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The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

Original title: Põrgu Jaan

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Kaur Kokk

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." Lao-Zi.

Somewhere in Estonia at the beginning of the 18th century, after ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore. He’s disheveled and comatose. They take him to the local manor lord and bring him back to consciousness. When he opens his eyes, he realizes that he can’t remember who he is or how he got there. He’s just as much a stranger to himself as to the people around him. By force of circumstance, he must stay ...
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The old man and his grandson

Original title in Estonian: "Vanamees ja lapselaps"

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Mihkel Oksmann

Mihkel Oksmann’s third short documentary tells a story about his relationship with his grandfather.

The film explores the personal gap between two man from different generations. Story wraps around the filmmaker and his 80-year old grandfather Vello, who is well-known by his life- lasting career as a sailor, coach and vessel engineer. Vello has been desperately trying to pass his talent to his descendants but so far no one has followed his footpath.
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Tomorrow Island

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Gwenn Joyaux

A love story during the Cold War.

In the dawn of the Cold War, a young Soviet telegraphist makes a desperate attempt to save her American lover from being stranded in the Russian side of the Bering Strait after receiving a border closure message.
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True

Original title: Omad

2018 | Feature film, Short | Director: Marta Pulk

In this cold world one innocent joke is enough to release an avalanche of an argument.

In a transforming country between old and new, an old man drops an inappropriate joke in the doctors waiting room. This releases an avalanche of debate between five perfect strangers, full of unexpected twists. With a dark sense of humour the movie deals with living in a changing world where absolutely no one gets to feel comfortable.
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Young Peeter At Laanetaguse

Original title: Peetrike Laanetagusel

2018 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

This family film from Estonian Grand Old Man of nature film Rein Maran, is a story of a child’s explorations of nature and first notices of the surrounding biodiversity. The viewer will find themselves discovering, through his eyes, all possible kinds of miraculous creatures in the grass, on plants, in shrubs and in sky-reaching trees, sharing his astonishment and joy of first discovery.

This family film is a story of a child’s explorations of nature and first notices of the surrounding biodiversity. Young Peeter is like a guide taking the viewer to the environment teeming with life – from the broadest and most general view to the finest details, from the largest creatures to the smallest ones. The viewer will find themselves discovering, through his eyes, all possible kinds of miraculous creatures in the grass, on plants, in shrubs and in sky-reaching trees, sharing his astonishment and joy of first discovery. The film is not a fruit of the filmmakers’ fantasy. It is ...
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A Demonstration Of Brilliance In Four Acts

Original title: Briljantsuse demonstratsioon neljas vaatuses

2018 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

The people are waiting for someone special. And he arrives...

The people are waiting for someone special. Someone special is born – a grown-up man in a suit. They follow the man and cheer for his theatrical but utterly pointless performances. In the middle of one performance he makes a mistake and the people who have so far adored him, leave. Left alone, he meets a woman who is made for him. The theatrical performances continue...
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Above the speed of light

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Vytautas Tinteris

Nothing can travel above the speed of light. Only the beam light of this film happened here and on the other side of the universe.

Set in a year 2732 at Depeche Mode bar in Tallinn, two outcasts find each other trapped in a world filled with drugs and hallucinations where they question time, themselves, A.I. and God.
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All About My Father

Original title in Estonian: "Kõik minu isast"

2018 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Reeli Reinaus

First person documentary, directed by Reeli Reinaus, is portrait of her father’s life and death.

Documentary shows author's attempt to find answers to questions about his father's life what she can no longer ask for her father. Portrait of father is formed by the memoirs and old letters. But is it able to change author’s feelings against to the father she only shortly knew?
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Bassein

2018 | Animation | Director:

Will the water reach the pool on time? b

The winter was over too soon and the he pool maintenance man was not ready with preparations in swimming pool. Unfortunately he begins preparations by cutting grass around the pool. The swimmers were ready too jump too early and they are already in the air. Since the pool is still empty, the divers have to slow down their flight. They start thinking and doing irrational things to not arrive yet to the empty pool. Will the water reach the pool on time?
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Deceptive appearance

Original title in Estonian: "Petlik välimus"

2018 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Jaan Kalmus jr