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Bad Ass Merike

Original title: Vinge mutt

2024 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Andres Keil

She has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses.

Between the Southern Estonian hills, there is a Tobra stable where trainer Merike Markus has 27 riding horses and 70 children to look after. Merike has one hand and low demands on her own well-being, but a big soul and high demands on the humanity of children and the friendliness of horses. On the surface, life in the Tobra stable ticks like a peaceful everyday cycle, but it's not like that. Every day brings something new. Through Merike, who herself lives through the lives of all his students, trainees, every meeting in training begins with what has happened in the ...
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Keyhole

2023 | Feature film, Short | Director: Juri Krutii

World of a young gymnast is forever altered by a door that won’t open, marking the end of childhood and the beginning of her life as an anchor of memory.

Young Anastassia is maturing, and starts to decide for herself, leaving the wishes of her passionate mother behind her. Amongst one such disagreement, a more serious issue rises to change everything. Ana must rely on her memories to guide her forward through grief. The story shines a light on one family’s journey from a loving relationship to an unexpected tragedy and the hope that they must create for themselves.
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Power of the Voice

Original title in Estonian: Hääle Vägi

2023 | Students film, TV Show | Director: Maria Kasesalu

Film student Maria Kasesalu's television show introduces the field of voice and speech training, based on the words of specialized trainer Kerli Rannala: "Voice training is not only training for the voice and speech technique, it has the power to change a person as a whole, from the essence down to personal characteristics." (Maria Kasesalu, Voice and speech training)

Kui meil on juba olemas hääl siis, milleks eraldi hääle ja kõnetreening? Kerli sõnul on paljud meist kaotanud ühenduse omaenda häälega, mis toob kaasa asjaolu, et me ei suuda oma sõnumit edastades luua ühendust teiste inimestega. Hääle- ja kõnetreeningu valdkonna südameasjaks võtnud treener kohtub saate raames erinevate osalejatega, et anda mõista kus peitub meie hääle tegelik vägi ja kuidas selleni jõuda.
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Hero of the Future

Original title: Tuleviku kangelane

2022 | Documentary | Director: Ivar Heinmaa

Match fixing and corruption are dragging down Rwandan football club – will young Estonian coach save them?

A young Estonian football coach takes a dive into the unknown. Up until that day Jaanus Reitel had been coaching children, but now takes up an unexpected offer and travels to Rwanda, Africa. His task is to save a first division team from falling out of competition. Completely unfamiliar culture, regular match fixings and raging corona virus make a though goal even harder to reach. Is it possible to stay afloat in these circumstances? Turns out it's not as corruption becomes the last drop in his glass. Jaanus returns to homeland after years abroad and starts working for a top ...
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Matz

2021 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Eliza Benina

A film about the young and bright Estonian para swimming star Matz Topkin, who knows how to dream big and cheerfully accept both success and defeat.

The young and bright Estonian para swimming star Matz Topkin is remarkable in both his speed as well as his personality. Matz is an example for young swimmers, but he has something in him that he can teach to anyone. Matz disability was discovered only at birth; hence it was a big surprise for his large family. They already had two children and his mother Merje had plans to build a career in opera singing, but instead devoted most of her time and energy to little Matz. His siblings have always been good aids and haven’t treated him differently. In ...
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All Clean

Original title in Latvian: Viss Tīrs

2020 | Students film, Short | Director: Eliza Benina

Fearing about the safety of teenagers, an old and emasculated school janitor targets the new and prestigious swimming coach.

Ivars, an old and introverted school janitor, follows the steps of Toms, a young and attractive swimming coach, in a suspicion of a possible sexual harassment towards his pupils. While silently collecting the proof, Ivars becomes the creep in the eyes of others. And when someone sneaks into the girls' changing room, people's biases stand in the way of the truth.
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Bigger Than Sports

Original title: Suurem kui sport

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kerttu Soans

Uncompromising "Crazy Coach" Arvi Aavik is creating the Estonian women's wrestling team out of a few capable girls.

Former Olympic athlete and female wrestler Epp Mäe's coach Arvi Aavik starts forming the first Estonian female national team where the athletes and coaches are working according to his training plan. Uncompromised and passionate Aavik, once called "A Crazy Coach", does not stop there - he wants to create something bigger than sports. He wants to erase the line between the coach and the athlete, trying to create a human touch.
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Immortal

Original title in Estonian: Surematu

2019 | Documentary | Director: Ksenia Ohhapkina

Born to march to the rhythms of the power, they follow the promise of immortality. The film looks at the making of a Russian citizen from a fresh angle.

The film, set in a Far-North industrial town in Russia, reveals the mechanism that entices human beings to voluntarily become a resource to be used by the state. Can a person ever be free in a society, where intricate and obscure structures take control of their mind-set from an early age? The film looks at the making of a Russian citizen from a fresh angle. The director’s subtle but demanding look reveals “the system” at work in the most benign-looking situations, in any moment of the everyday. What happens to people’s free will and self-determination in such conditions?
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Jesus Shows You The Way To The Highway

2019 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Miguel Llansó

Two special agents are tasked with protecting the computer programme that runs a future metropolis. However, the ‘Soviet Union’ virus soon starts wreaking havoc. A delirious ride!

Special Agent DT Gagano dreams of leaving the CIA to open a business with his wife Malin. The night he’s about to present his resignation letter a strange cyber virus attacks the agency’s operating system effectively sidetracking his plans. Traveling into virtual reality dimensions, Gagano and his partner will infiltrate the system to eradicate the virus. Things however, will not go as planned when the virus takes over the system and starts creating games to compete against itself, leaving the entire world’s stability in jeopardy. Are Gagano and the CIA peons in these sinister games? While the virus capabilities start ...
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Ott Tänak -The Movie

2019 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Tarvo Mölder

The film portrays Estonian rally driver Ott Tänak, one of the most elusive athletes in the eyes of the media with highly reclusive character. His self-willed tenacity has forged this stubborn country boy with a roller coaster career into a driven WRC-pilot who for the first time has in reach the fulfilment of his childhood dream – to snatch the world championship title from the equally hungry competitors.

The film portrays Estonian rally driver Ott Tänak, one of the most elusive athletes in the eyes of the media with highly reclusive character. Viewers gain rare access in the course of one season to root for Ott’s pursuit for the WRC rallying series world championship title and simultaneously witness him getting accustomed to the new car in the new team. Through the eyes of the top driver whose daily routine sees him race at deadly speeds all over the globe, both the nail-biting and the glamorous life of the rallying world is seen. In parallel with the ups and ...
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