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Beer Revolution

Original title: Õllerevolutsioon

2016 | Documentary | Director: Taavi Arus

Documentary follows the rising phenomenon of craft beer scene in Estonia throughout 2015 along with its main protagonists – brewers, sellers and variously minded consumers.

Craft beer, microbrewery, IPA, IBU, gipsy breweries, top- and post-fermentation – these are just a few keywords that for the past couple of years can be heard more and more often among serious beer enthusiasts. This prompts a fair question: “What is it all about?” „Beer Revolution“ does not provide straight answers but it does give a kaleidoscopic overview of producers, sellers and consumers of craft beers in Estonia in 2015.
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Burlesquers

Original title: Burleskitarid

2016 | Documentary | Director: Kristjan Ojang

A portrait about Estonian burlesque performers, how they organise events in Estonia and prepare for performances.

Walking around the streets you cannot see what´s going on in other peoples souls. How tdo hey entertain themselves at weekends, or what does really excite them? Documentary „Burlesquers” is about ordinary people who are ready and willing to go on the stage and take their clothes off.
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Cutting Through

Original title: Läbilõikamine. Meie maailm, 10/12

2016 | Documentary | Director: Ove Musting

The documentary introduces excerpts of those against the Nicaragua Canal fighting for their human rights, public order, democracy, private property and freedom of expression.

NIcaragua authorities made an agreement with a Hong Kong enterprise HKND to start the greatest navvying work in the world history – to build a 277-metre-long ship canal through the country, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. The documentary introduces excerpts of those against the Nicaragua Canal fighting for their human rights, public order, democracy, private property and freedom of expression.
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Dearest Sister

Original title in Lao: Nong Hak

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mattie Do

A Lao village girl’s only chance of escaping indentured poverty is to manipulate her wealthy cousin’s illness into dependence.

Nok packs her sparse belongings, and after an argument with her fiancé, she boards an overnight bus out of her rural village for the Lao capital of Vientiane. She’s never seen so many people, so much traffic and activity. She’s met at the station by Jakob, the Estonian husband of her distant cousin Ana, who only breaks from an overseas phone call discussing his NGO’s legal problems long enough to confirm that the girl speaks no English. Nok tentatively climbs into the back seat of Jakob’s SUV. Jakob settles Nok into the guest room of an expansive Western home, and in ...
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Empty Space

Original title: Tühi ruum

2016 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Ülo Pikkov

Documentary-based animation about a dream that eventually comes true in a film.

A 10-years old girl longed for a puppy as a birthday present. Her disappointment was very big when instead puppy she got father she had no idea he was still alive. This documentary based film tells a story about a very long-standing dream that kept him alive through many years and actually will come true only now, through this film.
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Holy Motors - Sleeprydr

2016 | Students film, Music video | Director: Sameli Muurimäki

Music video directed by media student Sameli Muurimägi talks about reality and memories that are combined in a dreamlike car ride.

Dreamlike journey where young woman’s past starts to follow her.The protagonist is chased by pale faced hitchhiker men, played by other band member, who impersonate death and woman conscious, until they reach her and disappear to darkness.
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How a Girl was Wed Three Times. A Mari Story

Original title: Kuidas üks piiga kolmele peiule mehele anti

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Mattias Mälk

Everyone knows that a woman can find a way out of any situation. If a mother cannot afford to refuse a suitor for her daughter, she can marry off a cat or a dog instead. But how can one get along with a cat or a dog?

Everyone knows that a woman can find a way out of any situation. If a mother cannot afford to refuse a suitor for her daughter, she can marry off a cat or a dog instead. But how can one get along with a cat or a dog?
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How are you

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Worapoj In-lao

Documentary film of Thai student who is currently studying in Tallinn, Estonia, which visually narrate how he overcome tough time as well as settle his life into unfamiliar surrounding and environment.

The film runs by the number of phone conversations which were recorded during one period of time between him and his father who live 7000 miles away, alongside with image of Bangkok-Tallinn’s landscape in very personal visual aspect.
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Illusioonide labürint

2016 | Documentary | Director: Jüri Lina
India - On its Way Up

Title in Estonian: India - teel tippu

2016 | Documentary | Director: Gert Kark

Documentary introducing the accomplishments of the development activities of information technology in India through which the country attempts to get rid of poverty.

India is still a home country for one-third poorest people in the world. However, through the development of information technology the country attempts to get rid of this status. The upheaval that has taken place during the past twenty years is explained to the viewers by the famous IT-gurus in India. These guys have founded businesses in India such as Infosys and Genpact. According to the author Eeva Esse, the main message of the film is that contributing to the development of information technology is always a good idea and information technology can largely improve the lives of those who ...
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