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Spit in My Face

Original title: Sülita mulle näkku

2023 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

There is a jubilee in the air! Documentary about two legendary filmmakers (Kristjan of Kibuvitsa and Peet of Oja), whose feud has lasted for 50 years. Who would know you better than your lifelong competitor? Half a century of arm wrestling is not less sparkling than the exchange of words between Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film is made by the classic adversaries’ assistant from 40 years ago, who has now become a less known documentary filmmaker.

Kristjan Svirgsden and Edvard Oja, old cinema classics, forgotten rivals, have kept an eye on each other’s work their whole life. Criticism towards a colleague has fed the men and kept them alive. And keeping alive is not just a phrase in their case. Today, their health is ruined. The two invalids on the shortlist of the Grim Reaper have not forgotten each other’s existence and are carefully following their adversary’s fate. Alas, there are have been no news for a while. And what news could you expect from a person in recluse? An obituary, if any. The demise of ...
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Canning a Miracle

Original title in Estonian: Ime purki püüdmine

2022 | Students film, Short, Documentary | Director: Erik Kiviselg

A young filmmaker embarks on a journey to create emotionally super engaging short film with help from famous Estonian film critics.

A young filmmaker Erik Kiviselg has asked some of Estonia’s well renowned film critics to review his new short film. As a surprise they don’t like it, after which Erik decides to embark on a journey to make a film based on the opinions of the critics – what makes a good short film. With the help of his friends and fellow young filmmakers they write and produce a new short film. They present it to the critics hoping that this time they also will like it.
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Local Urbanites

Original title: Lokaalsed linlased

2022 | Documentary | Director: Maria Uppin

In the documentary film we try to explore how difficult it is to carry out a bigger vision that would update Estonian urban space.

Is a town planned for cars or people? This question seems to become more acute every day. One such battlefield is the Tallinn Main Street project but similar fights are going on in almost every town in Estonia. In the documentary film we try to explore how difficult it is to carry out a bigger vision that would update Estonian urban space.
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Mare Tralla

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Sandra Jõgeva

The film is about a strong Estonian woman who can handle everything and has experienced both traditional family life and much more.

Who's afraid of Mare Tralla? And is it necessary to fear her at all? Our film is about a strong Estonian woman who has always been a mother of two children, a married woman, a lecturer, a professor, and a fighter for minorities, who is also engaged in an artist's career.
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The Gardener Of Tension Fields

Original title: Pingeväljade aednik

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Joosep Matjus, Katri Rannastu

Estonian well known writer Mehis Heinsaar has seven encounters during his journey in the wilderness, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of the writer.

The main character of the film is the mysterious writer Mehis Heinsaar, a creator who likes to travel in his inner psychogeography. The writer is surrounded by unusual and meaningful nature, he can speak the language of animals and birds and see the invisible to the naked eye. The writer strives for wide meadows through a wild thicket, and those multi-day hikes he calls the pilgrimages of a poor man. The wanderer has seven encounters along the way, which will open to the viewer the magical inner world of Mehis Heinsaar.
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A Year Full of Drama

Original title: Aasta täis draamat

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

A young woman takes on an audacious human experiment while trying to find her place in the world and struggling with the past of her family.

Estonia is crazy about theatre. In October 2017 there's an announcement for a paid position to find someone who has never been to theatre before. The task – to watch and review every Estonian theatre production of 2018. From 450 job applicants 21-year-old small town girl Alissija is hired. Coming from the periphery and a Russian-speaking family, she knows nothing about performing arts, actors, nor has ever been to any of the theatre houses. To make the job logistically possible, she has to move to the capital of Tallinn. Months pass and there are shows that inspire and many more ...
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Dance Of Death

Original title: Surmatants

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Vaiko Edur

Documentary about American cultural historian Paul Firnhaber, who has found his peace in a small town of Estonia, called Viljandi.

In secular culture, death tends to be a taboo subject and people avoiding to talk about it, regardless of the fact that death is a part of our life. American cultural historian and anthropologist Paul Firnhaber who have moved to Estonia, thinks that one of the reasons may be ignorance - we do not know exactly what the death is and and what happens after death at all. The scientist who studied the burial rituals and the death culture of different countries, sheds some light on the fear of death, also from where have been grown out the tradition to ...
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Hold Onto Me

Original title: Ära mind lahti lase

2019 | Documentary | Director: Ingrid Hübscher, Sigrid Reede

Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. As she prepares to take the European Choir of Estonians to the Estonian national Song Celebration, her German husband Hartmut also needs to learn the songs.

The film follows the journey of the European Choir of Estonians to the 150th Song and Dance Celebration in Estonia through the eyes of two main characters. Conductor Elo Tammsalu-Schmitz left Estonia 20 years ago because of love. At the annual choir camp in Bonn, she is faced with a real professional challenge - the choir which only meets twice a year needs to learn the Song Festival repertoire in two days. Her German husband Hartmut also sings in the choir. It is because of love that he has learned Estonian, but now he has to work hard to learn the songs in ...
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Long Live the Scandals!

Original title: Elagu skandaalid ja kollased sandaalid

2018 | Documentary | Director: Manfred Vainokivi

Documentary about Estonian contemporary artist Leonhard Lapin.

Leonhard Lapin is the classic and the enfant terrible of Estonian contemporary art, constantly followed by scandals, lewd legends and envious grumbling. Lapin confidently steps on the cornea of mediocrity, enjoying the situation to the fullest. Loved by his muses, the artist is not ashamed of his dalliances. He still has plenty at the grand old age of 70. The new Estonian film opens the doors to a disappearing Bohemianism, in which racy vocabulary reigns instead of political correctness.
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Muse

Original title (in Estonian): "Muusa"

2018 | Students film, Short | Director: Rauno Polman

“Muse” is a film by II year film students, based on the Dogma 95 concept. Film discovers the subject of how young people perceive the world around them. No feeling, emotion or thought is hidden. But still, while creating their own unique understanding of reality, real life is slowly starting to slip away.

Kristjan is a shy young man, trying to get to know a beautiful girl he once spotted in a cafe. One day, in their usual cafe, he finally decides to make his move towards her. Only to discover that someone is already there to ruin his plans. Piece by piece his illusions are starting to shatter and Kristjan has to decide whether to stick to his dreams or let life take its natural course.
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