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Cat has nine lives

Original title in Estonian: Kassi üheksa elu

2019 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Kaisa Tambek

Social campaign to Estonian Rescue Board that draws attention to the problem of incorrectly installed carbon monoxide detectors.

Cat pushes down incorrectly installed carbon monoxide detector because unlike humans she has nine lives.
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Celebration

Original title: Prazdnik

2019 | Documentary | Director: Vladimir Loginov

For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of competition, and how we should understand the phenomenon of beauty contests in the modern day.

The town of Maardu in Estonia organises an annual Ukrainian-themed festival, called "Sorochinsky Fair"; after the short story by Nikolai Gogol. More than 15,000 people come every year. This is the largest Ukrainian fair outside of Ukraine, and it has even been entered into the Ukrainian Book of Records. The film is structured like a work of literature, being made up of a number of interconnected stories. The full variety of the fair and beauty contest is presented from different angles and viewpoints: that of the festival organisers; the actor playing Gogol; the instructor from the local beauty school; the ...
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Chasing Unicorns

Original title: Ükssarvik

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rain Rannu

Young startup entrepreneur Õie and a serial failure Tõnu follow their crazy ride from Estonia all the way to Silicon Valley — and back.

Based on true stories, this is comedy-drama about a female founder trying to make it in a male-dominated tech world. Õie, an accountant from a small town accidentally stumbles into the tech scene of her home-country Estonia — a place where startups are a “national sport” and almost everyone has one. She is joined by a serial failure Tõnu, who is always trying one more time. Fast-paced and fun movie, based on true stories of startup founders, gives an authentic picture of the highs and lows of the crazy tech world, from Estonia to Silicon Valley — and back.
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Common Language

Original title in Russian: Агульная мова

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Volia Chajkouskaya

Personal film about family.

My family has always had a lot of unspoken taboo topics. My father used to be an alcoholic, my mother has always been emotionally unavailable, which impacted our family relations. In fact, provoked codependent and toxic dynamic in our family. I was always a black sheep, never being taken seriously, and called ‘a strange one’. I decided to visit my parents in Vitsebsk to talk to them about what I never dared to talk before, and ask tough questions.
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Dora Who Came From Highway

Original title: Kiirtee põrgusse

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv
Elen vös - Joint Prayer Ceremony Of The Eastern Udmurts

Original title: Elen vös - Kaama-taguste udmurtide ühispalvus

2019 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas
EnsV

2019 | TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Ain Mäeots, Marko Piirsoo, Tiit Sukk, Rein Pakk
God's Infinite Silence

2019 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Eldar Basmanov

Religion-themed TV series pilot episode.

The church of Father Fyodor is going through hard times: the parish has no money and the building desperately needs renovation. It continues until a young businessman Victor donates a mysterious darkened icon to the church prior to the upcoming elections. After the appearance of the icon, weird incidents start happening at the church. They help save the church but at the same time they challenge the priest's morals and beliefs.
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Good Girl

Original title in Finnish: "Kiltti Tyttö"

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Merja Maijanen

Merja Maijanen's short film about domestic violence. After being awarded for being a good girl, a naive little girl learns what it really means to be one.

Trying hard to be a good girl to be accepted by her parents, a naive and honest little girl learns what it really means to be one in a dysfunctional family. A drama about the unhealthy messages parents give to their children.
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Hold Onto Me

Original title: Ära mind lahti lase

2019 | Documentary | Director: Ingrid Hübscher, Sigrid Reede

Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. As she prepares to take the European Choir of Estonians to the Estonian national Song Celebration, her German husband Hartmut also needs to learn the songs.

The film follows the journey of the European Choir of Estonians to the 150th Song and Dance Celebration in Estonia through the eyes of two main characters. Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. At the annual choir camp in Bonn, she is faced with a real professional challenge - the choir which only meets twice a year needs to learn the Song Festival repertoire in two days. Her German husband Hartmut also sings in the choir. It is because of love that he has learned Estonian, but now he has to work hard to learn the songs in ...
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