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The Story of Rosa Salvaje

Original title in Estonian: Metsiku Roosi Lugu

2020 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Kristen Aigro

Audiovisual media students’ short film explores the unexpected popularity of Mexican telenovela ‘’Rosa Salvaje’’ in Estonia.

To this day (2020) the viewership records of Estonian television history are held by a Mexican telenovela ‘’Rosa Salvaje’’ which ran in the early 1990s on public broadcasting. The series was a phenomena that no one could have predicted. The people involved with bringing the show to Estonian screens tell the story of how the show made its way to Estonia and what was the reaction of the viewers.
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Tiptoe

Original title: Kikivarvul

2020 | Students film, Animation | Director:

A light and humorous tale of five comrades finding their way out of a cave-like place.

A light and humorous tale of five comrades finding their way out of a cave-like place.
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To Save A Language

Original title: Keelepäästja

2020 | Documentary, Portrait, Anthropological | Director: Liivo Niglas

The documentary “Saving a Language” tells the story of the endeavour to save an endangered Plains Indian language with the help of a language programme led by an Estonian linguist. The film follows the protagonist in his efforts to revive the language, including the difficult decisions he has to make along the way. It also highlights the role of language in shaping one’s identity.

Indrek Park, a linguist originally from Estonia, has been working with Native American languages for over ten years. The film sees him recording the language of the Mandan tribe, who live in the prairies of North Dakota, on the banks of the Missouri River. The job involves a lot of responsibility, and he is running out of time – his language guide, the 84-year-old Edwin Benson, is the last native speaker of Mandan. Also, Indrek’s plans with Mandan are much bigger than just recording the language for future generations – it has become his mission to revive Mandan, so that ...
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2020 | Documentary | Director: Kaidor Kahar
Aadam

2020 | Documentary | Director:
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Backwoodsman

Original title in Estonian: Mees metsast

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maaja Hallik

Maaja Hallik's short documentary on environmental activism.

A young man Mati, living in a small village between Estonian forests, becomes an environmental activist and eventually a politician after realizing how the forest industry is having a devastating impact on nature.
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Betti Alver

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Enn (Ernst) Lillemets

Documentary film sheds light on one of Estonian poetry’s brightest and most engaging personalities - Betti Alver.

Enn Lillemets authored film about his close friend and soul mother Betti Alver. Through personal memories and Betti’s creative masterpieces, Lillemets sheds light on one of Estonian poetry’s brightest and most engaging personalities. Actress Saara Nüganen, and poets Viivi Luik, Eeva Park and Mats Traat accompany him in this film.
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Checkpoint

Original title in Estonian: Kontrollpunkt

2020 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Georg Grossthal

Alex’s dream of becoming an actor has come to a halt as he did not get into The Department of Theatre of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Now he finds new and interesting ways to go on with his everyday life.

After not being accepted to The Department of Theatre of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Alex’s life can not go on the way he wished for it to go. Due to not having a job, he goes to Estonia’s unemployment fund to get extra money from there every month. Alex usually stays at home everyday playing video games and reading books, occasionally going outside to exercise or meet up with friends.
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Eesti nafta

2020 | Documentary | Director: Liina Särkinen

A Mother and daughter, searching for an answer to what could be the fuel for life in a small country Estonia. One of them grows Nettle, the other one is a famous youtuber.

Margit has left her life, career and apartment in the big city and moved to a small island Hiiumaa to grow Nettle. She believes that there is a power in this plant, that we don’t know how to fully use yet. Having researched Nettle and it’s qualities in various laboratories, she is sure that it’s possible to put Estonia on the world map with the plant that many consider to be just useless weed. But are only faith and enthusiasm enough to break through as an enterpreneur?Margit’s daughter Nele, a well known youtuber, will try to help out. So in ...
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Erna At War

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Henrik Ruben Genz

When Erna’s simple-minded son, Kalle, is conscripted for military service, she swaps identity with a soldier and heads towards the front to protect her child. While the world is at war, Erna fights her own.

The year is 1918. The Great War is raging through Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary, tranquil life at home in Bramstrup where she lives with her simple-minded son, Kalle. That is until the day when everything changes as the village constable Meier shows up to conscript Kalle for military service for the German Empire of which Southern Jutland, at this time, is a part. Ever since Kalle’s dramatic birth, Erna has promised the Lord that no one should ever be allowed to touch so much as a single hair on the boy’s head and now she has to hand ...
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