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National Library of Estonia

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Francesco Crivaro

Erasmus Movie Masters' architecture film about the National Library of Estonia.

“National Library” takes you on a journey through the bloodstream of a library, depicting it as a living and breathing organism responsible for providing us with our “oxygen”.
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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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Outdoor Games

Title in Estonian: Õuemängud

2016 | Documentary | Director: Urmas Reisberg

Nine mothers establishing the first outdoor community preschool in Tartu, Estonia.

Nine young mothers have made up their minds to found a community daycare in Tartu, Estonia. The mother's wish that their children could run and play as much as possible. The daycare is opened by the River Emajõgi where the children are outdoors during every season and almost in every weather conditions. Filmmakers follow the first year of the daycare when the roles are still shifting from being a mother and a teacher, a visionary and a practicioner. The most difficult issue is coping with the financial situation, freezing weather and public opinion. Through the dreams of young motohers the ...
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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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Sanctuarium

2016 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun

Vyacheslav Bihun's documentary about a sacred place called Sanctuarium.

There is a sacred place called Sanctuarium. It is not physically fixed. It is a temporal refuge where you can gain immunity from modern world chaos. You can discover it within yourself. But if it's difficult to find it, you might visit such the place and its Founder in Tallinn’s Old Town, known as Ukrainian Cultural Center.
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Short and fiction

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Sintija Andersone

Couple fools younger girls to re-fresh their relationship.

Film about a twisted couple who has created a peculiar way how to keep their relationship new. The husband seduces younger girls and brings them home for a romantic evening that ends with sex. Next morning the wife gets to lecture and humiliate the young girl.
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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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State of Mind

Original title (in Estonian): "Meeleseisund"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Sten-Robert Pullerits

State of Mind attempts to understand the mind of a young man living with a psychological disorder. Striving towards comprehending the conflict between his reality and the actual.

A young author, Frank, is having troubles finishing his new book, after being successful with his first one. In order to find inpsiration, he decided to admit himself into a psychiatric hospital and agrees to seemingly unecessary treatment. However, as time passes, he realizes that reality as he knows it might not be real after all.
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Taotleja

2016 | Documentary | Director: Ken Saan