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The Lemniscate

Original title in Estonian: "Külaline"

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Väli

Film student Teresa Väli's short film about love and friendship and the passage of time.

On an ordinary Sunday before going to church Lee is announcing that she and Ülar are going to gave a visitor that day. Though it’s not an ordinary guest but a very symbolic person, wife’s classmate Kärt whom they call Skater. From there on he is taken by memories, remembering times when their connection with Skater was more intense, he on the other hand much younger and more vulnerable. His memories bring back his confusing feelings towards Skater. There is passion, fascination but also anger. And he is taken by the unknown once again. What is Skater like after all those years ...
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The Piece of Tail in the Mouth of the Snake That Bites Its Own Tail

2019 | Students film, Animation | Director: Pablo M. Ballarin
The Sound Before Music

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Dominic Ryland-Jones

Observational documentary about Grand Piano Manufacturing.

An observational close-up look behind the doors of the Estonia Klaverivabriku based in Tallinn, Estonia. One of the last remaining of its kind in the world, the Estonia company maintains their individuality in that virtually every component is manufactured and assembled within the walls of the factory by the workers' hands.
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The Wings

Original title: Tiivad

2019 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Riho Unt

In spite of everything the blue skies have been conquered thanks to such visionaries as Leonardo da Vinci and freak village inventors.

Freak inventor Jaan's far fetched dreams about ascending to the clouds are about to materialize when he's joined by the great Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci's spirit. Instead, Jaan's wife Lisa, neglected by the crazy genius, gets metamorphosed into a winged creature and is "catapulted" into the blue skies, where dreams meet.
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Tol mör vös - Joint Winter Ceremony

Original title: Tol mör vös - talvine ühispalvus

2019 | Documentary, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

An Ethnographic film about the traditional sacrificial rite of the Udmurts in Bashkortostan at village group level.

In the 17th-18th century, the Udmurts, to escape Christianization and social pressure moved massively eastwards from the Kama River. They found refuge among the Bashkirs who were moslem and allowed them to follow the ways of their ancestors. Soviet anti-religious campaigns failed to root out the Udmurts' religious traditions although in some villages public prayers were cancelled for a while. Today amidst the Eastern Udmurts the traditional Udmurt faith is reborn, in almost all villages prayer ceremonies are carried out. The main aim of the ceremonies is to guarantee the favour of the gods, to pray for the health of ...
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Vangis ja vabaduses

2019 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea
Virago

2019 | Feature film, Short | Director: Kerli Kirch Schneider

In the village of Virago, where no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday, Tõnu is about to turn forty.

A man falls off a roof. Another one drowns. Another catches fire. “May God rest their souls,” sigh the widows as they cross themselves somberly. This is the life and the death of the men in Virago — a village where for centuries no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday. Until today.
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Weekend Warriors

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ahmed Fouad Ragab

A short documentary about the Estonian Defense League and the life of a young woman.

‘Weekend Warriors" is a short documentary following a young woman’s understanding of her own dual identity. There is an excepted fear of invasion from Russia to the border of the EU. Word of mouth scaremongering, the army and the media depict a situation where Estonia needs to protect themselves from Russia. However, What does that mean for the citizens who are both Russian and Estonian? Many young citizens voluntarily train every weekend at The Estonian Defence League on the border in Narva. Their identities can be questioned when they are attempting to protect the country they live in from the ...
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Zorg 2

2019 | Students film, Animation | Director: Auden Lincoln-Vogel

An alien travels to earth in hopes of starring in a sci-fi blockbuster.

An alien travels to earth in hopes of starring in a sci-fi blockbuster.
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