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Crispy Fries

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Lucia Deuerling

In the cold winter months of Estonia, two very unlikely people find together. A young traveler, dreaming of distant, sunny lands and an old Estonian woman disillusioned by life.

In the cold winter months of Estonia, two very unlikely people find together. David is a young traveler, a street musician, dreaming of the distant, sunny lands of Hawaii. While in Estonia, he meets Gerda. She is an older woman that runs a late night snack stand, selling hotdogs and fries and disillusioned by life itself. Can she rediscover her dreams with the help of the young spirit, or will he suffer the same fate?
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Not too hard and not in the face

Original title in Estonian: Mitte näkku ja mitte väga valusalt

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Iris Peil

An adaptation film by students of the second year of cinematography, the script of which is inspired by P.I. Filimonov's short story “Not too hard and not in the face”.

The 30-year-old protagonist Slava wakes up in a strange place with missing memories from last night. He’s taken to a hospital where Slava learns that in this odd, even dystopian world he has awakened, all the men have gone extinct long ago, leaving him the only man left in the world. Experimental fever-dream-like voyage through the mind and emotional turmoil of a young man trying to make sense of life as well as accepting the end of his relationship.
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Riksu

2021 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Rain Järv, Janne Vasarainen

A glimpse to the life of a young boy, living with difficulties, but also an immersely creative mind.

We follow Riksu through a period in time. How he visits different therapists, but still feels to be stuck in his own world. We see him in different locations that symbolize his relation to the world, whether it's a cage in a zoo, or the ruins in a church.
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The King

Original title in Estonian: Kuningas

2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Juksaar

Teresa Juksaar’s film „The King“ is based on a short story by Mehis Heinsaar and opens the theme of searching and finding inner peace. The film is a magical journey between the real and the imaginary world.

Olev Virkus is a completely ordinary man of no considerable wealth or achievements. Sometimes, however, he has to drop everything he's doing and go away for a while. Only then can he keep on living in peace.
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Gentle Warriors

Original title (in Lithuanan): Švelnūs kariai

2020 | Documentary | Director: Marija Stonytė

A girl becomes a warrior in the military- and her own life.

Documentary by Marija Stonytė takes us on the journey of a girl becoming a warrior in the military and in her own life. A few years ago military conscription for men was reintroduced in Lithuania. Simultaneously, there were a number of young women who decided to voluntarily register for military service. We follow 3 of these girls for 9 months as they live and train among 600 men at an isolated military base. Three girls – three totally unique characters, come from very different social backgrounds. One joined the army with the aim of starting a new life, another - to ...
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Scissors

Original title: Käärid

2020 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Margus Talvik

Young woman meets different kinds of men in her own built van, where she serves as a barber in every part of Estonia.

Although Teresa Liivak has settled down nine different places, she calls a white Ford Transit her real home. Teresa rebuilt her van to be a barbershop on wheels. On her journey she meets most different kinds of men. If you have all the freedom in the world, then you must take action to make the most of it.
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Hukule määratud

2018 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Francesco Rosso

Maybe it is not earthly this road i have to walk, but how can i know if I am subjected to gravitation.

There, where there are no tracks anymore and the fallen trees embrace the rubble, someone sits; in the Indian summer’s crispy grass, and says peace unto himself. Things felt can not be erased, but they fade into wisdom for the future. Maybe it is not earthly this road I have to walk, but how can I know if I am subjected to gravitation.
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Portugal

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Lauri Lagle

Lauri Lagle's first feature film is profound and smooth like a summer's night. It is a physical progression and a mental journey towards something other than a mere geographical location on a map.

Karina and Martin are in a pleasant relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviour can shake it’s rush. Life is good. Perhaps it's this perfection and frequent patterns that make them finally pose a question - is everything to be expected in life? This is a story about following the yearning of your soul. Longing for something other than the present and having the courage to be deliberately lost. The characters in the film are looking for a place of love and understanding in the world. Their journey is playful, mellow and thoroughly human. It ...
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The Realtor

Original title in Estonian: "Maakler"

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Sander Gering

Sander Gering's webseries about the crime.

“It’s just a job,” keeps Dima, a young criminal. telling himself after yet another man has been killed and buried. But when his younger broth-er, who works in the same business goes missing, he starts to under-stand the consequences of his actions.
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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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