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My Condolences

Original title: Kaastundeavaldus

2013 | Feature film, Short | Director: Margus Paju

Suspense film full of black humour directed by Margus Paju tells about the seemingly decent family that practises weed trafficking.

A family growing weed faces a bad surprise when their daughter brings a strange young man to their remote home. Mother takes the initiative and the family starts to act as simple country people in order to cover up the tracks. They write the letter of condolence for their deceased neighbour woman. A stranger kindly agrees to offer his help. A cat-and-mouse game begins where all counterparts try to outsmart the other while hiding their true personality.
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The Undertaker

Original title: Surnumatja / The Undertaker

2005 | Feature film, Short | Director: Annaleena Piel Linna

Dark comedy directed by Annaleena Piel Linna about a man who hopes to make a fortune with a suicide bureau in a small town somewhere on the outskirts of the world.

Calvin is considering to commit a suicide but at the last moment he will get a better idea - to found a suicide bureau in a snowbound small town somewhere on the outskirts of the world. He hopes to make a fortune with his idea of selling suicides. Naturally, Calvin tries to avoid the suicide plans that are too common. The ideas he offers people for leaving this world are entirely unique and smashing, with the guarantee of making the client famous after death. Such ideas are worth lots of money. Calvin seems to be lucky – all of a ...
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The Mosquito and the Horse

Original title: Sääsk ja hobune

2001 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Mikk Rand

This is an Estonian fairytale about Mosquitoes who affirm to fight and win Horse.

The Horse is big, but Mosquitoes there are more then many… This is ironical story of beeing an estonian. The main character for this nation is split minded thinking and action. The symbol of slow and incautious estonian is The Horse Mosquitos in the other side show their self-motivation and the will of self-development and obduracy, as well. Outrageous musical fairytale for universal audience, but it is special style for folk-lovers.
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Tants aurukatla ümber I jagu

1987 | TV feature, TV feature, Series | Director: Peeter Simm
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The Giraffe

Original title: Kaelkirjak

1986 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Rao Heidmets

There lives only one animal in the zoo – a giraffe. No one except a little girl comes to visit it.

There lives only one animal in the zoo – a giraffe. No one except a little girl comes to visit it. To attract visitors the director of the zoo orders an advertising giraffe. But then it turns out that people are enraptured by the artificial giraffe not the living one. There begins a public “giraffe boom”. The film ridicules the enthusiasm for artificial and counterfeit common to mass culture.
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Võidusõit

1984 | Animation, Puppet | Director: Kaarel Kurismaa
Teatridirektor

1983 | Musical film | Director: Mati-Jüri Põldre
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