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Nightingale

Original title: Ööbik

2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Leeni Linna

Russian guard Aleksei risks his life, to save an Estonian girl who the KGB is planning to capture for singing outside the prison where he works.

Autumn 1944 in Tallinn, Estonia; German forces retreat as the Russian army settles in. Young soldier Aleksei is sent from the frontline to work in a prison filled with Estonian political prisoners. While doing his rounds at night Aleksei is stirred by the beautiful voice of Saale, an Estonian girl singing to the prisoners from the other side of the prison walls. He learns that the Russian military police plans on capturing Saale; Aleksei must risk his own safety to warn her before it is too late.
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The Wayfarers

Original title: Rändajad

2023 | Documentary | Director: Eva Sepping

Three Siberian Estonian women are looking for paradise here and outside the borders.

It's a story about three Siberian Estonian women of different generations whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly rebuilt their lives. One hundred and seventy years later, the situation has reversed: some have already "got used to the life here", but for others, on the eve of the war, it is the last minute to travel to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.
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Estonian Rhapsody

Original title: Kukerpillide rapsoodia

2022 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Raimo Jõerand

A film about the Estonians’ favorite folk band Kukerpillid and its spirited journey through the summer concert venues of Estonia, with interludes to the roots of Estonian folkmusic.

A film about the Estonians’ favorite folk band Kukerpillid, which after half a century of activity undertakes to update its repertoire with pieces by contemporary composers. Maybe this will bring into being new folk songs, which years later everyone will know by heart again. The band's spirited journey through the summer concert venues of Estonia, with interludes to its roots, would allow us to expect this.
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Marju. The Call of the Heart

Original title: Marju. Südame kutse

2022 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Urmas Eero Liiv

A portrait film about Marju Länik, one of the best singers in the history of Estonian pop music.

How did Marju's successful and glamorous stage career of more than forty years begin and what kind of life does she live in today's Estonia? The camera followed the pop diva's actions for almost a year, and for the first time a woman who is exceptionally devoted to music opens herself up to viewers so thoroughly and honestly. Known as a skilled driver, Marju takes us to performances both on big stages, in modern clubs, and at cute little anniversary parties. But what is the thing that Marju regrets the most in her life?
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The Tour of Dreams

Original title: Unistus Ameerika tuurist

2021 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Madis Ligema, Taavi Arus

When no public recognition at home, a gospel band Robirohi plans the tour to the source of gospel music, to perform at the halls of fame in Kentucky, USA.

This documentary is a film about bluegrass, gospel and god, in one of the most secular countries in the world. "Robirohi" is not a very well known band in Estonia. Most of their concerts are held in churches and congregations, their soulful music gets little plays on non-christian radio stations. Nearly all band members have felt enlightenment: "It is as if a warm wave of light passes through all your body". All members but one. The band would love to be famous one day – but is gospel the right path to take? They book their dream tour to America, ...
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Jüri Pootsmann - Magus melanhoolia

2020 | Students film, Music video | Director: Romet Esko, Raul Esko

Music video by Jüri Pootsmann performing Magus Melanhoolia.

“Magus melanhoolia” is about a mixture of feelings regarding a social situation and letting go of melancholy. In the lyrics, Jüri seems to be considering forgiving someone for their past mistakes and sobering up, eventually “saying no”. The verses speak of drunken mistakes and show a feeling of uncertainty, with a dash of bipolarity, but in the chorus the singer seems to be very certain on the position he takes. “No, I’m saying no. There’s more of these kinds of mornings. I’ll wait for tomorrow”, Jüri sings.
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Payday

Original title: Pensipäev

2020 | Documentary | Director: Liis Lepik

Sleepy rural life in a remote borough is enlivened one day a month, when the horn of plenty overflows and everyone gets a part of it's offerings.

Sleepy rural life in a remote borough in Mulgimaa is enlivened one day a month, when the horn of plenty overflows and everyone gets a part of it's offerings. The warmhearted story looks at the residents of the borough and their daily occurrences – some look back at a lost love, some dream of better days.
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The Last Ones

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Veiko Õunpuu

A car crash in slow motion, a love letter to a disappearing world.

This Nordic Western takes place in the untamed Lapland tundra. The protagonist is young miner Rupi, who hopes to scrape together enough money through excavating the tundra to forever shake the suffocating dust of the mining village from his feet. But the work has come to a halt because Rupi’s reindeer herder father refuses to sell his land. What’s more, the manipulative mine owner nicknamed the Fisherman has his eye on Rupi’s friend’s wife, a woman who Rupi is also secretly in love with. Now that life in the mining village is becoming more dangerous by the day, Rupi must ...
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Angel’s Trumpet

Original title: Inglitrompet

2019 | Cartoon, Musical film, Animation | Director: Martinus Klemet

The next step in the evolution of hummingbirds just may surprise you!

People are playing tubas. Hummingbirds are approaching them to drink from the tubas. This way the birds collect sounds to perform music themselves. Eventually, birds gather on the statue of William Tell to sing Rossini’s William Tell Overture.
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Kodumaa karjed

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marta Pulk

Who's the man waving the flag?

Most powerful speeches and thoughts from demonstrations gathered into one essay to inspect – what troubles people and do they have a say?
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