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The King

Original title in Estonian: Kuningas

2021 | Students film, Short | Director: Teresa Juksaar

Teresa Juksaar’s film „The King“ is based on a short story by Mehis Heinsaar and opens the theme of searching and finding inner peace. The film is a magical journey between the real and the imaginary world.

Olev Virkus is a completely ordinary man of no considerable wealth or achievements. Sometimes, however, he has to drop everything he's doing and go away for a while. Only then can he keep on living in peace.
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Take

Original title in Estonian: Duubel

2020 | Students film, Short | Director: Oliver Remma

The short film tells a story about searching redemption through art.

The short film tells a story about searching redemption while being surrounded somewhat surreal world. Young director Timmu wants the film shot to be exactly like he envisions, but it seems that nobody can understand him. He takes extreme measures and goes brutally personal with his lead actor. Even though he finally achieves his goal, it's him who has to pay the biggest price.
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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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Funeral Diaries

Original title: Matusepäevikud

2019 | Documentary | Director: Marko Raat

The daily bread of ministers of small congregations is not sermons in the church; it is constant work with the old and the dying. A holy man who has been removed from his friends and peers and suddenly transplanted into another culture is often lonely and broken himself.

Three ministers have been invited from Estonia to serve the exile congregations in Toronto. By now, the main job of Jüri, Kalle and Mart is to bury the generation that fled Estonia in 1944. The documentary uses burials to talk about the disappearance of traditional funeral services and the profession of clergyman. The everyday life of the three protagonists tells a bigger story of church, faith and a fading émigré identity. The main characters have a modern and bright outlook on life and while practicing a past profession try to adopt to the ever-changing world where everything old and familiar slips ...
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Truth and Justice

Original title: Tõde ja õigus

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Tanel Toom

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place.

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber’s Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbour and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams – to bring truth and justice to a god forsaken place. Young and energetic man Andres together with his wife Krõõt arrives to his new farm bought on a loan to establish their new life. Robber’s Rise must become a place, that’ll take care of the family. Household needs a lot of work and consistency – battle with nature, fate and his spiteful neighbour Pearu ...
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Colours of the Islands

Original title: Saarte värvid

2012 | Documentary, Music Documentary | Director: Madli Lääne
A Normal Human Being

Original title: Normaalne inimene

2010 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Tanno Mee, Kaidi Tamm

Lots of people in the success oriented society are struggling with personal crisis and trying to escape it; this makes one question the validity of default choices one has made.

Academician Kaie suffers from crisis that influences both her health and private life. She reaches an understanding that she is no longer satisfied with the roles and status that she has had in the success oriented society. The price for three jobs and acknowledgement is inner dissatisfaction - is that a normal life? Kaie feels that she is stuck in a rut and decides to change her life in order to find herself and her true calling. Kaie finds support in Lilleoru community and the yoga teacher Ingvar Villido. While practising kriya yoga she consciously tries to re-organize and redesign ...
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Brothers

Original title: Broidit

2003 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Esa Illi

The first full-length feature film directed by Finnish filmmaker Esa Illi tells about love and death, the feeling of guilt and salvation. The majority of the Finnish-Estonian co-production has been filmed in Pärnu, Estonia.

Young Finnish man Joni decides to move to Pärnu with his Estonian girlfriend Rimma. Joni's brother, photographer Sami who is 15 years older, is so busy working that he is about to lose his girlfriend Sanna. Sami is told by Joni's doctor that Joni should be quickly found. Sami has the feeling that Joni is not well and feels responsible for bringing Joni back to hospital in Finland. Yet, Sami finds out that Joni is in love and happy with his life in Pärnu, not thinking about death. When the brothers meet abroad in a strange town, they will rediscover ...
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Agent Wild Duck

Original title: Agent Sinikael

2002 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marko Raat

First full-length film by Marko Raat tells the tragic story of an espionage agent thrown out from his company, with the aim to criticize the cult of wily business theorists.

Wild Duck is an old-fashioned spartan agent discarded by the successful era of advertising business. Florian from Germany comes to train the staff members of an espionage company. He cares nothing about the good old skills of former agents and practices modern business theories. Both Agent Wild Duck's colleagues as well as his girlfriend Monika will fall for the newcomer.
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Ferdinand

2002 | Feature film, Short | Director: Andri Luup

Feature film debut by director Andri Luup about escaping from boredom of life, routine and emptiness and the journey back to the self and the meaning of existence.

Bus driver Ferdinard is tired of his work and life. The confused man makes one mistake after another at work and finally he stops the bus with passengers on a railway crossing and leaves. While aimlessly wandering around the city, Ferdinand makes up his mind to try out all social models he knows in order to find his balance in life. Policeman Kerstensen, also tired of his job and life, starts to follow Ferdinand. During the existentialist cat-and-mouse game, Ferdinand will finally find the meaning of existence and to his true self.
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