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  • A Man From A Fairytale
    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.

  • Amber
    Amber

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

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

  • Behind the Big Top
    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.

  • Black and White Colours
    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.

  • Charcoal
    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.

  • Dear a new generation of filmmakers! Interview with Endel Koplimets
    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.

  • Gems of Asylum
    Gems of Asylum

    2019 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Vivian Ruumet

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

  • Get Tough
    Get Tough

    Original title in Estonian: Karm liin

    2019 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Väli

    Dynamic short film about the children of the 90s.

  • Gurt Vös - Village Prayer Ceremony
    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.

  • I Thought I Was a Superman
    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.

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