be his wife.
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Shusha

Original title: Šuša

2016 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Aivar Valdre, Lauri Lippmaa

A heart-warming portrait documentary "Shusha" explores in intimate atmosphere the daily life of Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich, the first head of state of Belarus.

A heart-warming portrait documentary "Shusha" explores in intimate atmosphere the daily life of Stanislav Stanislavovich Shushkevich, the first head of state of Belarus. What is his daily routine like and what is on mind of a man, who a quarter of a century ago initiated Belavezha accords, signed by Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, which were the basis to effectively dissolve the Soviet Union. Shushkevich, who every now and then likes to play Vyssotski's earlier songs on a piano just to himself or his closest friends, is one of the Great Men of contemporary history, whose 'domino effect' initiative caused a geopolitical shift in Europe. However, what Shushkevich himself considers as his greatest achievement is not sending ...
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Silence

Original title (in Estonian): "Vaikus"

2016 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Loore Jaanson

Losing voice brings chaos to smooth-talking and charming Toomas’ life as he is forced to change his ways in order to get it back.

A story of an arrogant charming man who is used to getting his way in every aspect of his life. He has everything figured out until one day his voice get’s taken away. This affects every aspect of his life and by the end of the day he is left with nothing.
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Snegurochka (Snow-Maiden)

Original title in Russian: "Снегурочка"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Ilina Perianova

Old couple wants child but they can’t have it. All of a sudden they become miraculously parents overnight.
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The Birth of Bears. An Udmurt Story

Original title: Karude tekkimine

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mattias Mälk

In olden times, there were no bears. An Udmurt man turned into a bear. The man would transform into a bear at night. One night his wife hid his clothes, and the man could not turn back into a human.

In olden times, there were no bears. An Udmurt man turned into a bear. The man would transform into a bear at night. One night his wife hid his clothes, and the man could not turn back into a human.
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The Eyeless Hunter. A Khanty Story

Original title: Silmadeta jahimees. Handi lugu

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn

A fairy tale about Khanty man and his wife.

A Khanty man went hunting but did not bring home any catch. A wife stealthily followed her husband into the forest. The hunter lay down, took his eyes out and said, “Semlek re-rem-rem”. The wife seized the husband’s eyes. The next day an elk was trotting by the camp. The hunter killed the elk. Later the hunter entered the conical tent where the wife secretly ate the meat. The wife thought that her brother-in-law had come and covered her face as it was the Khanty custom to avoid husband’s male relatives seeing the wife’s face. The wife complained that her ...
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The Gate

Original title in Estonian: "Värav"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Adelaida Pardo

As odd and mysterious characters enter the Gate, they pull the audience into a vacuum of altered perceptions through the building that slowly reveals itself. It is a journey into an intriguing geography, where space and those who inhabit it are inseparable. Are we visitors? Or have we always been here?
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The Polar Boy

Original title: Polaarpoiss

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Anu Aun

A boy with two faces meets a girl with two souls.

Mattias has a dream to become a photography student of the Berlin Arts Academy. On the journey of following his calling, his dream is constantly put to a test after Mattias falls in love with a beautiful free spirit Hanna. Trying to win her heart, Mattias feels the need to prove Hanna, that he can be just as adventurous and unpredictable as she is. Breaking the law together with Hanna, Mattias risks everything dear to him, not knowing yet, that Hanna’s bold acts are only the symptoms of bipolar disorder. In the moment of jealousy, Mattias accidentally commits a crime ...
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The story of ...

Original title (in Estonian): "Lugu sellest, kuidas ..."

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Sandra Kartau

Sandra Kartau drama about a young girl who searches her way out of a situation that she has been a long time.

"The story of..." tells a story about a young girl who searches her way out of a situation that she has been a long time. When running she suddenly finds herself from a similar place she has been her whole life, just in an another environment. Our main character Rahel searches for a place where people are good to each other and where lies the evil of the world- is it really just alcohol?
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