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A Man From A Fairytale

Original title: Mees muinasjutust

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ruti Murusalu

The end of one act is the beginning of another. The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes.

The documentary about Toomas Edur tells us an intimate story about the most outstanding Estonian ballet artist, his searches, changes in his life and adapting to those changes. Choreography and dancing partners may change but the simplicity, passion and belief in fairytales still remain...  On the half-way of his worldly journey, Toomas Edur looks back to his significant dancing career. High jumps on the world stages made him great also in the eyes of his own people, although the most remarkable footage of his performances have only recently been shown to his home audience. Where to go on and with whom, ...
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Amber

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Maria Cecilia Garcia, Martynas Norvaišas

The story of two young women who meet in the woods in winter.

Gabriela is a 30 years old woman doing research in an Isolated area during winter. She is waiting for her delayed colleague to come for her, but instead Amber, a funky hiker, arrives asking for help to go back to her camp. This walk ends up challenging Gabriela’s capabilities to walk in the woods and to discern what is real and what is not.
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Behind the Big Top

Original title in Finnish: "Tähtiteltan takana"

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Ville Kristian Koskinen

Circus veteran Sven is trying to maintain his way of living. Despite all the props decaying among him, his colourful partners stay on his side.

An observational documentary introduces Sven, retired circus veteran who lives with his circus animals in the quietness of Western Finland. Sven, parrots and horses spend their retirement days practicing new tricks, while dozens of old circus vans and trailers are rusting among them. If Sven manages to fix one of his old vans, they’ll hit the road again for a new tour.
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Black and White Colours

Original title in Estonian: Värvid must-valgel

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: German Golub

The short film “Black and White Colours” by BFM film students is a psychological satire about the time when television was transitioning from black and white to colour.

Paula is an experienced news anchor whose biggest fear is ageing. The 70s TV is transitioning from black and white to colour. The changes trigger her insecurities and the border between what is reality and what is delusion starts to disintegrate.
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Charcoal

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Anastasiya Maksymchuk

Young artist has to choose between her successful yet lonely life in freedom and going back to a war zone to see her father.

"Your father is released" were the words Alice heard on the phone that night. And now she needs to make a decision: to take a journey to her fatherland, an enigmatic war region, or to stay in her golden cage.
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Dear a new generation of filmmakers! Interview with Endel Koplimets

Original title in Estonian: Kallid uue põlvkonna filmitegijad! Intervjuu Endel Koplimetsaga

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Sander Lebreht

Film student’s interview with Endel Koplimets who works in Estonian Film Institute. The main theme is Estonia’s future in filmmaking.

Endel Koplimets talks about how he got into film making, shares where Estonia's film industry goes and finally adds suggestions for the new age of filmmakers. It's discussion about past, present and future.
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Gems of Asylum

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Vivian Ruumet

Short documentary about mentally ill clients in Vääna-Viti asylum.

Short documentary that is disproving assumptions about mental institutions and patients by observing the life and behaviors of two mentally ill clients in Vääna-Viti asylum.
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Get Tough

Original title in Estonian: Karm liin

2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Väli

Dynamic short film about the children of the 90s.

The year is 1996. Living on opposite sides of an enormous apartment building, the friendship of Andrus and Zanna is put to the test in a war between two rival groups of children. Put into use are weapons made from household items and knowledge acquired from films and TV. This is more than about life, this is about honour and about blind love for the place you call home.
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Gurt Vös - Village Prayer Ceremony

Original title: Gurt vös - külapalvus

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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I Thought I Was a Superman

2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Nele Aunap, Rabbe Sandström

Nele Aunap’s and Rabbe Sandström’s documentary short film is about a young man whose self-centred life is challenged when he adopts three brothers from a children's home together with his wife.

Evgeny is a Ukrainian born family man and taxi driver in Tallinn. He drives around the city sharing about his relationship with his wife and children - three brothers, whom, together with his wife Tanya, he adopted from a children's home. For Jevgeni, driving is not only an escape from the demanding commitments of family life, but also a chance to step back and reflect upon his life.
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