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Gori The Caricaturist

Original title: Gorikaturist

2023 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Raimo Jõerand, Meelis Arulepp

A captivating historical documentary with plenty of animation about the destiny of a popular Estonian caricaturist Gori (1894 - 1944) between the two World Wars when total powers leave less and less choices to the talented artist.

This film is an interweaving of documentary narrative and animation. The first, based on historical sources, conveys Gori's biography, world events, and mediates the press and political life of the republican time. It moves along historical facts, is initially easy and fun, and in the end cruel and ruthless. Since there are no living witnesses from this era, nor are there biographers of Gori, the direct sources are photographs, old film clips, newspaper articles, sound recordings, letters and drawings. These are supported by historians and experts with their knowledge of life between the wars, the modernisation of Estonian society, the ...
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What’s Up With Numbats?

Original title in Estonian: Viivis

2023 | Students film, Short | Director: Elis Rumma

Correctness-loving librarian Eve goes on a hunt for an unreturned book to prove her arrogant co-worker wrong.

Correctness-loving Eve and effortless Leida are colleagues and opposites, working everyday side by side at a small town library. During a casual wordgame between the two, prideful Leida ́s factually wrong answer about Numbats habitat upsets Eve. Unfortunately for her the book to end the debate is missing. Unanswered calls to the bookholder and smirky Leida sets her off on a hunt for the book. An absurd adventure to prove her co-worker wrong begins and takes unusual turns until the very end.
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Kratt

2020 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Rasmus Merivoo

Two city kids, zero smartphones, one village. When left at Granny’s the siblings find an instruction on how to build a devilish creature. The only missing puzzle is one soul...

When children are left at Grandma's without smartphones they’re bored to tears. That is until Granny finds them loads to do. She also tells them about a magical creature named KRATT that’ll do whatever its master says. When they stumble upon an instruction on how to build one they don’t hesitate. All they have to do now is to buy a soul from the devil...
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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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Afghanistan Project

Original title: Afganistani projekt

2015 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Vahur Laiapea has recorded Estonians' projects in Afghan and the local life.

The project of Afghan war has ended for Estonia; however, several civil missions in the field of education and training are still going on. The documentary follows the last days of three Estonian servicemen left in Afghan in Camp Bastion; the efforts of the people from Tallinn University to train the master's and doctoral students of information technology at Kabul University; the meeting between Pille Alaver, the Human Rights Adviser, and mistreated Afghan women in Kabul police station; and training midwives in the village of Dare Souf. The film forms a mosaic out of various fragments of the life in ...
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Where Culture Lives

Original title (in Estonian): "Kultuur elab siin"

2014 | Students film, Advertising/Promotion | Director: Rihards Bereza

This is an advertisement for the Estonian National Library, including various shorts of the unique interior as well as a saxophonist, violin player, skateboarder and a modern dancer.

This video is a call to action advertisement for the Estonian national library. It is an abstract, stylized piece that works as an overall image clip as well. Abstract, mysterious imagery of the building combined with individual artists, all coming together in the national library, "where culture lives".
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Writer's life

Original title: Kirjaniku elu

2014 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Tõnu Aru, Eve Ester

The documentary introduces writer Arvo Valton and meetings with him in 2008-2014.

The recurring theme in the documentary lies in brief meetings with writer Arvo Valton and his companions at various moments in his life. The filmmakers have recorded the writer's birthday party in the Writers' House, Tallinn; his home in Märjamaa; and his conversations with Sirje Kiin. Valton explains his world views and tells about his life as a writer. Valton's wife Tiina Vallikivi has always been supportive and understanding, a true fairy of the big family. Writing is Arvo Valton's passion and freedom.
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Natural Sacred Sites in Estonia

Original title: Looduslikud pühapaigad Eestis

2013 | Documentary, Nature | Director: Rein Maran

Besides his documentary "Charm of Sacred Groves", director Rein Maran also completed another film where representatives of different fields of life contemplate on the sacred sites in Estonian nature.

There are more than 800 known grove sites in Estonia - the places that are holy in nature; more than one thousand holy trees, sacrificial stones, healing springs and other natural cult objects. How has the heritage been passing along throughout the centuries? How much do people know about these places and what is their attitude towards them? What do these places mean to contemporary people? Various researchers and scientists discuss on these themes in the documentary.
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TLU 6 Persona Stories - Rene Haljasmäe

Original title in Estonian: "TLÜ 6 persoonilugu - Rene Haljasmäe"

2013 | Students film, Exercises (factual/documentary) | Director: Aili Alber

A study exercise for the course Current Affairs. The task was to develop a format suitable to introduce 6 persons either working or somehow tied to Tallinn University.

This documentary is about the Head of Conservation in the Tallinn University Academic Library Rene Haljasmäe. He tells a story of how he begun his work in Tallinn University and where it has taken him so far. He motivates and gives advice to current and future students not only in TLU but all over Estonia.
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Counted People

The original title Üleloetud inimesed

2012 | Documentary | Director: Meelis Muhu