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My Name Boris

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Krish Makhija

"My Name Boris" is an architecture film focusing on the grain elevator building in Tallinn, Estonia.

After years of being a place filled with rough, rugged men spending their time on hard, manual labor, the building has been renovated and is slowly filling up with offices, cafeterias and eco- stores selling gluten-free muffins. For someone who has lived through 2 world wars but always served the same function, this triggers an identity crisis.
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Our world is theirs

Title in Estonian: Meie maailm on nende oma

2016 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Mati Kark

Journalistic documentary about the conflict between Israel and Palestine from the point of view of local Arabs and Jews.

Residents of Palestine try to preserve normal daily life despite the bloody conflict with Israel. Palestinian children go to school, local farmers grow vegetables, young people dream about the better future – everyone tries to go on living a normal life. Among others, local headmaster and peace activist Jalal Khudairy, taxi driver Taisir Jubeh, agricultural entrepreneur Mohammad Shraim, basketball coach Abedalraziq Ezzat, olive grower Shareef Khaled, Madli Maruste, volunteer from Estonia, share their thoughts about life and solving the conflict. The documentary also shows the life of Palestinians in a refugee camp and in Israeli settlements founded in the middle ...
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Out of Internal Worlds

Original title: Siseilmadest väljas

2016 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Helen Unt

A woman and a man go about their business in the same room but intervention is necessary in order for them to get together with each other.

A fly rubs its hands. A man and a woman, inside and outside, balance within them and between them. The fly flies. Snails swing. The fly flies.
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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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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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Sitting Tenant

Original title (in Estonian): "Sundüürnik"

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maria Aua

Short documentary, directed by Maria Aua, is about her childhood home memories when her family were sitting tenants.

Maria lost her home because of the new property reform at the beginning of 90s. Her home had all of the sudden new owners and Maria ́s family had become sitting tenants. The new house owner wanted to get rid of the tenants, he started to take steps to make it happen by taking away basic living conditions. The way Maria had to leave her home still haunts her, there are unlikable memories connected to the owner. She returns to her childhood home to find a reconciliation with the owner who terrorized her family.
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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 Days That Confused

Original title (in Estonian): Päevad, mis ajasid segadusse

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Triin Ruumet

The Days that Confused is a story of a young man trying to make sense of life in the summer heat of late 1990s in Estonia.

The 27-year- old protagonist Allar moves from one provincial party to another, meeting colorful characters and finding himself in evermore confusing circumstances. The amounting tension and absurdity of surrounding events lead Allar to give serious thought to his life. What follows is a frantic journey through midsummer Estonia to finally discover meaning in oneself.
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The Land of Love

Original title: Armastuse maa

2016 | Documentary | Director: Liivo Niglas