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  • Eyes of the Past
    Eyes of the Past

    2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Polina Popova

    Eyes of the Past seeks to explore what it means to be free – not only from physical barriers or societal expectations, but also from past burdens and inner demons.

  • Life and Love
    Life and Love

    Original title: Elu ja armastus

    2024 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Helen Takkin

  • Love and Toil
    Love and Toil

    Original title: Armastus ja sunnitöö

    2024 | Amateur films, Movie | Director: Ingrid Ulst

    The film is based on Part V of the novel "Truth and Justice" by A.H. Tammsaare.

  • MUTE
    MUTE

    2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Pablo Knappe Rodriguez

    MUTE is a short story written by Stephen King. Through Steven King’s “Dollar Baby Program” the director Pablo Knappe Rodriguez was able to secure the non profit rights for a short film adaptation.

  • Nest
    Nest

    2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Loviisa Jännes

    The main character, leaving a prison, goes to the hotel and faces with his hated mother.

  • The most beautiful smile in the world
    The most beautiful smile in the world

    2024 | Students film, Short | Director: Sophia Albrecht

    Short film about Viktor, a boy who is on the verge of death in a train wagon and finds a new will to live through his young love for a strange girl.

  • Crispy Fries
    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.

  • 1000
    1000

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Nevena Semova

    An absurd drama about the cemetery administrator Riina, who is preparing to bury the 1000th corpse.

  • 4:20AM
    4:20AM

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Yessine Youssef

    A story of a man who is living in a foreign country struggling to sleep and willing to do anything on order to get weed to help him sleep.

  • Anacrusis
    Anacrusis

    Original title in Estonian: Eeltakt

    2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Desiree Talv

    The story is about an old gentleman named Väino, who holds the position of choir director. The story unfolds in next five months, as he and his choir aspire to a singing party, which means preparation for the pre-contest. However, this journey takes a turn when he begins to experience episodes of memory loss that put him in sad and comical situations. Väino finds himself in a moment where the people surrounding him know him, but he no longer knows them.

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