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Backstage Bardo

2023 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Maros Pulscak

Short Documentary that follows morgue workers’ daily life.

Backstage Bardo follows the daily life of morgue workers as they navigate through the complexities of dealing with death and uncover the humanity behind this often-misunderstood profession.
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Hell's Stoker

Original title: Põrgu katlakütja

2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kullar Viimne

It is impossible for a man who has been in the war to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in his dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them.

A portrait film about Seaküla Simson, one of the sculptors with the best sense of form in Estonia. It is impossible for a man who went through the war in Afghanistan to forget what he experienced. Again and again the past catches up with him. Even in dreams. The only way to face your demons is to make fun of them. The documentary captures the essence of the artist, the creative process and methods, and its fusion into a single whole. The film opens the soul, inner honesty and sincerity of the creator and shows the sculptures and objects through an ...
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The Academy of Elegant Aging

Original title: Väärika vananemise akadeemia

2023 | Documentary | Director: Sigrid Salutee

It is a fun insight into the life of a day center for elderly.

The self-help and counseling association for the elderly has been operating in Kadriorg for almost 30 years and is fondly called the "Academy of Elegant Aging". The day center gives elderly people the opportunity to realize themselves and communicate even after their loved ones have passed away. There are 13 committees in the association, starting with the security desk and the library and ending with the cafe and the garden. Simple tasks help seniors feel needed.The house is run by 70 year old Heino, who is one of the few men among the lively ladies. He is the one running ...
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Eeva

2022 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak

A sad day in Eva’s life...

It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
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Lovable

Original title (in Latvian): Milulis

2022 | Feature film, Short | Director: Stanislavs Tokalovs

Matiss is way too young to be suddenly left to care for his partner’s nine-year-old daughter. A responsibility like this reveals Matiss’ true nature, inner demons and a lack of relationships based on pure love.

Career, loyalty, power, wealth or love? A promising future, accidental opportunities, contrasting values and radical priorities for individualistic kids from a generation of independence and freedom. Cynical troublemaker Matiss does not stop at anything to gain personal advantages and to benefit from legal loopholes to cheat, manipulate and blackmail.
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Lumi ja Leenu

2022 | Documentary | Director: Mirjam Matiisen

A documentary by Mirjam Matiisen is about Silvi who is one of the last Estonians to keep two cows in her home farm for her own use

Silvi is one of the last Estonians to keep two cows in her home farm for her own use. Unfortunately Silvi sees no future in keeping the cows, so the time has come to send her two beloved animals away.
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Missed Call

Original title in Estonian: Vastamata kõne

2022 | Students film, Short | Director: Jennifer Marisse Cohen

Jennifer Cohens shortfilm narrates a story, when a young couple faces a tumultuous period due to a death of a loved one, yet are able to find each other again despite the hurt inflicted upon one another.

Niina and Kusti have been a couple for the majority of their twenties. When Kusti misses a call containing an announcement of his mother's death whilst celebrating at the afterparty of Niina’s new play, Niina begins to display her incompetence to support Kusti in a time of need. After a tumultuous period for the two, Kusti shows the capability of affection as we realize the significance of their presence in each other lives.
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Throats upwards

Original title in Estonian: Kurgud ülespoole

2022 | Students film, Documentary | Director: Baran Ismail Ulas

The funeral rites of an important folk figure and charismatic singer Virve-Elfriide Köster, also known as Kihnu Virve.

An observational documentary that captures the funeral of Virve-Elfriide Köster, known as Kihnu Virve, an important folk figure and musician from the Estonian Island of Kihnu. Through her funeral rites, the film celebrates Virve's life and legacy as mourners honor her wish to have a joyful farewell instead of a traditional solemn event. The film offers a bipersweet tribute to a beloved figure and the enduring spirit of the island.
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Estonian Funeral

Original title: Eesti matus

2021 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: René Vilbre

Based on one of the longest running plays in Estonian theatre, “Eesti matus“ by Andrus Kivirähk, this is a comedy full of hilarious characters and unexpected situations where Estonian national-conservative view of the world clashes with more liberal European values of the younger generation.

Andres, a young man who sells retirement insurances in shopping centres, meets a dark-skinned girl and falls in love.Lee, the newfound girl of his dreams called, is an open-minded world traveler who does not understand the „workaholism“ of Estonians nor the need to own land at all costs. With naive dreams, the young lovers want to go travel the world in search of happiness, but they have to take an unexpected small detour first. Andres has to go to his grandfather's funeral and unsuspectingly takes Lee with him. At the funeral, a colorful company of friends, family and neighbours have gathered ...
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Salme: Ancient Viking Burial Ships

Original title: Salme viikingid

2021 | TV Serial, ETV/ERR Serials | Director: Liis Lindmaa

The documentary series introduces a mystery that was found in 2008 near the Salme schoolhouse in Saaremaa. Who was buried there, who buried them and what happened 1300 years ago - scientists have been searching for answers to these questions for the last 13 years and are now ready to share their findings.

In the first part of the documentary series, we dive head first thousand years back and find out what the Viking Age was all about. The second episode of the series focuses on the excavations. What exactly was found and why is it so special? Plus, the archaeologists recall the emotions the spectacular find stirred in them. The third part of the series looks at how the Viking remains found in Saaremaa were studied and what the analyses revealed. Science is advancing every day, and from the bones it is possible to tell a great deal about a person who died ...
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