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A Loss of Something Ever Felt

Original title: Üht kaotust igavesti kandsin

2020 | Documentary | Director: Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopéz

Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to find and save her brother, deep in the bowels of Bogotás underworld.

Hille has a close relationship with her drug addict son. She sends him money every other week. After a fight they have over the phone, Lauri disappears mysteriously. His last known location is Bogotá, Colombia. At Hille's request, Lauri's sister, Eeva, reluctantly embarks on a journey and soon finds herself in the surreal and merciless underbelly of Bogotá. She contacts her only Colombian acquaintance, Carlos, who also lost his brother in the past, and they film their search for answers for a loss they both share.
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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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Mothers' Day

Title in Estonian: Emade päev

2019 | Documentary, Portrait, Problem oriented | Director: Kristiina Davidjants

Film about prison and imprisoned mothers, asking the question whether it is possible for these mothers to maintain connection with their children or not.

There is mothers' day in the department of women at Tallinn Prison. Six imprisoned mothers gather by the table in order to record a fairy tale for sending it to their children. The documentary ponders on the themes of crime and punishment and whether it is possible to maintain connection between a mother and her child in this situation.
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The Circle

Original title: Südamering

2019 | Documentary | Director: Margit Lillak

To change the world, one needs to start within.

The film follows a group of adults and their children who in the summer of 2014, decide to leave their customary life arrangement and start the first eco-conscious community in Estonia. Combining their savings, they buy an old manor, 3750 square meters of half-decayed buildings along with 33 hectares of agricultural land. Before them, the manor accommodated a nursing home. Five families move in – 12 adults and 6 children. Their experiment was inspired by spreading movement of eco-communities, in order to try out in a smaller constellation a new life arrangement that concentrates on non-violent harmonic relationships, co-operation, nature ...
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Take It or Leave It

Original title: Võta või jäta

2018 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo

What would you do if one day a newborn baby was put on your hands and said: take it or leave it!

One sleepy Saturday morning a 30-year-old construction worker Erik gets some earth shattering news: his ex-girlfriend Moonika whom he hasn’t even seen for the past six months is about to go into labour. She however is not ready for motherhood and if Erik doesn’t want the kid either, the little girl will be put up for adoption. Take it or leave it!
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Zero Point

Original title: Nullpunkt

2014 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Mihkel Ulk

Debut feature film directed by Mihkel Ulk, telling about the burning issues of today's youth: school bullying and related low self-esteem, adaptation difficulties and search for appreciation.

Johannes is a sensitive young man with restless disposition who is accepted by an elite school in Tallinn. However, things won't get better for him as one could expect - he becomes the target of his classmates' mental terror. Johannes must also cope with his mother's progressive mental disease. When the three main pyramids of his life - home, friends and school - start to collapse, Johannes will reach the zero point. He realizes that in order to move on he has to start from himself - he works out a plan who to become accepted and gain popularity. Despite ...
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Volunteering hot women

Original title: Kuumad naised vabast tahtest

2013 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Aivo Spitsonok

The daily life of female volunteer rescuers in Aegviidu is characterized by frequent readiness to defend their families, children and community.

There are many men in Aegviidu, however they all work in Tallinn, Finland, Norway ... Reet's husband takes the first train to work in the morning and never knows when he will get back home. Lilja's husband, father and brother work in Finland. This had led to the situation that there is more women than men in the home village in working days. The housewives of Aegviidu must take the responsibility for coping with life both at home and in public sphere. Reet and Lilja have become volunteer rescuers and consider their duty to fill the void left by their ...
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Working Title: Wunderkind

Original title: Tööpealkiri: Imelaps

2012 | Documentary, Portrait, Music Documentary | Director: Marianna Kaat

Alex Prior was born in 1992 in London to an English father and a Russian mother. Even as a child he was being called “a little Pavarotti” or “a little Mozart” because of his angelic voice and his composition skills.

Alex Prior was born in 1992 in London to an English father and a Russian mother. Even as a child he was being called “a little Pavarotti” or “a little Mozart” because of his angelic voice and his composition skills. Alex completes his first composition aged eight and enters the St. Petersburg Conservatory aged 13, where he graduates in the composition and conducting master classes in 2010, aged 17. It is his mother in particular who pushes her son's career: She arranges concerts with leading orchestras in Russia and England, she admonishes him to practise and negotiates his contracts. And ...
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Pit No. 8

2010 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Marianna Kaat
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Generation 0

Original title: Generatsioon 0

2008 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Aljona Suržikova

Teenagers have a baby and suddenly everything changes: 15-year-old Snezhana and 16-year-old Vova become parents.

Characters of this film were born in 1990s, the times where there were no rules and stability in our country. Everything that had happened before was destroyed, while at the same time there was no vision for the future. Children of this generation lack ideals and motivation. Casual internet relationships, sex and break-ups satisfy their intimate needs. They start early with smoking, drinking and sex. These young people listen to strange music, agree on everything and are ready for everything. They have no big ambitions – a simple, steady job at the supermarket is enough for them. Behind such boring ...
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