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Wild Game

2017 | Students film, Short | Director: Jeronimo Sarmiento

A short film about identity and belonging.

During the harsh Estonian winter, fifteen-year-old Liis joins a group of teenagers for an unusual hunting game in the forest. She hopes to fit in with them, and opportunely she is paired with the boy she likes. The wild nature surrounding her awakens the strength to confront her feelings, yet conflicting emotions surface as the game unfolds.
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Astrid

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Sander Koit

Unlikely friendship between an old woman and a thief.

Astrid is a 82 year old woman, living alone in an old house, near town borders. She lives a life she can no longer sustain: the house is in great need of repair and she is often needy for her family’s assistance, who live in the town and are bothered by constant requests. Her everyday life takes a sharp turn when she gets caught up in a conflict with two thieves.
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Atop a mountain

Original title (in Estonian): "Mäel"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Ulrike Brett Uukkivi

„Atop a mountain“ is an adaption from Elviira Mihhaolovna’s novel „Prügimäel“ Film is about middle-aged woman named Maria who has reached a dead end in her life, and looks for an exit.

On a early spring night, Maria understands that she is breaking out from her cold-hearted cocoon. Initially, Maria sees only hope in vodka. But this time there comes another lonely sould, Georgi, with whom she stoles her last vodka and makes a great step towards a better life. Somehow, Maria is confronted with a world, where money is not the game and your masks are torn away. In this new world Maria finds a way to turn everything around. Elderly neighbourghs find out that Maria and her car have gone missing. And they think there is a more criminal meaning this.
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Chase

2016 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Dagmara Kucinska

Two guys are running through the corridors of Tallinn University. In the end the assassin kills the thief.
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Counterpoint

Original title (in Estonian): "Kontrapunkt"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Tõnis Pill

BA Film Arts II year student film “Counterpoint” is a story about a former violin player who, due to an accident is now in a wheelchair and unable to play.

“Counterpoint” is a story about a former violin player who, due to an accident is now in a wheelchair and unable to play. In order to help someone much weaker than himself, he has to take a huge step and conquer his inner fears.
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Dearest Sister

Original title in Lao: Nong Hak

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mattie Do

A Lao village girl’s only chance of escaping indentured poverty is to manipulate her wealthy cousin’s illness into dependence.

Nok packs her sparse belongings, and after an argument with her fiancé, she boards an overnight bus out of her rural village for the Lao capital of Vientiane. She’s never seen so many people, so much traffic and activity. She’s met at the station by Jakob, the Estonian husband of her distant cousin Ana, who only breaks from an overseas phone call discussing his NGO’s legal problems long enough to confirm that the girl speaks no English. Nok tentatively climbs into the back seat of Jakob’s SUV. Jakob settles Nok into the guest room of an expansive Western home, and in ...
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Family Lies

Original title: Perekonnavaled

2016 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Valentin Kuik, Manfred Vainokivi

“Family Lies” by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family’s secret chronicles.

The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald (Roman Baskin), who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei (Tambet Tuisk) must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law’s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. “Family ...
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Joke of the Day

Original title (in Estonian): "Päeva parim nali"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Ulrike Brett Uukkivi

Film is about the relationship between father and son who are both stand up comedians.

"Joke of the day" is a comical story about Rein and Ants Päev's relationship. They also happen to be doing the same profession, atleast that's what the father thinks. What happens if father Rein goes to ask his son Ants for a favor to perform on his show? Film shows comical people not so comical life.
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Morning

2016 | Students film, Exercises (Fiction) | Director: Anett Naruskberg

Alvery is falling into a depression. Every morning is a struggle for her, because when she wakes up she recalls the bad events that happened to her in the last months.
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On the other side

Original title (in Estonian): "Üle müüri"

2016 | Students film, Short | Director: Eret Kuusk

The short movie by Eret Kuust tells a story of a couple looking for their lost dog and through that they test their relationship and honesty for each other.

A man and a woman go into the woods to find their missing dog. While looking for him, the woman finds the dog – dead. In their humanly weakness they are both afraid to face the painful truth. Do you tell the truth or stay silent forever?
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