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Bridges Of Time

Original title: Ajasillad

2018 | Documentary | Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede

"Look back with me and maybe you will find out something new about documentary cinema, which is nothing else but life after death." Herz Frank.

Meditative documentary essay portrays the less-remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave. With finesse, they push beyond the barriers of the common historiographic investigation in order to achieve a consummate poetic treatment of the ontology of documentary creation.
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Myanmar - tarkuse tuulajad

2016 | Documentary | Director: Tarvo Mölder
Dora Gordine: Ars Gratia Artis

Original title: Dora Gordine: Ars gratia artis

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Annaleena Piel Linna

Estonian-British documentary about Dora Gordine (1895-1991), a jewish young woman who grew up in Tallinn, Estonia, and became an internationally renowned sculptor, designer and artistocrat loved by high society.

In her hayday, Dora Gordine was considered to be one of the most talented sculptors in the world. Gordine was born in Libau, Latvia; grew up and studied sculpture in Tallinn, Estonia. While rising to fame in Paris, France via the Far East, she finally settled in London where her steady rise continued well beyond her contemporaries. Thanks to the marriage with the son of an Earl, Gordine managed to push her way to the top of the British aristocracy as one of her statues was opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself in 1963. The documentary focuses on discovering and ...
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The Success Code

Original title: Tiiu Kirsipuu. Edu kood

2012 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat
Great Sons of Kalev

Original title: Kalevite kanged pojad

2010 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Valentin Kuik

Film director Valentin Kuik portrays sculptor Tauno Kangro and his efforts in order to erect his monumental sculpture "Kalevipoeg" in the Gulf of Tallinn.

A documentary about the epic hero Kalevipoeg, a famous sculptor, and a corruption scandal. The idea to put a huge statue of Kalevipoeg in the Gulf of Tallinn dates back ten years. The film records the important events of the large-scale project. By now, no one knows when Kalev will make it home to bring luck to his children and growth to his country. But hope remains...
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A Horse Called Palladium

Original title: Lugu hobusest Palladium

2006 | Documentary | Director: Ago Ruus

Black stallion Palladium is the best Trakehner show jumping horse in Estonia and in Europe.

Documentary portrait by Ago Ruus about the Trakehner show jumping horse Palladium who knows his value. His value is known also for his owner as well as the equestrian. Why is one horse preferred to the other horses? Is it the case of inborn and inherited talentedness? Or is it because of the breeders' skills and hard work? It is not that easy to find the right answer. Palladium is definitely the most famous and known sports horse in Estonia. There is not many horses in the world after whom a horseracing competition - Palladium Cup - has been named. ...
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Marathon

Original title: Maraton

2006 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis

A small town is gripped with excitement in anticipation of the annual marathon. Instead of the starting shot, a bomb explodes.

A small town is gripped with excitement in anticipation of the annual marathon. Instead of the starting shot, a bomb explodes. A chain of events is set off and nobody can guess how it will end. The police inspector, a sculptor, a gang of crooks operating in the vicinity of a public lavatory – all of them have to go through their own marathon. Only a balloon released by chance glides on its own without knowing how things began or how they will end.
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Wounds of Afghanistan

Original title: Afganistani armid

2005 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

Two veterans of Afghanistan War return to the military territories where they once fought. When they were twenty years old, they were sent to fight abroad where it was impossible to exit as a winner.

„Wounds of Afghanistan“ is a film about Estonian men currently in their forties whose lives were changed forever during the period of 1979-1989 when Estonians were forced to fight with the Soviet army in Afghanistan. When twenty-year old, they were sent by the Soviet authorities to the Afghan War where no-one had ever left as a winner. This was a a war for foreign country and unknown purposes. Every man tried to escape – few succeeded. The heroes of the film are the artist Aivar Simson – Simson from Seaküla - and Leino Juhkam. The first one lost his nerves in ...
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The Bronze Age

Original title: Pronksiaeg

2002 | Documentary | Director: Peeter Brambat

Documentary about the sculpture exhibition "The Bronze Age" that took place in Tallinn Art Hall in 2001.

Bronze as a material became prevalent in Estonian sculpture during the years 1970s-1980s. Numerous public sculptures and individual artworks were completed in bronze. During these restricted decades, the sculptors' work confidently followed the footsteps of Modernism. The majority of the artworks that were exhibited in "The Bronze Age" in Tallinn Art Hall in 2001 have been stored in various buildings of the Art Museum of Estonia and Tartu Art Museum; younger generation of Estonian artists know these works only as reproductions. "The Bronze Age" that portrayed works and artist personalities by 25 sculptors is a unique catalogue-documentary introducing the creative ...
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Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

Original title: Maire Männik, 54 rue du Montparnasse

2000 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Rein Raamat

Sculptor Maire Männik started her sculpture studies in Estonia but during the war she moved to France and her artwork was mostly created in Paris.

Estonian sculptor Maire Männik (1922-2003) started her art studies in Estonia; however, during the war she had to move to France and her artwork was created mainly abroad, in Paris. Filmmaker Rein Raamat has followed the artist working in her studio in Paris and sharing her thoughts. Commentaries by Harri Liivrand, Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar and French art historian Emmanuelle Corcellet-Prévost. The film also serves as a farewell to Marie Männik who passed away in 2003.
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